My top 10 list of benefits of quitting cigs

[RedWingGirl]

I've been addicted to this forum since I found it, and I'm anxiously awaiting my very first PV (Vapor King kr808d-1) that I *hope* arrives tomorrow. In the meantime, I've been thinking about all the positive benefits of one day (soon I hope!) no longer smoking analogs, and here are some of the big ones which have crossed my mind:

1. I will save $$ on gas. As crazy as it sounds, my smoking habit costs me money at the pump. This is because I can't seem to drive anywhere without lighting up, even on short trips (like to the grocery store 2 minutes away). So I end up driving around a bit or take the long way just in order to smoke my cig.

2. My poor little doggy will no longer smell like smoke and he won't have his usual morning coughs (which I'm sure is due to my smoking). My little furbutt is like my baby, and I feel terrible for what I can only imagine all this second-hand smoke is doing to his tiny lungs!

3. I'll no longer have to carry an arsenal of breath mints, body sprays and scented hand lotions to try to cover up my "walking ashtray" funk.

4. No more ashes everywhere!! Ugghhh...no matter how often I clean my car it's still full of ashes from the wind in the crack in my window blowing them back in. And the worst is when I have to ash my cig while stopped and it blows right back at me, and there I am hoping the person in the car next to me didn't see and isn't thinking "what an idiot". lol

5. No more accidentally over-turned ashtrays!

6. More dating options! Lol, I know this may seem silly, but I've lost my shot with a couple really great guys because they didn't want to date a smoker (I refused to quit...yeah, I'm a rebel lol). I can't blame them, really.

7. I like the color yellow, but I think my walls and index fingernail have had enough of it. I think they deserve a break.

8. Cheaper insurance rates. My insurance plan charges more for smokers.

9. I'll actually smell the "downy freshness" in my clean clothes for longer than 5 minutes before it's drowned out in the smell of smoke!

10. Being able to hold someone's baby/child without their parents wanting to kick my .... for making their child smell like nasty cigs. THIS one is especially embarrassing.

 

[DC2]

Here's something you won't see coming....

Your hair and nails will start growing faster.
I swear, it is well documented here!

As a guy, personally, I hate that, but chicks might like it.

 

[VPDownunder]

No more waking up in a coughing fit

 

[mn shutterbug]

RedWingGirl, you definitely need to quit smoking and it sounds to me like you are really ready. You have found plenty of legit reasons and once you start vaping, reread what you just posted and it will be a walk in the park.

Good luck. It's not real tough. My KR808D-1 has done it for me. I just hope you remembered to order some cartomizers to go along with it.

 

[RedWingGirl]

RedWingGirl, you definitely need to quit smoking and it sounds to me like you are really ready. You have found plenty of legit reasons and once you start vaping, reread what you just posted and it will be a walk in the park.

Good luck. It's not real tough. My KR808D-1 has done it for me. I just hope you remembered to order some cartomizers to go along with it.

Yep, definitely need to quit. I'm optimistic that I'm still young enough that I haven't done too much damage to my body since I started at age 16 (I'm 32 now). I've just recently started feeling the effects of smoking, and it has been scaring me. Going up one flight of stairs should not be making me feel like I can't breath...especially not at my age!

On a side note, I noticed you're from MN. Don't know how close to Minnie you are, but for 5 years that place was like my second home. Until 2 months ago I was a flight attendant for NWA (ugh now DL) and I found myself in MSP pretty often (pre-merger). I left to go to school full-time. I especially loved my layovers in Duluth...great city. Dooncha know.

 

[sonomacoma]

Good to see a female hockey fan, too bad not a sharks fan....
Nice list. Good Luck!

 

[mn shutterbug]

On a side note, I noticed you're from MN. Don't know how close to Minnie you are, but for 5 years that place was like my second home. Until 2 months ago I was a flight attendant for NWA (ugh now DL) and I found myself in MSP pretty often (pre-merger). I left to go to school full-time. I especially loved my layovers in Duluth...great city. Dooncha know.

I live about 165 miles from MSP. I couldn't stand fighting that traffic on a daily basis. I love the Duluth area. The problem is, Duluth is 270 miles away. I do find a reason to make one "business" trip up there every summer.

 

[pianoguy]

Best of luck - you made a great choice, it'll be life-changing! Do make good use of the forum - I think it greatly improves one's odds of success.

 

[Krandle]

Yep, definitely need to quit. I'm optimistic that I'm still young enough that I haven't done too much damage to my body since I started at age 16 (I'm 32 now). I've just recently started feeling the effects of smoking, and it has been scaring me. Going up one flight of stairs should not be making me feel like I can't breath...especially not at my age!

On a side note, I noticed you're from MN. Don't know how close to Minnie you are, but for 5 years that place was like my second home. Until 2 months ago I was a flight attendant for NWA (ugh now DL) and I found myself in MSP pretty often (pre-merger). I left to go to school full-time. I especially loved my layovers in Duluth...great city. Dooncha know.

How on earth did you handle being a flight attendant and a smoker??

 

[Israfil]

7. I like the color yellow, but I think my walls and index fingernail have had enough of it. I think they deserve a break.

Ya know, I've heard that serial killers have a tendency towards yellow...or something like that. Sounds like you'd be fun at a party!

Seriously though, congrats on the happy times. Good luck on the boyfriend thing. Honestly since I quit smoking I've had MORE trouble getting girls than I used to....but perhaps that's because I haven't met as many smokers.

 

[Nwit]

Unless you are vaping 0% nicotine you will NOT get a break on insurance rates. It is the presence of nicotine that the insurance companies go by. Sorry.

 

[RedWingGirl]

Good to see a female hockey fan, too bad not a sharks fan....
Nice list. Good Luck!

Haha, thanks! Yeah, I'm a HUGE Wings fan. Most guys are surprised by the amount of hockey knowledge I possess, being a girl and all.

Best of luck - you made a great choice, it'll be life-changing! Do make good use of the forum - I think it greatly improves one's odds of success.

Thank you pianoguy!

How on earth did you handle being a flight attendant and a smoker??

I had my moments of desperation (umm, 14 hour flights to Japan with 400 needy passengers who each take 10 minutes deciding between chicken/steak and ring their call buttons 87 times an hour so I can show them how to use their entertainment remote for the 70th time without a single smoke break...yeah, not easy), but for the most part I handled it pretty well. I guess I got used to laying over in so many non-smoking cities/hotels, and spending so much time in non-smoking airports that I was forced to accept it. But now that I'm home more often I've been smoking much more, unfortunately.

Ya know, I've heard that serial killers have a tendency towards yellow...or something like that. Sounds like you'd be fun at a party!

Seriously though, congrats on the happy times. Good luck on the boyfriend thing. Honestly since I quit smoking I've had MORE trouble getting girls than I used to....but perhaps that's because I haven't met as many smokers.

LOL, thanks Israfil. Actually, I don't like yellow that much, mostly the sunshine happy shades. I like to think they match my personality lol. And sorry to hear about your girl-getting troubles. It seems like you can't win for trying these days! But at least you're doing something good for yourself, and before you know it you'll snag yourself a smokin' (no pun intended) non-smoker.

 

[RedWingGirl]

Unless you are vaping 0% nicotine you will NOT get a break on insurance rates. It is the presence of nicotine that the insurance companies go by. Sorry.

My ultimate goal (well, just to be nicotine-free period, vaping or not). *fingers crossed!*

 

[bigboom]

A definite bonus for me has been no ties, suits, car seats, or pants destroyed by one little damn getaway ash ember. I burned a lot those things through the years as a smoker.

 

[willbeein2003]

I love your list. Personally, I can agree with almost all of them and add that my dogs now stay on my lap when I vape. When I would light an analog they would sneeze and move to the other end of the couch. I am also glad I will never again drop a cigarette when I am driving at 70mph.

After 40 years of smoking I have been analog free since July 15th so I know you can do it too! We are all here for you.

 

[xg4bx]

I've been vaping for less than 48 hours and already my breathing is improving. The rattle in my chest seems to be almost gone. I can feel my sinuses starting to open up. My eyes don't feel as dry and I actually seem to be producing saliva again, thus I'm not as chronically thirsty as I usually was. My cat doesn't run away from me when I vape whereas she'd dash off as soon as she detected cigarette smoke. Last night I had the best (unaided by the sleeping pills/melatonin I usually had to take) natural sleep I've had in years. I feel awake and alive.

I smoked for 16 years (menthol cigs to boot!) so this is all an absolute miracle to me.

 

[xg4bx]

I've been vaping for less than 48 hours and already my breathing is improving. The rattle in my chest seems to be almost gone. I can feel my sinuses starting to open up. My eyes don't feel as dry and I actually seem to be producing saliva again, thus I'm not as chronically thirsty as I usually was. My cat doesn't run away from me when I vape whereas she'd dash off as soon as she detected cigarette smoke. Last night I had the best (unaided by the sleeping pills/melatonin I usually had to take) natural sleep I've had in years. I feel awake and alive.

I smoked for 16 years (menthol cigs to boot!) so this is all an absolute miracle to me.

 

[THE]

Unless you are vaping 0% nicotine you will NOT get a break on insurance rates. It is the presence of nicotine that the insurance companies go by. Sorry.

I've always been asked about "Tobacco Use" on life insurance applications..

 

[THE]

1. I look and feel healthier. I've got more energy.
2. I don't smell like a cigarette smoke storm.
3. I can smell rain and lightning much better.
4. Food tastes a-lot better. In MOST cases.
5. I'm going to have better sex and not fall over dead after.
6. Like you said, more dating options.. This is very very true.
7. No more being chained to convenience stores.
8. Like you said, no more ashes. I got them EVERYWHERE.
9. I can drink without smoking a whole pack of cigs in three hours.
10. I get to see my sister free of cigarettes while she still looks young and beautiful.
11. No second hand smoke for my little niece over there
12. Oh, you only wanted ten????

 

[StarryColorado]

I took my daughter to this little amusement park up in the mountains where I live today. It has HUGE steep hills and is 7,000 feet up. I live 9,000 feet up so I am used to the altitude but I used to huff and puff and my lungs would hurt by the time I reached the top! Well, I took her today after 3 weeks off analogs and I didn't even lose my breath! My legs hurt as usual as I am out of shape but my lungs felt great and I didn't have to catch my breath at all after only 3 weeks analog free. That was a GREAT feeling!