I have been smoke free for about 4 weeks now. I took one drag 2 weeks ago and yesturday I had a cigarette. the cig tasted good (it did leave a bad taste in my mouth) and I thought I was done for. But you know I didn't want to go out and buy a pack. I had that one and I was good. I had been using the nicitrol inhaler and I quite using it about 2 and a half weeks ago. It left such a bad taste in my mouth. Worse than cigs. This taste staying with you for about a day. But you cannot smoke while using it. So I just threw them away and by that time my addiction to the nicotine was out of my system.