Loads of people have given up smoking through sheer willpower. Some people just didn’t start smoking straight away in the morning, so the giving up isn’t a big deal to them.

Following a couple of years starting from those COVID days sitting for a morning smoke on the balcony, I gave up smoking by vaping, and gave up vaping via a change in scenery, change in routine and you know, just by being on holiday. At least two times.

When I got back, I got whacked by what I call triggers…a huge number of them nearly every hour. Previously I gave in to these, but I’ve learned the stupid way that nicotine psychology is madly powerful, and once you start to recognise you’re just getting triggered for the hundredth time, you just get on with it.

Nicotine is pretty demonic when you think about it.