Anyone have a New Year resolution?
I resolve to quit smoking, lose weight, and get more shop time, if this old house doesn't kill me first.
Give up smoking by just giving up one cigarette, the one you are wanting right now. Give it up and the next time the urge hits you you'll realize you went a while since it happened last time and weren't having to resist the urge at all till the one you are again wanting right now. You only spent a few minutes out of that time actually resisting the cigarette you were craving for and didn't notice it the rest of the time.
The periods between urges gradually become longer and longer while the urges become weaker and weaker till you find yourself going hours then several hours then days and eventually no longer think of it (smoking) as something you miss. The first three days are hardest (at least they were for me), that's breaking the physical addiction, then it rapidly starts getting easier and easier.
The big problem is that smoking gets so integrated into your life you need to develop all new behaviors to replace what you were using them for (i.e. allowing yourself to just sit back and take a short break without needing to have an excuse of a cigarette to justify it to yourself).
Worked for me that way, and I quit cold turkey from a long term 3 1/2 pack a day habit. And I didn't have to quit forever to do it, I just gave up one cigarette.