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Health insurance benefits for smokers taking part in study?
September 02, 2010
A group of smokers who are attempting to quit as part of a new study could see their health insurance premiums fall as a result.
More than 100 smokers who want to quit the habit may be in line for cheaper health insurance if a trial study they are to participate in is successful.
A team from the University of Exeter has recruited 120 people from Plymouth to see whether smokers find it easier to quit if they take part in physical exercise more regularly.
It is hoped that strategies such as going for a short walk after a meal rather than lighting up will make it easier for people to wean themselves off cigarettes, reports the Plymouth Herald.
Professor Adrian Taylor, from the university's School of Sport and Health Sciences, said: "Smoking reduction strategies, particularly using nicotine replacement therapy, have been shown to increase the number of people trying to quit."
Earlier this month, Alison Walsh, youth presenter advisor at independent anti-smoking charity QUIT, advised smokers trying to quit in order to get cheaper health insurance that it may be easier to do so if they take up the challenge with a fellow smoker, as they will be able to support each other.
Published by James Whiting
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