I quit smoking a little over 2 months ago with the help of Allen Carr and r/stopsmoking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Carr
http://www.reddit.com/r/stopsmoking/
In the end quitting smoking is not hard at all it is only other people that want to make you believe it is hard. This is a common mistake people make when trying to quit. Thinking that it is hard and having everybody around you saying it is hard will actually only make it hard.
This is part of Allen Carrs way of thinking he has helped many people quit smoking. I now have been smokefree for 2 months after having smoked a pack a day for over 15 years.