SPEAKER 1: I started smoking
when I was 25.
SPEAKER 2: I started smoking
when I was 15.
SPEAKER 3: I've smoked
for probably 16 years.
SPEAKER 1: I was around it
my entire childhood,
from my grandmother
to my uncles, grandfather.
SPEAKER 2: I think it started
off as a social thing,
especially being that young.
SPEAKER 1: For me, it just
wasn't worth it, the side
effects.
SPEAKER 3: You start thinking,
I'm becoming the architect
of my own demise.
I'm bankrolling my own death.
SPEAKER 1: I had
terrible, terrible migraines.
SPEAKER 2: It was really a lot
up here.
It was like [COUGHS].
SPEAKER 4: It actually got worse
after I quit, because all
that crap was coming up.
SPEAKER 1: I didn't really
expect to be so irritated all
the time, extremely antsy.
My anxiety was driving me crazy.
SPEAKER 3: That's been really
the most difficult part,
is just constructively dealing
with stress.
SPEAKER 4: I just watched
movies.
I drew.
I painted.
And I tried to keep myself just
occupied, my hands.
SPEAKER 3: Writing, I think,
helps a lot, too.
Just putting the energy
you have for the need of needing
a cigarette-- putting
that energy into something
a little more constructive.
SPEAKER 2: I continued to show
myself pictures
of the black lung,
and the smokers' faces,
like the before and after.
SPEAKER 4: It's one
of my biggest fears
is having that robot throat.
SPEAKER 2: I think my sense
of smell was developing,
and I could actually smell
things better.
SPEAKER 4: I could smell
the actual cigarette smoke
in my couch, in my bed.
SPEAKER 1: Quality time
with those that I love was not
interrupted by a cigarette
break.
SPEAKER 3: I mean, I was
a pack-and-a-half a day.
So if you think about it,
it was 20, 30 cigarettes.
It was about an hour-and-a-half
to two hours of added time to be
more productive in anything you
want to do.
SPEAKER 2: I think I spend more
time taking care of myself
in general.
SPEAKER 4: I ended up saving
about $150 to $200 a month.
SPEAKER 3: I had some friends be
very disappointed that I quit.
You try to be an inspiration
for people.
SPEAKER 2: I feel proud that I
can be that positive example
for the young people
in my family.