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Cold turkey is the way to go. Highest success rate and least likely to relapse (acc. to those in the know). It's very tough if you're a heavy smoker and strongly addicted. First two weeks are a real fight. It's like being two people at once. Then it gets easier but still 3 more months of firm persistence. Then 6 moths to a year of reminding yourself that you don't smoke ever. And then the occasional 'smoking in your dream' episodes with the accompanying guilt trips. These last for life I'm told but become less frequent.
I quit over 2 years ago after 10 years of smoking, very heavily in the last 5. Tried to quit several times before over the 10 years. Lasted about 6 weeks a few times. What always got me was that I told myself I can go back to being just the occasional smoker that I used to be when I started smoking. Unfortunately addiction does not work that way.
Some people are not susceptible to addiction to nicotine (different brain chemistry) and for them it's a lot easier.
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