'Decades-old routines are hard to break - but after 53 years, I'm smoke-free'

After 53 years, at long last I’m a smoke-free zone.

Mornings are the worst. Routines repeated for decades are hard to break. I loved throwing the back door wide open and sitting with a cup of tea and two cigarettes first thing.

Now, almost two weeks after giving up smoking, I don’t even like the taste of tea any more.