Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting

duh John! how I missed this point of encouragement …. the money !

I am a big fan of internet banking. BIG FAN. And that little addiction of mine may become a tool that some of the people trying to quit can use.

Figure out how much you smoke a day, the daily cost of the smoking (price of a pack divided by cigarettes), then transfer that much money to your online bank account each day you don’t smoke.

(Doing online transfers from your regular bank account to an online account don’t cost a thing except a few moments of time)

Sure, the transfers are going to relatively small, even those of you who smoke a whole pack a day will see these savings deposits are relatively small.

But over time, $3 here, $4 there, $2 another time, it adds up, rather quickly. And with compound interest, your daily habit of transferring money that would have gone up in smoke will really add up.

Not every tool can work for everyone, but perhaps this idea can work for some people.

Good Luck!

Has the increase in the price of gasoline, and the subsequent reduced disposable income, helped you at all in purchasing fewer, and thereby smoking fewer, cigarettes?

I seem to be on a team for this, but I never get any notifications.

Not giving up. Just removing goals that need to be maintaned (and never can be fully reached)

It’s now been about 8 months since I gave up and it really has been worth it. A couple of guys at work have given up in the last week and they were climbing the walls today.

I don’t wanna be in their shoes ever again having to go through that shit, so for at least the next 30 odd years i’m not gonna start again :-)

Never gonna say never of course!! ;-)

I saw a race and nobody were smoking before,(during ? ) and after the race.
There was 1000 people outdoor with no cigarette.
They don’t smoke because they want run faster and some people don’t run very fast.
If they can do that why are you unable to stop smoking ?

Today is a really important day for me. I have been a smoker for about six years. Today it has been exactly one year since the day i decided to quit smoking. I feel great! I really did it.

Update….I am just about to hit the 4 month mark of quitting – yay! Still going strong and no way will I ever pick up a ciggie again. To everyone wondering whether it is really worth it, believe me IT IS! Having been a smoker for 20+ years, I feel amazing and bloody proud of myself!

I am determined to cheer every single person who has the goal of stop smoking. Even if the person never uses this site any more. I’m still gonna cheer them. It’s gonna take me a while. Right now there are 2,078 people who want to “stop smoking” (including me). And I have noticed that number has increased the past few weeks. That’s great! More people are quitting. Or at least want to quit. =)

My mom recently quit smoking. She has been smoking for 20+ years and she just quit a week and five days ago. She is so strong and I am so proud of her. She makes me so proud I just can’t help but cry when I think about how she’s given up smoking. It’s the most amazing thing and she is the most amazing person and mother.

If you’re a parent and your children don’t mention how much they hate how you smoke, don’t think for a SECOND that they don’t like it. I’ve hated how my mother smoked for years. I’ve hated having people come over and the house smell like smoke. I’ve hated going to school smelling like smoke. I HATED IT. So if anything quit for your children. They don’t like to think about you smoking and the effects it has on your body such as lung cancer. Children don’t want to think about their parents dying, so please, quit for your children.

Quitting smoking is one of the HARDEST habits to kick, I know because I’ve watched my mom struggle for years, but it is possible. You just need a strong mind and will power. Everyone can quit smoking if they just set out a goal to do it.