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Margaret

Margaret's story
"I’m tougher than cigarettes. "
Hometown: Boston
Year quit: 1988
Margaret had been a smoker for about 10 years when she quit in her late 20s. And today she runs long-distance races, something she says she never could have done as a smoker. She says “Every day it got easier and easier just not to smoke.” Margaret shared her story about quitting to help motivate others to try to stop and to Make Smoking History.

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