For me quitting was easy, because I planned to have my child, and that was far more important to me than anything else, but really I think the simple fact is I Never really enjoyed smoking, it was just a bad habit and an addiction, I quit cold turkey as well, and I have never regretted giving up,or had any desire to return to it,the worst part of me is watching my son smoke, he is also an asthmatic ,it worries me sick., he started due to his peers smoking like a lot of us, myself included, because neither of us smoke here.,my husband did when I met him and gave up almost straight away after we were married, he came from a family of smokers.

It is extremely difficult for some to give up and I wish you well and success in doing so.

P.S NZ has just implemented new laws, no smoking in any of our bars, clubs, pubs or restaurants anymore, most work places have been smokefree for sometime, but now it is smokefree everywhere.