Quitting Smoking One Step at a Time

Hello and Welcome, my name is Jason and I smoked for almost 20 years of my life.  I started clear back in high school and it did not take long for me to become addicted.  Now I am much older and smoke free. 

Quitting smoking was something that I tried to do year after year only to fail time and time again.  Many people struggle with the idea of quitting smoking and I was one of them.  There came a point where I had to decide whether I  was going to live life as a smoker or quit smoking.

I knew by quitting smoking I would be making a major life style change and to be honest it scared me but I was tired of being addicted to something that was as harmful to my health as smoking was.

If you are asking yourself if you are ready to get on the road to quitting smoking and the answer is "yes" then don't wait another minute.  Get started today, the quitting smoking information and tips on this website will help, it did me.

Sincerely,

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Publ.Date : Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

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Public health guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published today (Wednesday 24 February) focuses specifically on school-based methods to prevent children and young people from starting to smoke. One in two long-term smokers will die prematurely as a result of smoking, and half of these deaths will be in middle age...
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Publ.Date : Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 PST

The Speed At Which Nicotine Peaks In The Brain
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Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST

Immigrating To North America May Foster Smoking In Children: New Study Published In Journal Of Adolescent Health
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