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There are lots of reasons to quit smoking that range from better health to saving a lot of money but I think the most important reason ties into your 2nd question. Freedom from nicotine addiction! Think about it Pedro. Smoking runs the lives of all smokers from the time you wake up in the morning until you go to bed at night. Most smokers don't even realize this is happening to them day in and day out because they're just so used to their routines and they want that hit of dopamine they get each time the light up. You'll realize what freedom is once you've been quit for awhile and changed your whole attitude toward smoking. In terms of why admit to being a nicotine addict? Easy ... how any of us make such a complex and difficult change in our life if we don't understand where we're starting from. We all must understand how formidable opponent our nicotine addiction is and just how strong our commitment to quitting must be in order to not only quit but to stay quit! We all must truly understand that we are addicts, addicted to the world's most addictive drug Nicotine! That's our starting point to becoming smoke free!

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OO OK Chicks .... time to get off the first place podium. Sticks are takin' over!!

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Sorry to hear @Cbdave. Many of us have damaged our lungs over the years and decades of smoking. At least we quit adding to that damage by quitting! Many don't quit even after it's clear they must.

I would agree that there are times when sheer willpower came in very handy during the early days of my quit but what I started with was an absolute and unwavering commitment to quit smoking. I focused my entire life for the next few weeks on changing the way I thought about smoking and developing a set of tools that would help me through the really challenging days (and there were plenty of those!). I read a lot of material on the subject and relied to a large degree on people from this forum for support throughout the first year of my quit. You can't beat that combination; knowledge & support from those who gone through the same process!

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