I smoked Marlboros a little in college and throughout my time in the Army. Got up one Sunday morning and decided to go to church (hadn’t been in years). Out of bunk and reach in locker for a smoke…no matches and nobody else in the barracks awake. Went to church, came out of church and was going to bum a light but nobody lighting up. Went to the base snack bar for breakfast and they always had a box of book matches next to the register…not that day. After breakfast looking around for a light…nobody smoking. I was thinking about quitting any way as I was a getting out soon and heading back to the states where cigarettes were a whopping 50˘ a pack. I could currently buy 3 cartons per month at 20˘ a pack in the PX overseas. I got back to my barracks and decided since I had gone all morning without one I would quit. It wasn’t easy but never had another one. I still have the pack that was in my pocket in 1970 when I quit!
