[Lady Blue]

Well, good on ya lene, for what you're about to do.

I also quit nearly three years ago after more than four decades of smoking.

It is very true that the worst part of quitting is changing your behavior. When you're a smoker you do things out of a habitual routine. You have a cigarette when you get out of bed, after you eat, with a cup of coffee or other drink, when you get in your car, when you get OUT of your car, when you walk out of a store, when you get on the phone . . . you reach for a cigarette and light it without even realizing you've done it. You'll find yourself continuing to reach for one out of habit, but that will change with time also.

Of course you'll save a lot of money by quitting, but you'll gain a lot of freedom as well.

After growing up in a time when you could smoke ANYWHERE (stores, government buildings, elevators, airplanes, and even hospital rooms), I always made sure I had several packs of cigarettes close at hand and I'd dread going places where I couldn't smoke.

Doesn't bother me at all any more, and strangely enough, it doesn't bother me to be around smokers either.

Good luck to you lene. We're behind you all the way.