​ADVICE FROM GRANDAD

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to cycle 20 kIlometres in an afternoon. It'e my birthday in two weeks time and n be

82 years oldI I think my lona and active life muet be due to the healthy life I live

as me to the real reason for my letter, my dear grandson, Your mother telle me that

you started smoking some time ago and now you are finding it. difficult to give it up belleve

me, I know how easy it is to beain smoking and how tough it io to stop, You sne, during

adolescence I also smoked and became addicted to cigarettes.

By the way, did you know that this is because you become addicted in three different, waye? io

physically addicted to nicotine, which ls one of the hundreds of chemicals

in cigarettes. Thie means that after a while your body becomes accustomed to having nicotine

in it. So when the drug leaves your body, you get withdrawal symptome I remember feeling

bad-tempered and sometimes even in pain. Secondly, you become addicted through habit, Ao

you know. if you do the same thing over and over again, you beain to do it automatically

Lastly, you can become mentally addicted. I believed I was happier and more relaxed after

having a cigarette, so I began to think that I could only feel good when I smoked. I was addicted

in all three ways, so it was very difficult to quit, But I did finally manage

en I was young, I didn't know much about the harmful effects of smoking. I dldn't know, for

mple, that it could do terrible damage to your heart and lungs or that it was more difficult 20

for smoking couples to become pregnant. I certainly dlan't know their babies may have a

smaller birth weight or even be abnormal in some way. Nelther did I know that my cigarette

e could affect the health of non-smokers. However, what I did know was that my girlfriend

thought I smelt terrible. She said my breath and clothes smelt, and that the endo of my

fingers were turning yellow. She told me that she wouldn t go out with me again unless 2s

stopped! I also noticed that I became breathless quickly, and that I wasn't enjoying sport as

much. When I was taken off the school football team because I was unfit, I know it was time to

I am sending you some advice I found on the Internet, It might help you to stop and strengthen

your resolve. I do hope so because I want you to live as long and healthy a life as I have

Grandad