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I think I may have been 9 or 10 when I smoked my first cigarette. It was with a friend of mine in the neighborhood who stole some cigarettes and a lighter from his dad and we, and a couple of other friends, each smoked a cigarette in the local neighborhood park. I felt so sick that I thought I was going to throw up. It was a truly disgusting experience. I did not smoke again (despite having smoking friends in high school) until my first weekend in college when I smoked my second cigarette. Maybe it was the freedom of being away from my parents or some belief that it made me feel part of the crowd but I slowly started smoking "socially" my first year in college. I went home that summer after my first year in college and did not smoke a single cigarette. But within a month of coming back to college my second year, I was buying packs of cigarettes and smoking on a regular basis. Never set out to become a nicotine addict but it happened. I smoked for 20 years. In the early days, I knew a lot of smokers (although I had a lot of non-smoking friends who tried to discourage me from smoking) but in my last years as a smoker, I felt a lot more isolated. What was once a "social" thing became an "anti-social" thing as the smokers I knew I driefted awayfrom or just quit. For me, maybe what I quoted from Cbdave is accurate. In the beginninng, it felt like a social thinng but in the end, it felt like a solitary thing.

NOPE for today! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

NOPE!

HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE ON THE TRAIN!!! ALL THE BEST!!!

Congratulations @GonSo and @Rockangel You are doing a great thing for yourself and those who care for you. Keep up the awesome work!

N.O.P.E. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Blessings to all in 2026....

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! NOPE!!

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.

Start 2026 with your best decision ever! Make it a truly Happy New Year!

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Charm

Fight the urge

I can imagine, Doreen! What a treat for yourself! Big hug for Ted.

Sips drink

Tornado

Polish silver

Husk

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@GonSo Well done , Its fabulous when the money starts mounting up … I bought my Ted when I saved up enough when I Quit He costs me £500 Money well spent

@Cbdave I don’t know how anyone can afford to smoke in Australia, they are the expensive in the world