00:00We often hear the phrase,
00:04Quitters never win.
00:06But there is a group of quitters
00:08who are proud of their success
00:10in quitting
00:12in Paninigarinyo.
00:14Their quitting journey
00:16is brought to you by Mark Salazar.
00:21They are the first quitters club in the country
00:24or the group of successful people
00:26who quit in YOSI.
00:28In their get-together
00:30in Pasig City earlier,
00:32they shared their quitting journey.
00:34I've been a smoker for more than 20 years.
00:37It's easier to quit
00:39when you quit
00:41than when you graduate
00:43because you have to go back.
00:45My wife helped me
00:47because she was vaccinated
00:49and her smell became sensitive.
00:51At first, it was hard for me
00:53to stop.
00:55Until now,
00:58According to the 2021
01:00Global Adult Tobacco Survey,
01:02more than 15 million Filipinos
01:04are quitting
01:06and 112,000
01:08are dying every year.
01:10That's 315 people
01:12every hour.
01:14Even if you don't die,
01:16your life will be in danger
01:18even if you have a chronic disease.
01:20Quitting smoking is important
01:22if you want to save
01:24a lot of money
01:26but quitting now is very expensive.
01:28Mother Christine is also worried
01:30because her children
01:32remember her second-hand smoke
01:34that's why she insisted on quitting.
01:36It's hard
01:38but I'm used to it.
01:40It's like
01:42you're struggling
01:44and you want to give
01:46and it's like that.
01:48It just passes by.
01:50Father Edwin
01:52stopped because
01:54he can't do it anymore.
01:56I can't do it anymore.
01:58I can't do it anymore.
02:00I can't do it anymore.
02:02I can't do it anymore.
02:04I can't do it anymore.
02:06I can't do it anymore.
02:08I can't do it anymore.
02:10I can't do it anymore.
02:12I can't do it anymore.
02:14I can't do it anymore.
02:16I can't do it anymore.
02:18I can't do it anymore.
02:20I can't do it anymore.
02:22What are the chemicals
02:24that you used before?
02:267,000 chemicals.
02:28And with those chemicals
02:30there are more than
02:3270 known carcinogens.
02:34It means
02:36carcinogens are the chemicals
02:38that cause cancer.
02:42Anti-smoking advocates
02:44have a new enemy.
02:46Vape and e-cigarette.
02:48The 2021 Global Adult
02:50Tobacco Survey also found
02:52that 14.1%
02:54of our youth
02:56ages 13 to 15
02:58use vape and e-cigarette.
03:00What we are seeing
03:02is a rapidly changing landscape.
03:04So on top of the
03:06tobacco epidemic that we have right now
03:08we are now seeing
03:10also the vaping epidemic.
03:12Advocates are calling
03:14to imitate
03:16the Tobacco Control Project
03:18of Pasig City
03:20and their Quitters Club.
03:22Maybe there could also be
03:24a Vape Quitter Club
03:26Teen Edition.
03:28For GMA Integrated News,
03:30Mark Salazar.
03:32Rated 24 Hours.
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