Last Cigarette?

[Old Smokey]

Congrats to those who have quit. Nasty nasty addiction and I have been its bitch for about 50 years. At this stage of my life there likely wouldn't be a benefit to quitting. My cigs are $22 a carton which includes taxes.

[Brimy]

Congrats to those who have quit. Nasty nasty addiction and I have been its bitch for about 50 years. At this stage of my life there likely wouldn't be a benefit to quitting. My cigs are $22 a carton which includes taxes.

$22/CARTON?!?!
INCLUDING TAXES?!?!

Wow.

But quitting would have its benefits.

[rodwha]

I quit about 7 years ago. Didn’t want my daughter picking it up from me, and was tired of the addiction. I smoked 2-3 packs a day and would sometimes light a cigarette from the last one.

Back in 1999 20/20 or 60 Minutes did a show on how the government caught various companies using chemicals that weren’t necessary for tobacco that were addictive. I believe they are using new ones that do the same thing as when I switched from Marlboros to American Spirits I didn’t get the fix I needed. Took 3 days of will power I’m not known for when it came to cigarettes and after that my intake was cut in half! I finally quit within a year of that and haven’t looked back. I often am reminded how glad I am that I quit when it’s cold or raining or too damn hot, especially in the truck.

Karmen was skeptical of me picking up cigars again (wasn’t really in to them before) feeling I’d just become a chimney again. Sometimes I go a month without a stick and sometimes I might smoke 3 in a week, but usually it’s one to three times a month.

[projectsunfire]

After smoking cigs for roughly 20 years I quit cold turkey about 4 years ago. I tried quitting so may times and actually quit for a year twice but always went back to the habit. Then I just woke up one morning and tossed the pack out and said I don't ever want to have one again. For some reason it clicked this time and I don't even think about it anymore. Now I smoke a cigar almost daily but I like to think that its not the same since I dont inhale hahaha.

[Brimy]

After smoking cigs for roughly 20 years I quit cold turkey about 4 years ago. I tried quitting so may times and actually quit for a year twice but always went back to the habit. Then I just woke up one morning and tossed the pack out and said I don't ever want to have one again. For some reason it clicked this time and I don't even think about it anymore. Now I smoke a cigar almost daily but I like to think that its not the same since I dont inhale hahaha.

Congrats!
Personally I think the success or lack of success in quitting is 95% mental! Once you make up your mind that you truly want to quit you can, despite the physical addiction to the nicotine and other crap that they put in cigarettes. So once YOU (whomever it is) says "I don't want/need this anymore" and stop making excuses for wanting/needing a cigarette, you've won the battle.
Now I've got to stop making those same excuses!

[projectsunfire]

Congrats!
Personally I think the success or lack of success in quitting is 95% mental! Once you make up your mind that you truly want to quit you can, despite the physical addiction to the nicotine and other crap that they put in cigarettes. So once YOU (whomever it is) says "I don't want/need this anymore" and stop making excuses for wanting/needing a cigarette, you've won the battle.
Now I've got to stop making those same excuses!

Thanks. Yes I definitely think a lot of it is mental. Its like most things...if you really put your mind to it you can do it. I always loved to smoke when going out and drinking and I thought that would be the hardest part of quitting for me. As a result I ended up not going to bars anymore which also helped me cut WAY back on drinking. So its been a double positive!

[CentralTimeSmoke]

I smoked a lot during high school and college--I was a social smoker and did so when I drank (which was a lot back then lol). Once I grew up a bit and wasn't sitting on a porch drinking cheap beer until the sun came up , I pretty much stopped all together. Then my brother introduced me to cigars, and the rest is history. Now that I understand the quality of premium cigar tobacco, I shudder to think what's rolled up in cigarettes. It's just not the same product, and I can't stand that the laymen (and the FDA) lumps them together.


Anyway, I know how addicting they can be. My dad was an on and off again smoker for his entire life until he started vaping. Now he's content with that. My gf just quit cold turkey and is doing really well. But it took a few tries.

[droy1958]

I've smoked for around 45 years, but the good thing is I know I can quit cigs as I've done it around 10 times. Never was a chewer even though I tried it a few times. I just enjoy tobacco and smoke what's appropriate for me at the time.....

[Sir Lancerolot]

Mine was 55 years ago, when I was 6 ...

It was also my first cigarette ...

[Emperor Zurg]

Mine was 55 years ago, when I was 6 ...

It was also my first cigarette ...

Hahaha! Same here, although not as long ago and I wasn't 6. I imagine I was in my late teens / early 20's
I didn't even make it thru half the thing before deciding 'these things taste like sh!t'
The fact that the sh!tty taste didn't leave my mouth for the next 2 days just reinforced the point.