Grizabella
. I think the idea of withdraw symptoms is psychosomatic reinforced by people and tobacco companies telling us about them in order to sell us products to 'aid' the withdraw.
You lucky, lucky guy! I was smoking over 2 packs a day when I quit cold turkey. I had interrupted sleep patterns, stomach cramps and weird dreams for about a week. Don't kid yourself---it's not at all psychosomatic. I had a worse time even wanting to quit smoking than I did stopping drinking. I found it in the freezer where it had been overlooked at Christmas.
I hadn't started using the cards when I stopped smoking but 5 pounds of fudge helped me quit.