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According to the world news, record numbers of people are wanting to quit smoking around the world. Belgium, the U.K., and even China (home to over 350 million smokers) have noticed a spike in the number of stop smoking products being purchased.

This is encouraging. Did you know that about 3 million people die from smoking-related illnesses in China each year? That makes the 400,000 U.S. deaths seem small. But even one death is too many when it could have been prevented.

With new stop smoking products coming out every year, there has never been a time in which it has been easier to quit smoking.

Of all the different products, hypnosis seems to be very effective. You might consider giving that a try if you are having a hard time quitting.

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I read a very interesting article in our local paper today that said the incidence of lung cancer is decreasing faster for men than for women. Why? Because in the last few years men quit smoking in greater numbers than women.

Here is what it said: "Male death rates are dropping about 2% a year while female death rates are holding steady after years of increases."

While it's good news that lung cancer death rates are holding steady for women after years of increasing, it's sad that many of these deaths could have been prevented.

Why are death rates dropping among men while holding steady for women? Here's the answer as stated in the newspaper article: "Smoking rates fell for men before they did for women, so men reaped the benefits sooner."

Basically, the number of men who quit smoking rose sooner than the number of women who quit smoking, and so now the number of men dying from lung cancer is declining while the number of women dying has evened off.

So the sooner you stop smoking, the better chance you have of not dying from lung cancer. It does make a difference.