For me, everything seems to have chocolate to cause the most negative effects.
I have not stopped smoking, I smoke sometimes just too.
And best and fast on the other hand helps me if I reach a shock condition.
randomly noted in traffic, emergency braking .. No more pain
best regards
......never made any difference either way....would quit during cycle, between cycles...sometimes for months. the only direct effect i could ever discern was smoking during a hit was nucking futs....would raise a hit level exponentially. counter intuitive as far as i was concerned. as nicotine is a vasoconstrictor and shoulda helped. of course, there are 999 other nasty components that must be considered....