I was more or less scared into quitting.  Although I had been trying to quit for years, or at least intending to quit, I never did.  In February I had a mamogram.  Then my doctor told me he wanted me to go have an ultra-sound because I had lumps.  Now that scared me so bad that  took my whole pack of cigarettes that I had just bought, and threw them away.  Broke them up in little bitty pieces so I would not be tempted to go back and get them.  That was in February of this year.  I have not had a smoke since.  I don't even have the urge to smoke.  That did it for me.  Now I have actually smoked since I was sneaking at 16, and today I am _____.  Well, that is a long time.  I can look at other people smoking and it doesn't even bother me.  Only now I find myself not liking the smell of smoke.  Oh and by the way, my ultra sound was negative, so I am fine.  So its like I got a new lease on life.  I am not putting anything in my body or defiling this temple ever again.  I feel so much better.  I can even breathe better.  There are a lot of things I enjoy better,  now that I have given up the cigarettes.  But the down side is the weight gain.  Lord, that is an uphill battle.  But one I will win.  If I can give up the cigarettes, I can get a grip on the weight too.

Much props to you!!!!! I'm trying to stop myself.  Set the quit date for my birthday which is coming up very soon.  My present to ME!  I've been smoking for almost 30 years and I can't expect my good luck to hold out forever.  Besides, I have a history of cancer in my family-BOTH SIDES.  I've tried a couple of times- once stopped for almost 2 years, but now I REALLY WANT to give this awful habit up FORVER!!!! I can't use the patch or gum (HBP), so I'm going hypnosis.  A friend of mine did it over 12 years ago and hasn't smoked since.

GOOD LUCK TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO STOP!  I WISH YOU THE BEST!!!!!!!!! 

Hey,

   Actually, many factors contributed to my quitting smoking.  A great factor was fear.  My sister and I both have asthma.  She is a non-smoker and had to get a tube down her throat after a severe asthma attack.  I was a smoker, and had never been "tubed".  I was scared, but not scared enough. I continued to smoke.  Then I got sick with a respitory infection and was unable to smoke.  When the infection totally cleared up a month later, I had no desire to smoke.  It's been a little over 3 years.  Everything happens in its own time, quitting smoking included.

i quit in july 1997, and been cig-free ever since!

congrats to anyone that is thinking of quitting, you can certainly do it. i will be HARD work, but it can be done. i quit cold turkey, and it was soooo hard!! i couldn't afford the patch or gum since i was a poor college student, so i prayed first and asked God to fight it for me, and i admitted that i was too weak to do it on my own. then i washed all of my clothing and bed linens, and cleaned out my car and car ashtray. being that i still lived with a smoker (my roommate), it was doubly hard for me....she wasn't trying to make my journey any easier. she smoked around me constantly....in some ways, i believe she was trying to get me to fail....but i hung in there anyway. we also have a lot of friends that smoke too, and they were over at my place all of the time. i would sometimes lock myself in my room away from the smokers to allow the cravings to pass, then i'd return to my company. i also drank a lot of water and chewed a lot of bubble gum. my biggest fear was weight gain.....AND YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT!.....but you can lose it too, i lost my extra pounds.

hang in there, it can be done! :)

This is a true story. I had smoked since I was 16 yrs old. I would stop then start back again. Feb. 2004. I went to bed one night,  as usual I would have my ashtray on the nightstand along with my cigarette case. I got into bed and lit up. I was watching something on T.V. I don't remember what anyway, I began to smoke and, that cigarette tasted  awful, I mean it was awful, so I put it out. I turned the tV off. My half smoked cigarette and lighter lay on the nightstand. I woke up about two a.m. gagging my throat was on fire, I tasted fire inside my throat.. I ran to the b athroom and leaned over the sink and began splashing water in my mouth.This went on about two or three minutes. I came back to the bedroom and sat on side of the bed to collect my thoughts. I looked over at the ashtray ,the half smoked  cigarette and lighter was gone.I was like what is going on I know I put that cigarette in the ashtray and lighter on the night stand. By now I'm spooked out of my mine. I laid back in bed starring up at the ceiling until I fell asleep again. When I woke up. the desire to smoke was gone.  Haven't had one since. In a way I'm kinda scared to. GOD IS GOOD

I quit on Oct. 16, 1995, at the Million Man March. God took the tatse for cigarrettes right out of my mouth that day.

Ali