I've been smoking for roughly 8 years now... At one point it was like 20-25 a day, luckily that was a long time ago... Now adays I'm a light smoker, only 4-5 a day, a bit more on weekends though... My work prevents me from smoking most of the day (I work with children so I wouldn't smoke even if I was allowed to) so that certainly helped me cut down...
I might stop some time if I get sick of it, but ATM it's just a way for me to relieve some stress and for the social aspect of it...
Don't feel sorry for me :P