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Jan 6, 1966
Ernest Tubb quits a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit. He gains 49 pounds in the ensuing three months
Apr 23, 1970
Johnny Cash gives up cigarettes
Nov 20, 1986
Ex-smoker Chet Atkins is honorary chairman of the sixth annual Great American Smokeout, asking nicotine addicts to lay off their cigarettes for one day
Mar 15, 1992
Glen Campbell quits smoking
Dec 28, 1993
After 3:00 a.m., Tammy Wynette enters Baptist Hospital with a critical abdominal infection. The illness leaves her near death, and she finally gives up cigarettes
Oct 12, 1994
One month after undergoing triple-bypass heart surgery, George Jones quits smoking
Nov 7, 2008
Merle Haggard gives up his daily pot-smoking habit four days after undergoing surgery for lung cancer
Dec 6, 2008
Trace Adkins stops smoking
Jan 2, 2009
Merle Haggard plays his first concert since quitting pot and cigarettes. During the gig at Bakersfield's Crystal Palace, he jokingly connects his former habit to a line about a "joint" in "Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)"
Jan 26, 2009
Trace Adkins tells GAC he gave up cigarettes seven weeks earlier
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