Preventing brain diseases


How And Why To Quit Smoking

Long ago I had a friend and she was a
girl.(not  an  official  Girlfriend).My  dad  got  lung  cancer.
Her mom smoked and worked during the day soAfter he got lung cancer he visited me; he
daughter used to pinch her smokes and sharedwas a pathetic skin over bones man now,
them with me. Both my parents smoked as well.wearing a corduroy suit, BUT STILL SMOKING IN
MY  GARAGE.
So off and on I got used to smoking; my
smoking got a real boost when I became aMy brother's wife has breast cancer; my
sailor at the age of 17, because you couldbrother  still  smokes  cigars.
buy cigarettes tax-free when you were outside
territorial  waters.I started having coughing spells at night and
the  vision in my left eye was deteriorating.
Over time I started smoking more and more
cigarettes and had to get up a couple ofMe quitting smoking? Impossible- I have no
times  a  night to have another nicotine fix.willpower.
Life without cigarettes was just notBecause I knew I could not quit I never even
imaginable.bothered  to  try.
Going on an airline trip was sheer tortureSo after a whole lifetime of smoking I was
because I could not smoke for a couple ofgoing  to  die  of  lung  cancer  too.
hours.
However, I managed to quit by using
We flew to Singapore once and I had a coupleself-hypnosis.
of smokes in the washroom in spite of the
fact that airplanes were already puttingOn September 13, 2002 at 3 PM I took my last
people  in  jail  for  smoking.drag  and  exhaled  it  through  a  Kleenex.
Over the years half of my mom's family diedThat was my last cigarette. I have never even
of  lung  cancer.thought about smoking. People can smoke
around  me  and  I  don't  give it a thought.
My  dad's  only  sibling died of lung cancer.
I no longer cough at night and the vision in
My mom died of a brain tumor-she used to be amy left eye is fine now.
heavy  smoker.



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