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happy new year! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �0 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0
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To all of us who are fighting this worthless killer. May this new year be the year that you stamp out this garbage from your life. May you all realize that cigaretts will kill you. May you all have the strength and the courage to fight your quit to the end. May you all keep your God in your heart and at your side, for you will need all the help you can get! Happy new year! Jim ............................................................................................. 52 Reasons Not to Smoke - Each of the Death Cigarette Playing Cards lists different information about the negative effects of tobacco use. Here they are: The risk of a young infant developing bronchitis or pneumonia in the first year of life is doubled if its parents smoke. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer worldwide. Cigarettes are nails in your coffin. Your home smells like cigarette smoke - it stinks! Smoking is not as glamorous as you think. Non-smokers make better lovers. Smoking puts distance between you and others. You're still alive. Don't blow it. You've had it with burning holes in your best clothes. The US Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that secondhand smoke kills 56,000 Americans each year. Smoking gives you bad breath. A smoker doubles his risk of dying before the age of 65. It's a dying habit. Cigarette smoking is the chief, single avoidable cause of death in our society and the most important health issue of our time. Cigarette smoking costs the nation more than $35 billion annually in medical care. If you smoke you are probably addicted to the powerful drug nicotine. Smoking causes shortness of breath. Smoking is not cool anymore. Smoking blows your healthy image. Smoking parents are terrible role models for their children. Funerals are too darn expensive. Each cigarette shortens the life of the average smoker by seven minutes. Smoking makes your workouts harder. Cigarette smoke irritates everyone's eyes. Cigarette vending machines provide easy access for children and should be outlawed. Smoking stinks. Smoking mothers have more stillbirths and babies of low birth weight and are more vulnerable to disease and death. Sitting on a hot cigarette butt while d
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hi jim, thanks for the post lynnexx [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/24/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 69 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,035 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �276 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 5
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Jim, Thanks for the information this morning! Stay strong. Debbie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/26/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 67 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,348 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $251.25 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21
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Hey Jim dude, [quote] Sitting on a hot cigarette butt while driving is a wild toad's ride for everyone. [/quote] he he ! bin there... Dropping a ciggie between the seats doin 100 km/h on the freeway :8o:, flinging a cig out the front window & finding it came back in through the back window to burn your car down. My new years resolution... consiously spread the non-smoking disease [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 729 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 18,248 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4738.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 104 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31
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Thank you Jim for these inspiring reasons! Please join in if you have anything to add and let's make a difference to all those new members coming aboard! Josie _____________________ The SSC Support Team.

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