| In this article I am going to write about the | | | | My colleagues at work started to comment on |
| reasons why I believe people should stop | | | | the fact that I was smoking and stated that |
| smoking. I hope it proves to be an | | | | my clothes really stunk of cigarettes. People |
| inspiration for many people who are | | | | in my opinion started to treat me |
| potentially thinking of quitting these cancer | | | | differently, it was like I was a second class |
| sticks once and for all. Smoking does and | | | | citizen. I decided that I needed to stop |
| will have a negative impact on your life if | | | | smoking for these and other reasons, |
| of course you continue with this nasty habit, | | | | especially as I did not really enjoy it that |
| therefore it is definately worth starting to | | | | much apart from when I was in a bar of |
| look for the best ways to quit smoking. | | | | course. |
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| I have to admit that I used to be a smoker, I | | | | I stopped smoking for five main reasons: |
| was never on lets say twenty a day but was | | | | |
| more of what people would call a social | | | | 1. To save money as a packet of cigarettes |
| smoker. I would at that point find it very | | | | costs a lot of money. |
| difficult to go out with my friends for a few | | | | |
| beers without being able to smoke etc. It | | | | 2. I did not like my clothes smelling of |
| actually would be something that I would look | | | | cigarettes. |
| forward to and at the stage I had no real | | | | |
| reasons as to why I should not do it. After a | | | | 3. Health reasons, smoking is the cause of |
| hard and stressful week at work there was | | | | many health problems including cancer. |
| nothing better than the thought of having a | | | | |
| pint of lager with a cigarette to go with it. | | | | 4. Smoking can be a big turn off to women. I |
| | | | found it hard enough to meet and attract |
| The problem started to occur when I began to | | | | women and to give them another reason not to |
| buy packs of ten cigarettes in the week to | | | | like me was just being stupid. |
| take to work with me. In my mind I had | | | | |
| thought that to smoke at work would give me | | | | 5. I wanted to be classed as a non-smoker as |
| the same type of pleasure that smoking did | | | | I felt that I was been treated like some sort |
| whilst drinking etc. I felt very let down | | | | of loser when I was a smoker. |
| when I realised that it just was not the same | | | | |
| but for whatever reason I continued to buy | | | | It was not easy to quit smoking but it is |
| and smoke them. | | | | certainly worth while, why not give it a go, |
| | | | you may well surprise yourself. |