I smoked about a pack a day for 4 years while in the Air Force. Towards the very end of my enlistment, I was shipped out to Kuwait for Operation Enduring Freedom which turned into Iraqi Freedom. We worked long hours with activity levels that went from 100% frenzy to 0% dead with nothing in between. In the dead times all we did was sit around in the desert and smoke; cranked it up to maybe 3-4 packs a day for those several months.

After an open ended extension of my deployment, we finally got word we were rotating back home in a week. I remember looking down at a lit cig and saying to myself I don't want to take this [censored] home with me. I had just opened a carton of cigarettes that day, so I took them all and gave them to my buddy and gave them to him. Went cold turkey right then and there.

That was in May of 2003 and I've never looked back. The hardest part for me was just the habits. It felt weird not lighting up after a meal, or when I jumped in the car. I had to keep toothpicks or gum just to have something to stick in my mouth and to do with my hands.

I dipped at least a can of Copenhagen a day from the time I was 16 (1983) until four months after I retired from the Army (November 1, 2014). I quit because a few of the jobs I applied for had tobacco free policies for new hires. (I joke with my buddies that I really quit because I found out civilians get pissed if you spit in their trashcan at the office.)

It's saved me a ton of money, not just on the cans of Copenhagen, but on the Cokes I'd buy just so I'd have something to spit in. I do still reach for the can in my back pocket after I finish a meal or I'm hunting or fishing with guys who dip. I go through those plastic toothpicks on my Swiss Army knife by the dozens, and drive my wife nuts chewing straws. I don't miss dipping, but once a month I'll have a no kidding nicotine craving, even after five years. After seeing what happened to Kirby Puckett and seeing my blood pressure drop a ton after I quit, I'm happy I did.

Quit a pack a day about 10yrs now. Extremely happy.
Took several attempts over 35 yr. period.
Not smoking anything again. No vape, cigs, stogies, dip.

Jan. 7th., 2017- Heart attack while helping daughter move furniture. Terrible chest pain for almost an hour because my wife did not initially believe it was a heart attack.Yes, we’re still together. She finally took me to the ER.
Smoked a pack a day for 50 years but had wanted to quit. Heart attack convinced me to do so. Quit that day and even though it was difficult, I do not regret quittin nor do I ever want a cigarette again. Can’t stand the smell either.

I quit in 1979 after smoking for 15 yrs. I had a ruptured appendix, but the test did not show the problem. The Doctors, after hours testing finally decided to do exploratory surgery. I did not know if I was going to live or die from all the pain I had. I promised myself if I survived I would not smoke another cigarette. I kept that promise, but it was a fight for two years before they quit smelling good and started stinking. After that I never craved a cigarette again. Appendicitis may have been the second best thing that ever happened to me. Accepting Jesus Christ as my savior was the best.

AMEN, great story and ending... the best there could be. ;/)

Cigarettes about 15 years ago
Cigars about 8 years ago
Dipping now but need to quit

Never smoked but started chewing tobacco and dipping right out of high school during all of my ball playing days and then when I started bass fishing for a ton of years. Then about 6 years ago my wife quit smoking. A couple of months after that it gave me the willpower to stop dipping. Tried the non nicotine stuff for a couple of weeks but couldn't handle that stuff so just quit that and for some reason I never had one issue with not dipping anymore.
One of the major things that came out of it is how many foods, especially herbs and seasonings, and different vegetables had an actual distinct taste that I never knew. While dipping a lot of things just had the same bland taste. Now it is amazing how so many different things have such flavors. For instance I didn't really know what Cilantro was all about. Now I use it a ton because I like the flavor so much. I can mix rubs for my meat and fish and chicken smoking now and pick out the different flavors if the seasonings.
Never had a problem quitting and never had any regrets so I feel really lucky.

4 weeks and its driving me nuts

10+ years last September.

I still dream about having a cig in my fingers, then I look at it and throw it away. Then I go p33......

I had a 3 pack of cigarettes and 1 pouch of crew habit a day. I tried all tools out there beside hypnosis to quit without any results. In 2009 I went to Baylor Dentistry where they found oral cancer. The doctor removed 2 teeth, removed the skin from the roof and both sides of the inside of my mouth. He also performed a lip shave on me. This procedure consist of removing a 1/4'' of the total length of my bottom lip with a scalpel while I just set there. My wife took a picture of my lip full of stitches when we got home. The doctor said when people are smoking or dipping outside in the sun your lip is acting like a sponge soaking up all the nicotine. My wife hung my picture on our freg. and every time I thought I wanted a smoke or dip I thought about what I had gone through. By looking at all the stitches in my lip and unable to eat solid food for months I stopped cold turkey. It's been over 10 years now and no tobacco needed. If I could had only put that money I was spending on tobacco products into a bank account I would be very wealthy now.
Thank you lord for giving me strength!

I quit cold turkey in 1984 because my brother quit the day before. I wasn't just about to let him outdo me. I am 71 now with no health problems but he has copd. I thank him daily for quitting

Almost 3 years now, Can’t stand the smell of it when others light up!

9/11/2009 - coming up on 11 years soon.

I'm happy I quit, haven't had a cigarette since, unless dreams count - had one last night where I flicked the cherry off the butt and stepped it out with my boot.

For some reason I still have dreams where I'm smoking. Go figure . . . . .

Adding:
It's been over 10 years now and no tobacco needed. If I could had only put that money I was spending on tobacco products into a bank account I would be very wealthy now.
Thank you lord for giving me strength!

Really . . . . . .

3 years Nov 19th

Haven’t looked back