1 month 8 days, $220 later (-$260 for e-cig products) I still keep my cigarettes and lighter in my daily lunch box. I'm sure they are bad by now anyway, but I'm still scared to be without them. Kinda like keeping a blanky around. Weird? Anyone else?
I'm still scared.
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Nope! 1 year 2 months and a quick glance up next to my printer is an ash tray, lighter and 1/2 a pack of camels!
Maybe get a few backup batteries and some smokeless tobacco (snus/dissolvables) in the fridge and you won't feel so vulnerable? Why would you be afraid to get rid of stale cigarettes? What are you saving them for? In case all of your batteries die or if you run out of liquid/carts?
I had three cartons in hand, and five more cartons in shipping when I unexpectedly quit smoking ... the day my first PV was delivered. I sold a few cheap, gave one away ... and finally, after several months had passed, I threw the remainders away. I'm certain they were quite stale by then.
8.5 months in. I got over the need for the blanky security fairly quickly. But, I do understand what you mean. It was strange at first just to leave the house without a pack and a lighter.
8.5 months in. I got over the need for the blanky security fairly quickly. But, I do understand what you mean. It was strange at first just to leave the house without a pack and a lighter.
Cig free for over three years.. smooth sailing! Don't give up.. in the end you'll win .. as long as you find the right eCig and nic Juice. Mine were the eGo and 24mg RY4 juice.
Nope, you're not alone. I didn't throw out my rolling tobacco until I'd been vaping full-time for a month and a half. It stayed in my purse, going with me everywhere. Just like you said, it was a comfort thing. But eventually... I got to a point where I could let it go.
You and cigarettes have been attached at the hip for years. It'll take time to get over that.
Actually, I wrote a blog post about the day I threw out my tobacco.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...it-diary-thing-minute-momentous-occasion.html
You and cigarettes have been attached at the hip for years. It'll take time to get over that.
Actually, I wrote a blog post about the day I threw out my tobacco.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...it-diary-thing-minute-momentous-occasion.html
One month? I have a suggestion that will convince you to throw them out. It's not conventional advice... but just try one. I'd just about bet you a dollar you won't even want to finish it (or even take more than maybe three drags). At least, that's what I did after only a week, and that convinced me I no longer needed or wanted cigs around. It's no longer an acceptable alternative to me.
I don't keep them because I want one, Im just afraid to leave them and be without them. I am 36 yrs old, and I started in sixth grade, (10-11yrs old??). That's along time to carry my "blanky" around, and then one day, just throw it away?. Hard to explain, I just don't want to be without them right now. I am for sure done with them though. I like ego way better, the flavors, the ease of use, and I can sneak a drag anywhere.
I got rid of all my 'baccy after about a week. Thing is, I'm NUTS about having multiple batteries, 20+ml of juice, backup kits... lol.
I've got my egos, plus 2 fully charged 510 batts, plus a 5v box mod (with at least 2 fully charged sets of batteries) with me at all times. Passthrough, attys, carts, juice & a boxmod in the glovebox as "emergency rations". More stuff all over the house. Enough backstocked juice "fixins" to last me a year.
Plus, I always know I can just walk down to the 24-hour Walgreens if it ever comes to that... but now I know it won't
I've got my egos, plus 2 fully charged 510 batts, plus a 5v box mod (with at least 2 fully charged sets of batteries) with me at all times. Passthrough, attys, carts, juice & a boxmod in the glovebox as "emergency rations". More stuff all over the house. Enough backstocked juice "fixins" to last me a year.
Plus, I always know I can just walk down to the 24-hour Walgreens if it ever comes to that... but now I know it won't
I still have a few cigs left out of the last carton I bought 3 weeks ago. At the time I bought my first e-cig (Njoy), I had three packs left. I really have no desire to smoke them, but I do when I'm hanging out with friends, drinking. Now, they taste pretty nasty to me. Those were Senecas but a Marlboro Red will always have a special place in my heart -- not that I'm going to buy them! They're over $10 a pack now! But if it's offered, I'll take it. I didn't start vaping to quit smoking, I did it as an alternative to smoking because it's so damn expensive now. I like to smoke.
But my security blanket is my Zippo. I've carried that thing since I was 13 years old (21 years ago) and it's like a part of me. We've been through a lot together.
But my security blanket is my Zippo. I've carried that thing since I was 13 years old (21 years ago) and it's like a part of me. We've been through a lot together.
My first PV got here a day earlier than expected. I was smoking a cig. when the mail came with it...I was just about to walk out the door to buy some because I only had 1 left. I still have that one sitting right next to me. I can't believe I'm not even tempted! Not sure when I'll throw it out, really not even sure why I haven't yet...
It sounds like some of us have a sentimental attachment to cigarettes. Or maybe it's something akin to the framed "first dollar earned", but in reverse. Interesting thoughts y'all.
I ran out of cigarettes on my way to pick up my ecig which was not delivered to my primary address a few days ago and haven't looked back since. I will not stop carrying my zippo though. I haven't been without a lighter since I was 14, and I don't plan to give that up.
I'm with you on that one.
My Zippo is like that cherished necklace or ring you're never without.
When i smoked i usually smoked bargain brands so when i ordered my first kit i bought 2 packs of premium cigs pretty much to lament my last days of smoking while i waited for my kit to arrive. The day it came i still had like 15 cigs left. I had one a day untill they were done...not because i needed them...just because they were there and I paid an extra 3 bucks a pack for those fu@#ers.
We had analogs in the house for about 3 days after we stated vaping. I stoped smoking the day I started to vape but Julie did both for 3 days until the smokes ran out. I think the poster before had a good idea. Take a couple of drags of one of those stale camels you will then have no probs binning them.
I'm with you guys on that one as well. I still carry my Zippo with me, you just never know when you will need it.
"ME MAN, ME MAKE FIRE!"
I'm with on that one.
My Zippo is like that cherished necklace or ring you're never without.
I'm with you guys on that one as well. I still carry my Zippo with me, you just never know when you will need it.
"ME MAN, ME MAKE FIRE!"
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Sometimes even with my PV I still get the urge to go out for a smoke, more out of habit than anything else I think, if I had any analogs I would probably smoke them. So far though I haven't had the desire to buy or bum any though.
Open the pack and throw out 1 per day until they're all gone.
Personally I let myself run out of cigs before I took up vaping full time. When my cigs ran out it was vaping or nothing. I put all my paraphenalia away and didn't even leave a cigarette .... around. I just told myself each morning when I woke up and reached for my pv "this is what I do now". There were times that I'd have stepped over my mother for a cig but since I found equipment and juice that work for me, I forgot why I ever even enjoyed cigs. Now the concept of smoking a cigarette seems utterly foreign to me.
Personally I let myself run out of cigs before I took up vaping full time. When my cigs ran out it was vaping or nothing. I put all my paraphenalia away and didn't even leave a cigarette .... around. I just told myself each morning when I woke up and reached for my pv "this is what I do now". There were times that I'd have stepped over my mother for a cig but since I found equipment and juice that work for me, I forgot why I ever even enjoyed cigs. Now the concept of smoking a cigarette seems utterly foreign to me.
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