DEAR ABBY: Today I read the letter from "The Man Who Loves Her." I, too, was a smoker and can sympathize with both people in that letter. It took me -- and me alone -- to quit. Please, Abby, pass this on to those who are trying to quit: "DON'T GIVE UP!"
Maybe today you will quit for only a day, perhaps tomorrow it will be for two days. Just keep trying. I know it's not easy to stop something you enjoy, but after you have quit for a month or so, you will realize that you didn't really enjoy it -- you were simply a slave to it.
In my mind, I finally decided what I wanted more than nicotine. I wanted to live. -- JILL DIAL, TITUSVILLE, FLA.
DEAR JILL: Thank you for a powerful letter. Be assured that it will inspire countless smokers to follow your example.