Smoking was the hardest addiction that I ever kicked, and I have kicked a couple of others too. Smoking was the only one that even when they tasted bad I still wanted them, even if I had bronchitis and could barely breathe. It just doesn't make sense. Now I can smell a cigarette a mile away sometimes if I'm in a parking lot or walking into a store. Even though I would not start again, sometimes they almost smell good to me. It is sad that something that is this bad for us was ever allowed to be sold legally and promoted the way it was/is. Also sad that Patrick Swayze is a role model of sorts and is so public about continuing to smoke with cancer. The cancer institute here gave me some literature to read when I was first diagnosed and there was one article about a lady with H&N cancer that the doctors finally refused to do any more plastic or cosmetic work on because she would not quit smoking.