Did you ever quit smoking if so for how long?

[Cryptsafe]

I always have that health consciousness in me that  smoking is  not healthy for a good living lifestyle and I always let my friends know that so most times whenever we are together, they do not smoke and if they feel like doing that, they keep distance away and return after they had finished smoking. They do not do that in my presence.

I am strongly opposed to smoking because of the health  consequences. I can not sit and watch my loved ones destroy themselves in my very presence all in the name of smoking uncontrollably and tagging it to be for fun and self relief. It is absurd and makes no sense to me. I consider their lives to be of importance and precious to me that is why I always make sure I talk to any one I love  to try stop smoking whenever I do see them doing such.

Thus, I'm wondering how you've able to stay so devoted to not smoking despite having friends that do. Did you ever consider giving in and trying it, or were you always strongly opposed to it? It takes a lot of self-control and effort to say no to something that everyone else is doing. Making health-conscious decisions is a key element of living a happy and meaningful life. And I completely agree with you regarding the harmful impacts of smoking, which may have a serious impact on your health and is not something anyone should do.

[EluguHcman]

You can only quit smoking when you are determined to it and it is only achieved at when you are ready to fight it out. That is if you are an addicted smoker who feels you can't survive without smoking.
However, aside 29 February, one can always stop smoking as remarkably, the day you stops should be marked remarkable as your quitting anniversary.

I am not a smoker because I am already aware that people who smokes are struggling to get out of it due to how they spends their fund just to smoke some kind of shits that does not give them good in returns instead they intakes it and still goes about taking preventing measures so that they don't negatively get affected by it to their body system. Meanwhile such as sum of money that can be utilized in other ways of life and counts profits out of it.

[bitbit97]

Is it really possible to quit smoking completely? I am not a smoker, so I cant answer the question, but my wife is a smoker. She has been smoking for around 5-7 years (that is what I have observed), then she has quit (as I though it will be forever) for years (the baby thing, preparation, giving birth and etc), but she has returned to smoking e-cigarettes later. I am sure that she has returned due to influence of a company/people around (returned to office work, and collegaues influenced on a return). Hasnt been a smoker for 3 years. That is why I am curious if it is possible to quit it completely.

[EthereumDev_]

You can only quit smoking when you are determined to it and it is only achieved at when you are ready to fight it out. That is if you are an addicted smoker who feels you can't survive without smoking.
However, aside 29 February, one can always stop smoking as remarkably, the day you stops should be marked remarkable as your quitting anniversary.

I am not a smoker because I am already aware that people who smokes are struggling to get out of it due to how they spends their fund just to smoke some kind of shits that does not give them good in returns instead they intakes it and still goes about taking preventing measures so that they don't negatively get affected by it to their body system. Meanwhile such as sum of money that can be utilized in other ways of life and counts profits out of it.

You are lucky if you are not someone who likes smoking because smoking has a very high addictive nature because by smoking the momentary mindset will work well, but you must pay attention that excessive smoking has a bad impact on the body's condition and is very dangerous.

[Jay-Jay247]

Am not a smoker but I know too well that quiting smoking is a process because to a smoker it's like asking him to stop breathing which is impossible, but hey trust be you can quit smoking for good if you're determine to stop it, I know for sure that it's gonna be hard at first but believe me, you can do it. Try going two days without smoking, to the whole week without smoking, and after that try going a week, to weeks from weeks to months. there's no habit that needs to be stopped that can't we stopped, most of these guys who later turned chronic smokers today is because they don't have the determination and the right persons to tell them about the dangers of smoking, but even without a mentor you can still get out of that habit.

[LogitechMouse]

Do not get started is my best advice.

I tried it when I was studying in High School (if I remember correctly, I was in 2nd year or even 1st year in High School when I first tried it) out of curiosity.
I continued to do it for I think a month before my family saw me, and they're angry at me when they saw me smoking. After that, I didn't smoke any cigarette anymore until now.

It's more than a decade sine I first tried it and TBH, I don't see any benefits of smoking whether it would be cigarette or the more popular one right now which is vape. I see more negatives on trying both of them than positives. If there's some positives that cigarette can give to a person, maybe they can share it here. Quitting in smoking is kind of hard especially when it becomes your hobby already. It's like the same with quitting in gambling, but I believe that if the person is willing to change, he can quit if he wants to. Just quit smoking for those who are still smoking out there. Smoking will not give you any benefits, and just calculate the money you spend on it, and think if that money is being used to invest. It would be worth more right now.

[Jay-Jay247]

Never tried it before so I'll just keep mute on this but I wouldn't advise everyone to continue smoking due to it's effects on the human system.

[lolitalit]

The longest I stayed away from smoking was about six months. Now I am also trying to quit smoking for 5 months now. I use special patches from Canadian Pharmacy [nofollow] and it works pretty well for me. I'm thinking of starting to do sports, maybe that will help me even more.

[philipma1957]

The longest I stayed away from smoking was about six months

Do it again save some money and heal your lungs up.

[robelneo]

I quit smoking ten years ago and I never looked back since then, I had to stop smoking because of pneumonia that I barely survived from then on I never tasted smoking.

My breathing condition vastly improved on my second week of not smoking which saves me a lot of money from medication and I do not easily get fatigued.

When you're getting old it is important to be more disciplined and have the right addition about health, and stopping smoking is the best decision I made.

[DabsPoorVersion]

I tried to quit smoking more than 5 times now. And the last time I was only last year, December 2023.

The first time I tried smoking was when I was in college and tried to stop when I finished studying. This is to avoid any additional expenses as I was only about to start my job. I make myself more focused on work and chewing gums or candy to avoid being tempted to smoke.

After a few months, I couldn't take it and came back to smoking. This cycle has been repeatedly happening up to last year. But my goal this year is to completely stop. Since January I don't smoke and hopefully, I can manage to do this until the following months and years.

[philipma1957]

I tried to quit smoking more than 5 times now. And the last time I was only last year, December 2023.

The first time I tried smoking was when I was in college and tried to stop when I finished studying. This is to avoid any additional expenses as I was only about to start my job. I make myself more focused on work and chewing gums or candy to avoid being tempted to smoke.

After a few months, I couldn't take it and came back to smoking. This cycle has been repeatedly happening up to last year. But my goal this year is to completely stop. Since January I don't smoke and hopefully, I can manage to do this until the following months and years.

Good man I am pulling for your success.

[Z-tight]

Today Feb 29 is my 28 th year of not smoking tobacco.

1996 to 2024

So great to hear this, i have heard people say they have tried all they can to stop smoking, but failed as the addiction is so strong, so to hear that you quit a long time ago and never went back is great. Congratulations to you. However, i have never smoked before, and i don't think i ever will, though i have friends who smoke, but they never tried to win me over to that side.

[Gideon99]

Today Feb 29 is my 28 th year of not smoking tobacco.

1996 to 2024

Saved lots of coin and better health so far.

Plus I have an anniversary on Feb 29th.

quit today and you can al
so have a Feb 29 anniversary.

Wow! Congratulations philipma1957  it's a great improvement,that's self improvement and caution. Well you are now seeing the good side of it now that it was a bad experience smoking it causes lots of damages to our health.

[gunhell16]

Today Feb 29 is my 28 th year of not smoking tobacco.

1996 to 2024

Saved lots of coin and better health so far.

Plus I have an anniversary on Feb 29th.

quit today and you can also have a Feb 29 anniversary.

Even though I have never experienced smoking in my whole life, I know many people who have become addicted to smoking, and in the end, they also end up harming themselves because they have lung disease. Until they die of this addiction to smoking.

So having an addiction at any time does not give good results if we do not change it, whether it is physical or not. So if that's what Op did, I congratulate him if that's the case.