Some people quit cigarettes and go quiet about it. Willie Nelson quit and has spent the last forty-odd years telling anyone who'll listen exactly what he traded them for.
In 1978, he gave up cigarettes and whiskey and made marijuana his replacement. Not a wellness plan. Not a New Year's resolution. Just a trade he made once and never really unmade. He's told the story so many times it's basically folklore at this point, and it hasn't changed much in the telling.
He's gotten more direct about it with age. In a Rolling Stone interview, he said he didn't think he'd have lived as long as he has "if I'd have kept drinking and smoking like I was when I was 30, 40 years old." He credits the switch with giving him an out from cigarettes and, in his words, keeping him from "wanting to kill people." That's not a health claim. That's just a man being honest about a decision that worked out for him.
"I don't think I'd have lived this long if I'd have kept drinking and smoking like I was when I was 30, 40 years old."
We're not going to stand here and tell you a hemp cigarette is a cessation product, because it isn't, and we'd rather publish our lab results than write a headline we can't back up. What we will say is this: if you're the kind of woman who's already quietly renegotiating her relationship with a pack of cigarettes, you're in good, decades-tested company. People have been making versions of this exact trade for a long time. We just made it easier to hold.
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This story is editorial commentary drawing on Willie Nelson's own public interviews. Full Moons is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with Willie Nelson. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Full Moons products are for adults 21 and older, are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and are not a smoking cessation product.