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Better all-round health - stopping smoking reduces the risk of 50 different illnesses and conditions.
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Heart attack risk drops to the same as a non-smoker three years after quitting
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Cancer risk drops with every year of not smoking
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Live longer and stay well - one in two long-term smokers die early and lose about 16 years of life
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Set a good example to the kids (or other people’s kids) - don't want to be a smoking role model
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Have lots of money to spend on other things - smoking costs big money.
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Improved fitness and easier breathing – better at sports and getting up stairs
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Better chance of having a healthy baby
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Food and drink tastes better
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Better skin and complexion, and no early wrinkles. Look at the wrinkles women show around their mouths from years of sucking on a cigarette.
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Fresher smelling breath, hair and clothes, and no more cigarette smells around the house
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You will be back in full control and no longer craving or distracted when you are not smoking or not able to smoke
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Travel on trains, aircraft, buses will be easier
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Work will be easier and I won’t have to spend so much time outside or in the smoking room, and your co-workers who don't smoke will like you more!
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Don't want to support tobacco companies
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Concern about environmental impact of tobacco growing
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Lary Stover
