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I'm not a smoker, so it's easy for me to post these reasons and ask why people continue to smoke when they have all this information on how bad smoking is for your health.  But, I am going to post them anyway, and hope it might help someone say, ok, enough is enough.  Here are 10 reasons to kick the habit from lifescript.com.

1. You Stink!  The cigarette smoke stays with you all day long.  Your breath, your clothes, your hair, everything.
2. 10 Times More Wrinkles.  In a study publihsed by the British Medical Journal, smokers have more prominent wrinkles than non-smokers, and are five times more likely to suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases like bronchitis and emphysema.  The smoke also turns your teeth yellow, makes your skin pale and ashen, and yellows your fingernails.
3. Lungs Fill With Tar and Phlegm.  Black tar builds up in your lungs, reducing your oxygen.  This causes big time breathing problems.
4. Depression.  A study followed more than 1,000 smokers and non-smokers over a period of five years and found that the smoker group was twice as likely to suffer from major depression.
5. It's Expensive.  Depending on where you live, a pack can cost you up to $6, and if you smoke a pack a day, that's $2,200 a year.
6. You're Becoming Infertile.  Male smokers generally have a low sperm count, and are at higher risk for erectile dysfunction.
7. You're in for a Difficult Pregnancy.  Women who smoke while pregnant experience ectopic pregnancies, which occur when the fertilized egg begins to develop in the slender fallopian tube instead of the uterus.  This can be fatal to baby and mom!  Also, smoking while pregnant can cause premature births, miscarriages, birth defects, and low birth weights.
8. Bad Influence.  The American Heart and Lung Assoc.  says that 50% of kids whose parents smoke, will follow their parents and smoke.
9. Second-Hand Smoke Kills.  Children and adults exposed to second hand smoke are at a higher risk of developing lung cancer and heart disease.  Children exposed to smoke are at a particularly high risk of developing asthma.
10. Smokers Die Young.  Smoking is the #1 leading cause of preventable death in America.  Cancer of the mouth, lungs, throat; chronic bronchitis, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and more. 

Are you ready to quit?  There's a quiz at the end of the article posted on lifescript.com that will tell you if you are ready.  Take it, what have you got to lose?