One of the cancer community’s biggest “wins” in the past decade has been shifting public attitudes about smoking cigarettes. It’s now widely viewed as an… Read more
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From Smoker to Runner: UPMC X-Ray Tech Wants to Run in All 50 States
UPMC Shadyside’s Kristy Brown quit a pack-a-day smoking habit in 2010 because she wanted to run her next marathon faster and stronger. Today, the 36-year-old x-ray technologist… Read more
UPMC implements smoke free shifts
Before Carolyn Krachkowski quit smoking, she could not finish eating a meal with friends at a restaurant without excusing herself from the table to smoke… Read more