Survivors of cigarette addiction in Kırklareli made a call to "quit smoking urgently for your health" on May 31, World No Tobacco Day.
Süleyman Sevinç, Betül Arıkan, Yıldız Yıldırım, Naile Gümüş, Batuhan Karasakal, Ahmet Gümüşten, Naile Şaylan and Halime Bender, who got rid of cigarette addiction, talked about their happiness.
Süleyman Sevinç, who works at Lüleburgaz Social Security Center and quit smoking three years ago, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that he realized the damage he had been smoking for 23 years when he stopped smoking.
Saying that he regretted smoking, Sevinç said, "I wish I had gave up on earlier. Now I can breathe easily, my teeth are clean. My smile has changed towards people. I advise everyone to quit as soon as possible."
"ALL THE YEARS I HAVE SMOKED FOR NOTHING"
Betül Arıkan, who works in the health directorate and has not smoked for about 4 years, stated that she became addicted to cigarettes for 14 years, gave up on smoking after her colleague said, "You smell very bad".
Emphasizing that she was very happy to quit smoking, Arıkan noted that even her breathing changed after quitting smoking.
Expressing that she regrets the days when she was addicted to tobacco, Arıkan said, "All these years I've smoked for nothing. It has damaged both my health and my cut."
"REALLY WASTE OF TIME"
Yıldız Yıldırım, who has not smoked for three years and is in charge of the health directorate, is among those who quit smoking for 30 years.
Stating that she moved away from smoking with the Covid-19 epidemic, Yıldırım said, "I used to cough a lot every winter when I smoked. When summer came, my cough would stop. There would be a lot of nasal discharge. In the 3 years I quit smoking, I did not cough at all. So I didn't cough even in winter and it was very comfortable."
Yıldırım stated that she slept comfortably after quitting smoking.
"Wherever you turn, I say profit. Smoking is of no use. Really waste of time," she added.