I have worked with quite a few elderly people, and I've heard many stories of people just quitting cold turkey after many years of smoking, as soon as the catas

I have worked with quite a few elderly people, and I've heard many stories of people just quitting cold turkey after many years of smoking, as soon as the catastrophic health effects became common knowledge. I think the older generation is just generally more accepting of discomfort than todays cream-puffs.