It's Not Too Late to Quit Smoking
The Great American Smokeout, an annual November event is sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Begun in 1975, this program attempts to motivate smokers to quit. In these past years there has been a lot of new information on the health consequences of smoking. There have also been many breakthroughs in helping smokers to quit. It is never too late to quit. It doesn't matter how long you have been smoking, research shows that quitting will improve your health. The time for excuses is over. STOP SMOKING NOW.
Th negative health effects are cumulative and increase the longer you smoke. If you have developed emphysema or had a heart attack you may think that there is no sense in quitting smoking now, why bother? The evidence shows that that kind of thinking is wrong. Second heart attacks are significantly reduced if the smoking habit is stopped, and while the damage already done to the lungs cannot be revered completely, improvement in pulmonary function has been documented. A disease such as diabetes can be controlled better if the person with diabetes quits smoking. While it is best to never start smoking, quitting is the next best thing you can do for your health. Quitting the smoking habit is not easy. Smoking is an addiction. I smoked for 16 years before quitting over 15 years ago. I managed to do it "cold turkey", and I can tell you, it was not painless. Thank heavens there are now many easier methods available.
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