“I smoked for 16 years. To stop, every time I started craving a cigarette, I’d suck on a lollipop. That helped replace my craving.”

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"I realized how much money I was spending on it and decided to cut down. Once I cut down, I thought, 'Why not quit?' I picked up running and smoked less and less every week until I stopped altogether."

Quit smoking, Asian man breaking destroy cigarette in hand.

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