Quit now! Get it out of your system before you go, otherwise you will have your nicotine sweats and cravings during boot and that is going to make it harder on you. Especially when doing your physical training and your rucksack marches.

Don’t be stupid and switch to chewing tobacco. That could just make things worse for you. Plus if you get caught with either one of them you may as well kiss your military career goodbye before you even had a chance to get it started.

Get through basic training and get through AIT and if you still have a craving for smoking cigarettes then start up again. Just remember that you will be doing random fitness tests, and at times going to places over seas where you won’t have easy access to them so ask yourself is it worth it?

Good Luck, Take Care, and Thank You for Joining the greatest group of military men and women in the world. You will not regret it.

I dipped for years before basic, got there went cold turkey the whole time with no problem. As soon I graduated I started right back up again.

You'll have much more things to think about other than nicotine at BCT. Those 2 months will either make you or break you. Just get it in your head now that it's not a part of training.