I’ve been there before in the past - 10 years, incl. cigarettes, cigars, and pipe. I quit for health reasons. The nanny state and taxes had nothing to do with it - don’t need the government regulating an activity that affects only me. BTW I reject the bogus second-hand smoke argument for the same reason I reject global warming: effect is so negligible as to be effectively a non-factor.
I’m still working on quitting. Currently dieting to offset the weight gain that will surely follow, lol. I lost 100 pounds a couple years ago, and honestly, that was cake compared to two months of not smoking.