>>I thought when I quit smoking
>
>Congratulations! From what I hear, it's hard to do, but the rewards in both saved money and health are worth it.

I just got fed up with the mistreatment I got - the bits of humiliation and sort-of discrimination here and there that were not exactly healthy, getting my blood pressure high :). In this country, you can't smoke and be let alone. They started targeting my kids - there's a sufficient number of trail-sniffers (I know, I'm one now) who can smell three molecules of tobacco smoke from a mile, and they kept accusing them of smoking secretly. Some of their stuff probably caught it, so we decided to smoke outside. Except that was too much - that would be two hours a day of doing nothing (at 6 minutes per cigarette). And if I can't smoke in my own house, I'll rather give it up. So adrenaline rush did it for me :).

It was actually scarily easy. I'm still waiting for a crisis, but after four months all I got is nine pounds and a reborn sense of smell. If I make it through the summer, I'll be fine. My roommate once quit and started smoking again because he couldn't bear the smells. Smoking does that for you - you feel only about half of it.