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.
Dorothy's Story
November 12, 2021
What put me off the smoking... I looked after my brother, he had lung cancer and he had half his lung taken off. I cared for him for 8 years.
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Tarryn's Story
February 10, 2017
When I got really, really, really sick with pneumonia I almost died, and it was a bit of a wakeup call.
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…
Dan's Story
February 1, 2017
Recently, I had the flu and I was really struggling to breathe, especially at night.
Rebecca's Story
January 20, 2016
I would smoke more to not be depressed, and then be more depressed because I was smoking. And that was just a vicious, vicious cycle.
Sheree's Story
May 2, 2018
I started smoking when I was 12. My doctor told me that I had high cholesterol because of a genetic condition, and it was high enough that it could cause a stroke.
Amanda's Story
February 1, 2017
When I quit smoking, I’d been down to the doctor, got a couple of patches.
Melissa's Story
July 7, 2014
I started smoking at about age 11 out of sheer peer pressure. It was something everybody did.
Liz's Story
July 7, 2014
I smoked from the age of 13 and quit aged 30. At my worst I smoked 60 ciggies a day.