I gave up in 2003
Thanks to a bout of chronic pleuracy.

To get over the problem of needing a smoke with a pint I gave up both at the same time.

I then weaned myself back on to the beer by going to the pub for a pint after work every day and not smoking. I gradually built up to two then three pints without smoking all the way up to night out and finally all-dayer.

Still has weird cravings at odd times but managed to ride them out. For me right after dinner was difficult and first cuppa in the morning and oddly airport departure lounge.

It was the memory of the pain of the pleuracy that helped though.

Maybe if you get someone to kick you in the nuts every time you spark one up it'll help?
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 13:41, 1 reply)

A pint after work, everyday, building up to 3 pints,
followed by staying until chucking out, and now you're there all day, every day?
How's the liver?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 15:45, closed)

Apologies for lack of clarity
I give myself plenty of days off in between the drinking and now do one all dayer a year on average but don't get any cravings for nicotine when I do.

You can build up a tolerance to the cravings by creating a new habit of drinking without smoking to replace the old one of drinking and smoking together.

The hardest thing is having to force yourself to go home on a night out rather than give in to the cravings.
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 16:13, closed)