Things I'll miss and won't miss about smoking

[Vapo Marx]

Now that I'm coming up on a month since I last had a cigarette and I'm getting used to thinking of myself as an "ex-smoker", I'm looking back over the previous phase of my life and the habit I'm leaving behind. Even though I'm glad to be getting a divorce, I must admit there are some things I'm going to remember fondly about my 32-year marriage to tobacco.

1. Sitting in a diner or luncheonette and enjoying a smoke with a cup of coffee. This has not been allowed here in New York for many years but I still enjoy the memory of those introspective moments.

2. Smoke breaks. Since I've gone from taking a cig break once every hour or so to vaping pretty much constantly all day, my nicotine intake is no longer an occasion for a pause in my daily routine.

3. The instant camaraderie with other smokers standing outside a bar, club or workplace. On the other hand, I've often been buttonholed into conversations I didn't want (usually with obnoxious drunks) and it IS very nice not having to go outside to satisfy my craving unless I want to. So perhaps this one cancels itself out.

4. Certain rituals centered around tobacco, such as visiting Nat Sherman's elegant store in midtown Manhattan at Christmastime and treating myself to a pack of their fine cigarettes - or, in earlier years before all the punitive taxes, a couple of cartons.

5. Using the Zippo lighter I've owned since the early '80s, the smooth one-handed flick-open/strike/flip-closed motion that became second nature over 30 years, the sound it made and the smell of the lighter fuel.

6. The sheer satisfaction of a good smoke. I haven't found that yet with vaping but it's early days yet.

What I'm not going to miss:

Everything else.

All in all, I think I'm better off.

 

[Kremppie]

keep looking forward...

 

[jaen]

One thing i will probably miss about smoking would be how easy it is compared to vaping as from where im from, vaping has it's legal restriction

 

[Jensquared]

I sure won't miss the way I smelled!

 

[VapHer]

I am finding that the longer I vape the less I miss smoking as much! I'm not completely of cigs yet (down from 1.5 ppd to only 3 or 4 a day~ usually after meals only)

Happy vaping!




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[cocacola31173]

I have been vaping for a while now and the other day I found my old cig alike that I started with. I filled up a cart and gave it a try. The motions were so foreign to me and I wasn't enjoying it at all! I just snatched my vamo back up and put the other back in the drawer! LOL

 

[retired soldier]

Sometimes I miss that first drag with the first sip of 15 year old Glenlivet, however I have found that a huge cloud of pure menthol vapor is almost as satisfying, and doesn't leave the bad taste and smell.

 

[Kabooma]

Clove and Menthol vape flavors seem to satisfy the extreme smoke cravings the best.

Marx - best not to look on the past so favorably, it will leave you regretting or wanting to go back. I've fallen off the wagon a few times since I officially quit close to six months ago. What is notable is that I had quit before using patches/gum, a few times lol, and every time I went back, those first few smokes were like AHHHHHH, and my eyes would roll up into my head in satisfaction.

However, since vaping, I've found that vaping is FAR more enjoyable, and the last couple of times I've had a cigarette, they tasted like crap.. I mean totally like poison.. I put the last one out after two drags, like "ugh.. this is horrid, where's my APV?" I now look at analogs in a whole new point of view- they really are poison sticks.. vaping has better controlled TH, flavor, and obvious health benefits over analogs.

 

[vernhall]

Ditto on most every point made! Not much I miss about smoking and, compared to the benefits of vaping, I only wish I'd found vaping sooner...

 

[Vapo Marx]

Oh, believe me... Although I may be a little wistful about a couple of things I enjoyed about being a smoker, there's little chance of me going back to tobacco. I look at how my father's health has been destroyed by smoking-related illnesses and I know I've made the right decision.

Being able to vape (almost) anywhere IS awesome! I'm old enough to remember when one could smoke in most public places and it's been a long time since I've enjoyed the freedom of not having to skulk around like some sort of criminal when I needed a nic fix. I figure it won't be long before misguided do-gooders and governments start interfering with my freedom to vape but for the time being, I'm really enjoying it.

 

[Crazy Birdy Mom]

5. Using the Zippo lighter I've owned since the early '80s, the smooth one-handed flick-open/strike/flip-closed motion that became second nature over 30 years, the sound it made and the smell of the lighter fuel.

All in all, I think I'm better off.

I love the smell of a Zippo.... but then again I'm crazy LOLOL

 

[Marjolein]

Since I started vaping 2 months ago, I never touched a cigarette again. I am curious though if I'd still like it. Prices have gone up so much here in Europe though that it was idiotic to keep on smoking. Kent cigarettes cost about $7.5 for 19 cigarettes. I loved my cigarettes, loved them a lot and stopped mainly cause I thought the prices were too high. I still miss the flash and the taste of my cigarettes though. Don't know if and when that longing will stop. I hope it will

 

[Damij]

The thing I miss most about smoking is the easy access. I tend to order most of my vaping supplies and liquids online. Waiting is kind of lame but it's a fair trade-off.

On the other hand when I was smoking cigarettes, never once did I ever feel like I was "doing science"

Vaping makes me want a lab coat

 

[FloydianSlip]

After being off analogs for a month and going vape all the way I can honestly say I really don't miss a damn thing about the tar sticks.

 

[Nicadmus]

I miss my Zippo...

 

[Hippieangst]

I used to roll my own, so I miss the ritual of rolling, but filling and topping off a standard carto is a pretty good replacement.

 

[Vapo Marx]

The thing I miss most about smoking is the easy access. I tend to order most of my vaping supplies and liquids online. Waiting is kind of lame but it's a fair trade-off.

On the other hand when I was smoking cigarettes, never once did I ever feel like I was "doing science"

Vaping makes me want a lab coat

Ha! Funny you should say that. I used the exact same term ("doing science") tonight while conversing with a friend as I measured out liquids with syringes, swirled mixtures around in little glass bottles and filled tanks and cartos. I even looked the part with my latex gloves and reading glasses.

For sure, one thing I've learned is NOT to wait till I'm low on juice to order more. I ended up driving an hour on the 3rd of July to the nearest store that carried my brand because I was almost out of liquid and didn't wanna be without over the holiday weekend.

 

[Vapo Marx]

I used to roll my own, so I miss the ritual of rolling, but filling and topping off a standard carto is a pretty good replacement.

I rolled (well, stuffed) my own for the last 4 years I smoked. Tobacco taxes here in New York are out of control and it was the only way I could afford to smoke. My Top-o-Matic machine paid for itself in no time. I also went through a period of rolling my own (with a Bugler machine - remember those?) when I was a broke teenager sharing an apartment with a bunch of friends in a crappy neighborhood.

 

[iceman68]

I really don't miss smoking at all, which kind of surprises me. Before I quit I thought I would be completely lost without cigarettes. The idea of not smoking was hard to wrap my head around because I had smoked for so long and couldn't imagine life without cigarettes. Now, I can't imagine going back to them.

Granted, vaping has certainly played a big part in that and made the transition much easier. Without e-cigs I highly doubt I would be 3+ months smoke free right now. Going cold turkey just wasn't gonna work and I wasn't about to do the patch or ingest that Chantix garbage.

I'm just glad to be free of cigs for the obvious health reasons plus the added satisfaction of no longer contributing to BT profits.

And I certainly don't miss the smoke, smell, ashes, freezing to death outside, and the feeling of being scorned and ostracized by society.

 

[Flyingears]

The one thing i will miss is the social aspect of smoking, great icebreaker and helps to meet new people