Reply #56: I think you have to be in the right frame of mind for anything to work.

[Vinca]

My husband and I both quit cold turkey a long time ago. It seemed to be easier for him because he immediately thought of himself as a nonsmoking person, not as a person trying to quit. That's probably a good thing to do . . . change the way you think of yourself. Clean all smoking apparatus out of the house and car. Take the money you would spend on cigs and get a reward for yourself. After you stay away from them for a week or so you'll become aware of how badly smokers and their habitat smell and that helps keep you away from them. Make a point to break your habits. If you always have a smoke after eating, get in the car and go for a drive or go for a walk . . . anything different. Any addiction is difficult to overcome, but it can be done. One last thing. When I quit I worked for a doctor and he arranged for me to see an autopsy of an elderly man who died of lung cancer. It wasn't horrible because I was interested in anatomy and wanted to see one, but the man's lungs were an eye opener. They were black and almost like stone from a lifetime of smoking. I'm not recommending viewing dead people, but remember a healthy lung is rosy pink and if you quit, slowly but surely, your lungs will recover from the abuse and be pink again.