2 years=reward..

[Gordie]

I have been smoke free for over a year and half and I feel great yea the urge is still there once in a while but I know its not where I need to go back too..

Congrats to all that have kicked this bad habit and Good Luck to all that are attempting to quit..

open water is on its way and the reward is being able to enjoy it

[dan z]

I'm trying hard to leave them things behind also. havent bought a pack since the first of the month. dont get me wrong I have had a few here and there but the urge is GONE!

[tsande00]

Looks like the cigars got a lot of you guys back on the heaters. I started puffing on a cigar while I ice fish this season. Perhaps that wasn't the best idea. After one season of smoking cigars on the ice I can say I have no increased desire to smoke a cigarette, but perhaps that will eventually change. Now I wonder if I'm going to want to smoke cigars while on the boat...and then where does it end. Hmmm...now you have me thinking.

One thing I learned after several failed attempts with quitting smoking is that NEVER under any circumstances will it ever be OK to have just one puff, or just one smoke with a beer. It always leads to failure. That first inhale is all it takes.

[DR_FISH]

And all the people that don't smoke, keep it that way. It's a whole lot better if you don't get addicted to start with. Just look at all the post above.

[Down Deep]

I pithed my last pack out the car window April 4th, 1983. At age 30 I'd worked myself up to a 2 plus pack a day habit. Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life. Even after all this time occationally someone will fire off a Marlboro and they still smell good. Whoever said that you can't ever - ever smoke anything is right. Congratulation you will reap more dividends healthwise as time goes on.

[Jim Almquist]

At age 30 I'd worked myself up to a 2 plus pack a day habit.

Close to $10.00 a day / $300.00 a month / $3600.00 a year

Starts to add up to some serious fishing equipment ! A person could buy the top of the line Hummingbird with SI and still have some money for a pole or 2

[jentz]

Looks like the cigars got a lot of you guys back on the heaters. I started puffing on a cigar while I ice fish this season. Perhaps that wasn't the best idea. After one season of smoking cigars on the ice I can say I have no increased desire to smoke a cigarette, but perhaps that will eventually change. Now I wonder if I'm going to want to smoke cigars while on the boat...and then where does it end. Hmmm...now you have me thinking.

One thing I learned after several failed attempts with quitting smoking is that NEVER under any circumstances will it ever be OK to have just one puff, or just one smoke with a beer. It always leads to failure. That first inhale is all it takes.

Mistake!! I found myself buying Cigars by the box,Doing the same as you! Yes they went in the boat,In the house,Truck,What a tough habit to break!!Right back to cigarettes! someday????

[HooknHorns]

Congrats on those that have quit. I did it cold turkey and was one of the toughest things to do. Craved one driving, fishing, and having a cold one. Beer and smokes were hand and hand while watching a bobber. Now I do more muskie fishing and I cast so often it seems like I dont take the time to even relax. Looking back its best thing I did. I say spoil youself just say away from other forms of nicotine.

[RebelSS]

Been just over 5 years for me, after 30 years of it. Quit complete cold turkey...and it was the hardest thing I ever did. Thought I was gonna go bonkers. Lotsa friends that are Doctors..they told me your brain literally has to re-structure itself after it's not receiving any nicotine. Boy, do I believe that. Hang in there!!!! Never give up!!!

[pureinsanity]

NEVER under any circumstances will it ever be OK to have just one puff, or just one smoke with a beer. It always leads to failure. That first inhale is all it takes.

for me one now and than wasnt the problem. it was the one after

first one is always bad and harsh, the seconds one is a lot better and the third one is back to normal