I found a set of CDs which purported to relieve the stress and effort of stopping smoking.
I was in a foul mood one day because of not being able to move or do anything because of a gout attack.
I got the CDs out (which I had bought months previously and never got a round tuit) and listened to them.
The guy talking on the CDs explains at great length (over about 5 hours) how to stop smoking.
He makes very good points as you go along such as, "you are not
giving up anything you are stopping doing something which is killing you" or "why would anyone knowingly ingest great loads of poisonous chemicals" or "would any sane person deliberately burn money for negative gain".
You can continue to smoke whilst listening and you can stop for breaks/brews etc.
You don't have to "learn" the lessons but you
must thoroughly understand each point he makes.
By the end of the session, I had about eight cigs left from a twenty packet and I threw them away some weeks later.
That was four years ago and I was never inclined to start again. I occasionally listened again to parts of the seminar just to reinforce what he had said.
The whole process was almost completely painless.
If anyone wants to try these, please PM me.