It would seem that living in green spaces is very beneficial for us. In a study published in 2014, it was stated that living in green spaces could improve one’s mental health. Now, a new study seems to suggest that the people living in such areas are also less likely to smoke, and smokers who live here are more likely to quit their vice.
The study is the first to demonstrate that access to neighbourhood greenspace is linked to lower rates of current smoking, and that this is due to higher rates of smoking cessation rather than lower uptake in these areas.
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In addition, among people who had smoked at some point during their lives, those living in greener neighbourhoods were up to 12% more likely to have successfully quit smoking.
The authors suggest that improving access to greenspace may constitute an overlooked public health strategy for reducing smoking prevalence, especially given that smoking uptake and cessation are affected by stress.
Learn more details about the study over at EurekAlert.
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Wow. Bad time for a pun, huh? It's like finding a tap dancing fish an hour before the species goes extinct.
That has to be one of those most polite mating rituals though, lol!
'Scientists were forced to remove the remaining frogs from the wild and keep them in captivity.
'Hilary Jeffkins added: "The whole species is now extinct in Panama - this was one of the last remaining populations. Its final wave was in our programme."'
So it's sad, but not as sad as one might imagine from the post.