.. we cannot stop being men for fear of any disease regardless of probability... folks scared of everything these days ... enjoy life .. when the time comes regardless of the reason... die like a man

I quit cigarettes 43 years ago on my birthday and haven’t had one since. Like Nittany, I smoked two packs of Winston per day. Now, I can’t stand to even smell the smoke. Many people that smoke don’t realize how much the smoke makes their clothes, hair, breath, inside of their cars, even the furniture in their homes stink. Thankfully, I never chewed.

When I started chewing Cope, it was 25 cents a can. When you took the lid off on a new can the Cope would swell up. Had to take a big first dip or you couldn't get the lid back on. Quit when the price was around $1.25. Maybe 20 years ago. Must of chewed for 20 years. Shows how inflation is speeding up. Nasty habit but still miss it at times. Will chew a pinch of coffee grounds at weak points.

6 ish bucks for what I was dipping at the end. Grizzly Straight.

Im 467 days clean after a 40 year habit...Kill The Can family is what made it stick. It works.

Yup....you can say that... I did for years..... but trust me... fear of cancer is a great motivator to quit. Biopsys and grafts are great fun .

... what did you get biopsied and grafted and why Pirogue? .. just curious, if you’d not like to share I understand

... way I look at it is I’ve got six cylinders of cancer and all other ailment cure at the ready.. not afraid to use if the time comes... if god and family can’t understand that they’ll just have to spend their sundays trying to figure it out I guess

started chewing back in '79, after high school
chewed pretty much beech nut back then
then got on the grizzly wintergreen, about the time it came to market
buck, buck and a half a can
now here in ny its 7 bucks a can
penn is like 450 a can
chewed at work, never at home,the last 20 years

threw what was left of my last can out on december 21st
on the 24, ended up in the hospital with a hernia that went bad
on the 28, the docs put mesh across the inside of my belly, the chewing had over the year thinned out the muscles

mind you, I have survived bladder cancer 14 yrs ago, and now facing the possibility of dialysis, so i have incentive to stay clean