So glad I quit smoking.

[NZ2N]

I used to smoke but I quit a long time ago. My body just couldn't take it anymore. Anyway, I was behind some lady at the store the other day and she had $30 worth of groceries. She added a carton of smokes and the bill jumped to over $90!!!! Damn! How can people afford to smoke anymore? Holy crap.

[AD4DQ]

I know I smoked when I was in my early 20's then when I was in Iraq during the war. Quit when I came back in 04 and havent smoked since. I know what your talking about in the price. They are $45 a carton here.... no wonder why all the soldiers go around bumming them off of each other and like one or two will buy a pack or 2 daily. Very expensive, cost more than gas.

[W5WPL]

I'm glad I quit last May. However I found out yesterday I didn't quit soon enough.

[NZ2N]

I'm glad I quit last May. However I found out yesterday I didn't quit soon enough.

COPD diagnosis?

[WB2WIK]

Smoking is good for you.

I heard our President (Obama) quit last year, let's see if that's really true (I have no idea).

Many men smoke, but Fumanchu.

I smoked on and off from age 25 or so...went for physicals and chest X-rays every year, lungs always clear. Doctor always asked, "Do you really smoke?" and I'd say, "Yes, I really do." "Unbelievable," she'd say. You don't have any lung damage.

Genetics help.

But I really did quit, anyway. Not so much for the cost but for the smell. My XYL and kids couldn't stand it.

[NZ2N]

But I really did quit, anyway. Not so much for the cost but for the smell. My XYL and kids couldn't stand it.

Before I smoked I didn't mind the smoke (grew up with it in the house) but as an ex-smoker I can smell a cigarette a mile away and it is horrible.

[N5YPJ]

I quit 11 yrs ago. I still smoke a Cobija or Monte Cristo on special occasions when visiting across the river, I like the taste. I used to get 3 to 4 horrible colds a year after I quit I've had 4 colds in 11 years - good investment.

[N5YPJ]

Before I smoked I didn't mind the smoke (grew up with it in the house) but as an ex-smoker I can smell a cigarette a mile away and it is horrible.

I mainly smoked pipes and cigars and have always found cigarrette smoke to smell bad but a quality cigar smells sweet.

[AF6LJ]

I quit sixteen years ago this April, it was the fifth time I quit.
I'm glad I quit when they were $1.50 a pack, the store around the corner is now selling my former brand for $5.50 a pack.

I agree how can anybody afford them now.

Bill;
When my dad quit it was after the doc told him he had emphysema.
That was in 1982, he lived until 2008 with it.

[AB2T]

In Canada the cigarettes can cost up to $10 with tax. Canada has weird cigarette packs -- the standard American 20 cigs to a pack or 25 cigs to a pack. Why? Can some of the native Canadians help me on this one?

Quit eight years or so -- smoked in high school and college. I knew something was wrong when I accelerated from nothing to one pack in less than a year. I really took to nicotine. I still want a cig often. Staying away can still be tough, especially when things get stressful at work. A good number of my friends/coworkers smoke. They've often offered me one (just one, y'know). I'm strong. I haven't given in to the tempters. I still drink up to five cups of coffee a day, but I'm working on getting that down to one or two.

Unlike other ex-smokers I don't care if people smoke in front of me in a room or other enclosed space. There's so much smog in city air that I figure a bit of cig smoke every once in a while won't hurt me. However parents that smoke in front of their kids kinda make me angry. Then again, so many of us here grew up in a home where at least one person smoked. When I was a tot my Grandma would smoke right in front of us. I like to think that those were more innocent days. Thirty to forty years ago people knew that active smoking is lethal. However, I don't think that many people knew that inhaling secondhand smoke is just as bad as puffing a cig.