Quit smoking

Giving up smoking and seen the adverts, well the Government inspired Stoptober has a few things lacking. If you quit smoking for 28 days you are five times more likely to give up, well five times more likely than who?
I gave up smoking for 12 years but I also started again, after two years I quit and have remained smoke free, but is a smoker ever a non smoker or are they a smoker who just happens to be not smoking at the moment. I am not alone, I know many people who have given up for years and the started again, yet at one point the majority said they couldn't ever imagine smoking again. So what makes us smoke, what inspires us to give up and why on Earth do we start again.
learning by experience is where it starts, so this is peer pressure and nurture, a home where both parents smoke the children are much more likely to smoke than those who were raised in a smoke free environment, even if their friends smoke. Research has identified that smoking in teens could be reduced by 1/5 if smoking in movies aimed at this age group was stopped or dramatically reduced, as smoking sill carries with it an impression of street wise hero. In the UK teen movie goers are exposed to more on screen smoking than their US counterparts.
Smokers are very defensive when questioned whether they would give up and why they choose not to. Reduced quality of life is one of the most common reasons that smokers give when citing their reasons for continuing to smoke. Yet those who have successfully given up, which is guaged at about 3 years not smoking, say their quality of life was not worse once they gave up, but they do notice the health benefits, and the financial saving.
I'm running a smoking clinic in October, for those who want to give up, not start ..
A few questions to be explored. Aimed at smokers
1. When you had your first cigarette of the day, how did you feel?
2. How did you feel one hour later?
3. Do you enjoy smoking?
4. Do you honestly want to quit?
Back tomorrow with this one to explore the common answers, feel free to comment.