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Do you have a ˆlong enough lever˜ in your life to quit smoking? With long list of reasons, you can do anything - even quit smoking.
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."-- Archimedes
Do you have a ˆlong enough lever˜ in your life to quit smoking? With long list of reasons, you can do anything - even quit smoking. (Ordered chronologically and by importance)
1. Wasting money on killing yourself
9. You alright get enough lung population by living in the city 10. You won´t have to move to the country to breath clean air
18. Accomplishing what only 3.5% of smokers do a year*: quitting for a year or longer (According to the Surgeon General’s Report, 1990) 19. Grayish dull complexion caused by smoking
20. Preventing premature aging without surgery or fancy creams 21. Scaly skin caused by smoking
22. Having to look for a cigarette 23. Having to ask for a light
24. Those millions of thoughts about smoking 25. Wasting time planning your smoke breaks Reasons to Quit Smoking
26. Experiencing panic-attacks when you´re not able to have a cigarette 27. Freezing outside in bad weather
28. Having money to go back to school, work less hours, or go a vacation 29. Extra money to purchase gift´s for loved ones
30. Hanging out with the mostly unhealthy and pessimistic ˆsmokers˜ crowd 31. No energy to exercise
32. Three words ˆsex, impotence, loser˜
33. Not being able to a flight climb stairs without losing your breathe 34. The ˆa smoker˜ unhealthy life style
35. Low self-confidence of being a smoker
36. People looking down on you for being a `smoker´ 37. Being turned down for life insurance
38. Potential employer not hiring you because you´re a smoker
40. concentration
41. All the interruptions in your life 42. Less running around
43. The negative drain of being addicted to something
44. Non-smoker hate kissing smokers, and most likely will NOT 45. The thought of harming your unborn baby
46. Second-hand smoke kills family members too
47. 75% of children who smoke because their parents do
48. Teens that smoke are seven times more likely do elicit drugs 49. Trips to the convenience store in the middle of the night 50. Waking-up in the middle of the night just to have a smoke Reasons to Quit Smoking
51. Craving a cigarette and being irritated if you don´t get one 52. Less time to spend with your family
53. Less time inhaling toxic poisons
54. Less time inhaling other smokers second hand smoke 55. Never having to sit in another smoke filled room 56. Feeling and looking younger
65. Only being able to date less-than-perfect smokers 66. Burning holes your clothes
67. Worrying about burning down your home
68. Worrying about burning down some one else´s property or home 69. Encouraging your children to play with fire
70. Having money to go on ˆdate night˜ to dinner and the movies 71. Time to start a new hobby
72. Time to start an exercise program 73. Time to clean your body out
74. Finally throwing clothes with burn holes in them 75. Smoking causes infertility 83. Having to bum cigarettes from others
84. Worry about going for a long time without a smoke like in a movie or on a plane 85. Sleepless nights
86. The sad fact your first thought in your day is about ˆsmoking˜
87. You´ll instantly be sexier and more attractive to people even non-smokers 88. No more excuses about not quitting
89. Literally not being able to smell the roses 90. Other people thinking you´re dim-witted
91. Losing creditability as an professional or expert because of your dumb habit 92. Your mom never asking you to quit again
93. Having the title of ˆex-smoker˜
94. Quitting before you get cancer or die
95. Proving all those people wrong who said ˆyou´ll never quit˜ 96. Dying a peaceful death
98. Burning holes in your carpets 99. Cleaning ashtrays
100. Cleaning up spill tobacco in your purse or desk 101. Hiding the fact you still haven´t quit yet
Right now, please write out your top 10, print it them off, or email them to a friend. I hope you found a long list of reasons to quit smoking now, long enough to easily quit smoking today.
Sources:
1US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, p. vi
2According to the American Cancer Society, the average economic costs of smoking are estimated to be approximately $3,391 per smoker per year *** According for the average inflation cost of Cigarettes
**** U.S. Fire Administration. A Profile of Fire in the United States, 1989-1998. 2000. Available online at: www.usfa.fema.gov
5Smoking 25 cigarettes (one pack) a day for an average 4 minutes (smoking and traveling to the designated smoking spot) equals 608 hours and 20 minutes of conscious time per year.
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