Smoking is one of the most difficult habits to break and many smokers make several attempts before kicking the habit for good. Since 1977, the American Cancer Society has helped encourage people to take the first step toward smoking cessation through the Great American Smokeout. On the organization’s Web site, smokers can find several resources about the importance of living a smoke-free lifestyle, along with tips on how to help them do it. Below are quotes to think about on the Great American Smokeout 2009—some of which may inspire someone to kick the habit today.
1. “I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.”
–Arturo Toscanini
2. “Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.”
–Nat King Cole
3. “To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times.”
–Mark Twain
4. “A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying long-time-no-see.”
–Phyllis Battelle
5. “Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all.”
–Mitch Daniels
6. “If we see you smoking, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action.”
–Douglas Adams
7. “The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion of tobacco.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.”
–George D. Prentice
9. “A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”
–Oscar Wilde
10. “Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.”
–Unknown
For more quotes about smoking, log on to quotegarden.com and BrainyQuote.com.
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