Go for it!!!! Its the best thing you can do for yourself and those around you. I never thought much about smoking when I was growing up....my mother was a smoker (pack a day, Pall Mall unfiltered....and she died at 65, from smoking related cardiovascular problems) my father smoked maybe once a year...and didn't inhale (there was a time when that line could be taken for what it was worth...). When I became a teenager, then in college, I didn't think about smoking...didn't (couldn't actually...I did try to inhale....never again!!!!!) smoke myself, but accepted that fact that maybe 1/3 of the guys I knew and 100% of the girls (no I am not kidding...100%...I always thought of smoking as a woman's habit) I knew smoked...and simply dealt with the smoke I was always exposed to. Didn't think about it. Then when I got married- to the first woman I ever met (at that time) who had never smoked, I got used to living in a smoke-free environment. I now cannot handle even the smell of a cigarette...I literally run to get upwind of a smoker on the street...otherwise I begin to wheeze and get headaches. My allergist told me that I am severely allergic to both tobacco and tobacco smoke. I once had to grab for my inhaler (I think albuterol is a continued legacy of my smoky upbringing) simply because I had to talk to a parent on open school night who reeked...(the Marlboro jacket was a giveaway)...sorry for this long rant....but I feel really strongly about this...and anyone who wants to quit has my fullest encouragement!!!!! Take care, Eric