Smoking was a way of life

[Bee]

Smoking was a way of life. Everyone smoked, there were dancing cigarettes I’d rather fight than switch, and of course the Marlboro man. So many different brands and they all claimed to be the brand you wanted. I can remember shopping in the grocery store and having to avoid the butts on the floor. Going to the movies and watching through all the smoke. Being in the doctor’s office or the hospital and having a smoke. Eating in a restaurant and having a smoke. Family gatherings playing cards, drinking and lots of smoking. These are just a few of the examples of life that made me a smoker.
I started smoking at 11 a lot of people started young it was everywhere you could get it from the store, heck our parents used to send us to the corner store to get a pack. You could smoke at school with a note. Vending machines were on almost every corner. At every gas station there was a machine.
Now that we are hooked they are coming after us like we are stupid or just weak I know smoking is bad but it was my way of life.
I have been smoke free for 77 days now and I love these e-cigs. I have to admit that I have several going at one time. I usually have 1 pen style and 2 minis so that none of them get to hot and the taste is different even though the same juice is in each of them.
I have timers for my batteries so that I can put it on the charger and not worry about over charging them. The timers were only 5 bucks and have helped with the transition I don’t have to remember what time I plugged them in.
Best thing is I have my companion silly as that sounds that is how I viewed cigarettes and now my e-cigs.

 

[scooty]

The trouble with cigarettes is its a slow death. It takes maybe 30-40 years to see the results of cigarette smoking. Had folks dropped dead on the floor immediately after lighting up, cigarettes probably wouldnt have been so widely accepted. But you're right, cigarettes were portrayed as a good thing and almost everyone I knew smoked.

I remember stealing a cigarette out of my parents packs as they sat on the kitchen table. A Kool here, a PallMall here, no one was the wiser. Then we started buying our own and we were on our way.

 

[Elendil]

You could smoke at school with a note.

Wow, didn't know that one

 

[gep]

My high school actually had a smoking courtyard just outside the break area. No note needed then. (1977-1979)

The students had molded a huge concrete ashtray with part of a wooden pole that was painted to look like a cigarette sitting in it.

They did it so students would stop leaving school to smoke...less chance of them skipping classes I guess.