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http://www.uthealthleader.org/archiv...king-0617.html

The difference between car mufflers and cigarettes? Nothing.

I smoked for over thirty years. Quitting smoking is right up there with the hardest things I have ever done, along with Vietnam, for example. For some, I am told, quitting is not that hard.

My doctor told me where I was heading if I did not quit. It took a trip to the emergency room for me to get serious about quitting.

To use an old saw, this article tells it like it is. When I read about the benefits of quitting, I thought of "gospel", good news. Oh, I know some will say it is easy to tell people to quit now that I have. Even so, you know you should.

Image comment: Smoker lung (left) and healthy lung (right) http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Top-8-Respiratory-Diseases-2.jpg/

Good luck.