Hi all,
I've thought about trying out e-cigs for a while now but haven't gotten around to it.
I'm a former smoker. I started in 1999 (when I was 18) and smoked for 5 years or so. For much of that time, I smoked 2 packs a day of camel or marlboro lights. I quit with the help of the patch and have only smoked a handful of cigarettes since (here and there when too drunk to care, none of these instances have led to me becoming re-addicted). I have the very occasional cigar when offered one.
As a former smoker, I enjoy not having the gripping addiction that normal cigarettes gave me, but I still look back at the act of smoking being a really fun, enjoyable thing. I loved standing around with people smoking, or smoking at my computer relaxing, or smoking driving down the road.
At this point I have complete control over my addiction and I'm not worried at all about slipping. In your opinions, would me trying out e-cigs be a potential slippery slope of falling back into my old addiction? I see some people saying they used e-cigs to quit regular cigs but as a former smoker, would it be stupid of me to even test the waters? I imagine most former smokers would just stay away from anything that has to do with smoking (because quitting smoking was ROUGH, and I don't want to have to go through that again) but like I said, there was a lot I liked about smoking and if I can do it again without it controlling my life I'm interested.
Thanks for any advice.
I've thought about trying out e-cigs for a while now but haven't gotten around to it.
I'm a former smoker. I started in 1999 (when I was 18) and smoked for 5 years or so. For much of that time, I smoked 2 packs a day of camel or marlboro lights. I quit with the help of the patch and have only smoked a handful of cigarettes since (here and there when too drunk to care, none of these instances have led to me becoming re-addicted). I have the very occasional cigar when offered one.
As a former smoker, I enjoy not having the gripping addiction that normal cigarettes gave me, but I still look back at the act of smoking being a really fun, enjoyable thing. I loved standing around with people smoking, or smoking at my computer relaxing, or smoking driving down the road.
At this point I have complete control over my addiction and I'm not worried at all about slipping. In your opinions, would me trying out e-cigs be a potential slippery slope of falling back into my old addiction? I see some people saying they used e-cigs to quit regular cigs but as a former smoker, would it be stupid of me to even test the waters? I imagine most former smokers would just stay away from anything that has to do with smoking (because quitting smoking was ROUGH, and I don't want to have to go through that again) but like I said, there was a lot I liked about smoking and if I can do it again without it controlling my life I'm interested.
Thanks for any advice.