There are a lot of ways to quit smoking. Some are over the counter some are from doctors and so forth. What it comes down to is when that person is ready to stop. What is the one thing that will make you quit. Will it be a loved one who got cancer or maybe your child has asthma or maybe you are having a major surgery that requires you to. It is up to the person when they are ready. Most people who quit turn to food, after this surgery that option is no longer there until you are a few weeks out. Which in return will cause you to start sabatoging your weightloss. I use to smoke before I had my surgery, I realized my life is worth so much more than what I was putting it through (smoking, eating wrong foods and ect...) I had to make up my mind no one could do it for me. The more you put a person down the more defensive they will become and in the end they usualy end up overeating or smoking more just because someone said they shouldn't be doing what they are doing. I realy believe deep inside each and everyone of us is still that teenager that rebels because someone said we should not have done something. Just my 2 cents you can take it or leave it. But it's the TRUTH!