It's officially been a month since I've taken even a drag of a cigarette and after making it through the worst parts of quitting, I'm feeling better than I have in years.
Being a smoker for as long as I was, it's safe to say I've smoked to a decent number of smokers. Pretty much all the smokers I've met through the years want to quit, but are either intimidated by going through the quitting process, or worse, resigned to whatever health problems they may face from smoking.
We all know that smoking is very bad for you and that tobacco sales are limited to certain stores and certain ages. These brands though, are being pulled off the market completely.
23-year-old James Lauria is still recovery after his e-cigarette exploded in his mouth. The accident left Lauria a fractured neck and finger, burned corneas, first-degree burns and a dime-sized hole in his mouth.
When you smoke more than a pack of cigarettes a day it has to be hard to quit. Even harder when you're eight years old and your teacher tells you to. Meet Adi Ilham, a kid from Indonesia who likes his smokes so much that he dropped out of school when his teachers told him he's not allowed to smoke there. He will grow up to immigrate to America and work the afternoon drive on KLAQ.