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Addicted to cigarettes The first time Louise smoked a cigarette, she was 10 years old. By the time she was 15, she was up to 60 a day. When she couldn’t smoke, she felt agitated and stressed, unable to think of anything else. “I quit school because you weren’t allowed to smoke there,” she says. “At that time, cigarettes were the most important thing in my life.” The only time she has been unable to smoke was when she was in hospital. “I kept everyone awake on the entire ward, causing chaos. Even though I struggled to walk, I got to the nurses’ station and turned the lights on and off, screaming and shouting, until they finally let me out at 5 am. It was ridiculous, disgraceful behaviour, all for a cigarette,” she says. Now aged 26, she still smokes. She doesn’t enjoy it, and never has. “I’ve tried stopping several times. I’ve never liked cigarettes, nothing appeals to me about them. And now I work in public health, I look like a hypocrite when I smoke. It is against everything I believe in, but I still do it.” However, despite her determination to quit, she can’t get below 10 cigarettes a day. You can hate the taste of cigarettes and still struggle to kick the habit RELEASED BY "What's News" vk.com/wsnws TELEGRAM: t.me/whatsnws
