Posted on Jan 22, 2025
Do you use nicotine or tobacco products? What have you done to quit or tried doing to quit?
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I saw a stat when I was in basic that said if you make it to 18 without trying tobacco, the chances of you ever starting are pretty slim, UNLESS you're in the military. In which case your chances actually increase.
I was no exception. I started dipping at 17 and did it on and off for about 20 years. Never was a habit smoker. I've been completely tobacco-free pretty much for the past 3 or 4 years and didn't have any issues just stopping but I know others do and it's a major part of military culture. How many times have you tried to stop and what, if anything worked for you? When did you start smoking/chewing/dipping?
I was no exception. I started dipping at 17 and did it on and off for about 20 years. Never was a habit smoker. I've been completely tobacco-free pretty much for the past 3 or 4 years and didn't have any issues just stopping but I know others do and it's a major part of military culture. How many times have you tried to stop and what, if anything worked for you? When did you start smoking/chewing/dipping?
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SFC Jo Ann Klawitter
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter good for you I quit when the pandemic started because they wouldn’t let me into the casino if I smoked
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SFC Jo Ann Klawitter
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter I quit because of the pandemic and more places were made to have not smoking
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SSG Benton Miller
SSG Carlos Madden - Thanks! I wasn't getting the results I wanted from my blood pressure meds so I just quit. I've been tempted but haven't taken one. Still have a couple rolls in the freezer taking up space. Probably chuck them on the year anniversary!
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SSG Carlos Madden
SSG Benton Miller - Do it! I quit once during MOB. I was laying in my rack before chow and had this instant wave of disgust, spit the dip out and tossed the can. I didn't dip again for like 4 years. Then I started again for a couple years, stopped again and haven't been back since. I realized a lot of the habit was the routine and physical aspect of chewing/spitting something so now I spend my days eating skittles, pounding selzter, sunflower seeds, and this replacement mint chew stuff that's pretty good. I'm tapering off the nicotine (e.x. Zyn) pouches.
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SSG Benton Miller
SSG Carlos Madden - It just becomes part of who we picture ourselves as. Good for you SSG that's awesome! Yeah it's something to keep us occupied then traps us! My dentist likes me more now plus a little extra coin in the pocket! Actually a lot of coin! Lol copenhagen is expensive! My son uses the zyn pouches but I never got into them.
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Fort Polk 1971. Last week of infantry training at a place they called Peason Ridge where we were taught how to raid Vietnamese villages. Most of us had orders for Nam. Now eating C rations which had those little 4 packs of stale cigarettes. Started smoking them. Then started buying them. Sent to Nam and they would send us out cartons in the bush on resupply day. The guys in the rear kept the good brands. When I got a chance to be in the rear, I would buy them at the PX. $1.60 a carton.
The wife and I quit 1 year ago this month cold turkey for health and cost reasons. Spending over $600 a month. Marlboro's were $10 a pack then. I think they're up to $12 a pack now. People who smoke stink to me now. I never smelled them when I smoked. I gained 20 pounds too. And you know what? Every once in a while I still crave one.
The wife and I quit 1 year ago this month cold turkey for health and cost reasons. Spending over $600 a month. Marlboro's were $10 a pack then. I think they're up to $12 a pack now. People who smoke stink to me now. I never smelled them when I smoked. I gained 20 pounds too. And you know what? Every once in a while I still crave one.
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