For Bobby Bull:
Here is the way to think about smoking when that sense of a loss of best friend occurs. It is true that people had a relationship with their cigarettes, but if considered in human terms, the cost of such a relationship is a higher toll than any thinking person would want to pay. See cigarettes and nicotine for what it is, a drug that can take away your freedom of choice and eventually your freedom to breathe and to live. Always remember nicotine for what it is and your logical choice will be to never take another puff!
Joel