Community Experience · Baidu Tieba (Quit Smoking bar)
The Day Before Chinese Valentine's Day: Tired of Hiding to Smoke
With over ten years of smoking and many failed attempts behind them, a member decided to quit on the eve of the Qixi festival (August 6, 2019) — driven by the quiet shame of always slipping away to dark corners to smoke.
Experience snapshot
- Years smoking
- 10+ years
- Cigarettes per day
- Not reported
- Quit attempt number
- Many previous attempts
- Age group
- Not reported
- Gender
- Not reported
Reported outcome
Not reported beyond the start.
What can be learned
Social shame about the secrecy of smoking — not health fear — was the tipping point here.
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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