I quit smoking before my stroke and three brain surgeries.

I used chantix. Be very careful with it.

So I used to smoke a pack a day but quit about 15 years ago.

I used to buy cigarettes when I went to Vegas. I would smoke a pack for the weekend then just not smoke back home.

This went on for a decade or more. 1time per year. 1pack.

And then I found harder to stop when I got home. The urge was stronger.

My doctor suggested chantix. But I had all of the bad effects.

I wanted to mention chantix though even though I had all the bad effects.

What chantix did do was take away the urge to smoke. It literally wipes it from your mind by taking the pill.

But then the side effects. A last resort. IMO. But powerful. I never smoked cigs again.

Good luck. It was Marlboro reds for me.

I originally quit when my son was in school and he asked me why I smoked if it could kill me?

Both me and my wife quit at that time for the rest of thier childhoods.

Kids...