Whatever works. I enjoyed smoking for 49 years. I quit a couple of times but only for a few months each time. This time I used no aids at all other than post-op misery that masked the minor matter of wanting a smoke. No drugs, patches, gum, etc. I think the big difference is that I wasn't really totally committed the other times. This time I was. The doc made it real clear for me: quit RFN and stay quit or die soon. I asked how soon. He said months, not years. Oh! This was just before surgery. I told Mar to get rid of all smoking materials before I got home, including the carton I'd just bought that was still in the trunk of my car. And so she did, and that was that.
I didn't say I quit wanting ... but that goes away in less than a minute now and it's only a couple of times per day so no big deal. Skeeter bites.