Paul always thought of quitting smoking but his addiction to it was a major barrier in his way. He also thought that he won’t be able to cope with his stress if he did not smoke. Paul was a smoke addict due to which he suffered from various illnesses such as: - cough; breathlessness etc. His suffering was not enough for him to quit smoking. After 2-3 years of his smoking addiction, he developed various health complications. He devoted his heart and soul to fight with the diseases, but his condition became more serious day.

Then Paul realized what harm he has done to himself. He thought himself blameworthy of not getting rid of smoking earlier. The deteriorating condition of his health started to amass hatred for smoking. During his last days, he joined anti- smoking organizations to spread an awareness amongst the people about the ill-effects of smoking and also co-operated in imposing smoking ban in many parts of the world.

This is a story of John who started smoking at the age of 15 along with his school friends. Smoking was considered cool and trendy by him. He started with 4-5 cigarettes a day and within one month he started consuming 2 pack of cigarettes every day; such was the power of addictive drug nicotine. He continued his habit of smoking till the age of 26 years. Over these 11 years, he tried several things to quit, but failed in quitting.

On April 23’2009, he was detected with lung cancer. His family was in grief. He was scared on thinking about the feeling of dying. He realized the harm he has done to himself and accepted the truth with a regret conscience. On 24th April, John made up his mind to quit smoking. He was successful in quitting smoking within 24 hours of his firm decision. After quitting, he enjoyed multiple benefits such as: - his blood pressure returned to a normal level, his body did not stink anymore etc. He also saved a good amount of money which he earlier wasted in smoking.

In his last stage of cancer, John stated that all it takes to quit smoking is strong will-power and positive mindset. John had also requested all smokers to quit smoking. He also made an apology to his family and tears came into his eyes by concluding that if he would not have been a smoke addict for so many years, he would have lived for more years.

This is a tale of an ex-smoker Sussan who had successfully put an end to smoking after smoking for more than 20 years. Sussan made up her mind to quit smoking at the very moment her daughter (age 14 years) got admitted to the hospital due to chronic bronchitis. Doctors had clearly stated that the toxic smoke which had been inhaled by Sussan’s daughter for a long period of time was solely responsible for her critical condition. On hearing this, Sussan felt that she won’t be able to forgive herself forever. She wept and prayed to god for saving her daughter, but her prayer went in vain. Within 3 days of admitting to hospital, Sussan’s daughter died. After the death of her daughter, she protested against smoking in all possible ways. If Sussan would have stopped smoking before, then her daughter would have been alive today! Stop smoking before it kills you and your family. Quit smoking before it’s too late!