Kisses over cigarettes.Officials at one national lesbian health organization are betting most lesbians would rather pucker puck·er v. puck·ered, puck·er·ing, puck·ers v.tr. To gather into small wrinkles or folds: puckered my lips; puckered the curtains. v.intr. up for a kiss with a sexy woman than a drag on Verb 1. drag on - last unnecessarily long drag out last, endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" 2. a cigarette. The Mautner Project for Lesbian Health is partnering with local gay and health organizations on a national stop-smoking campaign called "Delicious Lesbian Kisses," including provocative print ads and kissing booths at lesbian venues where both smooches and smoking-cessation information are offered. "The kissing booths are a fun way to get out important public health information in a way that isn't boring or preachy preach·y adj. preach·i·er, preach·i·est Inclined or given to tedious and excessive moralizing; didactic. preach ," said Amari Sokoya Pearson-Fields, Mautner's deputy director. But their message is clear: Lesbians are much more likely to smoke than their heterosexual peers, and kicking the habit can reduce their risks for cancer and emphysema emphysema (ĕmfĭsē`mə), pathological or physiological enlargement or overdistention of the air sacs of the lungs. A major cause of pulmonary insufficiency in chronic cigarette smokers, emphysema is a progressive disease that commonly . |
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