The gums nasty... the patches aren't good for my healing tats... And my will power has a tendancy to falter when I get that odor of a not lit cigarette... oh, god, it smells great... Ack, I'm doing it again!
My brother quit semi-cold turkey. He said that the nicorette patches/gum are way strong, he didnt use them. It's all about will-power and how serious you are about quitting.