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63. One event that I remember with absolute clarity

Reply to usaf-vet (Reply #38)

Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:37 PM

Oct 2024

Was, at the age of 16, doing my first 'proper' inhalation of the smoke. I was hooked from that moment.

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It's the best thing I ever did for myself mountain grammy Oct 2024 #2

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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

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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

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I'm the same way. Native Oct 2024 #57

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For the record, I do not claim to have quit smoking. bluescribbler Oct 2024 #30

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That is one BIG Step! Keep it up. Now - two words DEEP BREATHS! rurallib Oct 2024 #46

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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

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