Yes, I have seen people giving up heroin, crack, coke, meth, x, alcohol, hydrocodone, huffing, etc. But I ask, did you talk to them after the withdrawls? Did you talk to them a month or even a year later? Depending on what they were coming off of, the pain of withdrawls can become so servere that they don't even remember going through them. Or it all just seems like one big blur. One remembers every moment of quitting cigarettes. And they've lost their means of "dealing" with situations, people and most of all themself. But if one decides (as you did), it is easy I would imagine. To decide though, one must have enough pain (as I stated earlier) and be convinced that to continue is to die. No addict in the middle of their addiction has the capability of either of those. Something must pull them out of their head. So, I propose a question to you. How many people have you help quit smoking by telling them its so easy? How many have you helped by belittling? Just curious.