Good job on the quitting smoking. Now you have to stay vigilant. Remember that you can not even afford a single puff of smoke.
I used to worry that breathing in other people's smoke in a crowded room would cause me to "relapse." This is not the case though, as I learned that the nicotine is activated in the instant that it is burned (at the tip of the cigarette) and only lasts for a brief second or two. So all of that sidestream smoke (while it is still harmful) does not contain nicotine.
So never take another puff! Be honest with yourself: if you want to sneak in a single drag from a cigarette, picture yourself smoking at your old level of consumption (a pack a day or whatever it was). Don't kid yourself into thinking you can get away with just one. You can't!
And thanks for quitting.
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