Community Experience · Baidu Tieba (Quit Smoking bar)
30 Years of Smoking, and a Colleague's Hospitalization as the Turning Point
After 30 years at about a pack a day and several failed attempts, seeing a colleague hospitalized with serious lung problems became the shock that launched a new quit attempt.
Experience snapshot
- Quit method
- Cold Turkey
- Years smoking
- 30+ years
- Cigarettes per day
- About 1 pack a day
- Quit attempt number
- Multiple, all failed before this attempt
- Age group
- Not reported
- Gender
- Not reported
Reported outcome
Not reported beyond the start of the attempt.
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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