I have to agree that quiting smoking was one of the hardest things I have ever done.. I guit 1/2/2010.. about 2 1/2 months before my diagnosis... While I am certainly not advocating it my wife and I are using the new electronic cigarettes.. It definetly helps with the needing something in your hands. I have shown it to all my doctors along with the liquid nicotine that goes in it, they have all given me their blessing to use it....