Thanks Rob for sharing with us your battle and too the other guys that have fought the same battle too. I suppose I was lucky in giving up the ciggies as I had only started smoking in my early twenties and gave up after approximately five years when I was smoking only a pack a day. What really helped me was my wife use to bite her finger nails and had done so since a wee girl which I didn't like. One day she arrived home from work and told me about a lovely diamond ring she had seen and wanted so I told her if she stopped biting her nails, I would buy her the ring at which she said ,well, she didn't enjoy me smoking so if we encouraged and supported each other I could buy a big dollar item for the Rod I was building at the time. Well, she got her ring and I succeeded in giving up smoking and to this day haven't regreted stopping. Cold turkey is the way but as others have mentioned, it is hard at times, my weak times was when having a few beers so stopped drinking for awhile also. Good luck with your battle Rob.