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This message was composed by me and sent using an electronic device. > On Dec 10, 2014, at 1:31 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095768_how-to-quit-smoking-buy-an-electric-car > How To Quit Smoking: Buy An Electric Car? > By Stephen Edelstein Dec 5, 2014 > > [images] 2015 Nissan Leaf EV > Electric cars are good for the environment, but could they also benefit the > health of the people who drive them? > > There's now a small amount of anecdotal evidence that buying an electric car > may help you quit smoking. > > It comes from a newsletter issued by advocacy group Plug-In America, which > relates the story of one Nissan Leaf salesman who found that driving a > plug-in car helped customers do exactly that. > > Ray Ishak--a salesman at Magic Nissan in Everett, Washington--told Plug-In > America secretary Jeff Finn that 10 customers had stopped smoking after > buying their Leafs. > > Is it because the Leaf's serene driving experience and green image imbues > owners with a healthier sensibility? > > Not at all. > > The reason is considerably more straightforward: The drivers no longer stop > at gas stations, which is where they typically bought their cigarettes. > > Come to think of it, avoiding gas stations removes a lot of unhealthy > temptations: not just cigarettes, but mega-sized sodas, salty snacks, candy, > perhaps even lottery tickets. > > Who knows? It may be just one more benefit of driving an electric car. > > It can also be beneficial to people outside the car, who don't have to > breathe in quite so many harmful exhaust emissions. > > Those emissions contribute to poor air quality in countries around the > world, including--despite fairly strict emissions standards--the U.S. and > Europe. > > While major improvements have been made over the past few decades, the Los > Angeles area still experienced 94 days of smog levels above the Federal > standard this year. > > Meanwhile, diesel trucks and buses in London led to higher levels of nitrous > oxides than in the infamously bad air of Beijing for a period. > > Whether it's the car or the driver who's doing it, smoking just isn't > healthy. > [© greencarreports.com] > ... > http://www.treehugger.com/cars/unexpected-benefit-electric-cars-might-help-smokers-quit-their-unhealthy-habit.html > Unexpected benefit: Electric cars might help smokers quit their unhealthy > habit! > Michael Graham Richard December 8, 2014 > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3DEVLN%2Bbrucedp2%26days%3D0%26sort%3Ddate > > http://www.therakyatpost.com/business/2014/11/29/dhl-challenges-malaysians-design-eco-friendly-vehicles/ > DHL Blue Sky Transport Design Award challenges Malaysians 2design EVs > ... > http://transport.asiaone.com/news/general/story/malaysians-enjoy-ev-prices-below-40000-2017 > Malaysians enjoy EV prices below $40k in 2017 > > http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news37775.html > 60 public EVSE on Fujian.cn highways to promote e-vehicle use > + > EVLN: $70k Yulon.tw Luxgen MPV electric minivan r:112km > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-EV-Benefits-How-To-Quit-Smoking-Some-Unhealthy-Temptations-tp4672982.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
