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OUR
EFFECTIVE QUIT PLANS
To help you kick the habit
and stay smoke free!
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Quit
smoking in just 17 days without the
use of any substance or drug!
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Take
our free,
EZ-Quiz™
to determine your level of dependency
to nicotine and the extent of your habit. These 10 easy
questions will help determine which one of our smoking cessation
plans is better suited to help you quit smoking
and stay smoke free. Save
your life and your loved-ones' lives.
Act today, tomorrow could be too late!
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These
plans are based on our Proven Stop Smoking Technique™and
our key, three-step principle: preparation,
quitting and support to help you
quit smoking in just 17 days without the use of any substance or
drug and stay smoke free! This effective and proven technique gradually
weans you off of your cigarettes, reducing your craving and painful
withdrawal symptoms that weaken your resolve and force you to smoke
again!
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Don't
bargain with your life, invest in your life!
Smokers
spend over $1,500 a year on cigarettes alone!
And
that doesn't include all other smoking related costs which puts
the life-time cost at $40
a pack!
Quit
now & make a donation that can save your life
& many children's lives!
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Quit
now. Quit right!™
- The following six
plans
with tools to walk
you through quitting, will help you every step of the way so you
are a successful quitter. Say good-bye to your costly and debilitating
habit once and for all and commit to your new smoke-free lifestyle.
Let these plans help you succeed for good in quitting and staying
quit! Just choose a plan that fits your needs and your donation
budget: |
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Save
a life! Yours or the one you love!
Help
them quit NOW! Act now, tomorrow could
be too late! |
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Financial
Benefits of Quitting |
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Millions
of dollars in your pocket!
Average
Cost of Maintaining a Lifetime Cigarette Habit for
Singles and Married Couples in 2005 Dollars |
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Cigarette
costs |
Single
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Couple
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2 packs a day @ $4.00 each
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$
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$16
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Other
related costs
- higher health/life insurance, lost of time, energy, lighters,
air freshener, mouthwash, extra laundering and dry cleaning,
replacing burnt clothes, carpet, furniture, plus other hidden
costs of smoking to name a few! |
$
72 |
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$
144 |
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Cost
per day |
$
80 |
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$
160 |
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Cost
per week |
$
562 |
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$
1123 |
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Cost
per month |
$
2,433 |
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$
4,867 |
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Cost
per year |
$
29,200 |
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$
58,400 |
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Cost
per 10 years |
$
290,000 |
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$
584,000 |
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Cost
per 50 years - If the money spent on cigarettes
was invested in a savings account earning a modest rate of 4%
over 50 years of smoking, you could be a millionaire many times
over and live to enjoy it! |
$4,645,464 |
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$9,292,837
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New study puts the real cost of a pack of cigarettes at $40. |
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Time-Consuming Habit |
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time lost smoking cigarettes and its toll over the years |
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on 20 cigarettes per day with an average of 10 minutes per cigarette |
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Your life |
Your loss |
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In a day |
3
hours and 20 minutes of your waking hours |
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In a week |
24
waking hours or 1.5 working days |
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In a month |
101 waking
hours or nearly 7 working days |
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In a year |
1,205 waking
hours or nearly 84 working days |
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In 10 years |
12,050 waking
hours or nearly 2.3 working years! |
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In
30 years |
36,150
waking hours or nearly 7 working years! |
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In
50 years |
50,250
waking hours or nearly 11.7 years of your life! |
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While
Living Expenses are Soaring . . . |
| Budget Item* |
2000 |
Today |
Increase |
| Annual
average gasoline cost |
$1,950.00 |
$3,900.00 |
100% |
| Annual
electric bill |
$900.00 |
$1,400.00 |
50% |
| Annual
average heating oil cost |
$2,400.00 |
$4,400.00 |
90% |
| Annual
cable bill |
$480.00 |
$960.00 |
100% |
| Annual
homeowners insurance |
$1,290.00 |
$2,995.00 |
132% |
| Annual
health insurance |
$1,500.00 |
$3,000.00 |
100% |
| Annual
mortgage payment |
$9,600.00 |
$28,800.00 |
200% |
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average pack-a-day cigarette habit |
$730.00 |
$1,460.00 |
100% |
Total
for these few examples only |
$18,850.00 |
$45,455.00 |
241% |
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Pay is Rising ever so Slowly |
| Average Annual Wage |
2000 |
Today |
Increase |
| Palm Beach County - 2005 |
$35,200.00 |
$40,040.00 |
13% |
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The above numbers are informational and are provided as general
information. Annual heating bill is estimated nationwide.
Homeowners insurance is average all-perils price charged in
Palm Beach County by Citizens Property Insurance Corp for
hurricane plus homeowner and flood insurance. Health insurance
premium is average yearly contribution for workers with employer-provided
health insurance. 2000 mortgage payment based on $140,000
sale price, 20 percent down payment and 30-year mortgage at
7.75 percent. 2005 mortgage payment based on $410,000 sale
price, 20 percent down and 30-year mortgage at 6.25 percent.
An average pack of cigarettes is estimated nationwide. U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Kaiser Family Foundation, AAA
Fuel Gauge Report, Palm Beach Post Research, Smoke Free Society
Corp. These figures represent a few common expenses and don't
include other necessities such as food, clothing, etc. |
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A
smoker costs himself over $1,500 and his employer over $9,300
a year!
His employers can no longer afford to hire or accommodate
smokers,
even if they want too! |
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Examples:
Scotts
is going smoke-free
The
company that helps Americans grow their gardens is cutting healthcare
costs by going smoke-free -
trying to trim its $24 million per year in health care
costs. (full
story)
WHO
stops hiring smokers
The World Health Organization has
stopped hiring smokers as part of its commitment to controlling
tobacco use. (full
story)
SSM
Health Care plans to go smoke-free
the company
will not permit tobacco use of any kind inside or outside of its
hospitals, clinics, medical office buildings or nursing homes.
In addition, designated smoking areas outside of those facilities
will be eliminated, the company said. (full
story)
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To
quit:
Try it -- that's what is required.
And stay with it to the end.
You won't be sorry;
You'll be successful and smoke-free! |
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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We
can help you
quit smoking! |
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to
help educate
kids NOT
to start smoking! |
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As
listed with the
American Heart Association |
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QuitKey™
personalized
quit smoking computer
makes quitting
much more easier!
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more) |
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NOW
Available
with your donation
that can help
save a child's life |
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I just operated on
an ex-smoker
with
lung cancer.
He may not have made it
if he didn't quit last year!
To avoid a visit with me,
quit smoking now!
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Nicotine
affects
the developing fetus
by reducing
blood flow
through the placenta,
which retards growth and contributes
directly to
low birth weight
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Smoking
Time Calculator
Calculate
how much awake time
you lose smoking cigarettes
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Your
pets want you to quit for their
sake!
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They would like to remind you that cats
and dogs in smoking households
have an increased
risk of various cancers
that can be very painful as well as shorten and limit their
quality of life!
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American
Academy of
Pediatrics
(AAP)
outlined
three immediate steps smokers can take for their children’s
health:
Make
your home smoke free
Keep your car smoke free
Stop smoking for your children
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