Quitting Smoking Is The Thing To Do

Copyright © 2011 Dale Mazurek

Why would you want to quit something you love doing? If it's something you enjoy then it's justified.

When I was still smoking I would make the kinds of excuses as to why it was okay for me to smoke. I would say it is my only bad habit, I would say I work hard for my cigarettes, I would say I don't gamble, I don't drink, and smoking was my only vice. I made the excuses so that at the end of the day it felt like I could justify smoking two packs in a day.

In 2010 the time came to say goodbye to this dreaded habit. When I quit smoking I was up to two packs a day and I was 30 year smoker. I will never smoke again.

It is very difficult to believe how much the rules of smoking have changed in only a few short years.

In all honesty it wasn't all that long ago that you could smoke right in a hospital room, the supermarket, or you could light up after a meal in your favorite restaurant. Smoking was the in thing to do. There were two people, smokers and people who didn't smoke.

It almost seemed that everywhere you looked every man, woman and child had a cigarette hanging out of their mouths.

Things are a lot different now, your best bet now is to quit because as a smoker you are looked down upon. I know and I totally understand there was a day when the smokers were the majority. Hell, even the anti-smoker activists at first had a hard time making people understand that smoking was a terrible habit to get started in.

The smoking world became a different place once the effects of secondhand smoke were introduced. People love to smoke but in many cases they loved life better.

For smokers the world turned around very fast. It wasn't that long ago you could sit in your office and light up a smoke. How you could smoke anywhere at your place of employment. Now in many cases you can't even have a cigarette on your employer's property. Smoking is an addiction, so if you have to go any amount of time things become very difficult. Smoking is such a tough addiction that many smokers would rather quit their jobs then be told they can't smoke on the property of employer.

In this day and age smoking has become a very difficult thing to do. Smokers are the minority, no one likes smokers anymore.

The best and the only responsible thing to do today is take the time to tell yourself you are going to quit smoking.

The time has come to become a quitter. I suggest you do whatever it takes and quit wasting your time.
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Dale quit smoking May 6, 2010.

Dale has now made it his mission to help others who want to quit. He also works hard at educating young people so they never start the filthy habit of smoking.

You can check out one of his many hubs by visiting http://hubpages.com/hub/Proud-To-Be-A-Smoker

Also be sure to check out his blog and follow his journey as a non-smoker.

http://www.quitsmokingjourney.com/