Brett
"It just seems like nobody smokes anymore. I feel funny about lighting up when no one else around me is smoking." Brett, 45

Carolina
"Every day I stand outside to smoke, at least every hour. And it can get cold out there too. Some of my neighbors give me dirty looks-they hate if smoke blows in their house. But mostly they look like they pity me, like they feel sorry I'm living my life in front of my house." Carolina , 53

Brad
"One day I got a call from my daughter's school offering me help to stay off drugs. I told them I didn't use any drugs, but they said my 7-year-old daughter told them I was doing drugs every day. I told them I only smoke cigarettes. I knew then I had to quit." Brad, 35

Charles
"No one can tell me how to live my life. The nagging just made me want to smoke more. After a while I realized it was actually keeping me from quitting, which I wanted to do anyway. So I quit to spite them!" Charles, 55

Robert
"It seems like anywhere I go, whether I'm walking down the street or in line for movie tickets, people look at me like I'm some kind of pond scum they should stay away from. Just because I'm smoking!" Robert, 29

Glenda
"Everytime my partner asks me about my smoking I always have to lie and say I smoke only a couple times a day. But really I sneak cigarettes any way I can, whether in the garage, on the way to the store, or when I go out walking. It will feel good to not have to hide it anymore." Glenda, 63

Kashif
"I don't want my younger siblings to smoke. Sometimes I will walk 6 or 7 blocks away to make sure they don't see me smoking." Kashif, 21

LaDonna
"I get up pretty often at work to take a break and have a cigarette. They make me walk all the way downstairs to the back of the building and outside to smoke. It will be good not to have to do that anymore-and I'm sure my boss will be pleased!" LaDonna, 41