@hardworkingBeechwood6063
Hello,
I started smoking at 14 and would smoke a pack a day for 8 years (I lived in Europe and it’s so much more common there). What really helped me was to switch to vaping and then I quit cold turkey. I just made the decision that I had power and control over not going to the store and buying more refills once I finished my last one. I kind of made that mental decision and left it there. I didn’t compromise with myself, I just said no to going to the store and buying them. In some weird way in my mind I wasn’t saying no to smoking, but only to buying it. I didn’t have anyone at the time that smoked around me, so it worked. After that it became a challenge with myself to see how long I would respect my own decisions.