Quit Smoking Monday Messages
A Life Cut Short by Tobacco
According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in American men and women today. It’s also the most preventable form of cancer, with 87 percent of all lung cancer cases attributable to tobacco use.
While tobacco is usually a slow killer, with the toxins and carcinogens in tobacco smoke taking years to poison us, that’s not always the way of it. Sometimes tobacco strikes a person down young.
In the heart-wrenching account I’m sharing with you today, About.com Smoking Cessation support forum member Karen (9Sept) shares this real life story about Cat, a young man who used tobacco much less than the average person and for decades less than most smokers. His story will sadden and scare you … and it should.
Tobacco use is a lot like playing Russian roulette with a loaded gun. You have no way of knowing when it’s going to go off in your face…or lungs…or heart…or throat…you get the idea. It may sound harsh, but the reality of what smoking does to us is much more than harsh. It’s horrific.
Lung Cancer at 36 Years Old — Cat’s Story
Thank you for sharing Cat’s story with us, Karen. He will live on to help others through the words you’ve so poignantly put to paper on his behalf.
He won’t be forgotten.
If you’re still smoking, don’t pacify yourself with justifications that you have time to quit before a smoking-related disease catches up with you. There is no way to know when disease will strike or what form it will take when it does.
How Smoking Harms Us: Head to Toe
Given the thousands of dangerous chemical compounds circulating through a person’s body with each puff on a cigarette, the odds of escaping the disease and death that follows tobacco use are never in the smoker’s favor.
Don’t waste another day of your precious and irreplaceable life on an addiction that will snuff it out, given the chance.
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Tags: Anti-Smoking, Stop Smoking
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Since trying an electronic cigarette my lungs have definitely improved, now I am not inhlaing tobacco smoke. Not to mention the harmful chemicals that I am no longer putting in my body. There are lots of makes now but it is easy to go to an electronic cigarette review site to find one that suits you. It is also good for your pocket as it is cheaper than smoking traditional cigarettes. Try before forming an opinion.