Are you a smoker? Do you want to give up? Do you know someone who wants to? Then the National Anti-Tobacco Campaign's Web
site is for you.
Quit Now is devoted to helping the 25% of people who regularly
smoke to quit for good. Based on the Campaign's research findings that people want health
information on the dangers of smoking, the site provides graphic images and
scientific information on just that. For example, it has been proven that
benzopyrene, a carcinogen found in cigarette smoke, directly damages the
p53 gene, whose main role is to prevent cancer cells from evolving. It has
also been proven that cigarette smoke damages your lungs, as it can
completely paralyse the minute hairs called cilia, which line the upper
airways and protect them from infection.
So stub out that final cigarette and quit now to avoid becoming one of the thousands
who die each year from the single largest preventable cause of death today.
Successful quitting usually takes a couple of attempts, so don't forget to bookmark the
site, in case you need to make a return visit!