Reasons to Quit Smoking 101 Funny Not so Funny Incentives

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Reasons to Quit Smoking ˘ 101 Funny & Not-so-Funny Incentives
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Do you have a ˆlong enough lever˜ in your life to quit smoking? With long list of reasons, you

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Reasons to 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."-

Do you have a ˆlong enough lever˜ in your life to quit smoking? With long list of reasons, you

(Ordered chronologically and by importance)
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Wasting money on killing yourself
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Smelling like an ashtray

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Your bland taste buds
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The embarrassing smoking smell of your
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Even coffee tastes worst
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Wondering if someone is going to get sick from riding in your ˆsmoker´s˜ car
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Your home won´t stink
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The whizzing when you breathe
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You alright get enough lung population by living in the city
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You won´t have to move to the country to breath clean air
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Poor circulation
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Low energy

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Feeling gorse
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No amount of gum covers your ashtray breath
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Yellow teeth
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Yellow Stained fingers
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Living an extra 7 years
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Accomplishing what only 3.5% of smokers do a year*: quitting for a year or longer (Acc
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Grayish dull complexion caused by smoking
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Preventing premature aging without surgery or fancy creams
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Scaly skin caused by smoking
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Having to look for a cigarette

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Having to ask for a light
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Those millions of thoughts about smoking
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Wasting time planning your smoke breaks
Reasons to Quit Smoking
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Experiencing panic-attacks when you´re not able to have a cigarette
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Freezing outside in bad weather
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Having money to go back to school, work less hours, or go a vacation
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Extra money to purchase gift´s for loved ones
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Hanging out with the mostly unhealthy and pessimistic ˆsmokers˜ crowd
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No energy to exercise
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Three words ˆsex, impotence, loser˜
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Not being able to a flight climb stairs without losing your breathe
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The ˆa smoker˜ unhealthy life style
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Low self-confidence of being a smoker
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People looking down on you for being a `smoker´
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Being turned down for life insurance
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Potential employer not hiring you because you´re a smoker
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Not being able to find an apartment because no one wants to rent to smokers

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concentration
All the interruptions in your life
Less running around

The negative drain of being addicted to something
Non-smoker hate kissing smokers, and most likely will NOT
The thought of harming your unborn baby
Second-hand smoke kills family members too
75% of children who smoke because their parents do
Teens that smoke are seven times more likely do elicit drugs
Trips to the convenience store in the middle of the night
Waking-up in the middle of the night just to have a smoke
to Quit Smoking
Craving a cigarette and being irritated if you don´t get one
Less time to spend with your family
Less time inhaling toxic poisons
Less time inhaling other smokers second hand smoke
Never having to sit in another smoke filled room
Feeling and looking younger
The smell smoke in your hair
The smell smoke in your clothes
A toxic and cancer filled body
Aching joints
Muscle pains

That constant nagging cough
Getting a ˆcolds˜ all the time
A weak immune system
Only being able to date less-than-perfect smokers
Burning holes your clothes
Worrying about burning down your home
Worrying about burning down some one else´s property or home
Encouraging your children to play with fire
Having money to go on ˆdate night˜ to dinner and the movies
Time to start a new hobby
Time to start an exercise program
Time to clean your body out
Finally throwing clothes with burn holes in them
Smoking causes infertility
to Quit Smoking
Your baby will thank you
Your breast milk will be safe to drink
All of your family members will be proud of you
All of your friends will be proud of you
All of your co-workers will be proud of you

Having lunch money every day now
You won´t ever be called `a smoker´ again
Having to bum cigarettes from others
Worry about going for a long time without a smoke like in a movie or on a plane
Sleepless nights
The sad fact your first thought in your day is about ˆsmoking˜
You´ll instantly be sexier and more attractive to people even non-smokers
No more excuses about not quitting
Literally not being able to smell the roses
Other people thinking you´re dim-witted
Losing creditability as an professional or expert because of your dumb habit
Your mom never asking you to quit again
Having the title of ˆex-smoker˜
Quitting before you get cancer or die
Proving all those people wrong who said ˆyou´ll never quit˜
Dying a peaceful death
Giving the athletic performance advantage to the non-smokers

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Burning holes in your carpets
Cleaning ashtrays
Cleaning up spill tobacco in your purse or desk
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

Sources:
1US Surgeon General’s Report, 1990, p. vi
2According to the American Cancer Society, the average economic costs of smoking are estimated
*** According for the average inflation cost of Cigarettes
**** U.S. Fire Administration. A Profile of Fire in the United States, 1989-1998. 2000. Availa
5Smoking 25 cigarettes (one pack) a day for an average 4 minutes (smoking and traveling to the

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