‘24 Years, 10 Cigarettes Daily’: Man Celebrates Smoking Cessation, Earns Praise Online

Many social media users share their successes and struggles on the Internet. Recently, a man proudly shared his significant achievement of quitting smoking for 17 days on X.

X user name, Rohit shared a post about how he smoked 10 cigarettes a day for the last 24 years daily.

“I have been smoking 10 cigarettes a day for the last 24 years daily. Don't want to do the math and arrive at a total, it's scary! On the day of Janmashtami this year, I decided to quit and it's been 17 days since I touched a cigarette. So happy for myself!!!” he wrote in the caption. 

The internet has showered praise and applause on Rohit for his achievement. His post has gone viral, crossing 940,000 views and nearly 19,000 likes. 

Netizens React: 

A retired colonel wrote, “Rohit, I smoked an average of 15-18 cigarettes everyday from 1982 to 1996. On 04 Jan 1996 I crushed my Wills packet and threw it away. I haven’t touched a cigarette since then. TWENTY NINE YEARS. Be strong. Just fight one day at a time. In two months the desire to smoke would die.”

Another social media user commented, “When you get the urge, sip lukewarm water and roll it around your gums. It helps. I used to smoke 40 a day till 1994. Then I quit overnight and never smoked again. I was recommended the lukewarm water method and it helped.”

A third said, “Keep going!! I smoked for 32 years before I quit. Been 2+ years now. You can do it.”