[MargaretR]

I have smoked for 50 years, so the habit is well established.
I do not recommend it, and will never encourage it.

Two years ago I gave up for 8 months but never lost the craving.
I exhausted myself by keeping continuously active to avoid thinking about them.

Last year I had a bad attack of rhinitis, brought on by air fresheners, which led me to research inhaled irritants. As well as eliminating man made chemicals from my environment, I switched to smoking pure tobacco(rollups).

I am convinced that cigarette manufacturers add addictive chemicals to tobacco, because even though I was getting a 'nicotine fix', I still craved manufactured ciggies. The conversion to smoking only the natural leaf has enabled me to halve the number smoked and I no longer have nasal/sinus problems.