Now tell your own story about how you or someone you know (or even someone you make up) struggled with tobacco use and nicotine addiction. Include things such as what drew that person to use tobacco, what made him or her decide to quit, what was hardest about quitting, what worked, what didn't, what made a certain method hard, and how the person succeeded.

My uncle was a drug addict and every 5 minutes he would be smoking. It was hard for us because we could smell it on him and he would begin to act rough. One day, after he was done smoking he came back inside and his eyes were blood shot red. It scared me and my cousins nobody wanted to look at him, everyone stayed away. My parents gave me and my younger sibling a talk and told us,” This is why you never do drugs, you will end up like him.” I looked at him and saw that he didn’t want to be on the house anymore with people who didn’t want him there. One day his wife said that the smoking wasn’t good for us or for his newborn. His wife threatened to take away his baby and never return. He knew that she was not doing it to be cruel, she was doing it so that he will choose a better path. One day we noticed that he smoked only twice, I said, “ That’s kinda weird he only went out two times.” Then the next day came, he went out two times again, and again. He was doing that for 2 weeks now. Then, Monday came, he smoked once that day. You can tell he had the urge to smoke one more time but he just kept looking at his baby. One month went by and he decided not to smoke at all. Every time he wanted to smoke he would look at his baby and his wife. He was a new man. He was better. ~ Jahzara N.

Your dog can sniff at or even eat a bit of catnip. the herb is edible and not harmful. just don't expect them to roll around like a cat would! your dog may scrutinize catnip by licking and smelling at it, or be totally indifferent to this stimulant.