I first "quit" about 35 years ago after smoking 1-2 packs a day for well over a decade. Didn't smoke for over a year. Started up again after a job promotion (go figure huh?).



Quit again for about a year and a half. Started again for some reason or other.



Finally quit for good back in '82 or so.



Anyway, here's what helped me quit:




1. I stopped with the "answer the phone light a smoke, drive a car light a smoke, finish eating have a smoke, drink a beer have a smoke, and all the other "reactionary smoking." This helped me get down to less than 10 a day.




2. I finally realized that quiting means that you quit for good (you can't "just have one smoke" when you've quit).




3. This allowed me to quit "cold turkey" once and for all.




Hope this helps.




Btw, feeling much better physically, while not having to worry so much about cancer and not having to have cigs on hand at all times, was very much worth it.




And it does get easier after the first year (like "waldowales" and others say).