It was then that I went to see a drug counselor, and when she asked me why I was getting high, the only thing I could think to say was, Its given me something to write about. So three decades later I sat down to write about it, intending it purely as nonfiction, but as I wrote I began to do what I asked my students to do, reimagine and reinvent myself, until by draft ten or so my facts could no longer be called facts. Eventually, the central principle of cigarette addiction being an unexpected redemptive forcewhat had inspired me to write the story in the first placewas cut entirely
You may associate smoking with relaxing after a meal, taking a break at work, or coping with stress
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Giving up smoking is a major commitment, and one that can dramatically improve your health if followed through
The USEPA estimates that lifetime cancer risks resulting from pollutant exposure over 1.00E-6 are often deemed intolerable [41]
Illustrative quotations were extracted and, in a next step, re-checked against analysis for the final step in data reduction [12, 13]
