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Smoking Cessation

Holly_Hobby

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4. I started at 15, I'm 58 now

Reply to PennyK (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 02:55 PM

Sep 2014

My grandmother died of lung cancer in 1982, but that didn't stop me either. My grandfather had COPD, caused by smoking.

Not only nicotine is an awful addiction, but the 3,000 other chemicals in smokes make it much, much more difficult to give up.

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I hit a milestone [View all] PennyK Sep 2014 OP

Congratulations to you! cbayer Sep 2014 #1

Awesome! Holly_Hobby Sep 2014 #2

Know how long I smoked? PennyK Sep 2014 #3

I started at 15, I'm 58 now Holly_Hobby Sep 2014 #4

No big deal Alan Selk Sep 2014 #5

Monday, I'll hit a full year! PennyK Jan 2015 #6

Sorry about the colonoscopy but huge congratulations on making it a year. cbayer Jan 2015 #7