Life's Simple Seven - Stop Smoking

(February 12, 2017) - February is Heart Month. Catholic Medical Center, as the New Hampshire sponsor of the American Heart Association’s Life is Why campaign, wants to remind you of the AHA’s simple seven ways to get and stay heart healthy. Today's step is stop smoking.

 

Laura Browning always knew she needed to quit smoking, so she suggested CMC offer a smoking cessation class. That’s when this long-time employee “figured I had to put my money where my mouth is.” She signed up for the class and quit smoking on May 11, 2016. A week later, she found out her mother had stage 4 lung cancer. Quitting has been challenging, but Browning says, “I have no plans to go back to it. My mom made me promise I would never go back to it. She’s watching over me.”

Congratulations to Laura Browning and everyone who's made a simple change for big gains in heart health!