1SG Private RallyPoint Member 149505 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just trying to see what people do!? Especially if you have quit, please share your success story.<br /><br />Did you know that tobacco cessation can be used on the 2166-8-1 NCO counseling form? 2014-06-10T07:00:51-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 149505

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just trying to see what people do!? Especially if you have quit, please share your success story.<br /><br />Did you know that tobacco cessation can be used on the 2166-8-1 NCO counseling form?

2014-06-10T07:00:51-04:00 2014-06-10T07:00:51-04:00 1SG Jeffrey Bergeron 149513

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not me.

2014-06-10T07:19:17-04:00 2014-06-10T07:19:17-04:00 1SG Jeffrey Bergeron 149516

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Meaning I don't do either. Just answering the question.

2014-06-10T07:24:31-04:00 2014-06-10T07:24:31-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 149517

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I smoke a pipe

2014-06-10T07:30:41-04:00 2014-06-10T07:30:41-04:00 SFC A.M. Drake 149521

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't do either, however if I had a choice, I prefer Docsecles ! (I can't spell it...lol)

2014-06-10T07:37:18-04:00 2014-06-10T07:37:18-04:00 SSG Robin Rushlo 149530

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There is a huge difference between cigarettes and cigars. I have a doctor that gave me a Rx for cigars and my blood pressure dropped by 20 points. ALso cigarettes are only 32% tobacco and the rest chemicals. That is what keeps them burning.<br />Cigars ( other than Machine made) are 100% tobacco non treated and have no chemicals added to them. Last Study I was involved with found a 5 to 7 cigars smoker had the same life expectancy as a non smoker. <br />Since further study has shown it to be the chemicals in cigarettes that are causing the cancers and other health issues.<br />Also then people say oral cancer from cigars since you do not inhale, well the is .001 percent in the latest study.<br /><br />That is why I object to Cigars and cigarettes use in the same categories.<br /><br />E cigars and E cigarettes are now being found to have more possible cancers because it is pure chemicals at higher levels being inhaled.

2014-06-10T07:42:03-04:00 2014-06-10T07:42:03-04:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 149532

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I do this in a social manner...<br /><br />I used to be a habitual smoker for about 10yrs. Now I'll have the occasional cigarette or cigar when out with friends who smoke

2014-06-10T07:43:19-04:00 2014-06-10T07:43:19-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 149546

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never have and never will. Never even tried ANY of it either.

2014-06-10T07:50:10-04:00 2014-06-10T07:50:10-04:00 MSG(P) Michael Warrick 149554

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No I have never smoked or chewed

2014-06-10T07:54:41-04:00 2014-06-10T07:54:41-04:00 SSgt Tim Ricci 149557

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Prior to my service time. Dipping worked good for me in the Army certainly being in the field seems like all the time. Just never got into smoking!

2014-06-10T07:55:22-04:00 2014-06-10T07:55:22-04:00 MSG(P) Michael Warrick 149579

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No

2014-06-10T08:03:09-04:00 2014-06-10T08:03:09-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 149620

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Found out I am allergic to some of the ingredients used in cigarettes. 

2014-06-10T08:46:45-04:00 2014-06-10T08:46:45-04:00 SFC William Swartz Jr 149623

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Guess IAW this posting I am "That Guy".....

2014-06-10T08:48:11-04:00 2014-06-10T08:48:11-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 149628

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I haven't smoked or chewed in over 5 years now.

2014-06-10T08:52:12-04:00 2014-06-10T08:52:12-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 149629

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I do currently smoke I would like to quit but it is harder then you may think and you do get irritable and set off easily

2014-06-10T08:53:03-04:00 2014-06-10T08:53:03-04:00 CPT Aaron Kletzing 149658

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I will smoke a cigar only at special occasions -- like once per year.  I have never consistently smoked, dipped, or otherwise used tobacco.

2014-06-10T09:12:16-04:00 2014-06-10T09:12:16-04:00 MSG Brad Sand 149663

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The only time I ever smoked was when I was hooked in wrong rappeling from a helicopter...I still have the scars on my hands to prove it.

2014-06-10T09:20:49-04:00 2014-06-10T09:20:49-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 149671

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Got into cigars down range. Switched to e-cigs for the $$ savings.

2014-06-10T09:32:51-04:00 2014-06-10T09:32:51-04:00 Maj Ahron Oddman 149675

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I occasionally used tobacco, especially when in the field or on deployment.  I'm not opposed to having a cigar once or twice a year.  I luckily never fell chemically dependent on them.  My father smokes.  It pains me to see those I love want to quit, but fall short.  We have reason to remain optimistic though.  Smoking is down 50% in the past 30 years.

2014-06-10T09:35:09-04:00 2014-06-10T09:35:09-04:00 CMC Robert Young 149678

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Chewed for a little while when I was in college, but never really took to it.

2014-06-10T09:36:26-04:00 2014-06-10T09:36:26-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 149714

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used to dip but my at the time gf/now wife made me quit. I tried to take it back up but ever since I quit, I can't stomach the smell of it. I've used snus instead but it just isn't the same. There are some days that I miss that tingling in my lip but I can do without it.

2014-06-10T10:33:54-04:00 2014-06-10T10:33:54-04:00 SMSgt Private RallyPoint Member 149717

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Quiting tobacco use was pretty difficult and there were a few setbacks; however, I am glad I kicked the bad habit!

2014-06-10T10:44:24-04:00 2014-06-10T10:44:24-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 149733

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I havent smoked since I met my wfie 14 years ago. She told me either the newports or her. She was to dam fine to let someone else have her. So i let her throw my last pack of newports out the car window and havent touched them since.

2014-06-10T10:53:38-04:00 2014-06-10T10:53:38-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 149750

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Copenhagen and I have been together for over 20 years. You have to have a vice, especially in this line of work.

2014-06-10T11:02:55-04:00 2014-06-10T11:02:55-04:00 SSG Chris Cherry 149813

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I chew, but I still smoke when I drink which is probably a little too often (recently was counseled for having too much booze in the bees

2014-06-10T11:52:27-04:00 2014-06-10T11:52:27-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 149856

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ya Unfortuatly a bad habbit but I could die of lead poisoning too...... just hasards of the proffesion ;)

2014-06-10T12:22:34-04:00 2014-06-10T12:22:34-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 149875

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I smoke cigars on special occasions (2-3 times a year; IE birthdays/births/weddings). I have smoked (cigarettes) and dipped a few times throughout my time in service. I have never felted addicted to any tobacco source, which I guess is a good thing...

2014-06-10T12:42:02-04:00 2014-06-10T12:42:02-04:00 SPC Christopher Smith 149943

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Trying to quit, but work related stress prevents me at this time.

2014-06-10T13:28:15-04:00 2014-06-10T13:28:15-04:00 SFC Timothy Riser 149948

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Cigars

2014-06-10T13:29:59-04:00 2014-06-10T13:29:59-04:00 MSG Cameron Davis 149957

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>10 years this Sept!

2014-06-10T13:34:33-04:00 2014-06-10T13:34:33-04:00 SSgt Gregory Guina 149979

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can't say I have quit but I am hoping to be there soon.

2014-06-10T13:50:01-04:00 2014-06-10T13:50:01-04:00 Cpl Private RallyPoint Member 149983

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When i joined the service I had not used and tobacco since high school. However being around so many smokers I went back to smoking and being that the mind is a strong thing I gave up smoking before my first son was born and haven't smoked since it has been almost 4 years now.

2014-06-10T13:54:15-04:00 2014-06-10T13:54:15-04:00 LCpl Steve Wininger 150001

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I smoke but it is very difficult to quit. I learned during my stay in the hospital several months ago that the patches do work. I do want to quit but with the stress of a lengthy separation it is difficult to do. Since my stay in the hospital was from a suicide attempt, I want to wait until my stress level is considerably lower before I try to quit.

2014-06-10T14:10:05-04:00 2014-06-10T14:10:05-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 150040

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Horrible, Horrible, Cancerous Drug, I gave it up the day I Retired from the Navy and I'm clean 17 years now.

2014-06-10T14:57:31-04:00 2014-06-10T14:57:31-04:00 CPO Mark Rodriguez 150108

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>no one likes a quiter.. enjoy who you are and be happy with that. but if you want to stop doing an activity such as smoking or dipping, then stop. Dont talk about it... be about it.

2014-06-10T15:41:18-04:00 2014-06-10T15:41:18-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 150156

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not even one time

2014-06-10T16:30:15-04:00 2014-06-10T16:30:15-04:00 COL John Rosnow 150221

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I average a cigar once a year or two, usually within a social military setting. I never tried cigarettes, and the last time I chewed was once in high school. That was enough to make me sick and I never tried it again.

2014-06-10T17:20:44-04:00 2014-06-10T17:20:44-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 150231

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I smoke occasionally, mostly when I drink. I try not to.

2014-06-10T17:37:21-04:00 2014-06-10T17:37:21-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 150276

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Started smoking at age 13 and quit cold turkey at age 19.  It took three months of mentally and physically deciding to quit before I attempted.  Once I did, I never smoked again.  It has been 25 years since I smoked my last.

2014-06-10T19:15:52-04:00 2014-06-10T19:15:52-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 150316

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>However, when I am in a field training exercise I occassionally dip (as in one and done).

2014-06-10T20:21:24-04:00 2014-06-10T20:21:24-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 150317

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No tobacco but energy drinks are my downfall

2014-06-10T20:22:45-04:00 2014-06-10T20:22:45-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 150421

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It seems to become a summertime thing for me. I quit two years before I joined and stayed clean until summer comes around. Quit before labor day but usually the week after Memorial Day I pick it up again. Usually only one or two cigarettes a day.

2014-06-10T22:02:05-04:00 2014-06-10T22:02:05-04:00 CPT Catherine R. 150424

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Happy to say I quit cold turkey about 3 months ago.<br /><br />I did wait until I was in between jobs to take away temptation; the former coworkers weren't there to corrupt me, and most of the new coworkers didn't know I smoked (so didn't corrupt me) until I'd been there a while.

2014-06-10T22:03:54-04:00 2014-06-10T22:03:54-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 150518

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would like to say I am smoke free, but I have had one cigarette a month since I "quit" back in October 2013. I did it cold turkey. Every time I have quit I do it that way. I smoke for about 8-12 months and then I quit for 2-3 years. I have a trigger that gets me smoking again, but I don't know exactly what it is.

2014-06-11T00:01:24-04:00 2014-06-11T00:01:24-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 150668

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've been an on and off smoker for 10 yrs. I had recently quit for 5 months but started smoking again a week ago (not full time just here and there at work). It's a terribly addictive and stupid habit. I quit once for two years but picked it back up in Afghanistan. Even after two years I still craved them to some degree (everyone is different though). Working in a maintenance unit doesn't help either. Everyone smokes at the damn motor pool! I used an E-cig for about a month last time I quit and it helped but there are more chemicals in cigarettes than just nicotine that your body craves. I plan to quit again soon, hopefully for good this time. It's a dumb habit and I'm sure my wife and kids would like me alive and healthy, not dying of emphysema at 50. 

2014-06-11T07:17:32-04:00 2014-06-11T07:17:32-04:00 SFC Rich Carey 150758

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Cigars, cigarettes, &amp; e-cigs don't fit in the same category<br /><br />Cigars are typically not smoked daily, more often a social activitiy. Plus preiunm hand rolled cigars are natural<br /><br />Cigarettes are smoked daily, made up of variable items of the tobacco plant, including stems and 599 additives the goverment approved chemicals which can be added <br /><br />AS CWO2 Shannon stated YOU, If you are not on board 110%, then you will not succeed. As in most things......

2014-06-11T09:11:18-04:00 2014-06-11T09:11:18-04:00 SGT Chad Odom 151089

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit smoking 7 months ago after smoking for 17 years

2014-06-11T13:12:19-04:00 2014-06-11T13:12:19-04:00 SSG Richard Stevens 151464

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was in back in the 1980s I smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, smoked a pipe, and cigars. When I got out in 1989, I quit. I haven't smoked. For thirty years.

2014-06-11T18:26:12-04:00 2014-06-11T18:26:12-04:00 Cpl Danielle Magno 151840

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit when I found out I was pregnant. It's officially been a year since I've quit!

2014-06-12T00:27:54-04:00 2014-06-12T00:27:54-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 151923

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I dipped for about 3 years and the one thing that finally ended it was when I went to Kuwait, when its 125 outside I was always dehydrated no how much water you drink and I hated always going outside.

2014-06-12T06:49:22-04:00 2014-06-12T06:49:22-04:00 SSG Scott McFaulds 151929

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used Chantrix but it made me so sick, I just quit on my own. A promise I made to my grandson.

2014-06-12T06:59:30-04:00 2014-06-12T06:59:30-04:00 SSG Clint Browning 152228

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Started smoking about a pack a day when I was about 16 (1984) because it was &quot;cool&quot;. Smoked cigars occasionally up till about 2007, then I got into them seriously. In late 2011 my father (smoked a pack a day from when HE was 16 or so) was diagnosed with throat cancer. On 4 Nov 2011 my wife and I quit cold turkey. Haven&#39;t had any tobacco since, although the cravings hit occasionally. Quitting can only be done when YOU want to quit. Now that my father is cancer free, he picked cigarettes up again. The only person who can make you quit is you.

2014-06-12T12:19:24-04:00 2014-06-12T12:19:24-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 152303

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am very impressed with the amount of people that we have on here that have quit and want to tell you all congratulations. I too use to smoke and know that it is a hard habit to kick.<br /><br />For any that want to quit please use this thread as an inspiration, and ask some of us that have quit for tips that might help you.

2014-06-12T12:57:28-04:00 2014-06-12T12:57:28-04:00 SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 153068

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit! It was hard but the price and long term effects are not worth the 10 minute euphoria. I had tried before with all kinds of gum, patches and e-cigs but in the end it was all about focusing on the benefits of quitting. My kids hated it and I'm always on them about their education, health, and general kindness and courtesy to people despite differnces and a lack of cultural understanding. My quitting gave them a great example of making a choice to make myself better and showed them their young opinions matter to me and validated the value of their thought process. 

2014-06-13T08:46:57-04:00 2014-06-13T08:46:57-04:00 MAJ Mark Murray, MBA, MA 153132

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was dipping a can a day and smoking a pack a day. Used nicorette gum and followed the directions. Been tobacco free since, 2001.

2014-06-13T10:20:11-04:00 2014-06-13T10:20:11-04:00 1LT Private RallyPoint Member 153141

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never smoked, nor tried any form of tobacco even once. I watched my grandfather die because of his smoking and that was enough motivation for me to never start. I don&#39;t have a problem with anyone that does smoke but its just not my thing.

2014-06-13T10:26:03-04:00 2014-06-13T10:26:03-04:00 PO3 Kelly Crossland 153518

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was a pack to a pack and a half a day smoker for a long time. I tried quitting a few times while active duty but always ended up relapsing between one and three months. What it all came down to was situational circumstances. I havent smoked since October and i don't really have a desire or need to. If you are planning on quitting you have to change a lot of other habits too. It means giving up those quick breaks during the day, and giving up some of that social interaction. (as a green side corpsman in garrison sometimes the smoke pit was the only time i got to interact with some of my marines) You need to  find out what makes you want to smoke and find new things to occupy your time. Hanging out with other non smokers makes thing a lot easier and for me avoiding alcohol was absolutely essential until i was over the brunt of my withdrawals. <br /><br />Good luck to any of you thinking about quitting!

2014-06-13T16:27:19-04:00 2014-06-13T16:27:19-04:00 SSG Robin Rushlo 155622

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>TOBACCO AS MEDICINE:<br /><br />For thousands of years, tobacco [occasionally mixed with hallucinogens and/or herbs] has played a curative and religious role in Caribbean, Aztec, Mayan, Incan and other indigenous American populations.<br /><br />North, South, and Central American Indians used tobacco for:<br /><br />· Religious and ceremonial purposes (smoke was believed to help communicate with the gods).<br /><br />· Healing open wounds with tobacco leaves.<br /><br />· Chewing to relieve toothaches and application to the brow for headaches.<br /><br />· Europeans discovered that tobacco reduced hunger and increased mental alertness and physical stamina.<br /><br /><br />Modern science tells us that nicotine is an alkaloid which produces certain physiological effects in humans and animals. Nicotine (more info) is found in tobacco plants, and to a lesser degree in tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. The general effects of nicotine are biphasic: initially it is mentally invigorating, and then it leads to a relaxing effect. In small doses, nicotine increases alertness, concentration, and enhances mental performance. Today we know that nicotine protects against Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s, and can help treat Tourette’s syndrome, ADHD, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and possibly rheumatoid arthritis and colorectal cancer. New discoveries are being made every year about the beneficial effects of nicotine, but these benefits are usually overshadowed in the public domain by Smokerism and anti-smoke hysteria. Fortunately, we know that "stress kills", and the greatest benefit from luxury tobacco comes from its relaxing effects!

2014-06-16T14:49:24-04:00 2014-06-16T14:49:24-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 155765

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit back in 2008 after not being able to go up a flight of stairs to my apartment, that pissed me off so bad that I threw out all the smokes I had left and haven't touched one ever since

2014-06-16T17:19:04-04:00 2014-06-16T17:19:04-04:00 SCPO Private RallyPoint Member 156914

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit about 8 months ago after I developed a swollen salivary gland that was excised and found to be benign. Now did you hear about baseball hall of famer Tony Gwynn's death due to mouth cancer? He specifically had cancer of the salivary glands in his mouth!

2014-06-17T19:03:25-04:00 2014-06-17T19:03:25-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 157063

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Nasty. Never could figure out the attraction.

2014-06-17T22:04:33-04:00 2014-06-17T22:04:33-04:00 WO1 Private RallyPoint Member 157413

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Smoked for 10 years, but I quit 120 days ago and going strong!

2014-06-18T10:24:49-04:00 2014-06-18T10:24:49-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 157425

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Back in the day, I would smoke a cigar or two when we had a SQUADEX, PLTEX, CO/BN Eval (ARTEP for us older guys) out in the field, I used to chew Red Man, if I didn't have a stogie handy. On a special occasion in garrison, I might have one or during the holidays. Other than that, I never been a true tobacco user.

2014-06-18T10:40:15-04:00 2014-06-18T10:40:15-04:00 SSgt Robert Clark 157780

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I started out using dip and chewing tobaco and when I found I was going through a can/pouch a day I decided to switch to smokes since I could get them for $1 a carton in the commissary. After 20 years of smoking and waking up in the middle of the night unable to breath I decided it MIGHT be time to quite. I tried patches and gum but they never worked so my doctor prescribed wellbutrin which is packaged as a mild anti depressant. He did that so insurance would cover is since it usually does not cover smoking cessation, it has the same active ingredient. Long story short, I have been smoke free for around 13 years and am glad I quit. I would like to try a QUALITY cigar, but I&#39;m afraid I&#39;d get hooked on smoking again so I don&#39;t open that door.

2014-06-18T15:19:03-04:00 2014-06-18T15:19:03-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 158029

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lot's of great success stories thus far! Thanks for sharing your story and let's hope that maybe it will motivate others to do the same.

2014-06-18T18:31:45-04:00 2014-06-18T18:31:45-04:00 SSG David Hollingshead 158064

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>E- cigs, off the leaf for 11 months and counting

2014-06-18T19:07:11-04:00 2014-06-18T19:07:11-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 158211

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have been smoking 3 things all my life: chicken, turkeys, and salmon. Bon appetit

2014-06-18T22:21:19-04:00 2014-06-18T22:21:19-04:00 CPT Zachary Brooks 158430

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never started, never will. Stuff is too nasty and my health is too important.

2014-06-19T09:52:03-04:00 2014-06-19T09:52:03-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 158750

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit more than a year ago

2014-06-19T15:54:01-04:00 2014-06-19T15:54:01-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 158761

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I personally started smoking the first time at 16 and quit less than a year later. I started again after basic and AIT and quit the second and final time about 4-5 years ago. I feel so much better not smoking and food tastes 10 times better.

2014-06-19T16:24:50-04:00 2014-06-19T16:24:50-04:00 PO1 Glenn Boucher 161684

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I smoked from about 12 years old until I was 26 years old, never was a heavy smoker, I quit during boot camp, started up again when I was stationed in Japan but after running the best PRT of my career I thought I had a heart attack, got my bathroom door busted down by the base fire department, taken to the ER and the doctor told me I had only hyperventilated, still that day I quit and never looked back.<br />I know its not easy for some people to quit, but if they really want to quit they will find a way, just having people around you yammering in your ears about how bad it is does not help. If you really want to quit you will find a way to do it.

2014-06-23T15:03:00-04:00 2014-06-23T15:03:00-04:00 TSgt Michael Miller 162313

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit cigarettes over 3 years ago. I first tried prescription but got too nauseous, then tried eCigs, but didn't help. Then found something more desirable, and moved to WV mountains, and back to a healthier lifestyle. Packed up everything and moved here, but left the cigarettes behind. Cold turkey works when you have a desire to really change your life for the better. I have smoked regularly since I was 14.

2014-06-24T10:41:54-04:00 2014-06-24T10:41:54-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 181321

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="60131" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/60131-91z-senior-maintenance-supervisor-e-co-3-10-av">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a> - My dad one day reflected on his smoking and felt sad that he was subjecting his children to his habit and quit right there.

2014-07-18T20:15:30-04:00 2014-07-18T20:15:30-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 192742

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't know that this is an accurate reflection. Everywhere that I've been in the Army, tobacco users have outnumbered non-users.

2014-08-02T19:26:42-04:00 2014-08-02T19:26:42-04:00 Sgt Packy Flickinger 228665

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The number one cause of smoking related cancers is lung, the second is bladder according to what I've read.<br /><br />My parents were both smokers, not even that heavy of smokers.<br /><br />Lung cancer took my mom at 47, she collapsed 30 minutes after I graduated high school.<br /><br />Bladder/prostate took my dad at 79.<br /><br />Thats why I don't smoke.

2014-09-05T07:41:34-04:00 2014-09-05T07:41:34-04:00 CW2 Private RallyPoint Member 228723

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit smoking cigarettes 3 months ago "cold turkey". I occasionally smoke an Ecig but I plan on stopping that as well. I feel so much better and have gained some weight finally, lol.

2014-09-05T08:42:05-04:00 2014-09-05T08:42:05-04:00 CW5 Sam R. Baker 263458

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The inhaling stopped in 1988 only to come back with lead flying in 2002 to be permanently quit in 2007 in Bangor, Maine retrograding out of Iraq. However, 2011 the cigar (no inhaling) had become a once a month tradition with fellow warrants on the porch of the BIG GREEN MONSTER in the NO SMOKING area on Kandahar. So when there is a functional WOPD session with a cigar, I attend and submit to the cigar.

2014-10-03T12:14:31-04:00 2014-10-03T12:14:31-04:00 SSG Maurice P. 263470

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit SMOKING CIGARETTES AND THEM ONES WITH NO NAME ON IT HEHEHEHEHEHE 4 nov 1980...I also quit drinking alcohol in 1985...

2014-10-03T12:27:20-04:00 2014-10-03T12:27:20-04:00 SSG Jacob Wiley 263475

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Been dipping Copenhagen since I was 12..it's still just as delicious.

2014-10-03T12:34:16-04:00 2014-10-03T12:34:16-04:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 264004

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I smoked cigarettes for about the first ten years of my Army career. And quitting was tough, but I did it by slowly cutting the number of cigarettes I smoked per day, until I got down to one a day. And after a few one-a-days, I just stopped altogether. That was 28 years ago. That was one of the best decisions I have made in my life.

2014-10-03T20:53:00-04:00 2014-10-03T20:53:00-04:00 TSgt Joshua Copeland 264031

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Smoke free for 14 years.

2014-10-03T21:45:26-04:00 2014-10-03T21:45:26-04:00 SPC David S. 264033

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not a big drinker either.

2014-10-03T21:50:54-04:00 2014-10-03T21:50:54-04:00 Cpl Dennis F. 264226

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am a complete nicotine junkie.<br />I have tried every form of cessation made with limited success.(quit twice for a year each)<br />I believe the only way that I will quit is if I am placed in a chemical coma for six months.

2014-10-04T00:56:40-04:00 2014-10-04T00:56:40-04:00 SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS 264596

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never used it with any degree of regularity. A cigar once a year on the Birthday of the Marine Corps.<br /><br />Scotch is a different story..........and its "smokey."

2014-10-04T13:43:01-04:00 2014-10-04T13:43:01-04:00 SP5 Joel O'Brien 368991

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For whatever reason, I've never smoked except for about a week in Basic. In those days, they'd give you smoke breaks but that's all you could do. Stand there and smoke. My mom and dad both smoked when I was young and that's probably what killed my dad. My wife does not smoke and our son does. Go figure.

2014-12-13T20:54:59-05:00 2014-12-13T20:54:59-05:00 LTC Stephen C. 368994

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="60131" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/60131-91z-senior-maintenance-supervisor-e-co-3-10-av">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a> , I've never had a cigarette in my mouth, or dipped or chewed or whatever else you can call the various uses of tobacco.

2014-12-13T21:00:13-05:00 2014-12-13T21:00:13-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 368996

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never in my life but I never think bad unless they blow the smoke in my face. We are all good.

2014-12-13T21:00:40-05:00 2014-12-13T21:00:40-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 369001

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One thing I really respect dad for was realizing that the smoke smell affected us five kids and he quit. Determinedly and resolutely. That is a truly admirable act. The valuation of his children to the habit of smoking. Again, no problem with smokers I just chose a different place to be.

2014-12-13T21:05:19-05:00 2014-12-13T21:05:19-05:00 CW5 Jim Steddum 443774

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am a anti-smoker activist.  One parent died from cancer, another is a cancer survivor with a poor quality of life--because of smoking.

2015-01-29T20:22:20-05:00 2015-01-29T20:22:20-05:00 SGT Jim Z. 443779

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I smoked for 20 years and after a battle with bronchitis and sleepless nights I chose to quit. I went to a local Vape Store called Vapelife in Fayetteville, NC. I started with 24mg of nicotine and aggressively forced myself off the nicotine and within six months I was at 0mg and stopped. Do I still crave cigarettes yes but with will power I have overcome it. My last cigarette was July 20,2013 at 2330HRS. I use an app called Time to Quit Smoke which tracks various stats for example to date I have saved 2119.92 by not smoking.

2015-01-29T20:28:15-05:00 2015-01-29T20:28:15-05:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 443790

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>After a decade, I quit chewing tobacco on 1 Feb 11, while deployed to Iraq. I am nearly 4 years quit. I consider it one of my greatest accomplishments.

2015-01-29T20:37:13-05:00 2015-01-29T20:37:13-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 443997

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I applaud those that have quit <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="60131" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/60131-91z-senior-maintenance-supervisor-e-co-3-10-av">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a>, but to put it on an evaluation? <br /><br />I can see where it could be justified I guess but what if the Soldier / Leader starts again? Would the rater have to re engage the bullet with a needs improvement then? <br /><br />I mean I used to drink and now I choose not to and inform my troops that they can call me at any time day or night before the law gets involved and I will assist them in making the correct decision.

2015-01-29T23:31:37-05:00 2015-01-29T23:31:37-05:00 CPO Private RallyPoint Member 444011

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Having smoked for 20 + years the cost was going up and I had always said, if it goes to $0.50 a pack, I am done.  On base the cost went for the generic regular smokes to $6.00 a carton, that was December of 1990.  I came home from the base and took 4 cartons out of my drawer and put them into the wood stove and watched as they burned.  All 4 cartons burned up, I got my teeth cleaned and we shampooed the carpets at home.  Put out lots of fruit and vegetable sticks in the fridge for munchies.  <br />It was about 6 months later it hit me, I am actually a non-smoker!!!!  Never touched another and never will. 

2015-01-29T23:49:57-05:00 2015-01-29T23:49:57-05:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 508466

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit twice while in, but relapsed quickly, then I quit again about a year out of the service when I met my wife and haven't gone back. It was way easier to quit when you spend all your time with someone that doesn't smoke. As far as aids go, I liked the cinnamon gum the best. The spice of the cinnamon covered the taste of the nicotine better than mint or the god awful fruit. 

2015-03-03T08:22:41-05:00 2015-03-03T08:22:41-05:00 SA Harold Hansmann 737186

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Started smoking at 8 quit for 10 weeks in boot camp and like a dumbass I bought a pack of smokes at the airport right out of boot camp and been smoking ever since

2015-06-09T22:04:59-04:00 2015-06-09T22:04:59-04:00 SPC Margaret Higgins 828460

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I quit because I am afraid of fire. (I am actually paranoid of fire.) Then I found the expense of the 'Nicorette gum' to be prohibitive; so I quit that too.<br />I certainly have never regretted quitting smoking.

2015-07-20T07:45:53-04:00 2015-07-20T07:45:53-04:00 PVT Private RallyPoint Member 829163

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I haven't smoked In 18 years

2015-07-20T13:40:10-04:00 2015-07-20T13:40:10-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 829488

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've never done it, but I hear all the time people who use E-cigs and vape are getting away from tobacco and even nicotine. I actually vape just for the pleasure, the stuff smells and tastes really good.

2015-07-20T16:02:06-04:00 2015-07-20T16:02:06-04:00 Sgt Tom Cunnally 954897

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used to give up smoking for Lent but would light up after Easter Sunday Mass. Then finally after smoking for 16 years I quit completely but it took numerous attempts.

2015-09-10T03:15:49-04:00 2015-09-10T03:15:49-04:00 2014-06-10T07:00:51-04:00