Weird, I cant smoke cigarettes anymore.

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

lol, as the title says, i cannot smoke cigarettes anymore. So when my e-cig screws up, i'm screwed!

I've had my e-cig for about a month now, and i havent smoked a single cigarette since i got it (after about 10 years of cigs). Anyways, i didn't have anymore cartridges last week for the first time, so i was like alright i'll bum a cig from my brother. it was seriously DISGUSTING to me! i almost puked from 2 drags. i was shocked. couple days later i tried again, still gross! i dont think i'll ever be able to smoke another cigarette.

Anyone else get this? i have a feeling i'm alone here cause i know most of you still smoke cigs on the side

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

Hey Scoop

You'll find out if cigarettes are really disgusting or not a day or so after the e-cig throws a seven...

Emp

[TropicalBob]

You're going to find you're far from alone on this. You regained a sense of taste and smell no longer numbed by tobacco smoke, and your lungs got rid of some accumulated tars. Until you do that, as you did a month ago, you have no idea what tobacco smoke really tastes and feels like when it hits your lungs. Now you know.

Not only is your experience common for some of those here, but it's very common for smokers who switch to snus. Cigarettes become repulsive in a very short period and they can't conceive of ever going back.

Welcome to the First Church of E-Smoking, brother. Life is enlightened here

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

Agreed - my reply was unnecessarily flippant (I do that a lot, I'm afraid). Welcome aboard!

Emp

[dnakr]

Welcome to the First Church of E-Smoking, brother. Life is enlightened here

I like that...

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

Hey Scoop

You'll find out if cigarettes are really disgusting or not a day or so after the e-cig throws a seven...

Emp

come again? lol
you mean if it breaks?

i didnt have liquid for like 3-4 days and i actually chose to just NOT smoke anything for those days cause of how disgusting the tobacco cig was to me. i couldnt even smoke more than 2 pulls of it.

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

You're going to find you're far from alone on this. You regained a sense of taste and smell no longer numbed by tobacco smoke, and your lungs got rid of some accumulated tars. Until you do that, as you did a month ago, you have no idea what tobacco smoke really tastes and feels like when it hits your lungs. Now you know.

Not only is your experience common for some of those here, but it's very common for smokers who switch to snus. Cigarettes become repulsive in a very short period and they can't conceive of ever going back.

Welcome to the First Church of E-Smoking, brother. Life is enlightened here

haha, ok
my brother seem to be liking his tobacco cigs still! but then again, he hasnt been smoking just this like me. he's been switching between both

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

come again? lol
you mean if it breaks?

Yup. I have no idea where I got that expression from...

[TropicalBob]

Not everyone transitions easily. Nicotine is powerful stuff. And smoking a cigarette is almost like mainlining nicotine. The trip from mouth to lungs to bloodstream to brain takes only 7 to 10 seconds. Nothing else we substitute is as rapid.

Trying alternatives is for many an essential first step away from cigarettes. Maybe your brother will break on his own some day. At least you're setting a good example as a role model for him.

[jamie]

Anyone else get this? i have a feeling i'm alone here cause i know most of you still smoke cigs on the side

Many of us don't smoke cigs on the side and have written about this esmoking "side effect". I wrote about it in the Quitting section and others have mentioned the same in various topics scattered about the forum. You are indeed in a crowd - welcome.

It does feel a bit like being suspended between two worlds.