I started smoking in high school and successfully quit in April 2023. But then, this past summer, I somehow started again? I justified cigarettes with certain friends and in certain situations, I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I let being a smoker define my rebellious personality as a teenager. For 20 years, I quit off and on, struggling with the inherent ...

I’m hanging out with a couple of friends on their apartment balcony when one pal hands me a cigarette. Now, this may not seem like a big deal to some, especially for seasoned puffers, but I smoke only ...

A dad who had been smoking since he was eight years old was told he had cancer and revealed he never thought it would happen to him. Shaun Webb, from Northwich, Cheshire, revealed he gave up a ...

Graham Smith-Thompson is proof that you can beat an addiction to tobacco. Now aged 79, he smoked for 66 years until the end of 2025. Smith-Thompson used to smoke more than 20 roll-up cigarettes a day ...

Ask A.J. is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! Dear A.J., I started smoking in high school and successfully quit in ...