I know it's a little late now but lets talk about how I started smoking. My very light drug career begin with chewing Grizzly, it was easy to get away with and hide from people and I began that at about 13-14. Now for those of you who don't know what chew is, it's basically a fat wad of moist tobacco you put in your lip and catch the same buzz as a cigarette. I had smoked when i could but chewed most of my adolescence then quit that after I turned 18 because I had no need to hide tobacco anymore I was 18 I could smoke! Plus not that smoking is anymore attractive than chewing but when a girl sees you with a lip full of brown leaves that looks like shit an your spitting it out every 5 minutes it doesn't exactly turn them on. I began noticing how badly chewing took it's toll and afraid of seeing my jaw fall off of my face, another reason I switched to smoking because I wasn't worried about my lungs as much as giving a speech about my jaw missing from my face. At the time I didn't really think it was affecting my lungs that bad anyways but here it is, come today and I can't even run a mile without stopping every five minutes to rest. Guess it's better I quit now then 20 years down the road. Here is a list from Be Tobacco Free.gov about how both types of tobacco can harm you in every way shape or form http://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/about-tobacco/facts-figures/

So the plan of taking a cigarette out daily is working pretty good. I can feel my tolerance going down as the days go by. I've broke a couple of times but due to stress it's hard not to give in I know excuses, excuses... Stress can sky rocket when you try to quit along with anger, anxiety, and other emotions that can be messed with while not getting your usual dose of nicotine a day. I'm trying to counter that with the quitting plan I had so my body wouldn't even notice its getting less nicotine a day in a pretty even way. While cutting down very slowly I sometimes try to chew gum instead of sticking a cigarette in my mouth to keep me occupied and forget about my need for a smoke. It just doesn't last very long unfortunately. http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/i-want-to-quit/how-to-quit-smoking.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
 

I have chosen to quit smoking for my 30-day challenge. I accidentally started before I was supposed to so I'm ahead of the curve already I guess. My plan initially started with taking one cigarette out a day or smoking one less than I did the day before. I didn't think I cold just throw it away, I was right. Now, some people can quit cold turkey, some can't. A study in Nicotine and Tobacco Research said that they interviewed 8,000 people who smoked and among those people 68.5% of those people quit and 22% of those 68.5% did it with the cold turkey method. http://www.healthcommunities.com/quit-smoking/quit-smoking-cold-turkey_bht.shtml. Not the greatest numbers for a confidence boost but maybe my own plan will be more optimistic.