30-Day Countdown to Quit Smoking

Day 29

Get more pleasure out of life

No matter what the cigarette makers say about tobacco-induced coolness, bonhomie, cowboy ruggedness, independence, and sexiness, it’s mostly nonsense. In a 2008 study, scientists at the Peninsula Medical School in the U.K. assessed the well-being of nearly 10,000 people over the age of 50 and found that smokers in the group reported lower-than-average levels of pleasure and less satisfaction with their lives than the nonsmokers.

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