I speak from experience, as I've blown a year quit, a 90 day quit,, a 30 day quit, a 7 day quit, etc.
The answer is, no, the cravings are not the same as the first weak (intentional typo). They are very different. They can be very subtle and sneaky as opposed to being very obvious and blatant as in the first week. After a week I caved because I was tired of struggling and I talked my sorry ass out of my quit. After a month, pretty similar, except I thought also, "well, I made a month, heck, I can do that again." That was February 2000. After 90 days, I got drunk and said to myself, "I've got this thing licked, I'll just smoke this weekend and I'll stop again." That was 4th of July weekend, 2004. After a year quit, I had completely forgotten the torment I had subjected myself to and, after recently breaking it off with a long distance girlfriend and being fresh on the single scene, I think I just consciously said, "screw it", one night at a bar looking for the ladies. That was May 1994. I'm now 32 and I think I may finally be ready to grow up. Sometimes we just have to sack up and put on our big girl panties (no offense, ladies). That's what I'm trying to do. I've given you my long and short of it - hope it's helpful.
FWIW - my dad quit smoking ~15 years ago and he says the cravings are pretty much gone for good now ;)
best - stu
