The following is a list of good reasons to give up that dreadful habit of inhaling the smoke that comes from burning what the nicotine peadalers call tobacco. James Morgan supplied this list of reasons that all come directly from the Bible.

Please be aware that reading the reasons will not in itself give you the full impact. If you are reading this then you will have more that a passing interest in kicking the habit and increasing longivity. So to get the full impact you should look up the verses.

• Enslaves the smoker through addiction (Romans 6:12, 2nd Peter 2:19)
• It's a bad example (Luke 17:1-3, Titus 2:6-10)
• You know it's bad (Romans 14:23)
• Your reputation - some people look down on you (1st Peter 2:12, 2nd Peter 2:19)
• Secondary inhalation kills other people (Matthew 7:12, Philippians 2:4)
• It kills you (Romans 12:1, 1st Corinthians 6:20, 2nd Corinthians 7:1, 1st Thessalonians 5:23)
• Shortens life so you lose out (Ephesians 5:16)
• It's a waste of money (Matthew 25:21)
• It's a bad way to deal with anxiety (Philippians 4:6, 1st Peter 5:7)

If this isn't enough incentive for you to quit please allow these facts from the book Ecology Crisis to make you think:

• In the process of smoking the individual draws into his lungs at least 10 million smoke particles per cubic centimeter. This is a concentration somewhere between 10 and 100 times greater than is encountered in a badly polluted urban area such as Los Angeles or New York City. (Bioscience)
• It is estimated that there are 42,000 parts per million of carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke. In a poorly ventilated smoke filled room concentrations can reach several hundred parts per million.
• Levels of 5 parts per million of Nitrogen Dioxide are considered dangerous. Cigarette smoke has 250 parts per million.
• 10 parts per million of Hydrogen Cyanide is dangerous. The concentration in cigarette smoke is 1,600 parts per million.