Smoking is an addictive habit that can kill you - if you don't believe me, check out the infographic in this blog post.
Recently a friend of mine was on the episode of the Dr. Phil show that focused on "quitting smoking." Here's a picture of Traci with Dr. Phil ...
Being a non-smoker myself, and seeing very little smoking among my co-workers (smoking isn't allowed on the SAS campus), I hadn't really given much thought to the dangers of smoking. But when my friend mentioned that she was quitting, I did a few web searches on the topic and the statistics are indeed quite scary. I found an infographic on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website, and decided to try to reproduce it with SAS software.
I used the same technique that I demonstrated in the art & analytics blog a few weeks ago, and created the custom donut pie chart using annotate functions, and then annotated colored polygons (using a slightly lighter shade of the pie slice colors) extending out to the side edges of the graph area. I then annotated the text & numbers on the graph. If you click graph below, you can see the interactive version with hover-text and drilldowns on the donut pie slices.
Best of luck to Traci, and anyone else out there trying to stop smoking!
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Thank you! Yes! That was me! Lol! So far....the quiting smoking is going good. Believe me, it is no cake walk. I am now on the patch. The show was aired April the 2nd at the end. Or you can U Tube Dr Phil April 2 teen smoking. I don't want my 14 YO son to ever smoke. It is an ADDICTION! I don't want to be that "do as I say...not as I do parent". The show was a blessing because after I did it...I had at least 10 friends tell me they were quiting with me. :) Thanks, Traci
That's inspiring!
Traci, Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I smoked for over 30 years. I tried to quit numerous ways, numerous times; behavior therapy, cutting down, meds, the patch, hypnosis, and finally cold turkey. Just keep trying! I quit 1 year before my 49 year old brother was diagnosed with lung cancer. He smoked from age 17. He died at age 50, leaving 2 children behind, aged 9 and 10. I wish you lots of luck with this very admirable goal. You can do it for your family, if not for yourself. Never give up until you reach your goal !!!
Thank you