I take my hat off to anyone who decides to give up smoking, as I know just how difficult it is.
Although I didn't know it at the time, I smoked my last cigarette in the hospital car park on 8th January 1998. I was there to have doppler tests done on my neck. Previous results showed that I had suffered several minor strokes. But this time, both carotid arteries were so badly blocked the surgeon said he couldn't risk sending me home, I was heading for a major stroke! I was placed first on the operating list. Mr Tink was so shocked that he confiscated my cigarettes and lighter there and then on the spot. I was forced to go cold turkey, and I didn't want to give up the 20+ a day habit I'd 'enjoyed' for 38years. However, I'm happy to say that I'm still smoke free, but I know that if I was to have just one little puff, I'd be hooked again and doomed!
Good luck to all who are trying to break the habit, one day at a time eh?