I used the nicotine lozenges, the cheaper generics work the same as the name brands. I had quit before for 3 years and went back but this time I have been nicotine free for 7 years and see no danger of smoking tobacco again.

The last time I quit was actually really easy. I simply exchanged that dried out brown stuff for green.

20 years ago, I weened myself off in a couple months. Drinking in the bars was the hardest part I would have a cigar... luckly in Massachusetts they banned smoking in bars shortly after

Cold turkey. I decided that I wasn't going to smoke anymore and didn't.

I just quit cold turkey one day and never went back.

My brother has proven it's easy to quit smoking. He did it all the time.

I tried a few dozen times before it took. Don't give up!

I only smoked for about 8 years. But I switched one New Years Eve to vaping. I enjoyed vaping because it didn't have all the nasty aspects as smoking cigarettes did. No residual smells, taste or flem. I probably vaped for 4-5 years, until I decided I needed to utilize that money on better things. So I just stopped vaping, threw away everything I had to vape. It was hard, but worth it!

I quit for about 2 years using one patch treatment. I started back up again and wished I never did.

Hypnotherapy, 12 years ago.

I used the gum to break the smoking related habits. After I had managed, I used the patch to wean myself off the nicotine. The combination worked. I haven't smoked in 22 years.

The patched worked on my 6th quit try. I also used pumpkin seeds seemed to help a lot. The best advice I would give anyone is do not pretend to quit with intent of going back. Put it in your mind to quit no scapegoats. I have not smoked in over 10 years and can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke.

I quit 40 years ago. I fell for a girl who didn't like the smell of cigarette smoke. That made it easy for a young man to give up smoking.

I switched to a pipe for about a year to stop inhaling the smoke but got enough nicotine to keep the craving at bay. Then I came down with the flu and it was easy to not smoking while getting over that. Then two months later when completely over the flu, I didn't miss the nicotine and just didn't pull the pipe out again..

All of the above! Smoked off and on for the past 35-40 years. Over the years:

Tried Wellbutrin (Zyban). Worked well but developed uncomfortable side effect - dizziness.
Tried the patch. Eventually developed a sensitivity to the glue. Made me itchy and gave me a rash.
Finally, nicotine gum did the trick, along with a little willpower.
Bottom line: You have to WANT to quit, for yourself, not for someone else, and that will help you stick with whatever method you choose. It's been 4.5 years for me. And yes, I crave a cigarette occasionally...but I know better.

I went to Canada and got acculaser. I went to Canada for it because back at that time they didn't do it here in the states. It's like acupuncture only with lasers instead of needles. I was very nervous and I loved smoking so I didn't know if it would work for me. However I put my last cigarette out at the door of their building went in and came out and never look back. I have never wanted a cigarette sense. I can drink and not smoke, be around smokers and still not even think about smoking. They do it in the States now. It's been 21 yrs for me

I smoke 1 guilty pleasure smoke a day,,always outside on the porch. In bad weather, I don't bother having any.

It took a dozen tries but I did it.

Chantix did it for me but after six months my MD wouldn't refill it. I found a authorized site online that you could get Chantix from so I stayed on it for one more year. Main reason is my ex still smoked quiting with her around was difficult.

My personal story is worthwhile because honestly, if I can quit ANYONE can! I was what seemed to be hopelessly addicted. In addition, as a physics graduate student, I lived a high stress lifestyle.

I did "behavior modification" meaning that I found a cheap paperback book that explained a detailed behavior modification program and I did it (that was back in the early '80's so now it would be an internet site or something.)

The program took several months. I wasn't even allowed to quit during the program. I had to smoke to follow the program. Eventually, it had me smoking "cesation cigarrets" which were maintained the nicotine addiction but made you sick. The idea was simple. To associate negative things with smoking. The nicotine addiction was a trivial problem compared to my hatred of cigarrets by the time I was finally allowed to actually quit.

It worked! I have not smoked nor have I wanted to smoke since the '80's. I'm now sort of an anti-smoker activist.

Seriously, If I can quit (and right as I started graduate school) ANYONE can.

I quit once by chain smoking my last pack as a teenager and moving back home the next day. Never really made sense to spend my own money on it.

Later I did but only socially and as I went back to school to pursue a degree in the sciences I figured I should take the body of evidence that says it is bad for me and stopped.

Though even now I consider it to be a rare expression of absolute freedom and I may be inclined to smoke a cigerette at a party once every other year or so.

I made several feeble attempts to quit smoking, but stopped instantly without difficulty, due to terror. There was an advertisement on TV against smoking and an elderly gentleman was in tears imploring the viewers to give up, he was caughing and had a serious case of emphysema, and in the background was a doctor with a bucket full of black lungs which he lifted and wrung out for the viewers to think about. I have been free for about 60 years. That sure worked for me......

"It's not hard to quit - I've quit a thousand times" - Mark Twain
I'm catching to him.

I was given patches and gum and both were completely useless and did nothing to curb my desire for a cigarette. But I gave up smoking anyway through sheer force of will but occasionally I will have a smoke. I will forever be one cigarette away from smoking a pack a day.

Electronic cigarette and nicotine liquid. Started with the strongest concentration, and every few months reduced to the next one down. Meant I didn't inhale smoke, just nicotine, and within six months was nicotine free, and often forgetting the ecig when I was out or driving.