I come from a family of blue collar men... Even though I'm white collar... I was born and raised to be blue collar... My first job was working on a farm when I was 14 years old... bailing hay and all that. But both my older brothers and my father have chewed pretty much their whole lives... Both my older brothers started when they were in 8th grade... My dad when he was in high school. My dad quits cold turkey for years at a time and then just starts chewing again... Right now he's in "chewing mode"... I, however, never started chewing... I've never even had the stuff in my mouth... Being around it all my life and having to very persuasive older brothers.... it's a miracle I haven't started... But then again, I've always known that the girls don't like it too much. haha

Good for you for making the decision though. Get a lot of packs of gum. haha