quit 30 years now. quit because it was killing me. other corps are still trying.

I used to work with a guy that smoked and refused to wear a seat-belt. He carried a gun though, just in case his life was in danger.

All this woke ass anti cigarette shit! Y'all have obviously never enjoyed a cup of coffee and a smoke on a still summer morn. A post coital puff as your lover plays her fingers through your chest hair like smoke on the water. Good lord I miss cigarettes!

But seriously never smoke, it smells terrible, will ruin your health, and is an all around terrible proposition.

Why smoke when you can be addicted to the superiority complex that apparently comes with not smoking?

I quit by vaping off of cigarettes, and then gradually reducing the nicotine in vape juice until I was vaping 0 nicotine for a couple of months, then stopped altogether. Been nicotine free for several years now, and no cravings.

I feel bad for people who have never been addicted to anything, because they're the real losers. You want to know why? Because they don't know what it's like to really want something - and then get it again and again and again. (Marc Maron)

But seriously, the one thing I'm proud of in my life is that I was able to quit smoking. Hard, but so worth it!

I live alone and actively wish I could die. I'm not hurting anyone but myself.

I am glad that it's not cool with the younger generations, and that the whole vaping fad kinda died back.

Still though, the amount of self righteousness and lack of empathy from some non smokers really makes me glad that I will never have to hang out with those types of people.

Addiction is a hell of a thing, and when the alternative is worse than quitting, it's extremely difficult to quit.

I live with two roommates in a flat. One of them smokes. Of course, he has to smoke indoors as well, as if the whole place is his (we got two balconies btw) . Can't describe when I get home after a long day in uni to come back to a flat that smells like a smoking friendly bar.

Don’t forget that smokers also get to ruin other people’s meals at restaurants. Not their own meals mind you - just the meals of others.

I’ve smoked 3 packs a day by 25 y/o. Started with 17. stopped with 27. I don’t regret stopping, I feel better. But I miss it.

Joke is on you - I only smoke in elementary schools, so my house is practically tar-free. Now what, science man?

When I was a teenager in the 90s, I once dated someone whom I thought otherwise to be a smart and collected girl.

Then I watched her and her friend rummage the side streets for half smoked cigarette butts that people had disposed of out their car windows. The bliss in their eyes when they lit up a half smoked one.

Looking through the eyes of an adult now, it makes me wonder why I continued to try and strike a habit myself over the next 2 years. Fortunate for me, it never seemed like my drug of choice, though I did find others.

Being addicted to anything will make you realize just how fragile “giving a shit” really is.

tfw you share balcony with smoking neighbour and all smoke goes to your room where you work...

I smoked from the time I was 15, until I was 33. I got a prescription for something called Chantix that worked really well for me to quit permanently.

It worked well for a few people I knew, but one guy said it made him really depressed / suicidal.

Chantix isn’t available anymore because of something that was in it that might cause cancer, but there’s a generic form of it called varenicline that may or may not be available in your country. Ask your doctor maybe if there’s a pill that will help you quit.

I stopped smoking a while ago now.. but boy do I miss it sometimes lol.

Don't smoke kids.

Just one nail of many in my mom's coffin

Nearly all of my family smokes, and I fucking hate it. There were countless times, as far as I can remember, when I tried to do something with my dad, it was nice for a while, then he goes for a 'quick smoke' and stays there forever.