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I'm 16 and have been smoking since I was 13. I can't stop now and know that the longer I smoke the harder it will become. I really need help.

Rach from Texas

I have been smoking since I was 15. I actually hated smoking and would hide it from everyone the best I could. The time and money spent and my health were all good reasons to quit. I quit with a smoking cessation product my doctor prescribed. I have not had ANY cravings at all. It has been 40 days since I quit. It makes me a little nauseated but that is better than smoking. I'm really glad I asked my doctor about my options.

Jonnie from California

I started smoking when I was 13 years old and now I'm 20 years old. It was really hard for me to quit back then, my friend even told me to quit or else! I finally did it! I just realized it wasn't really that hard, just find yourself something to do like working out, etc. Well good luck!

orlac from California

I'm 43 years old and have been smoking since I was 10! I'm up to smoking 3 packs a day and I'm going to try and go cold turkey on the 1st of June. That is my anniversary and I promised my wife I would quit. I'm going to come here and read your comments every day to help me get through this. I'll let you know what happens. :)

Mitch from Texas

I turned 27 two days ago, I've been smoking since I was 18. I've tried to quit many time, I think this might be the time it sticks though. I've been smoke free for 20 days now, and the lack of nicotine is really starting to hit me now. I'm short with everyone, and I'm worried I will relapse. But I have hope.

Anonymous from Alabama

I am a former college soccer player and I have been in great physical shape for many, many years. Now that I am done with soccer/school I have found myself becoming addicted to smoking. STRANGE???? Well I didn't always smoke I just picked up the habit when I was going out with my NON-soccer friends and socially lighting up. But now 4 years later I am fully addicted and trying to quit. I am starting to train for a triathlon to help in kicking the habit and becoming competitive again, but it is still so hard to avoid the cravings around friends who smoke.

S from Georgia

I'm an ex-smoker. I enjoyed them very much for thirty years. I'm forty seven and I was feeling like I twice my age. I've been smoke free for three months. I feel younger than my age and I have more stamina. You just take one day at a time, even when you just want one puff, don't! Grab a tooth pick, gum, or something you can do hand-to-mouth. Don't give up!

Anonymous from Arizona

I wuit 5 weeks ago today and not a single puff of smoke passed my lips since. I smoked since I was 8 and about a pack a day since I was 13; now 41. I got sick for the first time in December last year and since I have made three trips to the doctors, my first visit in years. I am never normally that ill. I went back 4 weeks later very sick again. And I was back 6 weeks later. That day I quit cold turkey. This scared the heck out of me; I thought maybe I had lung cancer. I am counting everyday now as a blessing. I sleep better, my teeth are whiter, and food tastes better. It all true. I am gaining weight a little, but I will keep taking walks everyday. I see a brighter future, living until I am over 80 and in good health. Best wishes to you all.

Duckna from California

This is so hard, but my boyfriend and I are committed this time, we don't want our future kids to have to go through all this. I started when I was 14 and now I'm 20, I really wish I just had never started.

Lindsay from Indiana

I am about to come up on my 6th anniversary of smoking. My friends and family have been encouraging me to quit but I just couldn't seem to find the willpower. I have played the game, quit and start again. I love this website! It has given me the encouragement I needed to never have another "smoking anniversary". I have had my last cigarette.

DeAnn from Missouri

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