The health benefits of quitting are not as obvious and they improve more gradually, but it's easy to think "30 days equals $210 bucks!"


I've been on the gum though, and weaning myself off that.

and have gum as a backup. i haven't thought about stepping down on the nicotine in the vaping liquid yet, but that will come with time.

good work on your no smoking journey

then we will work on that relapsing hubby of yours; yes INDEED

he's quit before but said it was too hard to stay quit with me still smoking. we just need to figure out what's different this time.

with me (as with countless others) it took multiple attempts - what your husband needs to work on if his triggers - if he has tried to quit several times, he should be well aware by now what exactly sets him off

he won't even talk to me about what's different this time, but that frustration is my problem.

you're doing fantastic, and perhaps that will influence him in the long run

I'm at 3 months. Still chewing the gum, but not that much.

....and you won't have a hand free for the cig.

at least until we get cases for them. i wound up "testing" the case for my kindle on concrete within a week. sometimes things just jump out of my hands

how much does a pack of cigarettes cost where you live? I'm in Minnesota, and last year the state tax was raised by $1.60 a pack. A pack of cigarettes cost about $7.50 in Minnesota. There are a lot of people in NW MN buying cigarettes in North Dakota because they cost about $5.

I recently discovered that a pack of cigarettes cost $14 in NYC. i am sure here is a large black market for cheaper cigarettes from Kentucky where a pack costs less than $5.

I quit cold turkey on December 5, 2005. I also quit drinking for three months to make it easier to stay off the cigarettes.

To show how stupid I am, or how difficult it is to quit smoking, I quit smoking twice for six months, and once for two years, and each time I started smoking again.

I have not had a cigarette since December 2005. Yesterday, I walked by a group of men smoking outside a cafe and found the odor offensive and it seemed to cling to my clothing.

All of that being said, if a meteor were plunging towards the Earth with the immenent demise of all humanity, I'd buy a carton of Winston 100s (my preferred brand) and smoke all of 'em.

Edit: I should add I only smoked the full flavor red box and when I quit they cost less than $4/pack and I was only smoking a half pack per day.

My father quit his 3-pack a day habit in 1974. My morher quit smoking her 1/2 pack (or less) a day habit in 1990. My father did not notice she quit for a week. He was at work, she was at home, and she left an open pack of cigarettes on the counter for three months. Man, was she tough.

but we were getting cartons of camels for $43 at 7-11. we'd get 18 bucks off for buying in bulk.

husband said he got a pack the other day for four bucks in the next county over.

but the health complications can be many, and unexpected. Three years ago I was diagnosed with 'non-age related cataracts'. That means a clouding of the lens inside the eye. One of the causes is smoking.

In my case however, it was likely caused by being a premature baby, also likely caused by my mother smoking during her pregnancy.

I was born two months premature with underdeveloped lungs.

I was first prescribed eye glasses when I was 5 years old. I was told by an eye doctor that I amm not a candidate for laser eye surgery. I guess I will still use my twenty year old hard contact lenses.

in good health now and am hoping i got out in time.