As we all know smoking is NOT a habit but an addiction and it is not just a physical additction but also a psychological one too - and just as there are physical "tricks" to cope with the cravings - glass of water, change of activity, go for a walk,mint, take a deep breath etc there are tricks we can teach our brain so as to cope with a craving - I heard a great one recently from a woman who said everytime she felt like a cigarette she said out loud to herself - 'no thanks just put one out' and by pretending that she had indeed just smoked a cig when she felt like one she began to convince herself she had and so she coped with the many cravings that hit her in the early stages of quitting well! May not work for everyone but anything that helps is worth considering
