Community Experience · Baidu Tieba (Quit Smoking bar)
Thirty a Day, a Dry Cough, and a Lunar New Year Quit
After 20 years at 30 cigarettes a day, a dry cough, shortness of breath and chest fullness — plus family persuasion — led to a quit on the 20th day of the first lunar month, 2015, with a public pledge to prevent retreat.
Experience snapshot
- Years smoking
- 20 years
- Cigarettes per day
- 30 a day
- Quit attempt number
- Not reported
- Age group
- Not reported
- Gender
- Not reported
Main challenge
Dry cough, Shortness of breath, Chest fullness
Reported outcome
Not reported beyond the start.
What can be learned
Symptoms that interfere with daily life, plus family support, moved this person from thinking to deciding.
Evidence status
This is a single community report (community-report). It describes one person's experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence.
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