Are you a victim of unrealistic expectations?
Does worrying have a purpose?
Do you have enough "faith" to stop worrying?
Find out the
JEWISH SECRETS
TO SELF IMPROVEMENT
"How To
Stop Worrying"
With Noted Lecturer Rabbi Shmuel Irons
Tuesday, July 1, 1997 • 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center • Maple/Drake Building
There is no charge for this program.
Refreshments will be served.
Call (810) 661-7649 to pre-register for the lecture.
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don't realize that, like cigarette
smoking, cigars can lead to lung
and oral cancer. What's more, un-
like cigarettes, cigar packages are
not required to display health
warnings.
Even if you don't smoke, but
spend time with people who do,
remember that secondhand
smoke from a cigar has 30 times
the carbon monoxide of a ciga-
rette.
Still, if you can't kick the habit,
the association says you can min-
imize the health hazards by fol-
lowing these suggestions:
Only smoke on special occa-
sions. - -
Hold the cigar between your
teeth, not between the lips and
gums.
Opt for smaller stogies. Large
cigars contain as much nicotine
as four to five cigarettes.
Don't inhale. But even if you
don't, regular cigar smoking can
lead to oral cancer.
Hold the cigar in your hand or
With magazines devoted to cig- put it in an ashtray when you're
ars, humidors found in upscale not actively smoking. The idea is
restaurants across the country to minimize contact with your
and celebrities photographed mouth.
wielding expensive stogies, it's no
Regular cigar smokers should
surprise that cigar sales jumped do monthly self-exams on their
30 percent between 1993 and lips, mouth and throat. Warning
1996.
signs of oral cancer include red-
It's a trend the American As- dish or whitish patches, a sore
sociation of Oral and Maxillofa- that fails to heal, thickening of
cial Surgeons would like to see oral tissues, a chronic sore throat
stamped out.
and difficulty chewing or swal-
Many cigar smokers say their lowing.
puffing is strictly social, but they
and loving yourself. Women are
great about loving others but
have no clue about loving them-
selves.
'Tye put a lot of energy into un-
derstanding this thing called
woman' and where we have prob-
lems."
If she's a role model for the ma-
ture woman who wants it all,
Evans is not uncomfortable with
the responsibility.
"I'm pleased to share what I've
learned along the way," she said,
sounding liberated from the need
to be perfect.
"I've had to work through
my fears and insecurities like
everyone else. That's why I'm
so passionate to find ways to help
women be the best they can
be." 111
Cigars Are
More Deadly
Jewish Secrets will be held on the first Tuesday of each month.
This lecture series is brought to you by
Mr. Fred Ferber and the Jewish Community Center.
Sperber's North Kosher Restaurant, located inside the JCC,
will be serving the Big Bash Barbecue Dinner until 8:00.
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William Beaumont Hospital is
seeking volunteers for its hos-
pice team. Training sessions
are being scheduled. For in-
formation, call (248) 828-9514.
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to the stars and the
Jewish community
presenting
Gourmet Kosher Catering
Joan Rivers
with Jeffrey
erg
Jeffrey Rosenberg
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Detroit HeartRide, 9 a.m.
Saturday, June 21, for
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8 a.m.
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annual golf, tennis and fun
run benefit will be 6:45 a.m.
Monday, June 23, at Great
Oaks Country Club in
Rochester. To participate, call
(248) 652-5345.
just E of Loading Dock Plaza, Sylvan Lake
of Adat Shalom Synagogue
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and Family Activity Day,
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Waterford Oaks Park. There
is a charge. For reservations,
call (248) 351-2102.
The University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center
will offer free prostate can-
cer screenings on the
evenings of June 25 and 26 in
Arm Arbor. For an appoint-
ment, call (800) 865-1125.
The Affiance for the Mental-
ly Ill will hold a general meet-
ing 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June
26, at the Beaumont Hospital
administration building, 3601
W. 13 Mile, Royal Oak. Recip-
ients rights and issues will be
discussed.
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