FEAR OF AGONY. IF you can overcome this belief and accept the truth - even, at this stage just as a possibility, you will have overcome one of the major hurdles that keeps people smoking. This is what an expert who has successfully treated thousands of smokers said recently:   "It amazes me how many people convince themselves that they enjoy smoking - when the truth is that deep down they are terrified of the agony they think they will have to face."   So people either put off giving up:  they pretend that they like smoking or, and this is evident in a lot of cases, they cling to a belief that there really is no cure for people who smoke. These and all other excuses are just a defense we devise to protect ourselves from an agony we believe we must face. If we only knew that the only physical agony we will face is a tiny physical discomfort that will linger for the first few days.........   Almost one in five of all  premature deaths are caused by smoking.

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