Fag end: 21 unusual ways to quit smoking, from changing your teeth to taking more showers

If patches, hypnosis and self-help books don't work, maybe it's time to think laterally. Readers reveal the unlikely methods that encouraged them to kick the habit

I smoked 10 to 20 a day, but finally quit 11 years ago. I found getting a glass of water when the cravings hit worked really well. By the time I went to the kitchen, poured it and drank it, the peak of the craving had usually passed. It also helped me to realise that you can ride out a craving. The first three weeks were the hardest. Michael, artist and educator, Scotland