I threw em down! The hardest part is that my wife kept smoking. Then she quit 3 years later. It was really hard not picking up her smokes! One thing that might be encouraging is a study that was done and reported by doctors is that if you can quit for two weeks you can quit. The people who need a lot of extra help are the ones that just can't quit at all. My wife heard this and it gave her the push to make it. She had quit sporadically for a couple weeks at a time and then started again. Sometimes all it takes is a little positive info.