I'm not sure of the exact date in late January, but it is 27 years for me. I gave up everything but one cigar a day for 5 years, fell off the wagon and smoked my pipe for 7 years (didn't go back to cigarettes for some reason), and finally gave up completely...I agree it was one of the hardest things I ever did. At one point, I was such a miserable cuss that my wife and daughter urged me to start smoking again...Hank