# Happy smoke free anniversary to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124 "2007-07-01T15:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124/1 "2007-07-01T15:31:22Z")
I didn’t smoke for the 1st 18 years (but lived in a house of smokers). Then I did smoke for the next 18 years. Today it’s been 15 years since my last cigarette. Yay me. ---
**Author:** ![Djurmz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Djurmz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Djurmz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124/2 "2007-07-01T15:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] I didn’t smoke for the 1st 18 years (but lived in a house of smokers). Then I did smoke for the next 18 years. Today it’s been 15 years since my last cigarette. Yay me. [/QUOTE] Congratulations. I have tried to quit at least a dozen times. I have alot of respect for anyone who is able to quit successfully. Good Job. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124/3 "2007-07-01T15:40:51Z")
Congrats, fella. I hear that nicotine is one of the hardest drugs to kick. That says something about you. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124/4 "2007-07-01T16:01:15Z")
Way to go! Why and how did you quit? ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124/5 "2007-07-01T16:06:39Z")
[QUOTE=rucciface] Way to go! Why and how did you quit? [/QUOTE] Why? Honestly, it was too expensive. The logical part of my brain knew that it was bad for me, but that wasn’t enough. I got tired of paying whatever the going rate was (I think $2+ a pack). How? Cold turkey. I think it helped that I quit at the beginning of a vacation trip to California so I was out of my element for a week or so and wasn’t able to fall back into an old habit. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124/6 "2007-07-01T16:27:01Z")
Well, hey, go you [pats Ferd on back]. I spend three nights a week selling cigarettes to people who say, variously, “Gimme Lights, I’m trying to quit”, or, “Gimme menthol, 'cause I hate those and I’m trying to quit”, or, “$3.99 a pack? Man, I really gotta quit”, as they dig into their wallet. So, you did it. You are one up on all those folks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-smoke-free-anniversary-to-me/410124/7 "2007-07-01T17:03:10Z")
::: Golf clap::: Well done!