I quit 12 years ago, thought I dodged the bullet for a while. Came down with symptoms of COPD about 3 years ago and I'm screwed royally. I wouldn't recommend smoking and strongly recommend quitting. It's a dirty, nasty, cruddy, dingy, filthy, foul, grimy, grungy, mucky habit.
I used to smoke but it was for a very short duration. The funniest part was that I never inhaled the smoke and once someone noticed me doing that and asked why. I said that its just that I wanted to try it out. But my sincere advice, stay away from this.
Im smoking every day and have been doing this for like 15 years... Nothing to be proud of I am ashamed, still Im not really motivated to stop it yet...
At least you are trying, I've never smoked but I do know that it takes a very strong person to actually quit the habit.
I am heavy smoker, not a regular. I smoke 3 1/2 up to 4 Marlboro packs a day even I don't like the sound of it. I have attempted to quit several times but the result of that is it bites me in the rear worse. For instance I used to smoke 1 pack and half, quit cold turkey and went back smoking in 4 days and when I did I started smoking 2 packs and 1/2 and then I quit again few years later and it bit me in the rear even worse, in a week I started smoking again and now I am smoking 3 1/2 to 4 packs a day. So I told myself that I'd never try to quit smoking again otherwise I am going to hurt myself even more by smoking more packs if I quit for few days. Smoking is some pleasure for some of people, some isn't as I don't smoke for pleasure I smoke to keep my stress steady and keep my nerves down. Several families passed away within' 5 years so I guess depression is included as well.
I have quit smoking for nearly 2 weeks! I'm an on-again, off-again smoker and have been for a few years now. Seriously, the best way to quit smoking is to get sick with it. I always end up with a chest infection or strep throat or something similar, and it's honestly a blessing because it gets me off the smokes. Wouldn't recommend tobacco to anyone.