It's amazing how easily you can smell a smoker a mile away after you quit. You don't realize how bad you smell when you do smoke. That being said, I've quit & started more times than I can count, & I've tried all of the methods (patch, inhaler, auricular, gum, lozenge). I really want to quit again, & next week I'm on vacation which should be the best time to do it. If I could afford it, I'd go to Carmichael & have them do a VO2 max test on me. That would probably do it right there! Good luck to the rest of you!