Well let me tell you a story, it's not completely related but it's quite interesting. It's not first-hand, I heard it from a friend. This girl (16 or 17 years old, I think) she knew used to smoke daily. One day her parents found her packet when she was away, and at dinner time she found her dinner dish to be full of her cigarettes instead of food. Her parents forced her to smoke the cigarettes (10+, the packet was almost new) one after the other. After that, she's been completely hating the whole smoking thing.
As a tip to stop smoking, you could use some external help (for example, betting with friends that if you start again you'll have to pay a penalty or do a very stupid thing - like entering completely naked a McDonalds, or something like that) and find something to substitute the cig routine, like eating a candy or calmly enjoying your willpower while breaking in two the cigarette you're about to smoke. It's all a matter of mentality, really.
Self-control brings self-esteem, from personal experience.
Edit: and I'm in the former smokers cathegory.
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