I found this with some help available: Chantix Prices, Coupons & Patient Assistance Programs - Drugs.com. If you can get a discount, and then include the amount he will be saving by not buying cigarettes, it might not be that burdensome!
The important thing you can do right now is to help educate him on what nicotine does to the body and mind. To that end, I highly recommend Allen Carr's “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.” This is an easy and entertaining read. You can search for it online or at your local library. Here's a link to a video here on the site which describes nicotine addiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpWMgPHn0Lo&feature=youtu.be. He should spend a bit of time before he quits writing down (or just thinking about) each cigarette he smokes, and make a plan of what he can do instead when he quits. He should also then try to put off each cigarette he smokes, getting busy to help him get his mind off of it. This will prove to him that just because he THINKS he needs a cigarette, he may not really!
The idea is to change up his routines so the smoking associations are reduced. Drink coffee with his OTHER hand in a place different from when he smoked. Maybe switch to tea for a bit. If he always had that first smoke with his coffee, he might take his shower right out of bed and THEN the coffee! He might rearrange the furniture in the areas where he used to smoke so the view is different
He needs to distract himself through any craves. He can take a bite out of a lemon (yup - rind and all), put his head in the freezer and take a deep breath of cold air, go for a brisk walk or march in place, play a computer game. Keep a cold bottle of water from which to sip. Don't let that smoking thought rattle around in the brain unchallenged. Sometimes he might need to quit a minute or an hour at a time. He will need to be disciplined in the early days to distract when a crave hits. Get busy! Here is a link to a list of things to do instead of smoke if he needs some fresh ideas:
https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/Youngatheart.7.4.12-blog/2013/02/25/100-things-to-do-instea...
The conversation in his head in response to the "I want a cigarette" thought needs to be, "Well, since I have decided not to do that anymore, what shall I do instead for the three minutes this crave will last?" Then he needs to DO it. He will need to put some effort into this in the early days, but it gets easier and easier to do.
Nancy
