Ok so this is stupid but literally I read this one line and thought, of course! That's it!! The line is very simple....
Smoking is not comforting, it is simply familiar
I get it now I really do! How ridiculous!! Hahah I feel like a weight has been lifted that I finally get it!!!! Of course it's just familiar... When I have been crying and down, (which I have a lot lately!) I would normally have a fag and a cup of tea or a fag and a chat on the phone to a friend and I thought that was comforting... So as my quit has gone on and I am getting more and more stressed I realise that my coping mechanism was a cig which is literally just familiar to me, not comforting at all!!!