Tell me how you, a long-time cigarette smoker, quit--please?!

Tell me how you, a long-time cigarette smoker, quit--please?

I don't really need to hear from cold-turkey quitters--we are speaking of someone who has been smoking for over 40 years--'cold turkey' would definitely bring withdrawal. Thanks.

any time you quit, be for forty days or forty years, you are going to experience withdrawal, how severe that withdrawal is depends on what sort of aids you use to help you quit. There is nicotine replacement in many forms available. Personally, I used Commit nicotine lozenges, they do not completely get rid of the withdrawal symptoms, but they definitely make them bearable. The worst of the physical symptoms will pass after about three days, from then on it is all about the hand to mouth habit, so I keep alot of sugar free hard candies around to satisfy that habit without gaining weight.