For former smokers, where do the triggers really lurk?

Being at parties or hanging around smoking friends were by far the biggest ways to get those of you who'd quit to start craving again. It was an even split between the two, with a total of 70 percent of people surveyed picking one or the other. Coffee came in as a strong third, with 22 percent of you citing it as an instigator.

I've written about strong 'triggers' in the past ... those that seem to draw me into a cigarette craving the most. This time of year, the spring air, driving and my sunroof always seem to do it. In fact, that's why I have a sunroof in my car. I love it. Cruising around with the windows down, the sunroof open and a cigarette in hand ........ One powerful trigger!

For some, another can be intimacy. While sex is often associated with a jump start in cigarette cravings, only 9 percent of you said that you felt the urge to light up after being intimate.

"There's strong evidence that the addictive properties of drugs, like nicotine, become physiologically associated with particular places the person used the drug, or activities they engaged in while using the drug," says Nolen-Hoeksema. "Know you're walking into a situation where you used to smoke and the stakes are therefore higher than ever."

If you're dealing with these effects, she recommends setting some bottom-line rules. For example, if you're meeting up with friends at a bar, make sure it's at least a place where you, personally, have never lighted up. Better still, make it a bar that doesn't allow smoking. (If you're a very new non-smoker, you make want to eschew these situations altogether and opt for a different activity.)

Similarly, if you've just quit, try drinking tea rather than coffee. Or, try switching in another "reward," like some totally frivolous Internet surfing, to pair with your morning cup. Rather than worrying about relapsing, keep a mental image of how much you like your healthier, non-smoking self in mind.