Quit smoking a personal choice or a chemical imbalance.

If I am going to quit I am going to quit when and only when I want to. I quit during 2 of my pregnancies and chose to start up again because I wanted to. Not because I had to. I hate those people who try to quit and make everyone around them miserable because they are "nicking" for a smoke. If you don't have the will power to quit then don't quit. But you have no right to make me miserable while I am around you because of your lack of will power.

I was never a smoker but in my personal opinion, anybody who wants to quit on any bad habit should have the will power and focus to do it and realize by heart it's all for his/her own good. You would be doing it because you love and care for yourself, not because somebody said so or to please someone else.

Bella and Melitta,"I believe from my experience it has to be a personal choice and a state of mind that you want to quit." are, just like me in that they reached a time and place where they were ready to quit. I doubt they could explain further. I couldn't. I did suspect (hope) that that was the case as I struggled with the illogicality of smoking and coughing and spending time and money ruining my health. And the day came. 14th Dec 2006 10.30a.m. and I found myself stating matter of factly that I no longer needed my lighter as I would not be smoking any more. No pills, no patches. Heaven knows why I was so definite. It must have been written in the stars or something. Some of us are lucky I guess.

I'm a smoker and I haven't ever tried any of these programs. However I have been thinking about quitting smoking. It's very hard to do as I have tried in the past. Apparently I wasn't ready at the time because I was trying cold turkey. I asked a pharmacist about this and he told me the best way to do it was to do it on your own. He also told me that it takes 39 days for all the chemicals to leave your body and then you won't get the craving again. So in the near future I am going to try on my own.