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TLDR: Just fucking don't, every time you think "I need a cigarette" ignore it.
That's how I quit, that's how my father quit. So I can say it worked at least twice. Most people I have talked to eventually did the same after wasting time and money on vapes and pens and gum and therapy. Have someone who will hold you accountable, find some one you trust to not entertain your bullshit when you start waffling and think "Just one more".
When you are somewhere that sells tobacco don't buy it. The only way to quit is to do literally that "quit". Yes it sucks and the cravings are hard to ignore at first but one day you will eventually realize that you haven't even thought about smoking the whole day, then it becomes weeks and eventually months. Things like vaping or patches or gum are just replacing one addiction with another, that never works because if you are lucky you just have a different addiction but most everyone I know now has two addictions instead of one.