Smoking Cessation
"I&#039;m 57, smoked a pack of cigarettes per day for 35 years, I&#039;m ashamed to say. Finally got on Chantix 6 week ago, after I CONVINCED my insurance company that I WAS COVERED for it (long story!!).

Began the treatment and smoked 1 and 1/2 cartons of cigs (or about 15 days) before I realized I wasn&#039;t getting the CRAVING for a cigarette, it was just that I had a HABIT of smoking first thing in the morning, after eating, or drinking alcohol. No longer a craving, just an activity.  And the cigarettes started to taste like cardboard. Once I understood this, I just stopped going outside for a cigarette as I used to.  Just stopped it.  It was EASY!  Early after that point, I would only have a flash of desire for a cig and it went away very quickly.  "