robert garcia, a lower not hill, russian hill, and a represent as from a north beach. at the aquatic park, telegraph hill. serving our city, serving our seniors, the partnerships with self-help for the elderly -- everything is giving, the chief serves up meals at the center and for those too physically cannot attend, we drive them, we drive the meals to them. this is done on our own time. we partner with self-help walkathon and i started a new program called monthly lunch with the captain. once a month, we visit a senior center and serve food we talk about the issues relating to senior crime and prevention. beets are a big part of central station to to the high traffic ingestion and the population density and support from the community. we have beets in north beach, chinatown, union square and fisherman's wharf. the embarcadero wants it so bad, they pay for it. no taxpayer money there. also at central, we speak 40 languages. russian, spanish, swedish and of course english. not only do we practice community policing, but we practice global policing at central station. r

robert bazell. >> reporter: 28-year-old amanda garcia just joined a program to try to quit her pack-a-day smoking. she always thought about quitting. she smoked since age 15. >> i don't think i was really ready, i kept saying i'm not doing it or trying it until i am really ready. >> reporter: the study out tonight provides the latest and best evidence that quitting is worth the effort. the researchers in britain followed a million women for 12 years, now in their 60s and 70s. smoking a pack a day starting with their teens, reducing their life expectancy by years, numbers of early deaths, a number even higher than the risk for men. >> if you're a smoker for your whole life, the chances you will die directly from your smoking are greater than the chances of anything else put together. >> reporter: the study examined women who even smoked a few cigarettes a day, doubled their chances of dying. but the news of the study is not all bad, reinforcing the idea if you quit it reduces the risk, the sooner the better. the research finds if a woman quits before her 40s, her chances dropped by 90%, if a woman

robert bazell. >> reporter: 28-year-old amanda garcia just joined a program to try to quit her smoke a day smoking pattern. a smoker since age 15. she always thought about quitting. >> i don't think i was ever ready. i always said i'm not doing it until i'm ready. >> reporter: researchers in britain followed one million women now in their 60s and 70s for 12 years. smoking a pack a day starting in their teens, reduced life expectancy by an average of 11 years. tripling the chances of a premature death. a number even higher than the risk for men. >> if you're a smoker for your whole life, the chances that you'll die directly from your smoke rg greater than the chances of dying from everything else put together. >> reporter: the study found that even women who smoked a few cigarettes a day doubled their chances of dying younger. but the nude from the study is not all bad. it reinforces the idea that if you quit, it reduces the risk, and the sooner the better. the research finds that if a woman who starts smoking as a teen quits before age 40, her increased chances of dying drop by 90%. even if a woma