"I'll know when it's time to stop smoking . . . I'll do it when I start to cough or get short of breath."

"My blood pressure (or cholesterol, or blood sugar) is running good on these pills, so I can stop them now."

"That pain can't be from my heart . . . it isn't severe enough" (or "it doesn't go to my left arm", or "it's just indigestion", o

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