How Many Wasted Cigarettes

[Telynau]

I have been thinking about this a lot recently. I have always been mindful about smoking and knew I consumed 15-20 a day. Or 10 when I was being judicious. Or five (5) when trying to be extremely conscious. Or two or three packs a day. Perhaps four packs a day.

I used to smoke a lot. I'd light one, take two or three puffs, sit it in the ashtray. It would burn out. I'd light another one, take two or three puffs, sit it in the ashtray. It would burn out. I'd light another one... Chain-smoking. This included a time when one could smoke at work, at a restaurant, on the train, on an airplane... Sam, I do not like green eggs and ham...

Then came a time when smoking was banned. I'd go outside, light one take two or three puffs, snuff it out in an ashtray. An hour (or less) go outside, light one, take two or three puffs, snuff it out. Sam I do not like them, Sam I Am!

 

[adeline]

I used to do that. Especially toward the last few weeks/months of my smoking. And I'd stub it out after half gone and say "I'm gonna hate myself for that later." When I ran out, I would hate myself for stubbing out half of a good smoke.

Now? I don't care!! Muahahaha!!

 

[Telynau]

Please make this site iPod friendly for scrolling on advanced =}.

Can you imagine?!? I was smoking two, three, four packs of cigarettes a day. Or was I? Really? Was I truly smoking as much as I believed?

I was not being mindful on how many cigarettes I truly consumed. I had no idea how much (or little) phytochemicles I used.

With vaping, I am much more aware, in the moment, of what I am doing. Yes, I had become more aware of my smoking habits prior to converting. And became aware of my habit of taking two or three puffs before snuffing a cigarette out or letting it burn out.

Have any of you become more aware of your vaping habits? Have you compared it to your cigarette smoking habits? I'm curious. Please indulge me =}.

 

[Telynau]

Adeline, thank you for your comment. This is something I've truly been pondering. I, too used to hate myself for wasting a smoke, when I had to go outside. especially in the rain & snow, when a cigi would get waterlogged before I could finsih. =}.

 

[Dmortal]

There were a number of times while drinking, playing Everquest, playing WoW or whatever I'd set a smoke in the ashtray and it would burn away. Then they put something in there and the things would go out on me at times. I can also remember putting one in my mouth at the computer and never taking it away til it was gone. Nasty ashes everywhere!
My eCig is so much cleaner and always ready to puff at the push of a button!

 

[UntamedRose]

Always hated it when you would light up...take a puff..and something would happen. boss, phone, kids, something would happen and ya get to trash basically a full ciggy

and relighting those things never really worked. so gross

 

[slyfox]

I would carry a pair of scissors with me on my 2 min. smoke break at work, leave the .... in the window and come back later and take couple of more hits. It saved me alot of money, when I smoked at work, at home I would just smoked the whole thing. I smoked Virginia Slims Reg.

 

[Telynau]

Aye, something all ways would interrupt a perfectly good moment with a cigarette. LOL. Familial obligations. Gainful obligations. Obligations! There are now, true and true, few moments to sit quietly and have a smoke. in all of its glorious quietude and (sometimes) blessed solitude. Social smoking was totally different. We could share a smoke with other like minded people. Some intriguing conversations developed over a smoke.

And, how many times did we take a puff or two and let the cigi burn out; either from distraction or disinterest...

Did we really smoke two, three, four packs a day, as we experienced? Or did we really smoke 5-10-15-20 cigarettes in total? I'm truly curious, from my own experiences. I know I truly smoked a lot fewer cigarettes than the empty packs suggested. I spent some time observing, as a bystander, my own habits. And those of some very special people in my life =}.

 

[JFizzleSizzle]

I had the opposite problem. If I couldnt finish my smoke to the filter I never felt satisfied and the cravings came quick. Thank god I found these e cigs.

 

[Telynau]

JFizzleSizzle, this is why vaping is so nice. We can find a combo of nic/vape/flavour to satisfy.

Then there is the psychological need. There was a time when people gathered around a communal pipe or bowl. Ardugh! I wish I had a way to explain how smoking, a long time gone, was experienced.

Then there became a time when smoking just "was". There was no mindfulness to it. We smoked. Here, there, everywhere. A puff or two or three.

Vaping/e-cigs are changing this. We are becoming aware. Please help me out explaining =}. There was a ritual, an experience, a social component to smoking. I'm beginning to hear it in vaping, too. "Mind if I vape? Would you like a vape? May I offer you a vape? Here, try one of mine. This flavour is divine, may I offer you a few drips?"

 

[atom48]

I had the opposite problem. If I couldnt finish my smoke to the filter I never felt satisfied and the cravings came quick. Thank god I found these e cigs.

My experience, too. My co-workers would be putting out half-finished cigs and I'd say, "I'll be in as soon as I finish this." Knew I would feel as if I hadn't smoked at all if I didn't finish the whole thing.

 

[txwalt]

I've almost always worked outside. I always made a point of smoking the whole thing. Of course things would come up and sometimes I had to stub it out but that was the acception, not the rule.

 

[Stosh]

I had the opposite problem. If I couldnt finish my smoke to the filter I never felt satisfied and the cravings came quick. Thank god I found these e cigs.

Amen brother, I could finish two cigs to the filter in the time co-workers finished one. My 1 1/2 pad was smoked to the filter.