Smoked on and off for about 7 years, quit outright about a year and a half ago. The only way to stop is to stop. If you keep them around they will be smoked, i

Smoked on and off for about 7 years, quit outright about a year and a half ago. The only way to stop is to stop. If you keep them around they will be smoked, if you reduce the nicotine they will be smoked, if you go to places you associate with smoking you will smoke. Maybe I got lucky by the “coming down” effect of quitting on my brain being nothing more than a strong itch, but it was pretty easy to reject by countering the thought with “I don’t want to smell horrible” or “you made it 1/2/6/12 months why go back now”. Not everyone can change their environment like I did though, it wasn’t because of cigarettes but I had moved to a new neighborhood, been apart from an abusive ex girlfriend, and had starting seeing someone new which all made it easier to move on.