My sister kept a pack in her freezer (I guess to keep it fresh) for about a year. She forgot about it until she was cleaning and found it. She was able to throw it away then.
Did you keep anything as a reminder to never go back?
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The only thing I kept after quiting smoking for vaping was orange/brown nicotine stained fingers,though that cleared up after a week or two
Towards the end of my cigarette addiction, thing got pretty rough. At $10 a pack here in Chicago, it got pretty expensive. You know how addiction is so I had to turn to crime. I started mugging people. When people see a knife, they get scared and hand over their money pretty quick. Anyways, the last guy I mugged must have thought he was the next Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris and he kicked the knife out of my hand. He was so thrilled with his kick he was like "Did you see that? Wasn't that cool? That should be in a movie!" He was so proud of himself he never saw the kick to the nuts coming. It was a good kick too, I think I knocked his boys clear up into his chest and picked up my knife while he was bent over trying to breath and said, "Now that should have been in a movie! Ya know, I wasn't actually going to hurt you. You think just because someone pulls a knife on you, they are going to hurt you? That's stereotyping man! That's profiling and profiling and stereotyping are wrong! I could just be a compulsive butterer for all you know. Jerk!"
So after taking his money I bought some cigs and a box of butter. I keep that empty box of butter as a reminder not to smoke and to remember what a jerk that guy was.
I was cleaning out the garage today and found an old Marlboro pack. I was going to toss it but there's some nuts and bolts to something so it's still on the shelf. I did manage to sweep up a few butts that had escaped an ash try many moons ago.
Little by little all the reminders are finding their way to a trash can.
Little by little all the reminders are finding their way to a trash can.
My last beer (from 1991) sits in the back of my fridge unopened ...
Since last May, my very last cigarette from my very last pack is attached to the side that bottle with a rubber band ...
Both are probably too disgusting to even consider consuming them ...
Since last May, my very last cigarette from my very last pack is attached to the side that bottle with a rubber band ...
Both are probably too disgusting to even consider consuming them ...
I have a pack of Kools in my living room cabinet and a pack of Kools in my bedside table. I did not smoke Kools, my dad did, for about 55 years. He passed away of kidney cancer, which is smoking related, about a year and a half ago. It's a very, very strong reminder of my dad and I will likely always keep them. I stopped smoking the day I started vaping, 1 year ago. I have absolutely no desire to open those Kools, but if I have a memento I guess they are it.
Haven't purposely kept anything cigarette-related, but I have put away the first little eGo battery for a keepsake - the one I took one puff off of and realized I could quit smoking with!
I actually smoked after 4 months of vaping, took me 2 weeks to use that pack. I snapped the last couple ones and Im keeping the box to remind myself of the wheezing and coughing up that nasty stuff right now. I wrote the date on it and put a note inside of it to remind myself that I can get through a stressful situation without them
thanks everyone for your replies, i've read every single one of them and love the different things kept. my favorite: the beer with a cig attached to it
maybe eventually i'll do something creative with my box and cigs left, but for now they're just there to keep me from wanting them.
thanks again for the stories, keep 'em coming
maybe eventually i'll do something creative with my box and cigs left, but for now they're just there to keep me from wanting them.
thanks again for the stories, keep 'em coming
This is ready to go soon. I still have a can of butts in my car. One and a half years. You would think that it would be the first thing out, yet I am proud that I even forgot it was there. I am looking at it some sort of trophy, enough is enough. Out it goes with the next car cleaning.
I don't keep anything special around. I use pretty or souvenir ash trays for jewelry and other useful things. But why is it that when I was smoking I could never find a lighter but for several months after I quit they were turning up everywhere? I have a drawer full of the things.
Ya. I kept 2 lighters in the hardware cabinet with the candles in case the lights go out. Yup. I cant think of any other use.
I look at my family's picture, and think of my kids and grandson....
No going back.....
No going back.....
I did not keep any cigarettes around. I picked up my starter set when I had one carton left and when the last cig was gone from the last pack, I threw the can of butts and the pack away. All I have left (aside from the cheap bic lighters to use for candles and such, is a fancy lighter and a commemorative ashtray my wife and I picked up on our honeymoon. Funny enough, I just cleaned out the drawer where I kept my cigs, lighters, and other junk to make room for my vape stuff just before I found this thread.
I kept my Xikar lighter... its a $50 butane lighter so no way in hell am I throwing that away... plus I use it for my coils now so its a win/win
Came in here to mention my Zippo that I carried through two deployments in Iraq and saw they were mentioned many times. I plan on passing mine off to my son one day. Along with an AK bayonet that was given to me by an Iraqi soldier.
I held onto my last pack of cigs for over a year probably close to 1.5 years and then I decided it was time to toss them in the trash. I don't miss them one bit
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