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I did it

I basically started smoking at the age of 7 yrs old.... well passive smoking that is....Mum used to drive us around with the car windows up as she was smoking like a chimney...
well smoking wasn't considered bad back then and smoking was allowed in shopping centres.
I started at 16 yrs old I was a light smoker just a few per day..... That increased into adulthood when I was smoking one pack a day...I'm now 44 yrs old and have now been a non smoker for two weeks. I have been in hospital many times with smoking related illness. I was in intensive care with Pneumonia and just about at deaths door. Anyone can do it and give up with will power and determination it's a hard road but one with many rewards. Even after two weeks of quitting I feel so much better.
I will never, ever smoke again.

Good for you Tmac. I'm on day 32 and I want a ciggie but I don't want to go through withdrawals again. I smoked a pack a day for 37 years. I am off them cold turkey and determined to never smoke again. My circulation is great now and I have been asthma free for the past month!! Yipee! I'm a non smoker!!