Osman's sister quit with his support

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You know you can tell everybody until you’re blue in the face,

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but the person needs to have the willpower.

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My name is Osman, I am 33 years old

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I live in London and I helped my sister unsmoke six years ago.

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I was brought up around people who smoke.

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My family were all smokers.

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The smell in the morning, when I used to wake up

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I think that was kind of like, you know, enough for me to just not want to start it.

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At the time, I remember having talks with my sister to stop smoking.

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Because not just my sister, anyone you care about,

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you should want them to stop smoking.

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I’m younger than you, I don’t smoke,

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you know, you should lead by example, maybe not smoke as well.

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I could see that she kind of took it on board.

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She found it very hard so we fully rallied and supported her.

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One evening, we were having dinner in a restaurant.

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Being a nonsmoker, I just went outside to say, oh yes, you’re still smoking.

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She said, yeah, I know, I want to give up, I want to give up.

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And then the following week, she came and saw me

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and she said, guess what? No cigarettes.

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I was very happy, very happy.

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She herself had the willpower and that, I think, is the biggest motivation

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To just not give up and just to try and come out of the tunnel, you know.