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For myself and the one I love

Hi there. I have been smoking for almost 18 years now. I used to be a non smoker and hated smoking and smokers throughout my teen years. I moved to China to work when I was 23 years old and got so stressed out due to the cultural difference and my smoking buddy offered me cigarettes to calm me down which I stupidly enough fell for. Within one week I was fully hooked and could not stop smoking since, even I tried a few times.
Recently my girlfriend broke up with me and one of the main reasons for the break up was that she hates smoke and smokers and that she could not be around me any longer. She tollerated it for one year but could not accept it anymore. She was very worried about my health as well. Being devestated by the breakup, I simply came to the conclusion that she was so right and that I had to stop right now to become healty and if I ever wanted to have a slight chance to win her back again as I love her to death.
I also do not want to be so short of breath all the time and risk having cancer in a few years. Life is to precious for that.