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Never have. Not one puff.
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
@Harmonium1923 Thanks for BA!
4meAndyou · F
No, but I did at one time. I admired a friend of mine, an au pair girl from France. The family for whom she was an au pair were part of my parents group of wine tasting friends. At any rate, she could smoke and look SO cool and SO graceful. When I was 18 I want to look JUST that cool. It turned out to be a very bad idea.
I became a chain smoker, and when I quit, I was 36 years old, smoking 3 packs a day and practically lighting one off the other. I quit cold turkey when I got an awful case of the stomach flu. I was SO sick I couldn't smoke...and I tried, but it was nauseating...so I decided to use it, and springboarded off of that into quitting. I just popped a sugar free breath saver breath mint into my mouth whenever I wanted to smoke. I substituted that habit for my previous habit.
The worst of it is not the nicotine withdrawal, although people will tell you that's what it is, and sell you patches and so on.
The worst of it is breaking habits that are so ingrained, and so automatic that you really feel lost and upset when you can't eat and then smoke afterward, or smoke while driving, or smoke after and during your cup of coffee. You really do feel deprived and VERY irritable when you can't do the same thing every day that you have always done.
But I knew myself very well. I knew that I desperately wanted to remove my discomfort, but I also knew that if I picked up even one cigarette, and took even one puff, then all that I had suffered would be for nothing. So I built a wall there. I made a promise to myself, and kept it. I would not even TOUCH a cigarette.
I became a chain smoker, and when I quit, I was 36 years old, smoking 3 packs a day and practically lighting one off the other. I quit cold turkey when I got an awful case of the stomach flu. I was SO sick I couldn't smoke...and I tried, but it was nauseating...so I decided to use it, and springboarded off of that into quitting. I just popped a sugar free breath saver breath mint into my mouth whenever I wanted to smoke. I substituted that habit for my previous habit.
The worst of it is not the nicotine withdrawal, although people will tell you that's what it is, and sell you patches and so on.
The worst of it is breaking habits that are so ingrained, and so automatic that you really feel lost and upset when you can't eat and then smoke afterward, or smoke while driving, or smoke after and during your cup of coffee. You really do feel deprived and VERY irritable when you can't do the same thing every day that you have always done.
But I knew myself very well. I knew that I desperately wanted to remove my discomfort, but I also knew that if I picked up even one cigarette, and took even one puff, then all that I had suffered would be for nothing. So I built a wall there. I made a promise to myself, and kept it. I would not even TOUCH a cigarette.
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DragonFruit · 61-69, M
No, I stopped when I was still in my teens because I felt better playing tennis when I didn’t smoke (I still play tennis, and I’m in my mid 60s).
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RubySoo · 56-60, F
In my teens id have the odd one. Buy a packet of cigs and being able to offer one to the guy you fancied was a good ice breaker...lol x
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From about 12 to about 20 - I stopped after my wife's brother died and before I got married.
rjc36 · 56-60, M
I did many years ago but haven't in about 20 years. Definitely glad I quit.
Beatbox34 · 31-35, M
I used to about a decade ago.
I feel like starting it but I'm battling the thought.
I feel like starting it but I'm battling the thought.
DragonSlayerr · 26-30, F
I used to smoke cigs at parties when I was in high school. Freakin’ nasty.
SweetMae · 70-79, F
No, I have never smoked.
I'm a beautiful quitter but still like something else
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No. Yes, I did try a few times but never really liked it
GetOutOfJailFreeCard · 26-30
I’ve smoked cigars but that’s about it
MasterofNone · 26-30, M
No and yes, just once but practically no
wilderflower · F
I have a cigar couple of times a year.
PhilDeep · 51-55, M
No, no and never intend to.
MrAboo · 36-40, M
Cigarrettes for now
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No no no no noooooOo
Degbeme · 70-79, M
Yes.
bijouxbroussard · F
Not really. When I was in my early 20s I would occasionally pull out a Gauloise for someone to light, at the clubs. It was mostly for effect and I don’t think I ever finished the pack. But I haven’t smoked anything for about 30 years now.
