National No Smoking Day 2021: 10 Motivational Quotes To Quit The Habit

National No Smoking Day is marked annually on every second Wednesday of March, and this year it falls on March 10.

The day is aimed at reaching out to friends or family members who suffer from nicotine addiction and urging them to quit. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year and more than 7 million of these deaths are the result of direct tobacco use.

Here are some motivational quotes, courtesy Brainy Quotes, to share with smokers on this day:

1. “The true face of smoking is disease, death, and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.” — David Byrne

2. “Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.” — Margaret Chan

3. “The culture is about moving to a place where tobacco and smoking isn't part of normal life: people don't encounter it normally, they don't see it in their big supermarkets, they don't see people smoking in public places, they don't see tobacco vending machines.” — Andrew Lansley

4. “I've chosen to get the word out to women, especially young women, that tobacco is not glamorous - it's addictive and smoking takes a serious toll on your health.” — Mena Suvari

5. “Cigars, cigarettes, and hookah tobacco are all smoked tobacco — addictive and deadly. We need effective action to protect our kids from struggling with a lifelong addiction to nicotine.” — Tom Frieden

6. “Tobacco smoke contains chemicals that weaken the body's immune system, making it more susceptible to disease and handicapping its ability to destroy cancer cells.” — Michael Greger

7. "Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire, which transcends everything." — Napoleon Hill

8. Take your life back from the tobacco companies. They don’t own you anymore. – Duane Alan Hahn

9. "It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed." — Harmon Killebrew

10. “So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco, and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.” — Barry McCaffrey