Sad Stories From People Who Have Been Hurt by Smoking

Ex-Smokers Share Their Personal Stories

吸烟相关疾病are snatching our beloved family members and friends away from us at an alarming rate. According to the World Health Organization, 6 million adults adults around the world die from tobacco-related causes every year. And by 2030, experts caution we'll lose 8 million lives annually if we don't reduce our consumption. With numbers like that, there aren't many of us who don't know someone, be it family member or friend who has been hurt by tobacco.

作为吸烟者,我们是掩盖吸烟后可怕数据的大师。但现实情况是,如果我们找不到戒烟的方法,总有一天会迫使我们最终戒烟,因为吸烟会杀死一半的长期吸烟者。这些都不是好机会。

虽然这本书中的一些吸烟故事令人悲伤,难以阅读,但它们却鲜明地提醒人们,吸烟会带来什么"pleasure" of smoking.

感谢所有在这里与我们分享他们非常个人和痛苦的故事,帮助拯救生命的人。。。your lives,亲爱的读者。

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Small Cell Lung Cancer - Cheryl's Story, Part One

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Cheryl was diagnosed with stage IV small cell lung cancer in November of 2003. As devastating as this was, she managed to step outside of her own pain in order to share her very personal story with all of us here.

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Heart Disease - Walt's Story

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and the leading cause of death caused by smoking. Cigarette smoke cause plaques to form in the arteries, which leads to atherosclerosis, otherwise known as hardening of the arteries.

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非小细胞肺癌-迪的故事

At 49 young years of age, Dee was diagnosed with stage 1B non-small cell lung cancer. In her own words, she thought of herself as fit and invincible, but her story is proof that the smoking-related diseases are indiscriminate.

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Graves Disease - Ronnie's Story

OurSmoking Cessation forummember Ronnie developed Graves disease and learned that smokers suffer 4 times the risk of the disease as that of non-smokers.

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Oral Cancer - Marlene's Story

口腔癌是大多数吸烟者害怕的疾病。玛琳与我们分享了她失去声音并恢复声音的非凡故事,她的使命是教导学生吸烟的危害。

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Emphysema - Christine's Story

Christine Rowley was the Smoking Cessation Guide at from 1997-2003. She helped more people quit smoking than we could ever begin to count. Christine lived with emphysema, and shares her story here.

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Degenerative Disc Disease - Michelle's Story

Ex-smoker Michelle Boisvert suffers from degenerative disc disease (DDD). Diagnosed at the age of 33, she has since learned that cigarette smoking is a leading risk factor for DDD. While she may never know for sure if smoking was responsible for this health issue, it is very possible it was.

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Stroke - Paul's Story

保罗大约30年来每天抽两包烟,在他43岁的时候,中风使他无助了好几个月。

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COPD - Jacki's Story

Ex-Smoker Catherine shared her friend Jacki's quit story because she was unable to share it herself due to the smoking-related disease she suffers from.

Quit Smoking Now

如果你还在吸烟,用这些故事来帮助你找到戒烟的动机。选择一个戒烟日期,开始研究当你戒烟后会发生什么。不要让瘾君子的想法说服你推迟约会——这是尼古丁成瘾的说法。坚持住,不要回头。你不会后悔的。

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