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Johnna's Story
April 28, 2017
If I carried on smoking I was killing myself, I know I was, I could feel it in my lungs.
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Dorothy's Story
November 12, 2021
What put me off the smoking... I looked after my brother, he had lung cancer and he had half his lung taken off. I cared for him for 8 years.
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Tony's Story
October 19, 2022
Tony had been smoking for 35 years when he was diagnosed with a tumour in his lower jaw. The surgeon told him he needed to operate immediately to save his jaw bone.
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Graham's Story
February 24, 2017
It’s a long journey but the kids are starting to notice the difference slowly. Yeah even myself, I’m feeling a lot more closer to my kids too.
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Dee's Story
June 18, 2018
Every night I would need my Ventolin, wake up all night wheezing and finding it hard to breathe.
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Steven's Story
March 10, 2017
I have one of my big commitments which is going to the gym, and obviously struggling all the time breathing...
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Tarryn's Story
February 10, 2017
When I got really, really, really sick with pneumonia I almost died, and it was a bit of a wakeup call.
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MORE true stories from WA smokers
July 24, 2018
Don't think it will happen to you? These WA locals have shared how smoking affected their health.
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Tracie's Story
October 2, 2016
I have a mental illness. I have bipolar and I’m a mum and a grandma, and I’m a reformed smoker.
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Melissa's Story
September 1, 2014
My someone who was my inspiration to stop smoking is my 5 year old son.
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Karen's Story
March 24, 2017
I know now, like it’s taken a long time, that I can’t be that person that has one cigarette here and there because I’ll just go straight back to it and I refuse to be that person anymore.
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Update from Johnna
June 2, 2017
Above all, the proudest moment for me is my children’s response. I know I have inspired them to live healthier.