I need to quit too. My story sounds likes Rachael's on Friends. I started smoking when I started my new nursing job when I was 24. The only way to leave the floor was to go out for a smoke break. If you tried to take a break in the break room and a monitor would beep or someone needed help, your break was over. And all the cool people smoked. So I started for that very stupid reason.

Now 6 years and a career change later, I need to quit. The hardest part for me is when I drive or when I am around my friend that smokes. I feel like I am in that commercial where the guy lights up a cigarette and steals a truck. I don't have to drive when I smoke, so I guess I don't have to smoke when I drive. I think those are the behaviors I have to relearn.

Also quiting smoking here. I am down to half a pack a day from 1-1.5 a day. I'm on Wellbutrin XL right now which mostly for my depression but my doctor said it's supposed to help quit too. I get my dosage upped tomorrow so maybe that will help with the other half. I live in a house with 2 smokers and I do not have even ONE friend that does not smoke. This will be hard but we can all do it! I wish everyone the best of luck and when you feel like having one just come here and talk =)

Thank you all for your replies. I decided to try to cut down at first and try going cold turkey when I have job.
Currently, I'm home all day and mostly stressed (im losing lots of hair because of that). I decided that I'd be better off quitting when I have things to keep me occupied. A full-time job+membership to a gym would make it so much easier. That way I wouldn't gain lots of weight and I wouldn't be angry and depressed all day.

Ohh I just hope I could stop this bad habit.

GOOD LUCK to all of you that are trying to quit. You can DO IT!!

I quit smoking last summer, but started on and off smoking (I acted like a raging biiiiotch the entire time from the neverending withdrawal I put myself through). I quit for real real in March, and I don't miss cigarettes at all.

I listened to the audio version of Allen Carr's The Easy Way to Stop Smoking. It helped A LOT. It helped me identify why I smoked, and knocked down all the myths about smoking and my fears about quitting. The biggest thing was the social aspect. My mom, dad, brother, sis-in-law, and most of my friends smoked. My dad used to give me cigarettes, and social functions were torture. But I learned to pity them, instead of feeling jealous or like I was missing out. Because it's not like they want to smoke, they HAVE to. Knowing that changed it a lot. I don't even really crave cigs at all anymore.

It's mind over matter, and it's how you look at it. If you think of it like you're going to be missing out on something, or giving up something you love, you're going to be miserable. But if you think of it like "I don't have to smoke anymore! Or smell! Or cough!" then it's really quite easy. I also didn't gain any weight really (except when torturing myself with the on/off smoking thing). Journal your food, drink lots of water, stay busy and you'll do fine