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I think it's time to quit smoking now.
I am now 29 years old and I've been smoking everyday since I was about 13 or 14 years old. I'm in pretty good shape even though I smoked all that time since I've been active in various forms of training throughout the years.

Now, the question is, do YOU think I can quit smoking?
I had the first smoke of the day at around 7:30 am and my second and last smoke at alittle before 9 am but I'm gonna say at 9 am. The time now is 2:30 pm so it's beginning to become a few hours since the last smoke. I can feel I need it, I crave it. So I've been doing abunch of house work all day hehehe.

Rings believes that tits and beer work wonders for everything. If you practiced that you would not have time to smoke.

He he he yeah but it's great with a smoke afterwards

http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/

i vote NO!!!

i think you can. but dont quit it at all just smoke at party's only! (not if you live after the "every day is a party" style though).

Clinically and medically, a regular smoker is a sick person; a voluntary sick person.
And if a was a gobernor (better don't vote me ), i'd put on the table a very different Social Security normatives for these voluntary sick people

I've done what you are starting, so I know what it's like. Only you can answer the question "Do you think I can do it?" but I can tell you a bit about my experience. I learned that you have to focus on everything you hate about smoking, write it down keep it always foremost in mind. You must reach a place mentally where you really hate the jezus sh!t out of those goddamn cigarettes. If you are convinced you can do that, you have some hope. Now to the realities: Your main cravings will diminish significantly within the first month. After that it's manageable. But, and this is why I'm not surprised when I hear about people going back to smoking after a year or two of quitting, I didn't experience my very last craving for a smoke until seven years had gone by. That's right, seven years. Mind you, seven years from now you're only going to get the very odd craving, but still. They happen. The only recipe for success is that you must learn to live with the cravings when they come and go. When they come, just remember that they will go. Quicker and quicker as time goes on. Keep an old filthy ashtray full of butts around and shove your nose in it if you have to. But learn to hate those damned things. They are killing you.

Do it!! Stop smoking!!

You can quit!

Sex addiction is sicky too, but it's more healthy, sure

Keep at it GeoTrail. I'm pretty much like you, now 28 and still in good shape. Again, smoking since I was 13 or 14.

I tried last weekend to stop. While it only lasted two days, it felt good to clear the lungs. I'm fine until I eat something. I plan to try again this weekend.

I quit smoking ten years ago, and havent't felt the urge to begin again since then. I feel like a
fish that got off the hook. No need to try that again.

Just before I quit smoking, I had several tries failing (and me almost crying like a baby) until I
finally realised this was personal, and one fight I was never going to loose.

And I didn't. Looking back, the hardest part was surviving the first two weeks, after that, the
problem is gone!

Thanks for all the positive (and negative) feedback.
I must admit, I did almost quit a few years ago when I was in the army. But at that time I didn't do much, same as many others, and I was really bored. That's why I started again after about 2 months without smoking.

This time I am going to do it. My girlfriend decided to atleast try to. But I am going to make it with or without here. I do eat alot, but I am so restless. I can't sit still. I have cleaned almost the whole house today just out of boredom. But, I am going to make it.

Again, thanks for the feedback and the votes
It's getting close to a full day now and I'm actually starting to feel better. I know it's gonna be a long and hard trip

Oh, forgot to mention, I just got Far Cry Instincts on my Xbox and it is soooo cool. That will make it easier to stop thinking about smoking I think

I wish you the very best in giving up smoking. Neither I nor my wife has ever smoked a single cigarette and our three grown up children do not smoke, so I’m not in a good position to say how hard you may find it to break your addiction.

However, based on the experience of friends who have given up the weed may I offer some comments; focus on stopping smoking and do not worry about the craving for food that you will most likely experience, it will be easier to control your food intake later and drop off a few kilos and without smoking your lungs will be in a much better shape if you take up some more serious exercise. At least two friends of mine stopped smoking and a year later said “Why ever did I smoke; it’s such a stupid thing to do.”

A final point, my father and my father-in-law both died of lung problems that were mainly due to smoking. Neither of them met their grandchildren, and both could have.

Good luck!