My husband stopped for the second time 15 years ago, says cigaret smoke makes him naucious now. He didn't gain any weight. He didn't the previous time he quit for 8 years either. Everyone is different, so not everyone gains weight when they stop smoking. Some fear this will happen, but I know with Steve (my DH) he did suck on hard candies a lot when he quit. He didn't cut back-just stopped. We got off a plane from a flight from Delhi and he lit up and went YUK. That was it. He had really gotten into smoking a lot with business associates in India. I feel so fortunate to have never smoked-well less than one pack total in all in my college years. Icky hated the smell and it made me wheeze and made food taste dreadful-same with wine. That in itself is a reason not to smoke-food tastes soooo much better says Steve.