AARON

Name: Aaron   Age: 17   How long he smoked: 2 years   Smoking habit: two or three a day

Q: Why did you quit smoking?

A: I didn't want anything to have control over me. I know I can't have control over everything, but I know I have control over my health and smoking.

Q: How did you stop?

A: Meditation.

Q: What was the hardest thing about quitting?

A: Ohh, those cravings. You're sitting in class, and you get that taste in your mouth. Or you're having an argument, and all you can think is "Shut up so I can get to my cigarette."

Q: Did you ever slip up?

A: I almost did. One day, my buddy and I were downtown, just talking about life and stuff. I had one cigarette left on me from when I had quit 3 weeks before. He [my friend] persuaded me not to smoke it.

Q: What is the worst thing about smoking?

A: The control it has over you. I didn't like having the need for something like that.

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