congratulations! Everyonein my family smokes except me and my brother; coincidentally he and I are the only ones without major auto-immune diseases or chronic health problems...

You should be very proud of yourself. I was not addictyed when I quit cigarettes, but I mught have become so if I had not stopped when I did. I have seen others unable to quit after trying seemingly everything. My mom tried the patch, some friends tried the Zyban thing, but in the ed I think they did not REALLY want to quit...

obviously, you did. Well done. Live long and large!