What Was Your Greatest Motivation To Quit Smoking?

I quit after 20 years. Mine was:
My boy, 1.5 years old, stopped hugging me after I smoked, he hated the smell. So, one day (1 year ago), I quit cold turkey.

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12 Responses to “What Was Your Greatest Motivation To Quit Smoking?”

1. ndussere Says:
   November 13th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

   my kids…my son was getting asthma from my smoking, the doctor asked if we smoked and when I told him yes, but outside the house he told us that it didn’t matter because it was still on our clothes and bodies and it was making my son sick. I bought the nicotine patch and quit that day, 5 years ago…he hasn’t had asthma since

2. Wizzard2 Says:
   November 13th, 2009 at 8:31 pm

   I realized it controlled me and I hate being controlled.

3. zee Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 3:05 am

   Well is it working? Whatever works best for you

4. ganja_cl Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 4:54 am

   The most easy and effective one is:
   I dont HAVE to smoke.
   Like you almost everybody smoking knows that cigs smell bad. Also you realize that you are hooked – you always “need” to have a pack and a lighter with you. And you always come accross people that mind smoking.
   Simply become aware that -though smoking is somewhat comforting- you do not HAVE to smoke but can do it later and that life is easier if you dont have to smoke.
   Avoid thinking along terms such as: “I may never smoke again- I will miss smoking” or “I have to stop”.
   All these thoughts make smoking look like a reward thats being denied and it makes quitting worse.
   Positive thinking makes everything easier, even quitting to smoke.

5. .:.:.Miz Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 8:33 am

   wow good job!!!

6. Ron Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 9:57 am

   Being diagnosed with emphysemia and only having 75% to 80% lung capacity.

7. bigbyone Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 10:43 am

   Couldn’t breathe

8. Paul Rules Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

   my girlfriend is pregnant with my baby…. Im 4 months clean so far!

9. Yamen S Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 7:28 pm

   My kids

10. Liz C Says:
    November 14th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    I quit over 5 years ago during a bad case of bronchitis. I had set a quit date for about 6 months after that, but a friend asked, “Why not stop now?”
    I was tired of smoking even when I was too sick to do anything else. I threw away all my cigarettes and haven’t smoked since.
    My quit date is March 9, 2001.
    Liz

11. Evelyn R Says:
    November 15th, 2009 at 12:00 am

    My younger brother asked me to. And I hated trying to hide from my nieces and nephews, whom I refeused to see me smoking. I didn’t want to be a bad influence for them, they tend to do a lot of what Tia Ely does. So I quit. 3 years and running!

12. marcy Says:
    November 15th, 2009 at 6:19 am

    The doctor, my husband & a few other people told me you’ll never quit.
    I was so mad that, that made me quit.

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