Originally Posted by proto04

Anyone have any suggestions for beating the psychological challenges of quitting smoking?

I'm a 20 year old whose been smoking for 5 years and the one thing that's caused me to relapse after stopping for a few days/weeks each time is the habbit of going out and going through the motions of smoking (often involving a group smoking setting). I feel like the physical effects have very little to do with smoking for me in comparison to the regularity and habbit I've built with it. Suggestions I've gotten from other sources are toothpicks, food, and soda when the feeling strikes to avoid falling back into it.