[Haddit]

As I told my kids and their friends, Smoking is the one thing in my life that I regret doing, but I’ll smoke until I die. I tried kicking the addiction once, for 2-1/2 years, and the depression and anxiety it sent me into forced me to start again.

[IrishMike]

I’ve (regrettably)smoked for 25 years, enjoy them, and have tried and failed several times to quit.
Cannot really say I wanted to quit, but I gave it a few shots because I know they are not one of the healthier habits.
The anti-smoke militancy I’ve seen over the last few years is a little over the top, so now I smoke out of principal because I don’t like being told where, when and how.