{"id":5164,"date":"2016-11-30T10:47:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T15:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5164"},"modified":"2016-11-30T10:47:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T15:47:34","slug":"its-never-too-late-to-quit-smoking-even-in-your-60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5164","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Never Too Late to Quit Smoking, Even In Your 60s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Katherine Hobson for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Older people who smoke may think there&#8217;s no reason to give up the habit. After all, hasn&#8217;t the damage to their bodies already been done? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/11\/30\/503757142\/it-s-never-too-late-to-quit-smoking-even-in-your-60s?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=38439867&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9k-UqevdP798play5j62ggvQVqHeyvZdFHx6DTG_Quzdw0jB7ukN4fCh3RCQw6pHQpDqd-fwm0o0RiDCJzfoVOLPI74w&amp;_hsmi=38439867\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Katherine Hobson for NPR) Older people who smoke may think there&#8217;s no reason to give up the habit. After<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164\/revisions\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}