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14 terrible excuses not to quit smoking you need to stop making

14 terrible excuses not to quit smoking you need to stop making http://ift.tt/1JtV9Ao Rachel Tarley

Smokers are nothing if not industrious in their excuse-making.

You know it’s bad for you and you do want to quit, but there’s always a perfectly good reason why it’s totally impractical right now.

Here are 14 excuses you’ve probably made for not quitting… and why you need to stop making them.

Easy: quit with them. The couple that improves their lung capacity together, stays together.

You'll make a better impression not smelling of tar and regret.

You will be irritable, it's true. But your mates will be grateful for having a less smelly friend at the end of it.

Nope.

No, SOME damage is done. Stop now and you not only will you not do anymore, but you'll have a chance to reverse some of that damage.

Bless you, naive optimist. Yes, you feel fine now, but you'll be paying for all those cigarettes in 30 years' time.

Don't be silly; your social life revolves around your dazzling wit and don't you forget it.

Do you know how much better you'll deal with stress once your body isn't being filled with poison?*

Wrong again! Your immune system is compromised by smoking.

Actually, smoking deprives your brain - which is pretty key in the concentration process - of oxygen.

Healthier pick-me-ups include pomegranates, make-out sessions and hill-walking.

A pattern is emerging here...

This is getting ridiculous now.

Yes, but in 2030, you'll want to be able to enjoy your lungs.

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*According to research by the University of East London.

http://ift.tt/1CU7uaJ February 20, 2015 at 04:03PM