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Update from Daniel

June 30, 2017

I truly believe it is a something I will struggle with for a while. I still find myself daydreaming and reminiscing about cigarettes.

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Update from Steven

June 23, 2017

I still live such a stressful, busy lifestyle, and yet I've managed to go another day, week or month of not having one. I've built a routine that has worked so well.

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Update from Karen

June 16, 2017

I have done my first park run and am signed up for a few other fun runs. I feel so much better for not smoking.

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Update from Cheryl

June 8, 2017

The amount of money I have saved is insane. It's not about the money but more about lifestyle now.

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Update from Johnna

June 2, 2017

Above all, the proudest moment for me is my children’s response. I know I have inspired them to live healthier.

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Johnna's Story

April 28, 2017

If I carried on smoking I was killing myself, I know I was, I could feel it in my lungs.

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Levi's Story

April 21, 2017

I’ve got two kids and I go to the park and I can’t, I can’t breathe, I can’t run after them or I’m that mum at the park having a smoke and like, trying to hide…

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Michael's Story

April 12, 2017

I tried my first cigarette when I was about 13 and I started smoking full time when I was about 16, once I quit school and started working.

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Darleen's Story

April 4, 2017

My husband and myself decided to support each other and quit at the same time.

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Charlie's Story

March 31, 2017

This is probably the only time that I’ve really tried quitting, probably a year ago when I hit 40.

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Karen's Story

March 24, 2017

I know now, like it’s taken a long time, that I can’t be that person that has one cigarette here and there because I’ll just go straight back to it and I refuse to be that person anymore.

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Chris' Story

March 17, 2017

My parents were smokers, and my father’s parents were smokers, so it sort of it gets sort of handed down through generations, so if you can break that cycle…

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