Myth #6: A Little Smoke Won't Hurt Anyone

That depends entirely on your definition of "little." Maybe half a pack of cigarettes a day doesn't seem like such a big deal, until you consider the amount of tar and cancer-producing chemicals that deposits in your lungs, never to be flushed out, over years of smoking.

If only smokers could see what surgeons see during lung surgery, I'll bet at least half would quit the habit right away (believe me, it's not a pretty sight). And if they knew how much patients with emphysema or lung cancer suffer during the late stages of disease, they would never have started in the first place. Don't even get me started about the harm they do to the very people they love.

All things considered, there's no reason good enough to justify even the least amount of smoking. The benefits will never, ever, outweigh the risks.

My advice is simple: quit while you can. Stay tuned.