Sentence examples for tries to quit from inspiring English sources
And yet, it takes most smokers eight to 11 tries to quit for good, Ms. Healton says.
(This refrain will be familiar to anyone who has watched a prestige drama where the anti-hero tries to quit doing whatever bad thing they like doing).
In Tosches's novel, an aging writer named Nick (whose life and publication history bear a strong resemblance to the author's) tries to quit drinking, muses on philosophy, and hangs out with Keith Richards.
(According to NIDA, long-term marijuana use can indeed be problematic, leading to the classic "compulsive drug seeking" of the addict, and to symptoms of withdrawal when he or she tries to quit).
The profanity-laced book tells the story of Pappy, a self-taught striver thinking of going to computer school who tries to quit the robbery game so he can stay alive long enough to become the old man "on the tenement stoop, smoking his licorice-paper cigarette".
Bayliss (Kyle Secor) also tries to quit smoking, but tries to live vicariously through his smoking partner Pembleton (Andre Braugher).
Weight gain is important because weight concern is widespread among smokers and could deter some from trying to quit.
"I tried to quit four shows in.
