True dat.
According to YOU!
I quit smoking (cold turkey, btw) when my 15 year 2-3 packs a day (to the filter) habit met the "I ran out again" moment.
Tax levels and the personal cost had NOTHING to do with my quitting.
I usually kept at least a couple of packs in my glovebox, and there was always a carton in the freezer at home. I don't doubt there was more going on in my head than I'll admit to here, but there was no serious "I'm gonna quit!" moment, I just said to myself "Well, that's it then, isn't it?"
I suppose it was an anti-socialIST reaction, since I felt nothing but pragmatism when I realized that my pocket, locker at work, AND the glovebox in my car ALL were devoid of cigarettes.
It's not like I couldn't find anywhere to sell me smokes, I just decided that enough was enough.
FOr those who have trouble quitting, or don't want to quit, I simply say they should do what THEY want to, and to the Devil with their opponents!
How did you feel after you quit? Jittery and irritable and all that? Or nothing? I ask because my dad up and quit smoking one day — he smoked Camel non filters — and said he felt absolutely no different. The only effect was that he missed the pleasure of smoking. But all the expected nicotine withdrawal turned out to be a big nothingburger.