I quit for 8 years because at the time me and my husband were talking about having children and what was easy for me was because i knew if I was to be pregnant I wasn't going to be a part of harming an unborn child and bringing a child into the world premature and with serious birth defects because I wanted to smoke.

I relapsed a year ago thinking I could have 1 here and there then I was back up to a whole Pack. End of Feb I quit for 2 months I did the smoking cessation online the got a prescription.

Sometimes I feel my anxiety is to much to handle and my husband told me this time I have to quit for my self because I want to.like he said I don't smoke in the house except the garage or in my car or around my children and even him alot of the time.

I don't plan on quiting completely anytime soon but atleast I've limited my self to 2 packs a week at the most and by the new year maybe go down to a pack and a half a week.I smoke the marlboro 100s but last longer and don't smoke as much.

I'm aiming to quit this time for good, albeit a day at a time. I have been a smoker long enough to know that the affects are life altering and can't be stopped but can be minimized to a point. I have been a smoker for almost 34 years and those are years that will catch up to me if they haven't already. They are also years I can't take back. However, starting new is going to be well worth it, I just have to achieve support. I already have the will. I'm doing this for me this time. That should help it take and stay.

Originally when I started I was 14 and quit at 30. I didn't do it to fit in or to be cool. I did it for anxiety and the only thing I wish my mom didn't do. I just wish she didn't enable it by allowing me to smoke in the house or in the car and by buying them for me when she caught me in the shed she all she did was but 1 off of me..but she must've figured no matter how much you lecture a teenager and when your a smoker your self and if punishing them there going to do it anyway.

I started when I was 8, for reasons I won't get into, and now at almost 42 I am starting to feel the harsh affects of it. Although I quit for each one of my pregnancies I started again as soon as was "healthy" for the baby. It is infuriating sometimes to know this was originally outside my control and more so when I admit that eventually I had the control and failed to seize it. I'm now at a point where I don't want to disappoint myself again so I think I"ll be able to make it stick this go-round. Here goes!

Aim to quit over time. Have an aim to smoke less each day.