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Xavier Breath

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4. Congrats.
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 10:07 AM
Oct 2024

I've never smoked, but I've always heard that once someone does and then quits, their senses of taste and smell improve considerably. I'm curious if that has that been your experience? Are there any other beneficial changes you've noticed?

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One year ago, today [View all] bluescribbler Oct 2024 OP
Congratulations! niyad Oct 2024 #1
It's the best thing I ever did for myself mountain grammy Oct 2024 #2
I think this was a George Carlin line. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #3
Great quip with a complicated lineage Pinback Oct 2024 #23
Outstanding, thank you. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #27
Most interesting! calimary Oct 2024 #77
Mark Twain California Kid Oct 2024 #47
Congrats. Xavier Breath Oct 2024 #4
Awesome! Way to go!! Blue_Roses Oct 2024 #5
Similar story here. My dad stopped smoking after about 50 years in 1990 and lived another 19 years..... Bengus81 Oct 2024 #31
Two points about smoking. The first has always generated an unanswered question in my mind. The second was my....... usaf-vet Oct 2024 #38
I was thirteen when I started smoking. bluescribbler Oct 2024 #55
One event that I remember with absolute clarity canetoad Oct 2024 #63
My dad was in the Army during Blue_Roses Oct 2024 #74
Great job, Congratulations wendyb-NC Oct 2024 #6
Congratulations. I'm starting year 16, tobacco free. sinkingfeeling Oct 2024 #7
I've read that 25 years smoke free is as good as never-smoked for the body. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #19
i would like to believe that Native Oct 2024 #39
Yeah, I've read that too canetoad Oct 2024 #64
I'm closing in on fifty years smoke free soldierant Oct 2024 #72
You are a great role model on this! My mother quit smoking in her 40s and died in her 90s. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #75
congratz OldSWODog Oct 2024 #8
Well done... littlemissmartypants Oct 2024 #9
Good work! yellerpup Oct 2024 #10
Congratulations! I tried quitting once or twice, surfered Oct 2024 #11
I have read most successful quitters failed at least once before. Anyone can quit Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #17
Congratulations. Even with the meds, this takes will power. SpankMe Oct 2024 #12
super! et tu Oct 2024 #13
Yes, believing in yourself is key. Positive outlook can be learned and is self-sustaining. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #20
Yaye Ariel! MadLinguist Oct 2024 #14
Congratulations! LittleGirl Oct 2024 #15
I lost count of the number of times I tried to quit and the number of methods... Native Oct 2024 #42
The smell! That's what keeps me away LittleGirl Oct 2024 #56
I'm the same way. Native Oct 2024 #57
Congratulations!! 2naSalit Oct 2024 #16
Awesome accomplishment! Hope22 Oct 2024 #18
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Trueblue Texan Oct 2024 #21
For the record, I do not claim to have quit smoking. bluescribbler Oct 2024 #30
Congrats! peggysue2 Oct 2024 #22
Congratulations! I tried quitting once or twice, surfered Oct 2024 #24
Congrats! wysimdnwyg Oct 2024 #25
Good for you! murielm99 Oct 2024 #26
That's great. Keep up the good work. OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #28
Congrats! Stay determined. Best thing you could do for your health and wallet judesedit Oct 2024 #29
CONGRATS!! Question for baby boomers...How many of you NEVER smoked because of your parents smoking? Bengus81 Oct 2024 #32
I'm Gen X and had no desire because my mother TBF Oct 2024 #37
Congrats... JT45242 Oct 2024 #33
Congratulations! n/t livetohike Oct 2024 #34
Congratulations MustLoveBeagles Oct 2024 #35
Congrats. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #36
Good for you, and continued success......I quit 5-2-2005. Was gonna be retiring in 2006 a kennedy Oct 2024 #40
Congratulations! BlueKentuckyGirl Oct 2024 #41
That's great. Hang in there. Lonestarblue Oct 2024 #43
15 years Figarosmom Oct 2024 #44
Good for you! pandr32 Oct 2024 #45
Dreams! bluescribbler Oct 2024 #58
That is one BIG Step! Keep it up. Now - two words DEEP BREATHS! rurallib Oct 2024 #46
WooHoo Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #48
Congratulations! piddyprints Oct 2024 #49
I quit 42 years ago, C OH Dem Oct 2024 #50
Chantix worked for me too. I thank my older brother applegrove Oct 2024 #51
Congratulations underpants Oct 2024 #52
Congrats! senseandsensibility Oct 2024 #53
YES! markie Oct 2024 #54
Good job. Griefbird Oct 2024 #59
That's great!!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #60
Congratulations! beaglelover Oct 2024 #61
Well done bluescribbler canetoad Oct 2024 #62
Great for you Tribetime Oct 2024 #65
Good for you! Congratulations on being smoke free! HeartsCanHope Oct 2024 #66
03/14/1982 for me. Cold turkey. BHDem53 Oct 2024 #67
That's awesome!! Andy Canuck Oct 2024 #68
Well done Cirsium Oct 2024 #69
Congratulations... Tikki Oct 2024 #70
Congratulations! evolves Oct 2024 #71
It gets easier gay texan Oct 2024 #73
That's Absolutely TERRIFIC!!! calimary Oct 2024 #76
Congrats! SheltieLover Oct 2024 #78
About 4 1/2 months. bluescribbler Oct 2024 #79
Good for you! SheltieLover Oct 2024 #81
YOU. ARE. AWESOME. GaYellowDawg Oct 2024 #80
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