http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-Smo ... 142&sr=8-1That book helped me quit for a long time, but I started back up again. It was really weird. I am a sucker for gadgets, and I decided to buy an eCigarette from Eluma. Anyway, I loved that thing, I could use it at my desk at work, gave me nicotine, but I set myself up for a fall with it. Sometimes I forgot it at home, and having hooked myself on nicotine again, I started bumming off people at work, then buying Camels again. Then instead of walking on my breaks at work, I was back to just smoking.
Right now, to be honest, I don't plan on quitting even though I know I should. I even still have the ecig, but my cartridges are ultra light, and I just don't want to work my way down to them again at this point.
Just like the book I linked to tells you, it's all just excuses. Smokers will make up any sort of nonsense so they can keep smoking, "feeding the little monster inside you" as it were. The main problem I have is that I know it's all just excuses, and that is the biggest ecuse of all. I say to myself "It's just an excuse, and you know, I'm OK with that." - pretty lousy.
I agree with the statement that no smoker who's been smoking for any long period of time enjoys it anymore. It's just normal. It's like breathing or eating. It's not like we get anything out of it. Just another excuse to get away from my desk at work. I smoke hourly or so at work, but it's pretty spread out when I'm at home. Let's face it, I have better stuff to do when I'm not at work.
So yeah, you know, it's a pretty stupid habit, but I'll keep doing it for the forseeable future. If I had, say, a girlfriend who wanted me to quit, or something like that, I probably would. I didn't quit when my previous girlfriend wanted me to, and it was one of the things that ended up driving a wedge between us - she hated the smell. Can't blame her.
I could go on about it for much longer, but I will spare you all.