For those who have completely quit analogs...

[illuxion]

I traded a 3 cartons for a used 430 ex II flash from someone at work. I actually feel I got the better deal Oddly enough seeing me vape away at my desk has now piqued his interest and his kit should be here this week(he picked up the $25 510 kit from TV). I love the flash though, first time I've ever played with a remote slave flash and it plays very nice with my 580 ex II

 

[Creature]

I was out when I bought my e cig so I did not have any to throw away.

But, I did have 2 halves that sat in the ashtray for 2 and a half months.

It did bring an extremely big smile to my face when I dumped the darn thing lol.
(Sold the ashtray in a yard sale)

 

[otrpu]

When I had my heart attack I had no less than 6 cartons of analogs from king soopers grocery. Told Wifey to take um back for a refund. She did, but they gave her heck cause evidently I'd purchased cartons from several different KS groceries. Wifey's tough as nails. . .she got her refund for all 6 cartons from one store. Tole um she didn't give a damn which KS I'd purchased them from it was the same chain and she wanted a refund for all the cartons. She got it, and she didn't refund anything to me. 41 years of marital bliss. . .what can I say?

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[StuckinLA]

I keep my half used pack on the bookshelf to remind me how much I'm saving everyday. And should I even think about going back to analogs they are so stale I won't want to. I never ceases to amaze me how after 40 years of smoking how easy it was to go to vaping instead.

 

[littleg]

4 months and counting for me... feels great!

 

[hairball]

I gave mine to co-workers that don't make the money that I do. Sucks when you're broke and need a cig to settle your nerves. We've all been there. I gave away 3 cartons of menthols that I bought 3 weeks before I decided I was sick of the smell, cough, expense, etc.

 

[hairball]

That's great. Not only did you quit but managed to stay married.

 

[DragonflyVaper]

They will last forever..... remember all the 4k chemicals? One of those chems (formaldahide) keeps'em fresh forever. Do a test, you'll see. Days of stale analogs went away in the 70's

I've been analog free for (see banner below) and still have an unopened carton left over. I don't know what to do with them either. I really don't want to just throw them away, but they might be getting too old/stale to be any good.

Anyone have any idea how long unopened packs last?

 

[Tha Funk Doctor Spock]

I have half a bag of rollie's I keep around, now and then I'll want to try a normal cig and a few puffs in my brains saying "Whats the point? Vape is so nicer!". I should probably give them to a friend like I do with all the $ off coupon's I get from the analog companies.

 

[digitalfairy]

I hid mine in my truck so they were close if I needed them, but far enough not to give into easy temptation. I ended up giving them to a co-worker who helped me clean/repaint my home (the stale tobacco smell on everything was driving me nuts).

 

[mookieb]

I had 7 cigarettes left when I got my first kit. I felt pretty good about vaping and knew it was what I wanted to do, but I freaked out and bought another pack, "just in case". Had technical issues with attys later that week so I had to buy another pack. I got my 510 when I had 10 cigarettes left in that second pack. Smoked 1 cigarette a day, even though they got yuckier and yuckier. (I can't stand to throw anything out!!) I was so happy when I smoked the last one because I couldn't stand it anymore.

It's been over 2 months now, and haven't even had a craving.

 

[NukeDOC]

i smoked what i had left. so in the first 6 weeks of vaping, i smoked 5 analogs spread out through that time period. not a bad turnover and i never felt like it was cold turkey. possibly also because i was still using an xhale o2 unit. now that i have a 510 i dont even look back and i have no cravings for the analogs at all. i am, however, hotboxing the 510 like its cool. i sneek a drag in between patients throughout my day. and after the kids fall asleep, im a fog machine. hahaha

 

[Poke]

had a total of about 7 smokes left put them in the freezer but found reason to smoke them, so I did over the course of about a week and bit. I found having analogs in the house triggerred me to make excuses to smoke them. Now I simply don't buy any and hey presto my reasoning to smoke an analog doesn't outweigh the effort of going out and buying them

 

[Travis798]

I have about half a carton left that I'll probably keep around since I did the vaping thing once for about 6 months then went back to the cigs for a few months, but now that I'm @ 6 volts I just may give them away.

I'm not sure what all this talk from people about them going stale is. I once found half a carton still in an old house I'd moved out of that I use for storage now, and I smoked them all. It had been 2 years since I'd moved out so they were at least that old, if not older. I guess smoking old cigs have just never bothered me. There have been times when going to work on the road I'd stock up 30 cartons to take with me.