Here's four things I've learned about quitting.

Quitting smoking? Actually pretty easy.

I was, as they say in Palmerston North, totally maggot.

One week to go - only one week until I can go back to smoking 20 cigarettes a day.

When you deprive your body of a substance it's addicted to, some pretty weird sh** starts to happen.

Secondhand smoke. You either love it or hate it. Sometimes it's both.

Maybe it was complacency, or naive bravado, or simple, glorious stupidity. I thought I had this beat.

Here's my thoughts on quitting when you're feeling terrible - it sucks, writes Matthew Backhouse.

Shelley Bridgeman shares what eventually led her to quit smoking. Nicotine patches, e-cigarettes and going cold-turkey had nothing to do with it.

The act of lighting up - once the signifier of youthful rebellion and effortless chic - has became seriously uncool.

I haven't felt alone for a moment since I quit smoking. And it's in no small part thanks to you.

The only thing preventing me from having a complete, catastrophic meltdown is an overblown sticking plaster.

It finally happened. I didn't just snap. I totally lost it.

I know quitting has its ups and downs. Tomorrow might be harder. But today, despite my body's protests, I felt at ease.

It's easier not to smoke when you're asleep. I'll try not to wake up this month.

There I was, tossing up whether to lick the cigarette butts in the ashtray, hoping for even a glimmer of that nicotine buzz.

Journalist Matthew Backhouse chronicles his efforts to quit smoking for Stoptober in a daily diary.

Smokers who live for a long time may have specific genes promoting a lengthy lifespan, a US study has found.

While many users perceive e-cigs as safer than traditional cigarettes, some of the flavorings that make them so enticing may have their own toxic consequences.