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Circa 1997-98, I was a pack a day smoker. 2 on the weekends if I went out.

Got a little bit of a cold one day, and a sore throat, so I didn't smoke for 2-3 days. Wife mentioned, "Hey, you've been talking about quitting, why not now?"

As usual, she had a good point, although I'd never admit that to her.

Anyways, I went another 2-3 days without a smoke, and by this time, nicotine physical craving was gone.

Weekend rolls around again, and I planned on going out, but I knew if I had a beer or a drink I'd want a smoke, so I went to the C-store and bought a 5 pack of those little cigarallos with the wooden tips. Pipe tobacco, not cigar.

You don't really inhale them, you just let it sit and it dries out your mouth.

I burnt 3 of them that night and got through the 6-7 beers/drinks without a cigarette.

Next week at work, I smoked one with my old smoking buddies outside during "smoke break", but that was the last smoke break I ever took.

Following weekend, got another 5 pack for going out, and I used 1. Tasted kind of nasty. Finished the night with both no more smoking, and less booze consumed, too.

Next week at work, no smoke breaks, and the following weekend, no smoking, and less drinking, but I had just as good a time as before.

Probably 8=9 weeks later, I had had a couple, and asked someone to bum a smoke. Lit it, and it tasted like utter shit. Faked smoked it halfway, then just trashed it.

Haven't smoked since.

Nicotine is magical, just switch to gum or vaping.

Patched worked for me, but I had to stay on it a long time. At first, I was stupid. I was on the patch but kept smoking occasionally, which jumped my nicotine way the fuck up and I would need to be on even higher doses. Eventually, I was able to not smoke long enough for the patch doses to work and I stayed on it for several months afterwards.

I got the patch and the gum. I chewed the gum for almost a year and made my self quit that. I experienced the occasional craving for 10 YEARS!