Just curious, Z. Are you an ex-smoker yourself, and did you quit cold turkey?
Just so you know, I'm more inclined to recommend the cold turkey method myself, but as a nicotine addict, I know how incredibly hard that is to do successfully.
I smoked for 25 years, about 25 per day, and loved it.
Tried cold turkey about five times, but only lasted 2 weeks to 2 months.
On my 40th birthday I changed tactics.
I stopped smoking in my house and in my car, and I cut back to 15 a day.
I cut back each birthday after that, and went to zero on my 45th birthday.
Going from 25 a day to 5 a day was not hard.
Going from 5 to zero was tough.
I've been smoke free for 14 years.
After the first year, thank goodness, the desire to smoke completely disappeared.