It does help with the immediate hunger, but it comes back strong once your body realises it was "cheated" out of calories. I am not sure I can withstand that for a long time. But maybe a short time would already be an improvement.

So thanks I will try to have carrots lying around at all times and try to eat them first between meals. Maybe it helps.

Also have you asked a smoker how it feels to slightly reduce the number of cigarettes per day?