I started smoking at 13, gave it up at 17 in order to be baptized, and abstained for seven years. But I never lost my craving for cigarettes. It was absolute torture to see someone smoking in a movie or television show! I loved to be around people who were smoking. I started back after I left the cult and have smoked ever since. Yes, I've tried the patch and pills several times, and nothing has broken that craving. I know it's crazy! My granddaddy died from COPD from smoking, and my husband's sister and mother both died from lung cancer. Since the price has gone up so high, we now buy cigarettes at the roll your on stores where you purchase the tubes and cut pipe tobacco and use a commercial rolling machine. There are none of the chemicals of regular cigarettes, and my husband and I both smoke a little less. I'm trying to cut back some more.
If you don't smoke, please don't start. It is NOT cool to be a slave to craving and impulse.