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Many cancer survivors still smoke, don’t exercise

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report today on the health of cancer survivors. You always hear how a cancer diagnosis changes a person's health habits for the better. But it's not always the case. From the report, culled in a random survey of cancer survivors throughout the country, come these stats:

  • Approximately 15 percent of cancer survivors still smoked
  • Approximately 27 percent were obese
  • Approximately 31 percent had not participated in any leisure-time physical activity during the past 30 days.

Did a health scare help you change some unhealthy habits?

Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.