The patch worked for me. The minute I put it on, I didn't even think about smoking. No cravings, no thoughts, no smoke in my lungs. After one and a half weeks, I got up one morning and forgot to put one on. The thought of smoking never entered my mind once all day. That was it. Haven't had a craving since and that was over eight years ago.
Funny, about two years later I was driving down the road and reached across the seat to grab my smokes, where I always kept them while I drove. I thought, 'what the **** was that about?' and laughed myself silly. I didn't have a craving, just on auto pilot, very weird.
I had quit twice before, each time I got pregnant, but resumed shortly after that. DUMB! Know in your heart if you pick up that first cig, it's over. Don't do it. Drive by the idiots that stand outside in the freezing cold to smoke, and be thankful it's not you.