I think they are victims of this drug. Think of it like quit eating for the rest of your life for us, that's probably how hard it is to quit smoking.
I smoked cigs for 5 years.
The last year was about a pack/day.
After a night of drinking and smoking almost 2 packs along with the drinking I crashed in a basement.
When I woke up to go up one flight of stairs I was huffing and puffing.
I got pissed off and blamed it on the smoking.
...long story short, I haven't had a smoke since July '09.
It's not hard to quit, you just have to have a reason and really want to.
Stupid bastards get scripts for Chantix, thinking it's gonna make them quit...when they're not ready.
I had a professor that smoked for 40 years (he was 55 at the time) ...and quit because after getting pneumonia 3 times in one year he figured he didn't wanna die.