After reading these chapters I felt the need to renew my attempt to quit smoking. While I have always been aware of the dangers of smoking reading it in the text forced me to think about thoroughly and I think it is time. Being a smoker you think about lung cancer but when the list of related conditions keeps growing its hard to avoid not thinking about quitting. I wasn't aware of the possibility of blood clots and subsequent strokes being so much higher for a smoker and the lesser side effects such as yellowing teeth and skin doesn't sound too appealing either.
I enjoyed the discussion in this unit because everyone has some first hand experience with tobacco or alcohol even if they don't use them personally. It is very different to discuss actual experiences with the topic rather than speculation on a hypothetical event. I was very interested to see a varying degree of perceptions on the topics. Again, those perspectives can only come from first hand experience.
http://www.nysmokefree.com/
Above is the link to NYSmokeFree.com, I plan on using the advice on their website along with my doctors recommendation to hopefully quit smoking successfully this time. I'm hoping that with a combined approach of nicotine replacement and behavior modification will result in me finally being able to quit.
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