I gave up smoking about 5 or 6 months ago! I kinda lost count and can't remember the date I quit! Sometimes I find it so hard and the cravings seem like they are never gonna stop! I try not to drink my Jim Beam's and coke cause I associate them with smoking! There are times where I think gee a smoke would be so nice now (the after dinner smoke, the smoke 1st thing in the morning with the 1st cup of coffee) or I think blah I'm not losing any weight, why did I stop smoking? Smoking increases the metabolism but it clogs up the arteries and leaves fatty tissue inside them! So then I think well I am glad I quit because I don't want to end up like my grandmother who had a leg amputated because she got gangrene in here leg from a cat scratch! It's so difficult at times but I know I can stick to it and I hope this can help others to quit too!