No more smoking in my house!

[Stephra]

We still have the ashtrays on our coffee table, and I promised myself I wouldn't be a nazi about marching my friends outside to smoke (especially considering all the butts we've torched in the house).

But most of our "come over and hang out" friends hopped on the bandwagon with us, and only two are still smoking - the rest have come to the vape! So it's pretty much been a non-issue. I can put up with two or three cigarettes in here.

The car, though? Off limits. And I fear that if/when we move, our home will become non-smoking by default. I've never had a place of my own that was non-smoking. In fact, that as one of the BIG things when I first moved from my non-smoking grandmother's house to my first apartment - "I am gonna smoke inside until the smoke detector goes off!"

I just watched Cannonball Run last night, and Roger Moore has a great line. The lovely sidekick asks him if she may smoke in the car. He replies, "I suppose so, after all they are YOUR lungs."

 

[maxx]

In the same vein....

Does anyone have friends that use snuff? I have a couple and although I look the other way (I have to)....they sit at my kitchen table and spit into a clear plastic Coke bottle. Turns my stomach. The only restriction I have on that is that they take the bottle with them when they leave, which I think is a fair requirement.

 

[VapingRulz]

That's revolting. Luckily I don't know anyone who does that. I would have to draw the line at someone spitting into a soda bottle in my presence... I'd lose my lunch.

 

[Garblesnarf]

I've never gotten to the spitting part. Just putting the snuff in my mouth made me hurl.

Luckily no one I hang with does it.

 

[Stephra]

Yep, a bottle of brown spit-goo would not be welcome in my home. I have a friend who keeps a bottle next to his chair at home... I don't visit his home much anymore.

 

[maxx]

But why do they always choose clear bottles? And not stuff some tissue down to the bottom?

Imagine if it were your job to clean the public spittoon in an old west saloon. After it is has sat for a couple days in the summer heat.

I once had a friendly argument with a snuff user. His claim was that his habit wasn't harmful to anyone else like cigs were. I pointed out that spitting on the sidewalk was outlawed long before cigs were....and for good reason....disease spread. Especially in a time when every year there is a new pandemic flu scare it seems.

 

[Katya]

But why do they always choose clear bottles? And not stuff some tissue down to the bottom?

Imagine if it were your job to clean the public spittoon in an old west saloon. After it is has sat for a couple days in the summer heat.

I once had a friendly argument with a snuff user. His claim was that his habit wasn't harmful to anyone else like cigs were. I pointed out that spitting on the sidewalk was outlawed long before cigs were....and for good reason....disease spread. Especially in a time when every year there is a new pandemic flu scare it seems.

You should introduce them to snus. Much more civilized, a hundred times healthier and makes you feel sooooo good. Trust me on this one.

 

[Stephra]

But why do they always choose clear bottles? And not stuff some tissue down to the bottom?

Maybe a compromise would be to make him tape a piece of paper around the bottle. At least that way you wouldn't be seeing it so much?

 

[xdunlapx]

I use snus and love it. I only use Camel Snus Frost though. I've tried a myriad of swedish snus's and they all taste gross but Camel did a great job at hiding that flavor when they made Frost.

 

[Desertfremen]

In the same vein....

Does anyone have friends that use snuff? I have a couple and although I look the other way (I have to)....they sit at my kitchen table and spit into a clear plastic Coke bottle. Turns my stomach. The only restriction I have on that is that they take the bottle with them when they leave, which I think is a fair requirement.

I've tried lots of things: cigarettes, cigars, bidis and *nasal* snuff, but dip and chew I will not have anything to do with. I agree, it's #:$.

I haven't tried snus either but it's too close to dip and chew for me. (BTW little tidbit: Chew is made with the lowest grade of tobacco. ugh.)

 

[maxx]

I bought some Camel snus....but I don't need (or want) to use them. I got them to experiment with DIY juice extraction (soak in VG or PG). It's my understanding you don't do the spitting you do with snuff and other chewing tobacco. It looks like a mini tea bag.

 

[yanks21]

I bought some Camel snus....but I don't need (or want) to use them. I got them to experiment with DIY juice extraction (soak in VG or PG). It's my understanding you don't do the spitting you do with snuff and other chewing tobacco. It looks like a mini tea bag.

Oh, I think they (the Camel Mellow) are SO YUMMY!!!!! A lot of people say it is too sweet for them but not for me . . .

But yes, you are correct maxx - you stick it in your gum line like you would with a piece of Nicorette gum after you chewed it a bit. No spitting required - take it out when you are done and throw it out and it is exactly like a little tea bag filled with tobacco.

It is SO satisfying! I mean when I'm vaping I could totally put down my PV and light a cig without blinking an eye. When I had a snus in my mouth - the idea of taking it out and lighting a cig was not something that entered my mind.

 

[maxx]

Being sweet is the trouble I had with making the juice. I am told to try extraction with Swedish Snus and I will have better luck. The Camel stuff was just too sweet for my tastes.

 

[Katya]

The Swedish snus is a different animal altogether. Once one gets used to the taste and smell of it. It's salty and fresh and moist and full of those wonderful tobacco alkaloids so many of us seem to miss. No cigarette ever felt as satisfying to me as a little mini mint or licorice or eucalyptus snus. And healthwise, Swedish snus is very safe. Almost no known serious health risks, and believe me, they've studied the daylights out of it (it has something to do with their curing process). In Sweden it's classified as food product (kid you not).

 

[msroulette]

I had a conversation with a friend recently. She quit smoking and said how much she despised the smell of smoke. I responded with a "yes, ex-smokers are the worst critics of the smell". I always understood it...but even more now that I have quit. My son lit a cigarette in my house yesterday, and at the same time that I was enjoying the new-lit smell, it also gagged me. I made him leave the house. Then, later in the evening, after going to a friend's to smoke, he came home and just REEKED. I was completely repulsed by the smell on him. OhMyGoodness I am now a smoking nazi

 

[Stephra]

OhMyGoodness I am now a smoking nazi

Around my house we always call them "Born Again Non Smokers". When we were smokers, we always lamented how those were the worst kind.

I'm now fighting to NOT become that person.

I don't know how to feel about this.

 

[lonercom]

I am now a smoking nazi

 

[lonercom]

"Born Again Non Smokers"

 

[msroulette]

Thank you loner, I appreciate the support! LOL