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Great post Tony [quote] Smokers who quit before age 50 have half the risk of dying in the next 15 years compared with those who continue to smoke [/quote] At the age of 48, that one had particular relevence to me! Brent [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/8/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 58 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 410 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �290 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29

Hiya Peeps :) I was just surfin elsewhere on da net and ran across some interesting facts that I thought I would copy and paste into this thread. Hope ya'll enjoy. � Smoking kills more people per year than AIDS, heroin and morphine, cocaine & crack, alcohol, auto accidents, fires, suicide, and homicide COMBINED � Smoking is the cause of about 30% of all cancers and 80-90% of lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death for men and has just surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of death for women. � National Academy of Sciences studies have found that nonsmoking wives of smoking husbands have a 35 percent higher risk of lung cancer compared with women whose husbands don't smoke. � Smokers have two times greater risk of dying of heart attacks and three times greater risk of dying of strokes than nonsmokers � Pipe and cigar smokers are 3-5 times more likely than non-smokers to develop cancer of the mouth and esophagus � Children who grow up in homes with parents who smoke are twice as likely to become smokers themselves. � Children exposed to tobacco smoke are more likely to be snorers and cough during the night � Smokers who quit before age 50 have half the risk of dying in the next 15 years compared with those who continue to smoke. � Secondhand smoke is associated with as many as 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia each year among children from 0 to 18 months of age � Babies are 3 times more likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) if their mothers smoke during and after pregnancy. � Smoking is responsible for an estimated one in five U.S. deaths. � The carbon monoxide in the cigarette smoke increases the amount of cholesterol clogging the arteries. � Women smokers enter menopause an average of 5 years earlier than nonsmokers. � Women who smoke are at an increased risk of osteoporosis. � The mobility of sperm is reduced in male smokers. � When a nonsmoker marries a smoker, the risk of getting lung cancer and/or heart disease is doubled! � The effectiveness of many medications is greatly reduced in smokers. � Smoking accelerates the aging process. � Excess facial hair is 7 times more frequent in women who smoke compared to those who do not! � The tobacco indu

Lady, it is scary if ya think about it. Silver, I gotta admit...when ever I saw stuff like this before my quit, I just turned on the deaf ear, or the blind eye, whichever you want it. Now that I am quit, I like to read everything I can about tobacco and how bad it is, just as a reminder that I REALLY dont want to start smoking again. Hopefully, this stuff will effect somebody else in the positive way it effects me. :) Have a nice smoke free day!!!! Tony [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 33 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 662 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $99 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 14

Smoggone, If the government made it completely illegal, they wouldnt have all that tax money comin in. Big tobacco companies have a big influence on Washington D.C. If they quit contributing, the political parties would actually have to get out and work for campaign money. Wouldnt that be so sad if they had to do that? (NOT). Have a nice smokefree day!!!! Tony :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 33 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 673 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $99 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 1 [B]Seconds:[/B] 8

Hi Tony- this is the kind of stuff I absolutely REFUSED to read or listen to when I was still smoking. Change the channel, pleeeeeeasseeee!! Now I just look at that list and shake my head. Lots of it applies to be in a residual way. :( [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 9/17/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 140 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,200 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $910 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 30 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24

What really p*$$e$ me off is that we have all this evidence about how harmful tobacco is and yet it is LEGAL. So glad it is banned just about everywhere in CA. Don't like the cig nazis but the damage to health is irrefutable. :mad: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 196 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,932 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $980 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 25 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12

Interesting facts Tony. That's some scary stuff. Thanks for sharing them with us. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 217 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,358 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $759.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 58 [B]Seconds:[/B] 40