I smoked for about 14 years. Wore the patch for 4 or 5. Got to where I'd wear 2 patches a day (putting one on every 12 hours). My GP said even though this wasn't great for me, it was still 10x-less-bad for me than continuing to smoke. I quit when my first kid was born and haven't smoked since. My wife had quit about 2 yrs earlier. Chantix didn't work for her, and she had a really bad experience with it, she used that "How I Quit" book and went cold turkey. I had a slightly harder time. That book didn't work for me, I don't have a puritanical attitude towards substances or addiction. But I also I don't feel that you get anything out of smoking other than the desire to smoke more ... and of course the side-effects. Now I can't believe I used to, very rarely do I feel the urge to smoke and the one or two drags I've taken have made me regret I ever did. I was a pack-a-day for the longest time, so if I'd given it up back then I'd probably have like 15 System 11s. Oh well.