Just wanted to let you know what I used successfully to quit. I am also a first time considering the fast. I was going to do it last year and the form told me not to as I was so addicted to nicotine and caffine. That until I stopped those the fast was somewhat useless. Makes sense. I have smokled for twenty years and tried everything, gum patch, drugs. nothing worked A friend turned me on to a drug that you can only get in Belgum. It Is called Tabex and it works like a charm. You start taking it about five days before you want to quit and on the fifth day you stop smoking. You keep taking the pills and then ween off them I have been smokefree for about three weeks and it has been relativly painless other than some normall detoxing issues with nicotine. You will naturally want to lay off the caffine as it make you want to smoke. I have and I have to exercise about 20 min in the morning or it can be a bad day. The pschological craving is there occasionally but subsides after a few min. A 25 day supply is only $35 and about $5 in shipping Thats all you need. Takes 21 days to break a habit. Below it the link. Hope this helps.