Recommendation for Quitting Smoking: The Story of a Man Who Quit Cold Turkey

It's so hot💦

On top of that, smoke is billowing out
from the smoking area by the sidewalk...

It makes it even harder to breathe.

But I used to smoke until I was 30, too...

Yes, I was just like the people in that smoking area.

When I was a smoker, I remember
smoking 10 to 20 cigarettes a day.

If I had some alcohol, the number would jump up immediately.

I thought about trying to quit several times, but
I would light up again before even a week had passed.

Hmm, I guess I'm a smoker through and through...

I used to make excuses like that, but
around the time I got married and my wife became pregnant,
I started to feel quite uncomfortable.

When I would light up a cigarette under the kitchen exhaust fan for a smoke break,
I'd feel a gaze and turn around.

“Well, you sure can smoke easily
　　　　　　　even with a pregnant woman right next to you.”

My wife's cold glare made me feel so awkward,
I would put out the cigarette immediately and

“Haha, you're right. I really need to quit.”

I got through that moment by saying that,
but I would still go outside to have a smoke.

However,

one day, it just happened that
there was a day I didn't smoke.

There was no particular reason. (Maybe it was a divine revelation?)

From that day on, for some reason, my desire to smoke disappeared,
and while I thought to myself that I'd be back to normal in a week,

...two weeks, ...three weeks.

A whole month!?

I was amazed at how strange it felt, but
I never smoked a cigarette again after that.

I want a cigarette!!!

That craving completely disappeared.
About half a year later, my wife even

"Are you feeling alright?"

started to worry, asking things like that.

"Do you think so? I feel great."

I myself felt as if I were wondering
why I had ever smoked in the first place.

Well, this is a later story, but
perhaps because of my past as a heavy smoker,
I developed bronchial asthma around the age of 36,
and I still cannot go without my inhaler.

These are tough times for smokers.
So, I want you to ask yourself this.

That cigarette you are holding unconsciously right now,
is it really necessary?

Because I was once someone who kept smoking out of habit,
I can say this with certainty.

Smoking does nothing but harm and has no benefits at all.

-A Recommended Book-

The more of a heavy smoker you are,
the easier it is to quit smoking.

A manga adaptation of the
global 13-million-copy bestseller!!