Often, just one cigarette is enough to make a person addicted. For me, a single cigarette was enough to be dependent on the smokes for almost 40 years. And that was only the gateway to other addictive substances.

Therefore: Be smart and never start! Cigarettes make you addicted, smoking harms your health! Also, you should know: Smoking is the number one cause of disease and death worldwide, and quitting is difficult!

I was ten years old and worked on a farm during the summer. I often saw the farmhand smoking and once asked him to let me take a few puffs. When inhaling the nicotine, I felt dizzy, which I found pleasant. From then on, we often smoked cigarettes together..

What started as curiosity turned into habit, then addiction. I smoked secretly, stole cigarettes from my father, and begged soldiers and other smokers for them.

Only after nearly 40 years of addiction and several attempts did I manage to overcome my nicotine addiction.
The day before my 50th birthday, on September 7, 2007, at 11:45 PM, I smoked my last cigarette.