My Dad used to smoke 3 packs of winstons a day. When he was 44 he had a massive heart attack and almost didnt make it. He never touched another cigarette after that. But he still needed an outlet/crutch. Being a mechanic he always wore work shirts with the chest pocket which he would keep his cigarettes in, and when he would get stumped/stressed about what he was working on he used to grab for his smokes. After his heart attack my step-mom used to fill his pocket with cinnamon hard candies, or root beer hard candies ( the old fashioned kind by claeys candies ) so everytime he would reach for his pocket he would have a candy instead. It worked for him and he just turned 72 on Jan 3rd. He has had many heart surgeries thru the years, but if he had kept smoking after his first open heart surgery, theres no doubt in my mind he would have passed long ago. He told me that it took about 3 years for him to stop forgetting he quit smoking and reaching for that pocket.
Good Luck Carey, & ev1 else trying to quit!
