You're my brother and you mean the world to me, but since the day you stole Mom's cigarettes and tried one you haven't stopped smoking since. I know it's hard to quit but if we work together we can do this. I know we can. Now just listen to why not to smoke.

Since you have a job, you're wasting all of your money on cigarettes. Remember when mom told us how much her uncle's sister's mom Jennie spent close to $200,000 on cigarettes!! You don't know how much money you're wasting. And why would you pay money to kill yourself? You could use that money on your dream car that you're always talking about.

Cigarettes cause really bad diseases and you could die. That is NOT what I want you to do. Lung cancer is the most common disease. I remember that Dad's friend Joe died from lung cancer when he was only 45. And he started later than you!! You're an awesome brother and I don't want you to die because of cigarettes. My 5th grade teacher's mom died of emphysema and she smoked for a long while. Don't kill yourself because of cigarettes.

Cigarettes affect your body big time. You can loose your memory like uncle Pete did. He can't even remember our names. All of your senses dulland you can't even get the right taste of food, or you can't hear as good as you used to. Your teeth could be as yellow as one of those signs that you see at night. I don't think you want people calling you names. You don't even care about anything any more. You just say stuff like "forget it" and "who gives a ****". I can't stand it any more.

You're an awesome brother and you'll always be that but you need to stop. Just listen to what I said and we can do this in no time. If you want you can get Smoke Away. Later

Your loving brother,

Erik