Lets take some time, I am gonna throw some things at ya, you toss em around, and lets look at this from a logical standpoint.
The more you poke around this site, the more you should come to understand that you are an addict. An addict addicted to nicotine. You are not addicted to smokeless tobacco. That said, you need to wrap your mind around the fact that your can a day habit isn't a habit in the slightest, it is you feeding your addiction the chemicals it tells you that you need. You are still feeding your addiction those chemicals when you slap that patch on.
Being an RN, I hope you would understand the difference between a cure and merely relieving symptoms. Because that is all your doing, relieving symptoms and not even getting close to the actual problem, your nicotine addiction.
Would you give a recovering alcoholic coming off of a bender and going through withdrawal a glass of wine before bed to help them sleep? No. Because one glass is gonna turn into 2 bottles, him closing down a bar and you bailing his ass outta county the next morning.
So why on earth would you use the chemical you are dependent on to quit that same chemical? Because your an addict, and your still listening to your addiction.
When your ready to be free, grab your balls, plug your little nose, flush your patches and jump in the water.
Because thats how we do things around here, we actually do them.
