08/15/2025                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            A Plea from the Heart: Choose Life Over Smoke
There’s a phrase that’s been echoing in my mind: “Reduces the risk of premature death and can add as much as 10 years to life expectancy.”
Ten years. Ten whole years.
If you’ve ever lost someone too soon, you know what that number means. I would give anything—anything—for just ten more minutes with someone I love. To hear their laugh again. To hold their hand. To say the things I never got to say. Now imagine ten years. That’s birthdays, holidays, quiet mornings, and loud dinners. That’s time to make memories, to heal old wounds, to simply be together.
Smoking steals that time. It chips away at the future, one puff at a time. But quitting? Quitting gives it back. It’s not just about statistics—it’s about moments. It’s about choosing to stay longer in the lives of the people who love you. It’s about giving your children, your partner, your friends the gift of you—healthy, present, and alive.
So please, if you smoke, consider quitting. Not just for yourself, but for the ones who would do anything to have more time with you. Because there’s nothing more precious than time—and nothing more painful than knowing it was cut short when it didn’t have to be.
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Sonja Redding