Bought a pack of cigarettes this morning..

[THE]

I was sitting here thinking, wow, I really don't even want a cigarette.
Then I really couldn't believe it was "like that"
I bought a pack, smoked the first one and noticed right away how horrible the house smelled. Never would have noticed that before. Did 3-4 more, hating it the whole time and gave the rest of the pack away.

 

[LadyPhoenix]

Isn't kind of ...fascinating how quickly the taste and smell of cigarettes become unappetizing. I don't understand it either, The. Were you surprised? I was. Had a friend over last weekend who smokes. I took one of hers and lit it, had 3 pulls and thought YUCK! Why was I doing this for the last 20 years? It's really kind of a weird experience. I think it's because we're vaping these yummy flavors, instead of just quitting cold turkey, and when our tastebuds 'compare' our delicious vaping flavors to a regular cigarette...NO LIKEY!!

 

[motox]

I've been vaping for a little over 2 months now. I did the cold turkey thing at first, but after the first month, I also had to "have a cigarette". I find that I enjoy them less and less. I'm at the point where I will have just one a day, right after I get up. For the past several days, I don't even finish that one. I think that part of my success so far has been to not put up any type of artificial restrictions. If I want a cigarette, I can have one - the pack is sitting right here in my desk drawer. I'm just finding that I really don't want or need them like I used to, and the little bit of craving I have now seems to be rapidly declining.

Even if I never 100% give them up, having one cigarette a day is multitudes better for me than the 40+ I have smoked every day for the past 30 some odd years.

 

[THE]

Isn't kind of ...fascinating how quickly the taste and smell of cigarettes become unappetizing. I don't understand it either, The. Were you surprised? I was. Had a friend over last weekend who smokes. I took one of hers and lit it, had 3 pulls and thought YUCK! Why was I doing this for the last 20 years? It's really kind of a weird experience. I think it's because we're vaping these yummy flavors, instead of just quitting cold turkey, and when our tastebuds 'compare' our delicious vaping flavors to a regular cigarette...NO LIKEY!!

Is sure is, Ms. Phx!!
"Why did I ever do this?"
My EXACT words to my sister this morning when she came by.

I could never go back to it, never.

 

[THE]

I've been vaping for a little over 2 months now. I did the cold turkey thing at first, but after the first month, I also had to "have a cigarette". I find that I enjoy them less and less. I'm at the point where I will have just one a day, right after I get up. For the past several days, I don't even finish that one. I think that part of my success so far has been to not put up any type of artificial restrictions. If I want a cigarette, I can have one - the pack is sitting right here in my desk drawer. I'm just finding that I really don't want or need them like I used to, and the little bit of craving I have now seems to be rapidly declining.

Even if I never 100% give them up, having one cigarette a day is multitudes better for me than the 40+ I have smoked every day for the past 30 some odd years.

Don't worry.. you won't withdrawl because you're still getting nicotine. It's just a mild detox process. I didn't even realize what was happening, but I've been waking up with a horrible taste in my mouth and it finally hit me that I've read about it. It's all of the tar and chemicals leeching out of my gums from years of tobacco. Crazy.

I guess once the lung cilia grow back I get to cough up black stuff, too, because they're the only thing that cleans the lungs and smoking kills them. Unlike everyone else, I'm going to be so happy whenever that happens. "Seeing results." LoL over here.

I've smoked over ten years and I don't have the smokers cough, at all.. I can still breathe fairly well.. I am just hoping I'm quitting in time because I really nailed myself to the wall living in alcohol, caffeine, meat and nicotine for so long.

 

[MsSki]

Good for you for giving the pack away!!! Im a wierd one, I like the smell of a lit cigerette, BUt i cant stand the smell that lingers in the air , clothing, in the car ect ect. But im still cig free so thats all that counts.
Tara

 

[lawnman3]

well i can honestly say i hate the smell now allmost at my 1 year mark in august it will be 1 year . i work in a condo community there is a resident that has smoked for 30 plus years his doctor told him you have lung cancer he said yea dont believe that .well that was 6 months ago now has a blow hole in his neck and lost 120 pounds i think its time to quit i told him he said yea i think so too he now is about 10 pounds less than he was when i seen him 1 month ago . and i can tell you i have seen alot of people die just like he is with no regrets all i can say about that is they just don't know how bad it really is there cancer.. i wish everyone luck on quitting the nasty .. lawnman3

 

[darkmenace]

I bought a half ounce of Drum tobacco last weekend and smoked the lot. It was gorgeous, but my chest felt like someone had dropped a turd into it on Monday ;D

 

[THE]

well i can honestly say i hate the smell now allmost at my 1 year mark in august it will be 1 year . i work in a condo community there is a resident that has smoked for 30 plus years his doctor told him you have lung cancer he said yea dont believe that .well that was 6 months ago now has a blow hole in his neck and lost 120 pounds i think its time to quit i told him he said yea i think so too he now is about 10 pounds less than he was when i seen him 1 month ago . and i can tell you i have seen alot of people die just like he is with no regrets all i can say about that is they just don't know how bad it really is there cancer.. i wish everyone luck on quitting the nasty .. lawnman3

WoW
People will give up anything before they'll quit. I read about this one lady who kept going back to smoking and having limbs cut off because of it every time. Sigh. I've seen two of my loved ones go to their death bed because they "loved" smoking so much. And not pretty easy deaths, either.

 

[Shai]

WoW
People will give up anything before they'll quit. I read about this one lady who kept going back to smoking and having limbs cut off because of it every time. Sigh. I've seen two of my loved ones go to their death bed because they "loved" smoking so much. And not pretty easy deaths, either.

Yeah, look at the guy on Deadliest Catch, Phil Harris, a hardcore smoker. Had a pulmonary embolism last year, smoked through the whole episode of its initial occurrence, treatment and recovery. Smoked into this season until he had a stroke and died.

Before I knew he had died this year I was watching the first show of the season and thinking, "You know, I should send him an e-cig, he really needs to quit".

 

[spider362]

I've been off analogs for (see banner below) and don't even have the desire to look at another one, much less smoke it.

I have an unopened carton on a shelf that's left over from when I quit. I pass by it quite often during the day but totally ignore it.

 

[Hammond Egger]

Yeah, look at the guy on Deadliest Catch, Phil Harris, a hardcore smoker. Had a pulmonary embolism last year, smoked through the whole episode of its initial occurrence, treatment and recovery. Smoked into this season until he had a stroke and died.

Before I knew he had died this year I was watching the first show of the season and thinking, "You know, I should send him an e-cig, he really needs to quit".

Just saw his son, Josh, using an ecig on the last episode of After The Catch and then found out he is a spokesperson for some ecig company called life-something or other.