Welcome to the EX, Brandon bkaylor...I am hoping that Day #1 of your quit went well...As many have noted, there is a wealth of inforrmation above that has been offered as help for you. One additional thing that is helping me is deep breathing. It works to not only relax you but to also open up your lungs so they can begin to function much better. I use this image as a guide:
Best wishes from this 77 year old lady who smoked heavily for over 60 years and has now been totally quit for almost 7 months~ Suzy
I got dizzy Suzy. 
I struggle with the regret every day that my 39 year old son is a vaper & my 36 year old daughter is a smoker. I know that I was the influence of these results. All I can do now is be the example & maintain my quit in the hopes that someday they will see the light earlier than I did. Right now your job is to break this habit in the hopes that he won't remember.
We also have a 21 & 17 year old that never knew me as a smoker. One day when the 17 Y.O. was about 5-6 I had to do some plumbing on the kitchen pipes. She's watching while I pull everything from the cabinet & there's an old ashtray I didn't throw away. I just laid it aside to trashcan later & she asked, "What's that?". I told her it was a candy dish & left it at that. There was just a little joy in my soul to know that she had no idea what an ashtray was. Hopefully, one day your son won't be able to recall that day on the deck.
It was nice reading this Mike. I never tell you, but I am so proud that you quit smoking so long ago! You are the best husband a gal could have!
Welcome to EX. I am ALWAYS so impressed with the advice & support that cone from this community & you have gotten some of the best l have ever read. I quit so many times that l seriously don’t think l can count that high. I started smoking when l was 17 & l did not get to this, my “forever” quit until l was 64. That was over 6 1/2 years ago. I won’t tell you that it was easy because that was not my experience. I have chronic pain & l used that as one of my countless excuses. It wasn’t until l thought it was too late for me that l came to this site & embraced all of the suggestions & advice that l got here that my eyes were opened. I MADE myself identify my triggers & PLAN for them, what would l do INSTEAD of smoking. It could not be a “punishment” thing, l tried that in the past with seriously bad results. I had to be HONEST with myself & look at the damage l had done to my body. Did smoking REALLY help with pain? With stress? With anger? With sadness? The absolute, unvarnished truth was no. All those years that l smoked, l allowed the addiction to steal not just irreplaceable moments with my family but to steal my very ability to BREATHE. I have COPD with emphysema & asthma along with many other health issues directly related to smoking. Every day with every difficult breath, l am reminded that it really did not have to be this way. If l had quit when l was YOUR age, my two youngest kids would not ever have had to deal with the stolen minutes smoking took from them. They would not have to deal with the YEARS l have lost because of this hateful addiction. I wish l had never started but l cannot make that happen. Living with guilt & regret are NEARLY as damaging as smoking. Don’t allow your addiction to steal another moment of your life, don’t allow yourself to deny what smoking is already stealing from you. Stay close to this site, accept the advice you can use & be grateful for every moment of freedom.
Ellen 
