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We welcome your opinion and would like to hear from you. Please
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8-5-06
. . . As the daughter of a mother who survived lung cancer only
to get diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
eight years later, I had to reply to this press release from a personal
standpoint. COPD is the nation's fourth leading cause of death,
largely caused by smoking. My mother lived five years after the
COPD diagnosis, the last two of them in a nursing home, as congestive
heart failure and dementia kicked in. As her responsible person
and power of attorney, I watched it all happen. Smokers may think
lung cancer is a quick death, but COPD surely is not, and the sufferer
often loses both dignity and sense of self. The cost of care is
astronomical, both financially and emotionally. If smokers aren't
scared of cancer, they should spend a few hours with someone with
advanced COPD and see what it does to not only the COPD'er but their
family as well. - Sincerely, Christina O., MA (more)
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7-27-06
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more importantly however, I am motivated to help because my father
has been a heavy smoker from an early age. This habit is insidious,
and I have seen first hand how it can affect not only the smoker’s
life, but others as well. It’s not enough that smoking has
led to emphysema for my father and my mother (a non-smoker), hearth
disease, etc., but the economic toll it takes is frequently forgotten.
My parents are on a fixed budget, and can no longer avail themselves
of the freedom an automobile would provide. However, if my father
had the ability, training, knowledge and will power to give up cigarettes,
they would have more than enough money for a car, gas and maintenance.
Just think, better health and a more enjoyable lifestyle overall
just by modifying one’s behavior in a relatively small way;
what a colossal waste. - Sincerely, Ron A., WI |
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4-24-06
. . . I am so glad that you have posted the article I wrote on stop
smoking for better health on your website. I have received several
emails on the article, and I am happy to say, many have stopped
smoking after reading it. Thank you for allowing me to use your
information and website, you have helped many people kick this dirty
and filty habit. Again, I thank you. Maria T., Shopping, Luxuries editor at Dan's Paper. Maria@danspapers.com |
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10-15-05
. . . I tried to get me ex wife to stop smoking when I stopped over
30 years ago. After two years of constant fighting she stopped smoking
for about 3 years and then took it up again. I gave up trying to
convince her of how bad it was for her health. She now has terminal
lung cancer and this has brought on a whole host of other physical
problems. What little life she has left is full of pain and without
enjoyment. the pity is that this all could have been avoided and
she had the support system in place to continue not smoking. The
secondary effects on me when I was at home were obvious, but she
made the decision to resume smoking and leaving her smoke and ashes
throughout the house as her way of "telling me off." Well,
12 years ago I left her and have insisted on a smoke free environment
in my office, home and car. Keep up the good work! C.H. NY |
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08-15-05
. . . I had a good look at your orientation and training course
and it looks great. It's detailed and explains you program in a
clear and concise manner. Congratulations on all the work you have
done to put it together! regards, Blair Price BA, Psychology. QuitSmokingSupport.com
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08-15-05
. . . I just wanted to say that I have a picture of Peter Jennings
on my bulletin board at work to remind me not to smoke. It has been
2 days now and it is so hard but I know that posthumously, he has
helped many people decide to quit. I also had an Uncle who died
from Lung Cancer 3 years ago and I have another Uncle who is near
death right now from the same disease. Love and prayers to Peter's
family and friends and love and prayers to all of you out there
that have decided to quit. Shelly - Singer Island, FL |
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7-21-05
. . . I congratulate whoever wrote this press release. It is quite
powerful and it has a direct call to action. But what I find most
gripping are the collection of facts that would arm anyone working
with a loved one to empower them to quit smoking. The facts would
help them to understand that their smoking is a threat to everyone
around them not just to themselves. This is a press release that
deserves wide distribution. I would be happy to see if I can put
it up in my local public library. -- Thank you. Larry D. Cardwell |
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7-12-05
. . . the wife of our neighbor just won't quit smoking..and he asked
me to see if I could find info online on how to get her to do so.
Way back in 1968, I saw a TV show about smoking being bad, so I
quit..at once although I'd smoked for years by stopping everything
I did when I was smoking. Then I was able to smell and it sealed
it for me when I was admiring a woman walking toward me. Until I
smelled the smoke on her! That did it. My thought is when I hear
something is bad for me, I just give it up! Few people I know think
this way, but that's me. -- Ann Marchiony |
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7-12-05
. . . Ann Marchiony wrote in her email: * Margaret Mead was a distinguished anthropologist, an intellectual and a scientist. She is the author of numerous books on primitive societies and she also wrote about many contemporary issues. Some of the areas in which she was prominent were education, ecology, the women's movement, the bomb, and student uprisings. She was a woman who blended knowledge and action. Time, in fact, named her "Mother of the World" in 1969. In the political realm she served as a diplomat, without a portfolio, to many presidents in the areas of ecology and nutrition. She also had a great deal of concern about the role of science and technology in world politics. |
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5-5-05
. . . "My friend's sister lost her husband to inoperable liver
cancer earlier this year. Then, when going in for a routine check
up, she was diagnosed with lung cancer! They were both heavy smokers.
She was told she couldn't smoke two weeks before being operated
on and not at all after the operation so she would have better blood
circulation and a quicker recovery. She has successfully quit smoking,
is recovering nicely from her surgery, and on the road to a speedy
recovery. We are so happy that she quit smoking so she will be around
with us longer than if she hadn't". -- Dolores,
Silver Spring, Maryland |
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3-3-05
. . . I have to share with you the fact that the more research I
do and the more I read about smoking and its devastating impact,
the more committed I become to your cause (and I was onboard to
begin with!). -- Very
sincerely yours, Mindy |
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