Way to go! what approach did you take to quitting?

Good show!

I quit, cold turkey, November 1984. I missed it at first, but now I find tobacco, especially in cigarette or chewing form, repulsive.

I do not object to the smell of a good cigar or pipe tobacco as much, but I will not do either of those myself, I just do not want to risk getting into the habit again.

Nice work. I was at a convenience store the other day when the person in front of my bought a pack of smokes. $7.60. I'll bet your bank account does look much better.

Good job.
I need to do this also. Tried many times and failed on every attempt.
Keep it up.

Congratulations and keep up the good work. This past Aug. was 30 yrs for me.

Congrats and keep up the good work. I know it's hard (this Christmas eve will be 21 years for me) but well worth it. Just think of all "Things" your wife can buy with $$$ you save.....

Great Job! May 7, 2007 for me...after smoking for about 19 years (dumb, dumb, dumb).

A decision you'll never regret.

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Originally posted by Bytes:

Nice work. I was at a convenience store the other day when the person in front of my bought a pack of smokes. $7.60.

WOW! I had several reasons for quitting, one of them was that I was pissed when the price went up to $1.75 / pack. That was 1984.

Good work.

I quit a long time ago, after smoking for about ten years.

Good job, you don't need it! Six years and four months today for me.

Congratulations, keep it up.

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My Dr. told me to give it a year then go treat myself with the savings.

That has got to be a fair amount of money. Just one pack a day of the cheapest smokes for a year is over $2000.

Modern day Savage, I took Chantix. I tried the patch before that. It may have worked, I think I just wasn’t ready to commit.

Congrats, I know it isn't easy. Smoke free 19 years.

Congrats. That is no small feat. I smoked for near 30 years, usually of a pack a day. I did the cold turkey deal and man did I suffer for months.

After about 10 years, your lungs should be back to lovely pink instead of chimney black. Yeah it takes awhile although you really can't feel it.

Congrats!

I had urges occasionally through year 2, usually when the weather was cold or some other event where I would particularly 'enjoy' to light up.

But I haven't had that in 3+ years (going on 5+ since my last).

Congratulations and keep up the good work!

That it helps your body to quit is the best reason to quit.

Another good reason is getting rid of the anxiety and frantic fear of running out of tobacco, and constant thinking of getting more smokes.

I look back now at how addictive smoking was.

Congrats, OP! Quitting is easy, staying quit is hard.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by Bytes:

Nice work. I was at a convenience store the other day when the person in front of my bought a pack of smokes. $7.60.

WOW! I had several reasons for quitting, one of them was that I was pissed when the price went up to $1.75 / pack. That was 1984.

A major price hike was also the final straw for me, and I quit cold turkey on Thanksgiving Day, 2010.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
That it helps your body to quit is the best reason to quit.

Another good reason is getting rid of the anxiety and frantic fear of running out of tobacco, and constant thinking of getting more smokes.

I look back now at how addictive smoking was.

One of my best friends who has now quit and hates tobacco, showed me the power of nicotine addiction. We were out on the lake enjoying a lovely summer weekend day, when he starts talking about going and buying a candy bar or something. I was having a good time and didn't want to go anywhere, so I blew off the idea. I watched him go through several levels of getting more and more serious about going to the store when I figured out it was cigarettes he wanted.
That was a quick lesson on the power of nicotine addiction.