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Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade.

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How weird, a million quit smoking over the fear of Covid-19 yet they have no fear of COPD, Cancer, and the multitude of other incurable smoking related diseases.

The time is right for a concerted effort to open their eyes to all the other diseases that smokers can develop. Time to strike whilst the iron is hot!

bbc.co.uk/news/health-53403610

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that's a bonus for every one, air quality, nhs :D

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Yes that is somewhat bizarre. I’ll never stop being angry with myself for allowing smoking to cause COPD in my lungs. If only .....

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tomc

You forgot to add the poverty smoking adds too.... at almost £10.00 a pack, that's a lot of cash to payout to kill yourself.

Breath well another bonus no smell....

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Angelagone

Possibly because you can hide from cancer etc. And pretend it wont happen, whereas covid 19 is everywhere.

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taylorwilkes1990

How interesting, i'll be honest, it's one of the main reasons i am quitting

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2greys in reply to taylorwilkes1990

Good on you, keep it up and if you fail keep trying until you do. Once you have stopped you will wonder why you did not quit earlier. Eventually you will realise just how much it stinks and be ashamed that you have subjected others to it.

Hopefully, at your young age, you will escape the horrors of the damage and misery it can cause.......and yes I used to smoke, now paying the price for it.

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Nelly_123

I’m on day 5 of not smoking... 😬

Husband is still alive so it can’t be going too badly 😂

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2greys in reply to Nelly_123

Keep it up, it is so not worth smoking, a terrible habit which I know is so hard to quit. It has taken me almost 4 years to get my partner to quit, after I did guess what, just as happened to me, after 2 months from quitting she was diagnosed with COPD as well. Fortunately only moderate as against mine as severe, almost very severe which it is now, along with lung cancer 30 months ago which fortunately is now in remission.

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Nelly_123 in reply to 2greys

I’m glad to hear your cancer is in remission. Sorry to hear your COPD is severe and that your partner also has it.

I’m determined to quit smoking, I just wish I had done it sooner (or better yet, never started) 😔

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