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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.

Congratulations!! I am close to two months. But also very important milestone today is that I saved 750 euro's since I quit! December was since a long time not financially stressful.

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I'm 5 months, 4 days. quit smoking. NOPE!💯

I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

NOPE. Happy New Years Eve

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why did i start? probably because i thought it would make me somebody i wanted to be. it didn't...but i didn't figure it out before I was addicted. but isn't that the way marketing for cigs works? make you think that everyone else will think you are one of the cool kids? but we all know who we really are deep down. the genius of the marketing isn't to fool us into thinking we will be someone else, it's to fool us into believing we will fool everyone else into thinking we are some different, but to everyone else we are still the same ol' idiots we always were with the addition of looking more stupid with a cigarette hanging out of our mouths. then after you mature enough you realize that there are no such thing as the cool kids, we are all weirdos of our own brand but isn't that what being 'cool' is all about? yep...we all got faked out but when you can appreciate the genius of the lie you can heal your own ego and walk away from it. no shame in getting fooled, only shame is in staying the fool. congrats all you quitters and happy new year.

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

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

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! NOPE!!

G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever.

I was 11, no deep reason for smoking. Both parents smoked, all my older siblings smoked. Totally accepted in those days. I eventually became a serial quitter, so I guess a desire to quit was there. Probably wanted a magic pill that doesn't exist. I did it all - from hypnosis to Chantix - to everything in between. Always waited for the Big Excuse to go back to smoking. That excuse always comes b/c life stinks sometimes. I finally did it with unwavering determination, an extremely supportive husband and a fabulous online support group. I'm happy, proud and pretty darn healthy for an old lady. I do lots of classes at the YMCA that I would have never been able to do if I smoked. I also walk a lot. I'm smart enough to know that a smoking related disease could still get me, but that doesn't take up any space in my mind. I will forever stay vigilant. N.O.P.E.

Breathe in deeply and out.... relax your shoulders sit back in chair. Now, really get down to the root of the problem. Peel away each layer like a banana. dig deep. In 3 days the worst will be mostly over. Smoking does nothing for me except deplete my funds, and it can be that way for u too. Keep polsitive. u can do this...! Thanks, to the one who posted this JIF I changed the size. I hope that is fine.

A farmer had three daughters, all young and very pretty. He guarded them with a shotgun. Friday night came and he heard a knock at the door. The farmer answered with his gun. A young man in suit and tie stood there with flowers. The farmer exclaimed “What do you want boy?" The young man replied “ Hi, I'm Eddie, I'm here for Betty, we're going out for spaghetti, is she ready?" The farmer laughed and said" You are a clever young man!" Eddie replied” We rhyme. all the time!". "Well come in, Betty will be ready to go soon." A second knock at the door. The farmer again answers with his gun. Another well dressed man stood there with flowers. The farmer exclaimed, “Young man what do you want? “ The young man sheepishly answered " Hello, my name is Joe I'm here for Flo, I would like to take her to a show, may she go? The farmer laughed and said" you are a clever young man." Joe said” We rhyme. all the time!" "Come on in Flo will be ready to go real soon!" A third knock at the door. The farmer again answers with his gun. Another well dressed man stood there with flowers. The farmer exclaimed, “Young man what do you want? “ The young man said“Hi my name's Chuck. “ The farmer shot him.

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A Great honest post @DenaliBlues Your reasons for starting as a kid …reminded me I also was running away from stuff …I try and keep forgotten … I totally get it …👍🐸

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!!🥳

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

@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 😟🐸

I love this - quitting smoking reduces financial stress. Yet another wonderful up-side of a smoke free life. Congrats @GonSo!

Gday I was 13 or 14 looking for exceptance in a little country town. Most adults smoked everwhere. Inside buildings in homes at work no one would dare to ask you not to smoke. My cig of choice Winfield blue, .40c a packet of 25. TV adverts by Paul hogan ( in black and white) so they must be good. Deceided to join the navy and see the world. So I gave the cigs away to get to my best fitness to get exceptance into the navy. Once in I discovered everyone smoked. It was part of the culture. And it was encouraged. Cut price cigs on the bases, duty free on a ship. So I smoked off and on from then on. Ends up the world changed when I got in my 50s. I became expensive and inconvenient to smoke. No exceptance in this new world. No one would dare to smoke inside, if someone complained you would not dare to say anything. Stage was set for the final quit but I’d always quit for periods before knowing I could always go back to smoking. The trigger was a cold then pneumonia. I was a pretty sick puppy.i asked my doctor for champix and he said No, wait for 2weeks to heal. I was back in 2 weeks determined! Well I made it. A few complications along the way cancer, strokes, COPD all survivable because I didn’t smoke. My old Doc passed away more proud that I’d given away the cigs than survived other things. He didn’t have many patients the did give the cigs away I’m determined to say NOPE every day. I reminds me I’m still that addict and I’m only ever one puff away from 20 a day. Im pretty happy in my own skin these days. Exceptance? I except life has been what it’s been. Don’t need to tell people that I used to smoke and gave it away. The form says Smoker or Non Smoker I’ll tick the Non Smoker without a thought.

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After reading the word posted in the previous post, type the first word that comes to mind... I'll go first :) wanderlust

Gday JustKay mention this in her post. Started me thinking. Not ready for an answer just yet When did you start? Is only the beginning of the questions. Why. What was the world you lived in. Could you afford to smoke. Could you not smoke due to per pressure. Why we started has nothing to do with why we quit. Or does it

A Happy Smoke Free and Prosperous New Year To All On The Train

🎉Happy New Year everyone!🎉

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

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

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Welcome aboard @KristyC Glad you found us To help you, take our daily pledge , NILE…instead of NOPE Not 1 Lozenge Ever 😁👍🐸

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I was 17 and in high school and my friend and I bought a pack together. I didn't smoke a lot in the early days and didn't think I would get addicted, boy was I wrong. I smoked until 2009, (smoking 2 pks a day) when I quit for 6 years. Unfortunately, I went back to smoking and here I am 2 1/2 years quit again and for the last time!!

Hi Dave I was a 11 yr old kid . Who started to hang out with older kids who smoked I wanted to be as big as them … I took my turn to have a puff in the circle Soon got hooked 😟🐸

The site is back up!!!

Never heard of it sorry.

@ammj one day at a time . or 1 hour or 1 minute . Your going great x