Okay guys. The drill "sarge" is back at it here with the tough love routine. I know it's tough quitting, but I've got two suggestions.
First, take any and all cigarettes you have around your home and/or work, tear them apart, and put the debris in with the garbage so you can't possibly recover any of them. And don't cheat by keeping a hidden stash! Remember that - NO hidden stashes. Zero, nada, none.
Second, do NOT buy any more cigarettes. Not even one pack! Avoid the stores where you normally buy them or the aisle of the store where you normally buy them. You're tempting yourselves too much by having them around and you've got to stop doing that or you'll never quit. Why do you feel you have to have some available??? The reality is that as long as they're readily available, you'll smoke them eventually because the temptation is just too great. Serious dieters avoid going to bakeries, for example, to avoid all those yummy-looking desserts they don't want to eat. Total avoidance is the only path to success.
Ray, I heard a TV report recently on whether that machine you've been using really works and guess what - researchers say it doesn't. If you're still using it, that might be proof that you're on the wrong track for stopping smoking. I know your conditions with the hip etc. aren't exactly conducive to quitting, but you need to - no must - try something different because what you've been doing isn't working. I know you and if you can do some of the other things you've done in your life, you CAN do this! A bunch of us out here are counting on it.

Ed's observation about no one at the Moab rally smoking was right on. I hadn't realized it until I read his comment, but I don't know of a single person in our group who smokes. There are quite a few former smokers, but no current smokers - unless one or two are in the closet!

ArdraF