I grew up around smokers. A couple of my brothers were habitual smokers. My parents gave it up at for good at different times... cold turkey. My dad gave it up in the 70s and my mom in the 90s. My brothers eventually gave it up, too. I dabbled in a smoke on a rare occasion in my youth, but it was never habitual. Even though it was present in my childhood, when I see people smoking it’s hard for me to wrap my brain around it. It seems like a very harmful relic of the past. I truly can’t believe that people still do it. And the expense of it! Good for you for giving it up.
I began smoking at 18 and after 10 years, I was up to 2 packs a day. (a carton of ten packs back then was only $3)
During my 10 years of smoking, I tried quitting numerous times but to no avail.
But at 28, I quit cold turkey and had absolutely no urge to smoke again...and never have since that day. It’s all mental.....