It will be 30 years for my self and wife. When we found out she was pregnet we said nows the time lets do it . A smoke free house for all those years and both of are adult children smoke to bad .

I quite smoking, and saved the money I would have spent on cigarettes, and at the end of the year, I had enough money to go to Jamaica for 2 wks, all inclusive!!!!!!!!!!!

I quit over 7 years ago, I smoked for 50 years, no more trips to Emergency for an Oxygen mask, no more cough medicine before bed, looking back on it, I can't believe how stupid I was. Best decision I ever mnade.

You forgot to mention the weight gain from quitting ...I have gained nearly 100 pounds since I quit...And not just from eating- you metabolism slows down.
FOod tastes soooo much better.
You don't have to go across the street from work several times a day to smoke away from you building, so you are missing out on those little walks.

You also don't stink like an ashtray.
Your teeth stay white longer after a cleaning.
You save so much money. . . the best part of quitting smoking is that the fools who collect and distribute the tax from ciggies, don't have your money funding their wasteful spending any more!!!

Don't get discouraged Dianne. I quit 10 years ago and my childhood asthma returned. i use a pump daily to control it and i feel incredible...See your doc

It will be 11 years ago in December that I quit after 25 years. The first month was tough but I made up my mind and have never smoked since. I found nicorettes (sparingly) over the first month helped me. The best decision I ever made. There are another 100 reasons to quit. Best of luck to all who try.

It took a heart attack to make me quit after over 40 years of smoking. That was almost 4 years ago now and all of the changes indicated are spot on. Feel a lot better now and wouldn't start again under any circumstances.

Don't wait for a heart attack to quit. Do it now.

I'm 62 & quit 2 years ago after 45 years of smoking. Never realized how filthy & expensive that habit was until I quit. Feeling a whole lot better too.

I quit smoking 10 years ago and never felt better since Ifeel like a weight has been lifted never smoking again

I quit 3 years ago, and it's all true!

I quit smoking 14 months ago. After six weeks I lost my voice, although not completely, due to a very dry throat. I would cough up "flakes" of a hard substance (ya, gross. I know.) It seems that the mucus that was constantly present reduced my body's ability to produce enough to counter the dryness. After about a month, my voice returned and the "flakes" stopped. This was the last negative aspect of quitting. Since then I have been exercising 5-6 times a week, I stopped drinking coffee (seems I only liked the combination of smokes and coffee and not the beverage itself), stopped eating fast food (didn't need strong flavors anymore to taste food), and didn't become the "ex-smoker" everyone hates. I can still stand around smokers, just not downwind. I use that time to discuss their attempts at quitting and offer some advice.
Will never go back. Life is too awesome.

I quit smoking 9 years ago. I developed a cough that won't go away, I can't breathe properly. I felt better while I was smoking. But I won't start again, because I smell better and the smell of someone who has had a cigarette turns my stomach!

I was a two pack a day smoker for over fifty years. One day six years ago I said enough of this, and haven't gone back.

Another month and it's been 5 years for me. I can definitely notice the difference health wise and money wise. I'm in my 50s and it's never too late to quit. I cut down over the year and once I got down to 3 to 4 cigarettes a day I then went cold turkey. It helps I'm a bit stubborn too.

I'm glad you have this article. All of it is so true.
End The Habit now! Your body will thank you in more ways than you know. Everyone needs to know the facts.