Community Experience · Baidu Tieba (Quit Smoking bar)

A Father-in-Law's Lung Cancer and a Son's Request: 'Dad, Stop'

A 20-year smoker spending at least 1,000 yuan a month on cigarettes quit on August 17, 2014, after the father-in-law died of lung cancer and the poster's son took their hand and asked them to stop.

Experience snapshot

Quit method
Not reported
Years smoking
20 years
Cigarettes per day
About 1 pack a day
Quit attempt number
Not reported
Age group
Not reported
Gender
Not reported

Reported outcome

Not reported beyond the start.

What can be learned

A child's direct request, added to a family loss, was the trigger years of health warnings never were.

Evidence status

This is a single community report (community-report). It describes one person's experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence.

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