great choice! i quit SEP. 10! believe it or not, my second day of quitting, was the first day of WWIII. anyway, i quit cold, no chems. it was disastrous the first day, i hated everyone and everything. the slightest abnormality, and i could really feal the rage building up! the second...well, let's just say i had other things on my mind. its all mental after a while (three days), and the cravings can be controlled by focusing on other things.
i've been cleaning my entire house, top to bottom, laundering everything in sight, so nothing smelled like smoke. then i shampooed the carpets. then i threw away all my ash-trays. last, i asked my GF to quit too. she did~! that was a BIG help, support, not smelling it, etc.
mental tips - the absense of nicotene will make your mind trick you into thinking that every breath is your last without a smoke. DON'T let it win! the amount of dopamine that is released regularly, because of cigs, is now DRASTICALLY reduced, so that takes getting used to also.
also, convince yourself that it is impossible to simultaniously prepare for survival (buying ammo, training, marksmanship, MRE's - whatever) while killing yourself slowly, and intentionally. (ask any championship shooter, and they will tell you that smoking dramatically messes up your heart-rate, makes your hands tremble, and ultimately affects your accuracy!)
lastly, consider saving $5.00 daily, add it up over time, and you'll see that you can get a "fatty" pre-ban AR every year from now on, with the $$$ you save! [:D] GOOD LUCK! in a couple of weeks, you'll ask yourself what the hell you were thinking!!!