How long did you smoke? How long have you now been smoke free, and what has been the difference in your life?
2006-12-02 15:04:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
I've smoked on and off for over 20 years. I have quit before but now I know it's gone for good. I've been smoke free and desire for nicotine free for 6 wks. now and everything is much better. I'll be praying for you....
2006-12-02 15:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by TS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Total of around 25 years (stopped once then started again) I have been smoke free now for about 6 years. Honestly the thing I noticed the most was being able to do more phyiscal stuff like walking or running without being short of breath. The thing I didn't notice until way late was how much money I could have saved up if I would have been putting the money I spent in smokes into a plain savings account. I think it would have been around 9 grand by now (averaging a pack a day for six years at $4 a pack) I wish I had started that when I quit. Oh well. Good luck.
2006-12-02 23:12:53 · answer #2 · answered by tpbthigb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I smoked for 14 years and it has been 17 years since I have smoked anything and I can say for sure I am much more in better health and My blood pressure is good and my food taste better and my breath doesn't smell like a ash tray and my teeth are white and I have more money then when I smoke and I don't have to worry about my son breathing in second hand smoke . There are so many more things what is good about not smoking then there are that people that still do. Just maybe I might still live a longer life but if not then I will be a happy guy anyway.
2006-12-02 23:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by isitreal1963 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I quit smoking. I have been smoke free for three years now. I had smoked for 6 years. The bad difference is that I gained some weight. The good differences are that I can run up stairs without wheezing and coughing, I don't get as many colds as I did when smoking, I smell better, plus my senses of smell and taste are better.
2006-12-02 23:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by Werecatwoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I smoked on and off from the age of 18 to 27. I quit because I wanted to train to run a marathon. It helped me immensly to quit smoking. Your lung capacity is very bad when you smoke. Within two weeks of quitting smoking i was able to breathe better on my runs. Besides the fact that smoking makes your clothes and breath smell bad. Oh and by the way I have now completed two marathons and half a dozen other races over 10 miles...all do to not smoking.
2006-12-03 12:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by johnjd_cmu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I quit smoking ten years ago. I'd smoked for about 20 years when I quit. The difference in my life is that I can breathe, have great endurance for exercising, and everything I own no longer smells like stale cigarette smoke!
2006-12-02 23:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by clarity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long did I smoke: 0 days, 0 weeks, 0 months, 0 years
How long have I been smoke free: All my life
Difference in my life: Haven't experience it to notice a difference, but I don't cough all the time, I have white teeth, and I don't smell like tobacco.
2006-12-02 23:06:34 · answer #7 · answered by BOOB 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i started smoking when i was 19.. im 25 now and i manage to quit.. i became a chronic smoker when i was 22.. like almost a pack a day.. i smoke a lot when im depressed or pressured about something.. this is my 2nd time to quit, my girlfriend asked me.. and i live with my family.. no smoker in the family..
3mos smoke free..
what difference it made? 1st, save some money.. never have to worry about breath mints.. of course ul smell better.. ur hair would grow healthier (coz when i used to smike, my hair's all dry).. be healthier and made my girlfriend happy.. =)
2006-12-02 23:13:53 · answer #8 · answered by mystery moo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have smoke for 20 years, Ughh set another quit date for the 100th time, This time i hope to suceed! I am a very light smoker 5-6 a day but they are the habit ones..the ones i need to have..I wish anybody Good Luck with trying to quit smoking..
2006-12-03 07:53:57 · answer #9 · answered by Shem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I smoked in my teens, took my last puff three months before my 20th birthday, and have been free from the habit for 26 years. I don't miss it, and have great blood pressure, along with very healthy lungs.
2006-12-02 23:06:38 · answer #10 · answered by rhino 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋