Hi kcfangirl,
Welcome to SSC. What's the best way? Probably whichever works for you. There are people here who used the patch, gum, Chantix, and those like me who quit cold turkey. There's no one right way.
Whatever method you use, one of the things that can help make you successful is support, and you can get lots of it here. We're all quitters ourselves, at various stages in our quits, and we know how extremely hard it is. Everybody will help you as much as you let them.
There's a bunch of good material in the quit program tools over to the left of the screen, and just read, read read through the forums. The more you know, and the better prepared you are, the better your odds are.
I'm sure others will have more to say. Good Luck! Check in here, ask questions, yell for help if you need it.
Legend
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/25/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 60
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 366
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $75
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37