No cigarettes for 16 hours now. 5th attempt in as many months.

[MADem]

120. Why not just kick the habit, though?

It's not a question of "giving yourself a break," if you can put those things down for three days, you can put them down for good.

Why not try retraining the mind and adjusting the lifestyle to NOT sitting around sucking on a pipe? It's amazing how much one can get done if one isn't stopping to smoke or "fake smoke" all the time.

No nicotine is better than "safer" nicotine. Or even buying some crap that has "no nicotine" in it (and you could suck on a ballpoint pen with the ink cartridge taken out for free if you're doing without nicotine). It's also cheaper. In fact, it is cheapEST--as in, free.

There's some initial discomfort, but if you stick with it, it passes. There is a short period of time where you have to show a little resolve, but the cravings do recede. Heaven forfend that anyone have to put a little effort into the process...?