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Will you take this bluntly honest smoker's survey?

by Astounding Writing Coach
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Hi gang,

One of my clients runs a stop smoking clinic. He asked me to take this survey for him. If you are a smoker, would you either answer the survey right here or cut and paste your results and send them to yoursecretwishes@gmail.com? Thanks for your participation.

Susan

The Centers for Disease Control reveals a startling revelation. Approximately 70 out of every 100 people who smoke wish they didn't. Are you one of them?

What would be the biggest benefit to you if you stop letting the smoking habit prematurely shorten your life, attach itself to every activity you do and affect every emotion you feel?

If you smoke, are you bold enough to complete the following survey? If so, put an "X" next to all the reasons that would motivate you to stop smoking or get help to stop smoking right now. Thanks for your answers.

__"If I stop smoking right now, I never have to tell my kids that I gave myself cancer because I chose to smoke. Knowing I can live longer and spend time with my kids and still have my health is motivation enough for me to stop smoking right now."

___"If I stop smoking right now, I never have to feel guilty for causing some respiratory disease or condition in my children due to me smoking around them. That's motivation for me to get help to stop smoking now."

___"If I stop smoking right now, I can stop pretending that my kids and their health is safe even though I smoke around them. I quit!"

___"If I stop smoking right now, I'll be able to breathe easier. That's enough motivation for me to quit right now."

___"I never want to drag an oxygen tank around like my dad did before he died. That image of Dad being chained to that oxygen tank is enough for me to quit smoking now."

___"I want to stop making my gums bleed and quit making my teeth look hideously stained. My mouth looks like there's a horrible disease growing in there. That's sick! I'm ready to quit now."

___"I love my baby and want to see her grow up. I cherish the day I will be able to see her in school activities, running, jumping and dancing at the playground. If I get sick from smoking, I'm letting that all go down the drain. Imagining my child as an orphan is enough to make me quit smoking now."

___"I want to be in control instead of letting a cigarette control me."

___"Poisoning my body on a daily basis is just dumb. I quit."

___"I want to taste food again. That's motivation enough for me to quit smoking now."

#bluntly #honest #smoker #survey
  • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
    I'm a smoker but can't use one of your answers. Clearly none of them are motivation enough or I would be working on quitting. I acknowledge several of those as good reasons for me to do so but they just aren't strong enough to overcome the desire for a cigarette yet.

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  • Profile picture of the author mr2020
    AWC,

    Have you noticed the phrases that people who have successfully quit smoking use, when it comes to describing their motivation?

    I run a stop smoking program, and I have never heard phrases like those you listed, used by people who have either quit smoking or who desire to.

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  • Profile picture of the author ginagrigg
    AWC

    I think this survey misses the point. Like many other "quit smoking" campaigns it assigns guilt and fear to the addict like the hellfire and damnation religions of old. Guilt and fear is probably one of the underlying causes of lighting up a cigarette in the first place so instilling more of the same is just exacerbating the problem not solving it.

    Smokers are addicts and like all addictions the problem goes a lot deeper than the physical realm. The "startling revelation" that 70% of smokers wish they didn't should tell you how insidious this addiction is. Here's a "startling revelation"! Whilst the growers (tobacco companies) and the suppliers (governments) sit in their ivory towers counting all their money, the addicts become the social pariahs to communities that have bought into the smear campaigns designed to deflect attention away from the real perpetrators of this disease. Smokers and non-smokers need to unite to solve this problem but the growers and suppliers have it all over us. They know that the best way to keep the money rolling in is to divide and conquer.

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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      It's not survey -

      A real survey would ask people what would motivate them to consider quitting - and would ask questions rather than just being a list of answers.

      I've quit smoking for quite a while and gone back to the habit - most recently a huge jump in the cigarette tax got my attention and made me quit for good.

      A better approach is to find out WHAT motivates people and address those items - this list doesn't do that.

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  • Profile picture of the author Astounding Writing Coach
    Thank you everyone for your input. So, rewriting the survey, what would motivate you to stop smoking? Please share your answer either in a PM or here in the poll/survey. Thanks very much for your answers.

    I appreciate you. This helps my client so we know how to write the survey in a different way.

    Susan
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  • Profile picture of the author PRsubmits
    I am an ex smoker...I tried to quit for 3 years before finally managing it- I think what really motivated me in the end was I was so sick of trying to quit!

    I would destroy my remaining cigarettes at the end of each day, swearing the following day I would quit. An hour after getting up each day I would find myself driving into town to buy a new pack.

    Utter madness.

    Sorry that probably won't help you with your survey very much, but that is what motivated me to finally stop!
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