10 Crazy Ways Smokers Finally Kicked the Habit

If a Facebook group created by his son attracts 1 million people, John Mellencamp swears he'll quit smoking once and for all. But you don't have to be a rock star to find creative ways to quit smoking—though you'll feel like one when you do. Here, some ex-smokers share the crazy things that finally helped them kick the habit.
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Say it out loud

"It was in stating aloud [to my doctor] that I had been essentially smoking a pack a day for 28 years and was not even quite 40 that I realized this madness had to stop." — Renee Cooper, Santa Barbara, Calif.

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