“No one can quit smoking for you, or make you want to change your life. No one can make you do anything that you don’t want to do.”
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“Tobacco is the enemy, disguised as a friend, and if you are to win the war you must get to know your enemy.”
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“I don’t know why tobacco producers are exempt when it comes to listing ingredients, but that’s just the way it is (it’s all covered within the one word – tar).”
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“If knowing about the dangers of smoking were enough, almost no one would smoke.”
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“Would you ever buy chocolate with DDT? How about Cheerios with arsenic? Not very likely!”
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“The worst part is when cells feel so threatened by their chemically marinated surroundings, that they decide to mutate as a defensive mechanism, and start to reproduce without taking their immediate surroundings into account. This mutation is called cancer.”
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“Nicotine is a fast acting drug with short lived effects, which you can assume by the fact that you need to smoke often.”
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“Here is my theory: If smoking is really good, you should be able to smoke and do nothing else at the same time, really focusing all your attention on smoking and how it makes you feel.”
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“I also urge you not to wash your hands, face or mouth in between cigarettes. Let the taste and smell stay with you, in your hair, your clothes, hands and face.”
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“Imagine willpower as a closed fist and longing as an open hand. Try closing your fist. How long do you think you can hold that pose? A closed fist requires a lot of attention and energy, and so does willpower. Longing is effortless; it’s just there, like an open hand.”
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