i agree the patches never made any sense to me at all, the only thing that got me to stop was not the addiction or the health risks, but the cost.
the government continued, to add tobacco tax and eventually i calculated how much i was spending a month and found it was too expensive.
if you want people to stop hit em where it hurts, i have not smoked (except a traditional new years cigar) in two years and i use to smoke on average half a pack a day. Altough i now find cigarette smoke annoying and the smell of it repulsive, i might conceivably even start again if the prices ever lowered enough.. although generally the socializing aspect has gone the way of the dodo. for me the habit was something i enjoyed, it allowed me to take quick breaks from whatever i was doing and think about nothing, and still have something to occupy my hands, without looking stupid.
the day the prices were jolted up too high i went cold turkey, and buying nicotine patches wouldn't make sense as they were almost just as expensive.
the government continued, to add tobacco tax and eventually i calculated how much i was spending a month and found it was too expensive.
if you want people to stop hit em where it hurts, i have not smoked (except a traditional new years cigar) in two years and i use to smoke on average half a pack a day. Altough i now find cigarette smoke annoying and the smell of it repulsive, i might conceivably even start again if the prices ever lowered enough.. although generally the socializing aspect has gone the way of the dodo. for me the habit was something i enjoyed, it allowed me to take quick breaks from whatever i was doing and think about nothing, and still have something to occupy my hands, without looking stupid.
the day the prices were jolted up too high i went cold turkey, and buying nicotine patches wouldn't make sense as they were almost just as expensive.