What is the best way to quit smoking??!

What is the best way to quit smoking??

I ordered CigArrest with the pills and the gum. I was wondering if anybody out there has tried this. And if anyone had any tips.

Quit slowly and not cold turkey. Patches fail largely because of the habit of having something to do with your hands.

I smoked 1 1/2 packs a day and quit 3 years ago. What I did was FIRST- stopped buying cigarettes. I bummed cigs off of anyone for awhile, then it got annoying to beg for cigs. But I kept the mindset of buying cigs are bad. Smoking was still OK.
SECOND: bumming cigs got old fast, I started doing that less and less until I was just smoking while drinking or in social situations where many other people were smoking.

TIP: Let everyone know you are trying to quit. You will find even smokers trying to help you out... it was impossible to bm smokes off of friends who knew I was trying to quit.

THIRD: After about 4 months I could smell the smoke of my smoker friends and was disgusted by it and realized that I had no desire to have any part of that anymore. I had also started to experience more energy and better lung support in my daily activities. I never felt better and when it came to a night out drinking, I had begun to not feel the need to smoke.

Occassionally I still feel the urge to smoke, and when I'm really stressed I'll bum a puff off of someone. But one puff and I'm done, it's too much now and it kind of helps remind me of why I quit. I'd say I've taken 2 drags in the last year.

TIP: Give your hands something to do. I started playing with rubber bands. Also, chew gum or even better... a toothpick habit. It's the hand to mouth thing of cigs, but a heckuva lot healthier!