Compelling Reasons to Quit Smoking Now

We all know smoking is bad and leads to cancer, but according to a recent Gallup poll approximately 21 % of Americans are regular smokers. Every person I know who is a regular smoker wants to quit, but when they try and don’t succeed they often just say “Well something has to kill me… It may as well be smoking.” Obviously that is not the attitude to have.

For those facing the same trials of trying to quit, here is a new study you should know about:

British researchers analyzed previous data from 10 studies examining how long smokers survived after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

People with lung cancer who continued smoking had a 29 to 33 percent chance of surviving five years. But those who kicked the habit had a 63 to 70 percent chance of being alive after five years. The research was published Friday in the BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100122/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_lung_cancer_survival;_ylt=Ag9zATh_0ujv7J7yl0Zm1ATVJRIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJzMmxjajU0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTIyL2V1X21lZF9sdW5nX2NhbmNlcl9zdXJ2aXZhbARjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzMEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDZnVsbG5ic3BzdG9y

So quit smoking and your chances for surviving lung cancer more than double.