answer:I quit many many times before I finally actually quit. Benefits, hmmmm. Food tastes better. I don’t smell like an ash tray (clothes, house, furniture, carpets, drapes and the car) and when I kiss a girl she doesn’t taste ash tray. And I’ve reduced the chance of burning myself alive in a fire. I am saving like $7 a pack to $10 a pack which is a savings of approx $70 a week… $280 a month…$3360 a year. Unfortunately when I quit I substituted sugar (cake, milk, ice cream, candies, pasties, donuts) and thus gained a hundred or more pounds plus several inches around my waist. Luckily I got the high blood sugar which nearly killed me and so forced me to become healthy. I remember reading somewhere that your body (lungs, heart, brain) begin(s) to repair itself from the damage cigarette smoking causes every time you quit. So the longer you quit, the better chance you have of surviving the damage you have been inflicting upon yourself. Good luck on quitting. If you can just keep from putting a cig in your mouth for about three weeks you have a chance to quit for good.