I quit cold turkey at age 31. ( smoked from age 17 ). I threw a half a pack away and moved on. I had my moments of cravings but didn't give in. It has been 3 decades since and I am DAMN GLAD I quit. Now working on developing a routine/habit of doing body weight exercises and those are coming along but it is harder than I thought just getting into a groove making it a part of my daily life. I do like the changes so far and I am going to keep pushing forward. ....Good luck to all that have quit or are thinking about it..

I quit cold turkey around 10 years ago...used to smoke a pack a day easily. Also dipped when I couldn't smoke.

I'm beyond happy I quit! I hated the feeling in the morning of needing to smoke, the need to clear my lungs when I woke, and the smell my clothes had.

When I quit, I gained weight due to eating everything I could get my hands on.

I found Crossfit and went ballistic with it. Lost the weight and need to eat / smoke about 6 months into it.

I've been off of them cigarettes for about 2 months. I get cravings often but I haven't given in yet

Last one was on November 4th.

last one was July 1 of this year!

2006, my grandaughter was 6. She was sitting in my lap reading a book and said,..papa, your mouth really stinks.
When they went home I threw a half a carton of Salem 100's in the dumpster. Never looked back.
The best way to quit smoking is quit buying. No excuses.

Started chewing tobacco at 18 playing ball. Went from chewing tobacco to dipping during my 20+ years playing fast pitch softball tournaments and then when I started fishing bass tournaments. Told my wife if she quit smoking I would quit dipping. Then all of a sudden because of work incentives she quit. I was caught off guard but had to at least attempt to stop so I got some of the herbal dip to try to help me stop. It about gagged me for a couple of weeks until one day I spit that stuff out and decided that wasn't going to do it. Then a couple of days later I realized I hadn't even dipped the real stuff and wondered how long that was going to last. A couple of more days and then a couple of weeks went by and before I knew it I was Dip Free. Not only was I pleasantly surprised that I didn't miss the stuff but about 6 months later I really noticed how my sense of taste and smell changed. I was experiencing flavors I had completely forgot about during those years. So glad I quit and so glad for me that it wasn't even a problem that I feared. I just quit.

October 11, 2022 just prior to my second and much more involved back surgery that included two levels of fusion. Smoking has a detrimental effect on the body's ability to heal and recover from surgery, including adversely interfering with the fusion process.

Experienced cravings when I woujld first wake up in the morning and had a cup of coffee...eventually they passed. Experienced cravings when I got in the truck to drive, when I go in the boat to fish, when I enjoy an alcoholic beverage, and after relations with the wife...well the last one is only an assumption or expectation or hell, just plain conjecture, but the point is they came, they went, and they are no more. It still amazes me how bad it smells when someone else is smoking and how oblivious I was to that smell.

Very happy that I quit, finally, as I feel so much better than before. And I smoked at least a pack a day since my sophomore year of college, which was in 1983.