| | Media - May 7, 2003 - Lung Association Nova Scotia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | "COPD is a progressively disabling and life-threatening lung disease, primarily caused by smoking," said Dr. Paul Hernandez, respirologist at the QEII Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
 | | The annual cost associated with COPD is approximately $2.4 billion, but this is considered to be a conservative estimate due to the under-reporting of the disease, and the lack of data to quantify the impact on the healthcare system. |
 | | The Lung Association of Nova Scotia is a registered charity in operation since the formation of the Halifax County Tuberculosis League in 1909. |
| www.ns.lung.ca /news/05-07-03.html (770 words) |