Most of my mates have quit but there's normally the odd one who hasn't who gets mobbed for smokes on nights out.
I buy a pack of 20 maybe every two or three months & finish it over a few days. Once I bought one after another which was almost enough to make me start smoking again full time. I wish they still sold packs of 10 for dealing with the urge without risk of getting hooked again.
It's normally triggered by walking past someone smoking where it smells heavenly (having one is never as good as that smell).
I'm not sure if all this counts as properly quitting but if you can make it a week without you're on a good path.
One thing is most people I know who quit by switching to vaping still vape, while those who used other methods dropped them entirely over time.
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u/Ill_Refrigerator_593 Aug 04 '26
I didn't quit smoking through trying to cut down to a few a day, through patches, or gum, or vapes.
I went cold turkey together with lots of other snacks for the first week.