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Alice at 973, Sir Inventing, Alice's morning show today is National No Smoking Day.

It's held every second Wednesday of March. This isn't that Great American Smoke Out. I think that's November.

This day is designed as a time to reach out to friends or family members who suffer from nicotine addiction.

Research shows that the number of people around the world who still smoke

cigarettes and are not actively trying to quit is tiny now. Like cigarettes are, it's almost like that problem is getting close to being solved the whole nicotine thing but the vapes have now made their appearance

The stigma surrounding smoking and the dangers of first and secondhand

smoke. They get more severe as time goes on. National No Smoking Day. They encourage

you to help other people quit and you know what addicts love they love to hear

from people telling them you know helping them quit trying to tell them that they

should quit okay good let me do that for it for them quick. Here's what I want to say to the smokers of the world. I know you're probably rolling your eyes, but look, I smoked. I liked it. But I don't want to drag an oxygen tank around and on the back half of my life like that is

dumb you can do the whole thing's dumb you can do this you can I do I'm telling you I didn't even want to quit I liked it but I realize I want to also be able to go up some stairs without going

like it's dumb you can do this just pick a date psych yourself up for it and no this is the last time you're going to do this and

you're gonna you're gonna get it you can do this. You know I used I think you

use the gum I use those lozenges and they're just yucky you know they do cut the crave you

you're like okay fine and then you just get to a point with them after a couple

weeks we were just like I freaking hate those things I'm not even gonna and then once in a while you take a loss in and you sit and

suck on it you hate it the whole time and then finally you just hate that so much

but you're and you're off the the nicotine for long enough periods of time that and the hand-to-mouth thing and the whole

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