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13 years ago 0 90 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I think what is most alarming is that most smokers know the statistics and know how much they are damaging their health, yet they still do it.  I did for 25 years.  I knew it could kill me, I knew it gave me headaches, wrinkles, lack of energy, isolated me from my family and other non-smokers, yet I did it twenty times a day.
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13 years ago 0 1 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Very interesting....but also alarming. I think they are all quite troubling.
 
I'm ready to put a stop to this habit of mine.
 
Beauty

13 years ago 0 71 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I think we are all aware and troubled by the possible consequences of our smoking.  I always just pushed them out of my mind and kept puffing.  It wasn't real unless I was sick or hacking.  The end came when I was standing in my bathroom coughing my lungs up and reaching for a cigarette. Somehow at that moment I realized just how insane it was to keep doing this to myself.  It took many years to reach that point.  I hope others don't wait that long.
 
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My Quit Date: 5/31/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 394
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 13,790
Amount Saved: $3,102.75
Life Gained:
Days: 51 Hrs: 17 Mins: 21 Seconds: 7

13 years ago 0 1904 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
To me, they are all equally as troubling, Jason. I really regret what I have put my body through.

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My Quit Date: 5/1/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 423
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 11,844
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Days: 47 Hrs: 15 Mins: 48 Seconds: 14

13 years ago 0 55 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
None... unfortunately as a former smoker I knew all the statistics....  I finally wised up and realised that I could beat the addiction and hopefully NOT become a statistic  
 
Welcome Jason 
 
Leslie 

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My Quit Date: 2/14/2002
Smoke-Free Days: 3056
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 122,240
Amount Saved: $18,336.00
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13 years ago 0 223 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women.
Smoking is also responsible for most cancers of the larynx, oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, and bladder.
In addition, it is a cause of kidney, pancreatic, cervical, and stomach cancers, as well as acute myeloid leukemia.
 
Which statistic do you find the most troubling?

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