Hi Amlynne...it has been several years for me, actually about 7 but I used quitnet.com. Like you I had wanted to quit for a while until one day I said this is it. I smoked the last one and happened to find the quitnet website. It gave helpful hints on quiting and you have a message board with others that are going through the same thing. Sort of like here.

Good Luck to you! I am sorry about your mom, I am trying to get my mom to quit.