I tried cutting down. It worked because I got down to about a half pack from a pack but I couldn't seem to go lower. Wanted to be the person who can smoke only 2 or 3 a day. I don't think that person exists anymore. I had to go from half pack to cold turkey. But I did use nicotine patches for a few months.

Cigarettes are juiced up with 2,000 chemicals that make them way more addictive. So if you try to quit and find it quite hard that may be one reason... chemicals make cigarettes more addictive than ever.