Its more the habit of having the cigarette and inhaling the smoke which is addicting as opposed to the actual nicotine...that's why those nicotine patches are ineffective more a lot of people.
I heard a good method is to couple the nicotine patches with the "habit"...take something like a straw cut in half. Whenever you have the urge to smoke, or whenever you are supposed to apply the patch, add the straw and pretend it is a cigarette.
Lol wasnt rly asking how to quit lol. I have never smoked and furthermore never will.