Dispensary Corner 5 Aug 16
August 5, 2016
THE Korean military has come
up with a unique stop-smoking
initiative - and it involves eight
pretty young ladies.
The defence ministry has
enlisted K-pop girl band Lovelyz
as official “anti-smoking
ambassadors” with the aim of
cutting smoking rates in the ranks
by as much as 30%.
The initiative includes special
2017 barracks calendars featuring
the band, as well as a talk show
on a military TV channel to help
spread the message.
It’s understood soldiers who
manage to quit the ciggies will be
invited onto the program to be
interviewed, while for those at the
army’s official training centre in
Nonsan, the Lovelyz ladies will act
as “personal K-pop counsellors”.
And the unit which has the most
members who manage to kick the
habit will get a special end-of-year
show from the group to celebrate.
MORE evidence that getting busy
is good for you has come from
a Lancet publication this week,
which reported that an hour of
“brisk exercise” every day offsets
the risk of early death due to a
sedentary lifestyle.
Researchers at Brazil’s Federal
University of Pelotas analysed
records of more than one million
people as part of a study of
physical activity which has been
released just in time for next
week’s Rio Olympics.
Sitting at a desk was somewhat
unhealthy, but watching TV was
worse, probably because of the
associated snacking.
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