As of today, I have now stopped smoking for 9 years.

That translates into 82,172 cigarettes NOT smoked, for a savings of $27,322.34.


Calculated at 5 minutes per cigarette I have increased my life expectancy by 9 months, 1 week, 5 days, 7 hours, 42 minutes, 14 seconds.

(There are 4 additional leap year days in the calc that I did not include....too complicated )


https://whyquit.com/free-quit-smoking-meter-calculator.html

https://whyquit.com/whyquit/LinksAAddiction.html

https://whyquit.com/ffn/index.html

https://whyquit.com/joel/ntap.pdf

Congrats! 12 years for me!

20 years for me - its insane how expensive they are now. And how many people i still see smoking outside the cancer center i service

Will be 4 for me on 8-31. gave up the Beer at the same time
I took the easy way, 4.5 weeks in an induced coma followed by 3.5 weeks of rehab, what better time to quit,

First off, congratulations on not only doing it but sticking with it. It is a constant mental battle to stay off the weed. I enjoyed smoking, if I could I'd be smoking right now. Quit in '96 following a heart attack. My cardiologist at the time looked at me in my hospital bed and said the immortal words that changed my life:

"If you continue to smoke, you are going to die."

And the rest is history.

I quit on January 7, 1985.

I quit in college. Couldn't afford it and my girlfriend hated it, soo...

Congratulations to all of you!

One of the best decisions you have every made.

I have never smoked but I know that quitting smoking can be very hard and I admire you for it.

congratulations to all that have quit ! my wife and i quit in 1985. it wasn't much of a deal for me, but my wife had a devil of a time.
the only problem is, what did we do with all the money we saved ?

Congratulations to all of you that have kicked that nasty life killing habit. Keep at it!

I have a pretty good idea where most of it went

Congrats on that. Thankfully I never smoked.

Congrats. My 19th anniversary of quitting was last week.

Dennis

Tobacco free for 3 years this month, no regrets! Good 4 you!

I quit sometime in the mid 70s. I discovered way back then I could buy more Mopar race car parts with the money I was spending on smoking. Pretty much quit drinking booze at the same time, for the same reason. (That and it wasn't as much fun once I was legal age!)
I was doing a pack of smokes a day until I spent 4 days in the hospital for an unrelated reason. When I got out of the hospital I figured I had most of the habit kicked. There were still trying times, but I succeeded. The memories of racing provide more fondness then anything smoking or drinking related did. Gene

I've "quit" on and off since the early 90's but always caved to the temptation. In the fall of '17 I quit and have not even had the urge since.

Congrats Rich!

Uncle Tony still smokes.

Congratulations! That's quite an accomplishment.

Never smoked, but glad you quit.

Congrats Zippy, and all others who have quit!!

I smoked and chewed Skoal for many years (at the same time). I quit smoking first, that was pretty easy because I was still using the Skoal. Quitting the chew was much harder!!! I really liked the taste (no so much with cigarettes). It's been about 20 years for me.

I agree on a few fronts. Congratulations for everyone who has quit smoking! Your lungs and everyone around you thanks you! For me chewing was the hardest to stop as it didn't make everything stink like smoke. Years ago it cost half the cost of cigarettes. Now not so much. Enjoy life and truly enjoy longevity

15 years for me this past February.
Never had a serious sick day in my adult life. One serious respiratory infection made me see the light. Seeing what they go for around here now ($70-80/carton), I'm not sure that I would be able to afford them anymore anyway!

That's the thing. Nicotine addiction is a b!t$H and quitting is difficult. The key is to never stop trying.
I quit in '96 when I was 32 years old. At that time I had been smoking for half of my life. I also tried/failed many times before I finally stuck to it. I'm sure that's a similar story to that of most "quitters."
Congrats to all!

I also had quit a few times, both the beer and smoking. The longest was about 3-4 years on the smoking.
I learned every time that I cannot have ONE of either as it will lead back to both, and within 3-6 months right back to where I had been.
So after my 8 week VACATION at a few local facilities, I knew that I just can't go there
I am fortunate to have survived my experience and recovered.

.5 1/2 years for me. Tell the kids I only regret 2 things in my life and Smoking was one of them.

32 years for me.

Congrats to all of you!!!!!!!!

I guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

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Congrats to all who quit.

I never smoked, chewed, or dipped. Parents smoked, uncles and cousins chewed, and my maternal grandmother dipped snuff.


Tim

LOL, BTW I go for straight Toulene. much better than the glue with all those fillers and inert ingredients LMAO

I quit July 4 1991 ... had been smoking as much as THREE PACKS a day ....

....so around that time ... if my mathematics are correct .... I was approximately TEN YEARS OLD !

236 days for me. More than twice as long as ever before. Keeping a daily count sheet this time which I think helps. Every morning I put another tick on the page and get a little satisfaction out of that.

Stopped drinking a little over a year ago and the smoking has been far and away a harder vice to kick. Still want a cig every few days but rarely want a drink just for the drink's sake. Mostly miss the socializing at the bars when I think of the booze.

I have put on about 20 pounds though. Primarily chocolate. I got a serious jones for chocolate.

Congrats to everyone.


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