Only thing I
noticed at all after I started taking it was that I no longer had a
desire to smoke. [...]
My doctor's just been telling me that if it's working, with no side
effects, that I might as well stay on it.

Staying on unnecessary medication is not a good thing, though it
enriches the drug companies. Ask your doctor if you "might as well get
off of it".

So, if I stop taking it, and I feel the urge to start smoking again...

....resist the urge. You can certainly do it for =one= day. At a time.
Cigarettes are bad for the airplane too.

All I really want to know is what is my best course of action so I can
get my license.

Try this (after consulting your doctor and ensuring that it's safe):
1: Stop taking Zyban. Then...
2: Don't smoke.

Don't even hang around with people who smoke. Stay away from smokey
places. Don't buy cigarettes. Don't accept them either. And don't do
stuff that brings you in contact with them.

This is what non-smokers do.

As PILOT IN COMMAND, you will need to resist many urges, such as the
urge to go through that not-so-good weather so you can get home in time
for the ball game, or the urge to take off with just a wee bit too much
of a load, or the urge to skip a preflight because you're late and
besides you just flew the airplane and what could be wrong... Resisting
the urge to smoke is a good place to start. And you're already ahead,
because you are out of the habit. Your hands aren't automatically
reaching for a cigarette, and you don't have them in your pocket anyway.
It would require affirmative action to start again. So, don't start
again.

Jose
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