I quit after 25 years of 1-2 packs a day. The nicotine gum worked for me. For the first couple of days I would smoke 5 cigs and chew gum in between. After 3 or 4 days of doing that, I went to gum only. After a week of gum only I switched to regular chewing gum. It's been over 2 months now and honestly I have no real desire to pick them up any more. I know it's hard, but you can do it. Good luck to you!