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Written by Pete
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Sunday, 28 October 2007 |
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“Started smoking at 10 or 11. Never thought seriously about giving up. Not even when my girlfriend (now my wife) started in her early 20s, no doubt partly influenced by me. Why did I stop then? My darling sons. |
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Written by Eryl, Sheffield
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Sunday, 28 October 2007 |
“I stopped smoking 20-30 cigarettes a day about 15 years ago. These are the things that helped me do it: - I decided on what date I was going to stop 6 months in advance - safely in the distance
- During that 6 months I thought about & wrote down all the reasons why I wanted to stop
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Written by Bruce K.
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Sunday, 28 October 2007 |
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“ I'm 47 and have smoked for 15 years. I had my last cigarette on December 13th, 2006, the same night I was unexpectedly driven by ambulance for what was to evolve into Open Heart Surgery within the next 7 hours. |
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Written by Ann
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Sunday, 28 October 2007 |
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“Hi, my name is Ann. I'm 52 started smoking at 17yrs off and on until 28 about 10 cigarettes a day. Gave up at 28 when had children,started again at 35 always about 10 a day. From age 45 increased to about 15 a day until a year ago managed to get it down to 5 to 10 a day.Started getting permanent sore throat about a year ago. |
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Written by Luba
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Sunday, 28 October 2007 |
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“I started smoking when I was 13. I started seriously smoking at age 15, I found it nice and it stopped me from eating during lunchbreaks. When I was around 16/17 I swopped food for cigarettes, even losing 3 to 4 kilos in a week just having breakfast and dinner and nothing but ciggies in between. I loved smoking, it made me me. |
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