Reply #67: I posted this on another thread...

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Make a promise to someone else that you will quit. Make it absolute. Use nicotine gum or some other method to help you over the cravings.

Do it cold turkey: decide in advance when your last cigarette EVER is going to be. Make it a memorable time (New Year's, birthday, or the like).

Then just do it. Ride out the cravings. Don't leave yourself open to the possibility of having even one more cigarette, ever, in your entire life.

The most important thing is to make it an absolute, serious, public committment to someone else. Maybe even more than one person, e.g., your spouse, parents, and children. Set up "check-ins" with them where you will be held to account for your success (or lack of) in quitting. Allow yourself even one cigarette and you will be smoking forever. Don't forget that.

Don't disappoint that person (people). You can do it. And you will be so proud of yourself.

Good luck.