It was last call at the bar up the street from my shitty apartment, and I had just decided to quit smoking cigarettes. “Quit kidding yourself, man,” Paul said, shaping the cherry of his non-filtered ...

For one, it was a health scare. For another, the words of a friend hit him in an instant. And for another, it was the loss of a dear relative. Many ex-smokers can remember their last cigarette, and ...

Habits can be murder to quit. Here, two Angelenos talk about coming to terms with their personal compulsions. I can’t remember the day I began smoking, but I remember why. It was during final exams of ...

The only thing more aggravating than being told by a nonsmoker that "smoking is bad for you" is being taunted with offers to go outside by a cigarette-waggling co-worker halfway through your first ...

We all experience several significant events in our lives. For me, a significant event is something that changes your behavior. If we’re fortunate, we recognize the event as a positive influence in ...

I thought I should add to the plethora of "I'm quitting smoking" threads because, after all, who gets tired of reading about the accomplishments of others?<P>Seriously, though, I just finished my last ...

In a day and time when reels are child’s play and music is tech driven, it is refreshing to see a honest-to-goodness song play out where the lyrics and visuals are in sync. Frizzell D’Souza has done ...

What happens on the ground matters — Your support makes it possible. We’re aiming to raise $17,000 by August 10, so we can deepen our reporting on the critical stories unfolding right now: grassroots ...