Gave up 152 days ago. Never looked back, such a ridiculous habit when you really think about it

Nearly 4 years for me.

23 years for me.. Wonder how much money I've saved 🙂

2 years 3 months for me, since kimbers jr came along

still miss it, but I only ever really smoked spliffs 😈

9 years here.

Only recently realised how much better I feel for it.

such a ridiculous habit when you really think about it

(not a smoker, but) recently, my 4 year old son asked me "what's that man doing" and, as I started explaining, I think me and him both came to this exact conclusion!

December1999 for me.

Round about ten years for me. Thank god I didn't have to become one of these sad, junkie looking folks huddling outside pubs and hospitals. Who's sucking the life out of who?
Most utterly ridiculous thing to do ever.

Harsh but true. A slave to British American Tobacco.

I gave up on December the 1st 2011 and it was the best decisionI have ever made.

EVER.

18 days and counting...

It's been surprisingly easy so far and feel loads better for it already. Tomorrow will be the first time out on the MTB since I stopped so hopefully will notice the difference there.

16th August 1984, Chania, Crete
well done and good luck to those going through withdrawal symptoms - keep on going!

When I see bikers get to the top of climbs and spark up - it looks utterly insane to me now. But I was one of those people only a few years back.

Nothing you'll do in life will improve your quality of life as much as giving up smoking. If you're thinking about doing it, do it now. Not next week, next year, when I get to 40, etc. Now. You won't regret it.

18 days and counting...

Theres no such thing as addicted to chocolate. I don't need to go out and find a shop open that sells chocolate as I've 'run out'.

Nearly 7 years since I quit. I feel soooooooo much better for it, definitely one of the best decisions I've ever made 😀

Glad I never started.

2 Years there or thereabouts, I took up drinking double to fill in the void.

Glad I never started.

Wish I had never started, but I was young and daft.

Gave up 4yrs ago and will never touch one again.

Gave up about 10 months ago - still miss them though, but realise I'm much better off without!

Day 14 for me...

Last summer but it feels like a life time ago... Took a 3 year old to tell I was being a dick.

It's super addictive and bloody hard to crack. But once you do. What a feeling.

Don't ever miss it and find myself looking at people out in the cold and thinking, I looked like that knob once. Glad I don't now.

New Years Day 10 yrs or so ago go for me.

I find smugness is equally as an unappealing a habit as smoking 😉

I'm planning to pack in [i]again[/i] imminently. Wish me luck!

I could give up being smug any time I liked, but I enjoy it too much.

Almost 3 years for me now.

The only time I miss it is when I am constipated and need the laxative effect in the morning or when one of my colleagues decides to eat his stinky soups at his desk at lunchtime and I can smell it in all its stinky glory, yuck! At that time I wish my sense of smell was back to down to its smoking level.

I know a couple who smoke 20 a day each. He nips to the paper shop every morning, 15 quid a time. 420 quid a month, absolute bonkers.

I gave up in December - been more of a challenge giving up my recreational smoking than the work place smoking though.

Still, i'm clean and that's what matters!

I've never had the urge to smoke myself but would be interested to know why you did start?

Theres no such thing as addicted to chocolate. I don't need to go out and find a shop open that sells chocolate as I've 'run out'.

I've known people do that.

I've never had the urge to smoke myself but would be interested to know why you did start?

Its generally when you're young, stupid, you think you look cool, and all your mates smoke too. I was 14 and an idiot.

At the moment I've got 3 packs of fags left out of a batch of duty free. When they've gone I'm knocking it on the head AGAIN! I bloody hate the fact that I smoke! 🙁

Smoked for 18 years, quit for 5, then started smoking on/off for the last 4 years (time goes fast!). Stopped again at New Year, will see how it goes.

Most of the time I hate it and know how much damage it's doing, especially at the top of a nasty climb. In contrast I ran my best half marathon 3 years after quitting, I can remember being amazed at how much I could breathe and how strong I felt.

Unfortunately I also REALLY enjoy smoking. Just thinking about sitting in the afternoon sunshine with a pint or a G&T and a lovely smelly cigarette makes me want to go and stand in the rain and look sad. MMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.

31 days 9 hours and 43 minutes without one. Not that i'm counting. Gave up 6 years years ago for a year than slipped back into it. Ridiculous, especially as not smoking makes me feel so much better and more motivated to get out and do things.

I tried to smoke when I was 17. Luckily a friend told me I looked like a dick... + my grandad died on my 17th birthday - drowned on a load of fluid on his lungs right in front of my gran, which kind of gave me a useful perspective on the reality of it.

What amazes me now, given everything that's known and all the government messages, is how come people are still coming to the conclusion that it's a good idea to start...

Unfortunately I also REALLY enjoy smoking. Just thinking about sitting in the afternoon sunshine with a pint or a G&T and a lovely smelly cigarette

tonyd - having a Father Ted moment....

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Keep it up fella. This is my last weekend smoking

8 years, 1m, 25d
Have you seen the price of them these days? How anyone can afford the things astounds me and makes me wonder what they have cut from their lives to be able to buy them.?

He nips to the paper shop every morning, 15 quid a time. 420 quid a month

I wonder whether smoking helps with doing maths?

I wonder whether smoking helps with doing maths?

I keep trying to give up, but my problem is I like it

2011 - late Dec

Still waiting for the Health Benefits to visibly kick in.

Have I now turned into an Athletic Mountain Bike God who laughs in the face of hills ? ....Nope - still wheeze up like everyone else.
Does my food taste stunning ! ...err Nope.
Do I have more energy ? - Well, I'm guessing it's a yes on that one - I need it to help drag the extra 2 stone that I piled on.

So, maybe no visible or noticeable effects, but, do I feel immensely proud of myself for giving up ? Hell yes !!!

Chris

Struggled to give up the first time as I thought I could continue smoking weed. Soon realised that wasn't so easy and cigarettes slowly crept back in.

Jacked them both in 8 years ago.

The Pinkster - Member
I've never had the urge to smoke myself but would be interested to know why you did start?

Same reason as binners really, I was 14 and most of my mates smoked, we thought we looked cool and it was rebellious - we were sticking it to the man.

When I first started it also used to give me the most amazing headrushes, which I used to enjoy in a strange way.

I finally gave up about 5 yrs ago. I went through the rollies stage for a while then ceegars the gave up when it became apparent that ceegars was going to be uber expensive..

Well done to all who have done it and good luck to those who are trying. There will come a time when the penny drops so stick with it.
And if you still enjoy. Good luck to you.

1 year in 4 days! Wahoo.

Havnt saved a penny as I have spent it all on bike stuff. Oh yeah!

Good luck to anyone giving up at the mo, keep battling through it!

Been mostly stopped for 2 years now. I used to really enjoy smoking, as hard as that may be to understand. However I got up to 20 a day for a number of years and knew it was a pretty uncool thing to do.

Think over that time I have smoked on average 1 weekend every two months or so, usually coincides with a weekend away sailing, camping or on holiday etc.

Feeling a lot healthier and good not to be dependent on always having tobacco on me.

But I still allow myself a "Dirty Weekend" every couple of months. Strangely I find this remarkably easy and rarely think about fags.

Until threads like this come up...

It's when you consider reporting your debit card lost and getting 'emergency cash' out of your NatWest account just so you can buy some fags - because you left your wallet at work [i]overnight[/i] - that you realise it's all got a bit silly.

Hopefully, anyway.

Not had a snout since new year. On the electric ones now though, so kind of cheating really.

Looking back, I probably didn't enjoy the vast majority of smokes I had, but every so often, the ones with a beer in a sunny garden were awesome. Unfortunately its not so easy to pick and choose the ones to have.

Well done everyone who's quit successfully and keep going those who are going through it now.

I smoke about 2-3 cigs.

Every 40 years. I think half of those weren't even inhaled!

I've never had the urge to smoke myself but would be interested to know why you did start?

When I first started it also used to give me the most amazing headrushes

My mum finally gave up smoking. It had killed her 🙁

Last one Xmas Eve...same day as my son was as born. No hurry to take it up again...how else will I buy him his first bike?!

The Pinkster - Member
I've never had the urge to smoke myself but would be interested to know why you did start?

I was 9.. it was cool

Been given up pretty much about 18 months now I think, after a couple of years of nearly managing it..

I quit being a full time smoker a year and half ago. Since then I only smoked when I was drinking. I have now though quit drinking for a year so that should put a final stop to the smoking too.

19 years this summer, went cold turkey on a holiday to lake Garda & can't imagine ever smoking again

Feb '98 for me. cold turkey, got up one day with about 4 left in a pack in my work jacket. decided "I don't want to do that any more" and binned 'em, never been back since

31 years. Ran up a steep hill one evening and felt so out of breath I quit there and then! So glad I did 🙂

At £8.20 for a pack of 20 wonder how people am afford it these days?

weare138 - Member

At £8.20 for a pack of 20 wonder how people am afford it these days?

It were 10 pence a smoke when I was a lad in the 80's 😉

I still miss the head rush though...