Quit Smoking

I am willing to be a non-smoker.
I am willing to be a non-smoker.
I am willing to be a non-smoker.
I am willing to be a non-smoker.
I am willing to be a non-smoker.

more motivation:
anti-smoking ad.

anti-smoking video.

surgeon explains how smoking damages the lungs.

this article.

resources I should seriously use:
http://whyquit.com/
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
http://www.quitnet.com/

Some random facts I just found out about smoking:

Your appeal to the opposite sex could triple as a non-smoker.
For every day that you’ve quit, your immune system improves.
Quitting smoking can be one of the biggest factors in improving sexual functioning.
As a non-smoking female, men perceive you as more sexually attractive than when you used to smoke.

According to this :

In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
In 3-9 months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

I’m not quite ready to take on this goal yet, but I know that I need to. Smoking is a nasty habit. Oh, and it can kill you. There’s that, too.

So, I thought I would use this goal to check out what other aspiring non-smokers have to say & hopefully motivate myself to quit.