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To: Grainne who wrote (101392)4/20/2005 7:40:45 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
I think the vanity reasons work well too. Gross teeth and breath, and bad skin are NOT very attractive- and smokers are prone to all three.

'"For some patients the threat of wrinkles may be a more powerful motivator to help them stop smoking than the more deadly consequences of smoking," Smith wrote. He explained that, as with skin that is overexposed to sunlight, smoking causes thickening and fragmentation of elastin, the elastic fibers that are long and smooth in healthy skin. Smoking also depletes the skin's oxygen supply by reducing circulation. It decreases the formation of collagen, the skin's main structural component, and may reduce the water content of the skin, all of which increase wrinkling. '

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