I still have my cigarettes

[erikbal]

The first time I quit smoking was for a couple of months a few years back and I when I quit (using the patch, it sucked) I left a full unopened pack of camel filters in my Jeep and I ended up giving them away. I know what you mean. It feels good knowing they don't have so much power over you anymore.

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[Zippo-Rustin]

I had packs of ciggs and bics all over the place. In my truck, my desk at work, my work bench in the barn and garage at home, cartons in the cupboard. It would have been near impossible for me to quit with all the stuff I had strewn from end to end of my life. I didnt really understand why at the time but I had just had it with smogs. I think It was a reminder that I too had a choice. That Id be where people smoke and I either had to be strong and committed enough to not pick one up or to cave in. I cant totally avoid smogs so I had to learn to live with or around them. Whatever moves you to keep off the smogs is a perfect plan. Just work your plan and plan your work, as they say. These ecigs are easiest way yet the get off them stinkys. Its so much easier than cold turkey use to be. No withdraw, simular sensation and motor habits, just without the tar or stench. vaping has a world of different flavors. Weather your like me and stick to tobacco flavors or are into fruit or candy flavors you can get your nic fix and not stink like a dirty ash tray, burning up your cloths and car seats. Its good to be alive today!

 

[peraspera]

I have 4 1/2 packs in the freezer. I enjoy looking at them and gloating that I won.

 

[freeatlast!]

Had about 1/2 a pack in the house when I tried my first eGo and knew I could quit smoking with it. Soooo, took the rest of the week to say good-bye to the old 2-faced friend, and never bought another pack.

 

[Bobw1951]

I still have my last 20 pack unopened in a printer paper drawer unit, right beside me, so I can see them every time I look there.

 

[SingedVapor]

I was lucky that my first vaporizer came in the mail right when my paul malls ran out. I never bought another back and havent felt the urge to honestly. My little ego was so much fun to use at the time that it distracted me from the cigarettes and by the time i went to the mvp i couldnt stand the smell of a cigarette.


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[AntnyMikal]

I had one left in a pack for a month sitting on the shelf. Tossed it one day while cleaning FDB.

 

[Katcandoo]

I was the queen of emergency stashes! Almost a year smoke-free and I still have a sealed full pack in the pantry. I also still have partial packs with lighters in my:

- purse
- car
- desk at work
- kitchen cabinet
- bathroom drawer

I have no desire for them, but I think just having them available in a crisis is a safety blanket.

 

[searcher]

When my 510 came on Sep 11,2009 I had half a pack in my pocket, 10 cartons in the closet, 1 pack each in the jeep and the truck, and about 30 pounds of loose tobacco in the camper(wife didn't like me smoking or making smokes in the house). I sold about 1/3 of the tobacco to my brother before I got him converted to vaping. Wife sold all the storebought smokes to people at her work ( they were really glad to get them since they were priced before the tax increases. I had a guy my wife knew come up to bum a smoke at the market a couple months ago (guess he saw the vapor billowing out the window). Wife told him it was fake smoke. I remembered the pack in the console, dug it out, warned him it was over 4 years old, and gave it to him. The half pack I started with is still in my desk drawer. I believe that as long as they are there and I have no desire to smoke, then I have definatly quit.

 

[The Vagabond]

I'm @ 16 days away from a year of analog free and have 4 packs sitting right in the old spot. but then, I never intended to stop smoking.

 

[Mrs C]

My trophy with the date contains 2 cigs. The same 2 that were in it when I bought my first starter kit. I keep it on my desk. Every time I look at it, I smile. I finally fixed the most idiotic mistake I ever made.

 

[fogging_katrider]

They have been sitting on my bookshelf since December. In plain view. Somebody tried to tell me to throw them away, but I keep them as a reminder that I have the choice to not smoke, as weird as that may sound. Anybody else do the same?

May I suggest an alternative...
Next time you go to walmart or any other store, just outside the entry doors where people take that one last drag off their cigarettes before putting them in that smelly .... bucket or pedistal...
Stop right there and take a deep whiff of the lingering odor. Notice how repulsive the smell really is and smile knowing you'll never really want another cigarette again. From then on, every time you pass one of those .... buckets, let that foul odor serve as your "reminder" of the choice you'll NEVER EVER think about making again as long as you're still fogging a mirror.

Then go home and flush those damn disgusting stinking cigarettes down the toilet...where all similar smelling "things" belong.

Said another way... you have made your choice... so stop waffeling and flush that tiolet !

hth

 

[wheelie]

I kept a full open pack in my truck for eight months. Kept them in case esmoke went down. Threw them out a month ago. I now carry a parts case in my truck with burners needle and juice. I take along a second battery or a spare if going out all day working.

 

[Dusif]

I still light wifeys stinkies when she asks me if i want to fetch her one... Just to show that i have no need to smoke ever again... And the horrible taste is a great reminder


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[LisaR]

I'm about a year and a half into vaping, and if I think about it, I still have a bunch of cigarettes. In the drawer next to me (I just checked) I have one year-and-a-half old Camel Light from the pack I was working on when I got my first e-cig set up. And I have 19 Davidoff Whites from the pack I bought in Athens last summer--practically EVERYONE in Greece smokes, and I was tempted to think I might like to, as well. Turned out, nope. I'm pretty sure I have 2 or 3 packs in the back of the freezer from the carton I was working on when I got my first set-up, too. At some point, I will throw them all out, but one of the glories of switching to e-cigarettes was that I never actually had to "quit" smoking. I just switched, and eventually real cigarettes became totally unappealing to me. I still have one from time to time, but those times become less and less frequent, and it is invariably pretty awful. I think the last time I had a cigarette was 6 or 8 months ago. I will probably smoke one again at some point, but then again, maybe not. My husband started vaping at the same time I did, and he still smokes a cigarette or two every morning (down from a pack a day, so that's not too bad!). So if I REALLY think I might want one, he will have a fresher pack handy than any of my old nasty ones.

 

[chawk]

I still have my last pack, put nicely in my case. I also put a note in there with the date I smoked my last and that if I smoke one I'm an A..! Signed Love, Yourself. On my one year we are going to burn them one by one in a barrel, each one representing 20 new things I learned about myself.

 

[Free6413]

I cleaned out everything! Ashtrays, lighters, butts on the work bench. EVERYTHING! I knew that I didn't want to smoke anymore and wanted to make sure there were no temptations. When I have one of those days I just go out where the others are smoking and after a few seconds, those days don't seem that bad. That is how I make my choices daily.

 

[hazarada]

I got a full pack of cigs in my bag that i bought just before buying my first ecig in january 2013 in case i don't likey. Weird thing is, i still consider myself a smoker even though I haven't smoked or even wanted one since i started with vaping.. just one of them psychological kinks i guess

 

[DC2]

Like an alcoholic with a just one bottle left as a reminder, it seems like a possible crutch for someone who isn't 100% sure they can make it.
I would remove all temptations and have faith in your already proven will power.

For some, who no longer fear cigarettes, it can be a very empowering thing to have them around as a trophy.

Me, personally? I just laugh at cigarettes now, knowing they have no power over me anymore.
In fact, I still have one every month or two just for fun.

THAT is when you know you are done with smoking.