Nicotine gum + Allen Carr meant I was over the first wave @ 3 days and over the second wave @ 21 days. It's been pretty easy from then, although (6 months later) I still have 2-3 nicotine gums a day.

Really really get that Allen Carr book, it's not hypnosis or anything ghey like that, it just puts things into logical perspective.

gl with it man, I've found cessation to be good for quality of life - I can go out drinking without having sore lungs in the morning, I can use trains without always needing a cig and my clothes don't stink of smoke.