why bother smoking then, man? for real. if you're not hooked and causally do it, it's pointless and a waste of money. smoke a cigar if you like the act of smoking or get a pipe or something. i'm assuming your a cigarette smoker when drinking, etc. i may be wrong and admit that.

the "here and there" thing comes habitual, dude. (in regards to cigarettes) it just works like that unfortunately. otherwise i think you may be in denial about being a smoker. not gonna get preachy on your shit, but if you're not getting cravings or anything, just don't bother with it and save yourself some health and time.

There is such a thing called social smokers.

point is cigarettes are mentally and physically addictive, we all start out as social smokers, and think we have it under control, then you are addicteed and hate smoking, and smoke more because of it.
you can claim a stronger will than others, but in the end nicotine will hav eyou addicted just like the rest of us.

ecigarettes workin for me.  pack a day for 5 years gone like that.  i like smoking and the habit and stuff but not the health shit.  i don't want to be one of those ecig promoter guys but i'm liking it.

I've been smoking for 10 years already


It's fucking hard to quit, I want to though 

I used to smoke a lot, but I've cut back to doing it just every now and then now.
I always say I'm gonna stop altogether, but I can never make it past the two week mark. It's hard when all the homies you skate with smoke and are always offering cigarettes.

i smoked for 17-18 years before i quit, pretty much a pack a day from 15 -28 years old, anyone can do it, do it for yourself, its the best change you can make for yourself.

What's up dudes.  Long time lurker, first time poster.

I quit about 4 months ago after a few years of pretty heavy smoking, and definitely agree that cold turkey is the only way to go. As mentioned before, it definitely helps to not hang out with people that smoke and to not party at all - a lot of my friends that skate smoke, but luckily (unluckily in any other context) for me I tore my ACL and was way out of the game when I committed to quitting, so I didn't have those constant opportunities for pre-, mid-, and post-session smokes. 

I also agree that the first three days are by far the hardest.  You'll get annoyed with everything.  After a week it was gravy for me, though.  The only thing I still miss is a cig with coffee.

Also, this sounds kinda cheesy and ridiculous, but I carry a list in my wallet of the reasons why I quit.  It's pretty overwhelming how quickly you can fill up a Word document with reasons why smoking sucks, if you're being honest with yourself.

I finally quit after a few years a week ago today. It feels good, I'm still kind of out of it sometimes and going into the second day was kind of rough with heavy sweating for no reason.. but nothing too bad. For some reason I kind of turned the left over temptation into some sick amusement. I'll taunt myself with them when I feel the need to have one but I just can't break it. I always get reminded of the feeling of smoking when I don't need one which I always hated, So I guess that's a good thing.

What's weird is just stopping something I've built my day around. I would think about quitting and get slightly nervous and feel like I couldn't do it, then on some random day I stopped. I didn't even have it planned or anything, I ended up surprising myself. I know it's only been a week and have a way to go, but I want this to be my first and last time.

For the people trying to quit, I know it may sound silly but I started doing that Insanity workout thing 2 days ago and I don't want to smoke anymore because it made me realize how shitty my lungs and heart were becoming. It's helping me alot so it may be something to consider. That and if I feel the need to smoke I go for a walk or a jog or something instead of doing an hours worth of excercise.

I've managed to cut down over the last few months in the very least. I was at around 2 packs a day and now I smoke a bit less than a pack a day. I have been real focused on quitting a lot of other things for the last little bit, and smoking is another thing on my to do list for the near future. Smoking and biting my nails haha.