Posts Tagged quitting smoking
Wedding Day Smoke Out
Fall is my favorite time for weddings. Don’t know what time of year Jennae married her husband, but on that day he committed to quit smoking, and she committed to supporting him. Thanks, Jannae for sharing hope. May you have a long, happy, healthy and smoke-free life together!
Add comment October 1, 2008
Did smoking get cool again when I wasn’t looking?
When I stumbled across this picture on the sharinghope.tv ”quitting smoking” channel , I was hoping to see a quit-smoking success story. I can never resist a person who smiles with his whole face. Sadly, this man died as a result of lung cancer. His son, known on sharinghope.tv as melhale2002, posted the picture in remembrance of his father and to remind others of the devastating effects of smoking.
I’m still on an anti-smoking kick from last week for two reasons. One, the Great American Smoke Out is only two months away and it would be awesome to see some homemade stop-smoking videos on Sharinghope.tv.
And Two? I just came back from a wedding where I watched a high percentage of twenty-something college grads duck out of the ballroom every 20 minutes or so to grab a cigarette. UGH!
Is smoking on the rise again? Are we not doing enough to convince our youth that smoking can KILL?
I lost two grandfathers because of smoking and they were only in their 50s. My sister and I used to call grandad Darth Vader because his emphasyema caused his breathing to sound just like the Star Wars villian. What I remember most of my other grandfather was the smell of his pipe. Lung cancer whittled away at his 6’2″ frame, killing him when I was just five.
I know smoking is one of the toughest habits to break, but why are so many still starting?
3 comments September 7, 2008
Can you convince people not to light up?
YouTube may have dozens of anti-smoking ads, but someone who wants to quit smoking is much more likely to turn to the American Cancer Society for advice. The SharingHope.tv Quitting Smoking channel gives you the chance to inspire others to put down those cigarettes. Tell your personal story of how you quit. Use your sense of humor to create a short anti-smoking film like the one I found on You Tube (see below). You can even encourage kids to create a short video in order to get them thinking critically about smoking. Take your best shot. You might even win a SharingHope.tv contest.
Videos are just one way you can pass along the quit-smoking message. Here’s a photo from sharinghope.tv member KristenRenee. Her mom quit smoking after 35 years and inspired others to do the same. Way to Share Hope!
Add comment September 3, 2008