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Quitting for Baby's Sake Cigarettes more likely to go because of kids

By  NESITA KWAN

Updated 3:46 PM EDT, Thu, Dec 4, 2008

The threat of harming your kid with second-hand smoke seems to be one of the most effective incentives for kicking the habit.

 

Seems that breaking a bad habit for your own health doesn't work as well as doing it for someone else.

New research from the New York State Department of Health found that smokers are 76 percent more likely to quit if they're living with a child, than if there are no children in the home.

The research about the effects of second hand smoke on children, especially the young ones, include more respiratory problems, ear infections, bronchitis and pneumonia.

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  • Vic Johnson Wednesday, Dec 17 at 5:55 PM FLAG COMMENT It is always encouraging when I read of another reason for a person to qut smoking. Being a 25 year smoking induced lung cancer survivor I understand first hand how difficult it is to break the nicotine addicition. My cancer was diagnosed three years after I quit smoking. After many years of watching young people getting addicted to nicotine I published the story of my addition, consequences of that addiction and the improv ... MORE >
  • Pete Friday, Dec 5 at 4:23 PM FLAG COMMENT Well I'm glad to see that many people are at least smart enough to quit for the sake of their kids. It's just too bad that they ever got addicted to begin with, or that they didn't quit long before having kids.

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