You decide. You set the time. You stop smoking.

Smoking is an unnecessary habit.  I have relatives who smoke.  I know a lot of sales people smoke.  If you have friends who smoke, pass the message...

My late father belonged to the older generation where smoking was the norm.  He must had smoked since he was 20.  He passed away a few days ago at 89.

He died of throat tumour.  The tumour grew for 10 months.  It was at the entrance to the lung and stomach cavities.  His smoking habit had killed him.

Nobody can stop a smoker from smoking permanently.  Only the smoker himself can give up the habit for good.

So please, tell your friends who are smoking to set a deadline to stop smoking.  Decide on their own.  Perhaps stop smoking after the next birthday, the 40th birthday, or the 50th birthday or the 60th birthday, or whatever.

Do not smoke throughout life, because the chances of dying from throat or lung cancer will then be very very high.  -- And coughing and throwing out blood when suffering from end-stage cancer is a painful and horrific sight -- even for the bravest smoker.

Be determine to stop.  Don't let the cigarettes win.  Send this message to your puffing friends.