S&r and pdq and Boab here are the living proof that every person is different where tobacco addiction is concerned. I was a heavy baccy-user till one day about forty years back I just decided to stop [I couldn't afford the payments on a coveted car---!] To my own surprise, I had no problem whatsoever in giving it up. In tragic contrast, my dear sister had many agonised years attempting to kick the habit, and finally succumbed to lung disease. If you are as lucky as me [or s&r, or pdq..]then the only advice I can pass along is once you stop smoking, NEVER put another smoking device between your lips again---not a celebratory cigar, or a "xmas treat" or a "joint" or anything which exudes either nicotine or any other poisonous combustion product. If you do, you can never truly say "Ive stopped". If you have the misfortune to be as my sister was, then all that can be said is--fight it; you can win--and here's a fervent hope that you do.