I quit cold turkey from 3 to 4 packs a day to none. It sucked. That was a long, long, long time ago. $10 would buy a carton or two in those days.
Cold turkey. Just do it.
I could never smoke or be around smoke when I was nauseous or sick. I got the mini flu and after 3 days I realized the nicotine was probably out of my system and decided to quit smoking altogether. I read that when you quit you become a bit nauseous, which was great for me. I had no problem and only had a minor craving after about 10 days. I know recovering addicts and alcoholics who said giving up drug/drink was easy compared to smoking. I can understand.
I’l try!... maybe next week!!