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I quit 2 years ago and I never felt better. I know it sounds strange but I read a book and I it was easy to quit. I strongly encourage everyone to do so because they can but they dont know that.

Congratulations, it's an achievement!

I don't smoke but I have my brother who's struggling to quit it and even he says, he'll quit, he just can't. Can you share how you were able to conquer and quit smoking?

Good for you, and also for the people around you - not only will you save your health, but you can also save some money and invest it in some other things. I quit 8+ years ago and when I look back I don’t even understand why I used that poison.

What matters is that you don’t let others poison you with cigarette smoke, because there’s no point in quitting smoking if everyone around you smokes like chimneys ;)

Honestly, release from cigarettes is not easy...
Two years of successfully being free from smoking is a major achievement in your person, hopefully it can continue forever so your body and mind are healthier.

Congrats man... nicotine addiction is a b**ch. We're all very proud of you!

Welp.

My brother doesn't have that strength in his will to quit smoke. It's always about talks that he wants to quit but lacks of action.

I'll tell this to him, thanks!

i am ahead with 2 years since i quit in 2016 and yes it is more better feeling when nicotine is not in our system.

Hope many will follow and lets make the world smoke free.

I am not a smoker. But my grand father having smoking habits till their younger age . And now he is suffering from serious lungs problem, breathing problem and also cheast infections due to cigarette

I'm happy for you OP. Couldn't say I know how it feels as I don't smoke.
However, I wish someone I knew could've had this feeling. Too late now :(

I quit nearly 60 years ago. I watched a film about the cilia in your lungs, and I gave up on the spot.

Wow really ? I am trying to do the same its been 4 years that i smoke i am doing my best to quit from it but its really hard for it and its ruining my economy for real lol because its to expensive to smoke these days. I am really glad that you made it

Congratulations buddy, that is great news. Keep it up.

I stopped smoking at the start of the corona pandemic, so far it's going good but I am afraid to start smoking again when the pandemic is over. With corona being really bad if you have preconditions in your lungs I got scared straight.

Of course, ayahuasca ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca ), when used properly, can make you cigarette AND weed free.

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Isn't ayahuasca just DMT in more natural form?
I know there are some rituals involved in true ayahuasca experience but IDK if people get better or more enlighten after that, or just get a touch a death in their mind permanently...

Congrats!  Smoking cigarettes is a disgusting habit.

It is easy to quit it if you take this decision.
You have to be kind of "selfish" to quit it and support the decision that you made to quit it.
Congratulations for your strength and I hope that you will spend the money saved from not buying cigarettes to a good investment that will pay you back!

If you said stop doing then people won't hear it, I expected to tell you what changes you made in your life in those 2 years of time especially with quitting cigarette related decision.

OP - This is fantastic news because quitting is never easy and if you can do it then it means you have a good control on your decision and this will help you in your future. Smoking is dangerous and it effects the body, some have a good resistance so not much ill effects happen else have seen people due to which at later stage in life different related diseases takes place.

Doesn't a "more natural form" mean that there's a whole lot of stuff along with it? Perhaps it's not milder. Maybe it is simply used the way nature really intended.

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Congrats for overcoming cigarette smoking.

Its not really easy to quit and you feel something unusual if you tried to not smoke even for few hours.

But it can be done slowly, I would appreciate if you share your experience on quitting successfully.

If you really want then sure you can because like us we did quit since we did not hesitate and just pursue my Goal of quitting.

Now after 4 years?i am a cigarette and liquor free person.

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I left it slowly with gum. First I tried to quit without using gum or anything and I started smoking again soon after. Then I started smoking nicotine gum and slowly lowered the dosage. I started with about 10 pieces of gum, and after a week I went down to 9, then 8, and so on. In the end, when I was only eating 2 or 3 pieces of gum a day, I stopped the gum as well.

Wow! that is great! must be a little challenging at first

Congratulation to you.. it's not easy to quit smoking, I'm not a smoker but my brother is.. He tried to stop smoke one day but he felt weak, smoking cigarette gives him energy.

you were lucky you immediately found the right motivation (the book) and you were able to stop immediately I have been trying to stop for 6 months I am trying with electronic cigarettes and patches but I still have not been able to stop smoking completely

I quit smoking before 3 but soon after probably half a year, I started to smoke Iqos cigarettes.
Something bad happened in my family and I took one cigar after that another and just went and bought Iqos.
I know its not like to stop but i feel excellent for now. It will come the time to quit and those :D
I'm happy about you ! Keep this state of mind and don't start them again ! 

Nice one my friend @OP. You know, the most difficult part about staying out of what you've condemned as a bad habit is the determination and staying true to your words especially, when you've got no one pushing you to do it. You knew what you want to achieve and your two years on it so far. Cheers!

Congratulations, 2 years is a good time to be a non smoker. It took me 3 years to fully stop smoking, and I only managed it do it during the corona pandemic. It's been half a year now and I hope I can keep it up once we go back to normality.

You will require strong power within yourself to say it no and just stop it all of it. It would be difficult initially but if you can overcome those times then you should be set like others who have quit smoking for their own good. It is self-control which is essential to stop such habits.

Congrats mate , Lucky for you that had been quit for more than 2 years while i am just starting now , i am taking it hard but i know i will succeed one day.

i am always fond of those smokers that eventually made their way to smoke free living.

and sometimes it is the community you are living with , if the people around you are smokers then for sure it will be harder to motivate yourself from completely stepping out.

It is really really good for you, and maybe you could use the money which you saved from cigarette to invest bitcoin.

It is not easy to quit smoke, but you did it. It is easy to say, but it is hard to do.

Congratulations @OP. I hope you do not smoke anymore in the future, and you can live healthy without smoke. Maybe it needs to have a strong mind to say not to smoke.

What sort of book you've read? I don't smoke but this might help someone.

amazing,i tried many times but every time i failed,good to hear that you successed to do this.

First I want to congratulate you on your achievement not everyone could do it,
We could all encourage everyone but not everyone could do what you've done you might find it easy but others would find it to be so difficult.
I also heard that there are some cases where those who have been smoking for so long would really have a hard time stopping it,
There are some who would be sick or something I think the longer they had been smoking the harder it would be for them to stop.
I also has been smoking cigarette for about 2 or more years but I decided to quit and right after I decided I just stop on smoking it might have been easy for me but I know how hard it would be for others since I was only smoking for 2 or more years and there would be some days that I would really crave for it.

Amazing! It's not an easy decision to make, to be very honest smoking  is very difficult to end and stop. Bad and wrong company needs to be avoided, try not to be idle.. because been idle. Brings about smoking thoughts.. once more again I'm happy for you.for the bold step you took.

Me now 6 years and feeling great! Stopped from one day to the next.

Quitting a bad habit is really hard and difficult to do but just like dreams, this requires real determination if you want to achieve it.

I read a thread somewhere that He stopped smoking and all the Amount he is spending in Smoking is now invested in Bitcoin.

Maybe in 2 years time ? he'll be a profiteering because from then it's more than a year now.

Yeah we smoker knows the struggle mate , it is not easy to stop when you are doing this for long time, when this is part of your daily routine..
That's the problem , we have seen some people that had stopped for years but all of a sudden they return back smoking after.

I have quit smoking many, many times. And only the last one turned out to be successful. It was five years ago. I remember that I had almost a full pack of cigarettes. I did not throw it away immediately, I kept it just in case. Only three months later, I threw away this pack of cigarettes. The main thing is to want very much, and that there would be no smokers nearby.

Even though I am not a smoker, but I know how my friend struggled to quit smoking and finally succeeded. Cigarette addiction cannot be stopped,
if there is no strong desire within oneself to quit. Therefore, if we want to quit smoking, the first thing to do is to intend ourselves to quit smoking.
Simply by doing this, I see my friend can succeed in quitting smoking. So I appreciate anyone who can quit smoking is a great achievement,
I know it's not an easy process to quit smoking.

We also have one in the family that is struggling to quit. He quit once but goes back again. But he felt the change in his body when he quit for about 2 weeks, and he liked it. But unfortunately, he returned to smoking. I believe, it needs strong motivation why you are quitting for good. And maybe, strong support from the people around you. I really commend those people that finally are cigarette-free. For me, that's a huge achievement to change for the betterment of yourself.

Like this gal I knew. She shopped in the gluten free sections of stores, because she thought she was getting the gluten free that way.

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Interesting.
The problem with smoking cigarette is the harm  it causes to probably most/all of its smokers.
Getting addicted to cigarette smoking is likely much harmful to the body. This is why I believe those addicted to smoking cigarette need to quit smoking completely. I have heard certain smokers say it does not harm them... i hope thorough research is done on their claim to know the truth. I think it should also be beneficial to such smokers if truely its harmless to them otherwise it's probably better  to take cigarettes completely away from public view.

In regards to the bolded part, I believe that is a quick and easy way to recover from addiction to things that are bad for us.

also sometimes sickness will help people quit  ;D ;D ;D

When they were Diagnosed with acute problem in lungs or other part of their internals..

Don't worry everyone is going to die someday so if you like to smoke then just smoke but don't over do it. ;)

Getting addicted to it can be a problem eventually most of the people who are smoking addicted to it so they can't stop smoking unless they get the same amount of dopamine in some other way.

Smoking is bad for you it can cause lung cancer and some other things. We all need a break but we don't need a cigarette. Those who smoke need to stop and change the habit.
Smoking doesn't kill everyone but it will kill a lot of people and that is why it's so important to not smoke.

Smoking is injurious to health, there is no doubt in it but my argument is still we are going to die even if we never had one puff of it so try it if you want. Does smoking cause cancer and smoking kills then why governments are selling it?

We need to protest to ban the cigarette manufacturing all over the world, possible?

I agree, just because we will die one day doesn't mean we should be smoking, or take other non necessary risks. With this justification we could do anything that his risky and harmful to us. We have only one life and need to be careful with it. I had my last cigarette last year and think everyday of just smoking one. It took me so many attempts to stop smoking, really hope this is my last one.

Strong will is key for eveyrhing. not every person have that type of character

Strong will is key to majority of the things and this helps a lot in the bad times as well. Whenever you are down or adducted the willpower determines your next step if it would be in right direction or will continue to it. That  is the reason many times you stop it for a while and then continue back as cannot sustain for longer.

The harm comes from the chemicals in the paper that holds the tobacco together.

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The process of people wanting to quit smoking is a long process and not instantaneous. It is natural if people have stopped, then returned to
smoking, because cigarette addiction is not easy to get rid of. I agree that the support of those closest persons is very important, so if we want
our partner to stop smoking, don't scold him, but provide support in a good way. I am sure if smoker get support from their partners, can be faster
when he want to quit smoking.


It is terrible if we have to quit smoking because of disease, that's a hard way to quit smoking in my opinion. Therefore, it is better if we stop
smoking before we catch the disease. Sometimes people have to get sick first and then realize, otherwise they will continue to smoke.
In the end, ourselves will choose to stop with our own awareness or stop after being sick.

That is because they feel hard to stop smoking and they already tried it before. The temptation of smoking is really strong and not many people can easily quit smoking without any reason. But yes, it is better to quit smoking before something worst happens to us so we do not have to cure it because of smoking.

wow, well done, congratulations on your victory over yourself, take care of your lungs))) :D

I was still drinking even though I wasn't in heavy drinker mode. When I woke up in the morning, I could never get used to that bitter taste in my mouth. I drank for about 8 years. In 2017, I decided to quit because of the bad taste I had one morning. all i did was quit and i wouldn't drink anymore.

Congratulations, that's very commendable, both for your health and your wallet lol

Congrats bro!

I wish you to never look back and light another one!

I quit them too probably before two years and I'm feeling great!

congrats! my father quit smoking too. he saved up to buy a boat, but after the purchase he started again... its awsome it was easy for you some people find it very hard to quit

Congratulations to you, a very, very good life choice. I’m sure you are well aware of the long term risks of smoking. You’ve added years to your life probably by quitting, plus you won’t stink of smoke any more too :D

Cigarettes and other drugs damage health and create others many diseases people who take different types of drugs get different types of diseases in their bodies. These are definitely a cause of harm to our bodies. It is possible to stay free from many diseases without smoking although it can be passed on to our body later on.

Why ? Tobacco is very harmful to health. Many medical experts have proven that smoking causes lung cancer very quickly. If you don't want to end your life early, I advise you not to smoke