The poll results are interesting (I know that some people have been unable to vote) and I think that the number of non-smokers should actually be higher, but it is pleasing to see the number of people who have been able to give up the dreaded weed! Well done chaps!
I actually found giving up easier this time than the times before for the following reasons:
1. I was actually becoming really fed up with everything to do with smoking and I was beginning to hate myself for being addicted to the little white sticks;
2. I will be 40 at the end of this year and wanted to be off them before then;
3. I have 3 young children and I did not want them to see me slowly kill myself;
4. The ban on smoking in public places has really helped me as I very rarely come across smokers nowadays;
5. A few years ago I took up mountain biking and managed to get myself reasonably fit again, but the smoking was holding me back. Since stopping I have found that the limiting factor is my muscular strength and endurance rather than my lung capcity
However, I will not let myself become complacent about smoking as I sometimes would really fancy that almost instantaneous hit of nicotine that you get from smoking, but then I remind myself that it only lasts for a few seconds and I dislike everything else about it.