Should you try a cigarette now that you don't smoke?

[DC2]

We all know what happened in the past when we tried to quit.
We all know that smoking just one can bring you right back to where you were.

But this is different, right?
Isn't it?

Many people say that having a cigarette after vaping for awhile will just reinforce the fact that you like vaping more than smoking. That it will taste horrible. That having a cigarette was the point at which they knew they never wanted or needed another cigarette ever again.

So can that help kill off any cravings you thought you still had?


Or are there people that should not do this?
Are there people that just might get sucked back in?

And if so, what do you think might distinguish them?

 

[JustKryssi]

My case is different because I gave up nicotine as well as tobacco. vaping soothes my need for the hand to mouth ritual.

So, for those who are like me, little to no nic, I wouldn't recommend it. Why bother putting the original drug back into your system when you've already been through the horror of detox?

 

[AJMoore]

Not a good idea for me, maybe you but not me. I know what happens, I'll be right back at it.

 

[potholerepairman]

The truely unstable may not be up for the one smoke try if they go off all the time for no reason at all.The thought of trying to distinguish which ones is interesting .Ps I havent had one yet though.

 

[BradSmith]

Not a good idea for me, maybe you but not me. I know what happens, I'll be right back at it.

Yep, that's me.

 

[otrpu]

I'm old enough. . .and know better.

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[CaptJay]

I couldnt vote with the options on offer as I would say 'yes Ive had one but its up to others what they want to do at the end of the day' FYI it made me feel sick and crave my vape juice lol.

 

[Iwannaquit4good]

I said yes, because it helped me confirm that they are horrible. I hate them, and vaping saved me. 6 months smoke free now.

 

[DaveP]

I didn't vote because there was no option that read, "Yes, I have had some, but find that they are not especially satisfying and doing so reinforced that fact that I can quit these things!"

The first week I still smoked 10 a day (down from 40). The second week I found that I had dropped to 5 a day without trying! Now, in week 4, I am still smoking one after meals and one before bed, they are still tasting nasty, and I'm absolutely amazed that they are not that attractive anymore.

My 510 and Ego are getting better and better and reinforcing that fact that this is truly a way I can quit analogs entirely... really. Sometimes my wife, who is replacing some of her analogs with the 510 will offer me an analog after a meal after I have hit the Ego a couple of times and I decline, simply because I don't need it. Smoking occasionally helps me to realize that the juice is working.

My e-cig tastes better and is just as satisfying (well, almost) as a tobacco cig. It's amazing that even after a meal, my wife will light up and offer me one after I've hit the E-cig a couple of times. Sometimes I just don't care for one and she is amazed at that. Fact is, that I am also weaning myself from the MAOI content of tobacco. Read this link for MAOI info -> This is your brain on nicotine

As a 2 pack a day smoker, in 4 weeks I have NOT smoked 980 tobacco cigs since I started vaping.

 

[GorjessMD]

I didn't vote as I have had one and FOR ME it reinforced the idea that I don't need them (and I had only been vaping for 1 day at that point).....I went to no nicotine in less than 3 days and love that vaping satisfies my hand-to mouth fixation AND more importantly I love the "exhale" of vaping.....this is what has allowed me to quit as my first e-cig had NO vapor production so the analogs continued........however, I think this is a very personal decision and only you know yourself best.....

 

[AngusATAT]

A few months ago, I tried a cigarette just to see if it would taste as nasty as everyone kept saying it would.

I'm now in the process of trying to quit smoking again. I still vape, but I also go through about a half a pack a day.

I would advise against it if you're not having a problem staying away from cigs. You just never know.

 

[Brewster 59]

A sad but true story, after 8.5 years of being married, my wife and best friend served me with divorce papers. I am not going into the details except to say that this is an extremely stressful time for me. I have had a few analogs and have to say they dont taste terrible but vape does taste better. I have noticed that analogs do not seem to have any more effect than vaping and using snus does, in fact all analogs are is a different delerevy system for the same drug without all the carcinagins, IMO.

 

[AngusATAT]

Yeah, I may give the snus a try after I finish off my last pack.

One thing I noticed. It's very easy to quit cigs when you first start vaping. It's nowhere near as easy to quit after you go back to smoking again.

 

[JustKryssi]

Yeah, I may give the snus a try after I finish off my last pack.

One thing I noticed. It's very easy to quit cigs when you first start vaping. It's nowhere near as easy to quit after you go back to smoking again.

Exactly.

I will always consider myself a smoker...I just won't smoke...today.

 

[pianoguy]

I'm really glad I tried one after about 3 months of vaping. It was completely disgusting, unlike every other time I'd quit, where that first one was the best thing since sliced bread. I can't envision ever making myself go back to them, and for that I am truly grateful to the e-cig.

 

[potholerepairman]

picked don't know cause it was so easy to switch to a pv and did not give the "want/need factor its due.I wouldn't wish a smoke on anyone and know that I have pressed my luck on them and would never smoke anything ever.

 

[Brewster 59]

Yeah, I may give the snus a try after I finish off my last pack.

One thing I noticed. It's very easy to quit cigs when you first start vaping. It's nowhere near as easy to quit after you go back to smoking again.

Well I think that for some vaping takes care of the hand to mouth thing, I also think it is real easy to get hyped up on the thought of quitting, kinda like how nicorette works at first but then gets hard. Quitting is different for different people and we all have different aspects that we are addicted to. For me nic and its maoi's are an antidepressant so vaping gives me a Th which I like and it gives me the hand to mouth thing but it has no maoi's so after a while it doesnt cut it for me. Snus has the maoi's I need so vaping and snus which is better for me while still costing less fills the ticket for me, even through the most stressful time of my life.

 

[Katya]

Yup. Me too. Vaping alone didn't do it for me. A little snus instead of reaching for a smoke, or a dissolvable, a little vaping; breaking old habits, old connections, old rituals, takes time.

There are days when I really need a cig, but I'm finding that the longer I can go without one, the more fragile the bond between me and the cigs becomes. And snus, although different, not as immediate as a cigarette, has a way or bringing satisfaction and calm no cigarette ever could. Given a chance. My problem with cigarettes was that about 15 minutes to an hour after extinguishing one, my cravings for another just kept increasing. So in fact I was really living a life of a junkie: a vicious cycle of quick hits, brief satisfaction, and relentless withdrawal symptoms. Just think about it when you think about lighting a cig--do you really want to get back on that seesaw?

 

[ejoker]

if you've been smoke-free, unless you want to smoke again, i don't know why anyone would even try it ...

 

[Nyxie]

I tried vaping the first time in March 09. I quit smoking within a week or so. I had problems with batteries after about 2 weeks cig free and was so frustrated by week 3 that I smoked. I choked them down at first , then they weren't so bad. Once I got some reliable sets of batteries it took me about 3 months to quit again and some depression symptoms. I never say I quit smoking , I just say I haven't had one in xx many days.
I don't think I will have any cig anytime soon just to test myself though. I suffer from seasonal depression, so I just dont want to get the maoi's back in there if I have finally gotten over them this time.