This book is a collection of personal stories from people in different areas of the United States and Canada. The authors' hope is that this collection will inspire and help smokers, provide a better understanding of smokers to those people who have never smoked. In sharing their experiences, the people in this book provide many answers that may reduce the fears and frustrations of others trying to give up smoking. Beyond that, in sharing their anecdotes, their pleasures, and their pain related to smoking and quitting, these everyday people provide insight into a dangerous habit which remains pervasive in modern society.