I smoked a pipe for 55yrs. I smoked more than most people for I was a engine room watch stander at sea and then ashore in a power plant I finaly decided that it was no longer a pleasure but something that was shorting my ability to breath.Something I was compeled to do.As someone said earlier,I decided that I did not want to be a smoker,so I quite. Yes there are times when I need a smoke but I say to myself; I am sick and it ,the need, will go away. It has been three years this summer and I feel much better. The need accures less and less every day. Best of luck to all the quitters. Joe