How Did I Manage… ?

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Well, I’ve seen that some people wrote a personal story, and I will write my own here.  Or, I should say, I will be writing some – as I have had a few experiences with different forms of smoking, mostly from second-hand or family-related issues. Read more

The Fags Got Him in the End!

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Smoking is something I have good reason to hate, as it is around 6 years now since someone I loved very much died from smoking-related heart disease, and I still miss him every day. Read more

Oh, I’m so bored!

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I have observed people who smoke for many years. My daughter, her boyfriend, co-workers and friends alike seem to get nervous when they feel bored and have to grab a cigarette. This becomes such a habitual activity that it must be very hard to stop. Read more

People We Love Who Smoke

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My daughter just turned 41 and she has smoked since she was about twelve. I can remember sneaking a pack of Salem cigarettes outof my grandfaother’s bedroom. My cousins and I snuck behind the garage and smoked. It was a curiosity. Read more

Cinnamon Sticks

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I’ve never smoked, haven’t even considered doing so. I had the perfect excuse too—if that peer pressure I was always warned about ever happened, which it didn’t. Read more

My Struggle to Cope

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I’m Sammi; a spunky 16 year old girl who’s been through a lot but still manages to keep a smile shining on my face. I smoke cigarettes, and, unfortunately, I’m addicted. It’s been only about a year now since I’ve started smoking, but dang, that nagging nicotine sure knows how to keep a hold tight on you. Read more

A Little About Me!

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I am so excited to be blogging here and here goes my first post. Breathing healthy is something very close to my heart and something I do not take for granted. Read more

News On The Battle To Quit Smoking

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We have seen a big boom in smoking cessation products over the last few years. There has been the patches of course, prescriptions and the controversy that surrounded the e-cigarettes that are now on the market. While smoking a person has less energy, a more negative outlook on life and are less happy with themselves as they would be other wise. Being in a lower frame of mine we could be more apt to eat and drink things that aren’t good for us. On the other hand, after quitting a person feels more energetic, more apt to get out and get more accomplished and are less apt to eat and drinks things that aren’t good for us. Read more

I had to quit smoking

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In January of 2011, I had developed a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation.  As I prepared to go in for my first internal x-rays, I was so scared the results would reveal my 28 + years of smoking by way of charred lungs and blackened ventricles.  I decided on that day to quit smoking cold turkey.  Read more