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Asad’s Journey to Quit Smoking
Asad’s Journey to Quit Smoking“I first experimented with just a puff maybe around age 13. And then hanging around friends who smoked I started to bum one here, one there, and before long I was buying my packs.”“Getting up, first thing, cup of coffee with a cigarette and that was my routine. And if the coffee was gonna take too long I would do without it but not without the cigarette. And with that you know, that nicotine has a short half-life, meaning that after a couple of hours the person gets the urge to have another.”“I knew that I need to stop. I knew that it was not good for my health. I knew that I could not even run for a quarter-mile without really running out of breath. I knew sooner or later it would catch up with me and I would become a good candidate for having lung cancer. So I knew all of that all along, and I wanted to quit for a long time, but it was almost always tomorrow. "I'll quit tomorrow."”“I stopped smoking about five or six years ago which is when my mom passed away, and I knew that looking down from up in heavens she would really want me to quit, and I wanted to do that because of what I had heard, that if you lose somebody that is so dear to you, why don't you honor them? And the way I was honoring my mom was to not only stop smoking because she would be happy. I chose her birthdate as the date that I wanted to quit. And many times when a time have come-- it's been time when I would think about picking up, I would just say "I do not want to lose July 11th."”This program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.© 2026 WebMD Ignite
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