Pfunk - just give it up. Do it now. Right now. You don't need patches; you don't need gums. All you need is to understand the value of life, and how much better and longer it will be without smoking. Cigarettes = early death. What are the benefits of smoking? None. What are the hazards? Plenty. And when the "benefits" of smoking are outweighed by the hazards and health issue anxieties, I think you'll agree that there's no point in continuing.
I am not a nonsmoker; I am an ex-smoker. I quit the day a heavy smoking guy in my office collapsed with a heart attack, and died later that same day. And I thought, "that could be me in 20 years"...
You have your life ahead. Focus on that, and you may not need gums/patches to quit, just as I didn't.
