When do you dare call yourself a non-smoker?

[claybuster]

I'm about 7 months smoke free now after a 33 year pack a day+ habit. The gas station e-cig got me the start, but I didn't fully quit. When I upgraded to the KGO and 36mg juice is when I turned the corner. I vaped 36 for 3 months then started mixing 24/36 to be at 30. I did 30 for 3 months and now trying to ween down to 24. Moving into 24 seems to be the toughest but I am getting by ok. I would like to stay at 24. I vape on 2.0 or 1.7 ohm cartos. They seem to work the best on my KGO batteries.

 

[peach1605]

I haven't smoked analogs in about a week, but I'm not ready to call myself a non-smoker yet. I can't say that I wouldn't smoke an analog if the opportunity came about. Analogs feel like an ex-boyfriend; we have broken up, but I still see him everyday. I have someone else, but I'm not ready to let him go, even though I know he's no good for me. I guess it's the same psychological attachment I was battling when I was trying to quit cold turkey.

 

[Wishdog]

I've been in a four year smoking, four year off cycle since I was in college. I'm 42. This time I got re-hooked on nicotine when a co-worker's brother had to go to the ER for that smoking-related acronym where you are pretty much suffocating on your inability to breath. So he brought me his brother's cigs and offered them to me. "No, no. I quit smoking four years ago...Uh, leave me one pack." But, due to the high price of cigarettes, I've started using dip tobacco, which is disgusting. In fact, that's the way I quit smoking last time, dip then snus then nothing.

The mouth tobacco has not only the undesired effect of spitting, but also inability to regulate the nicotine very well. Sometimes I'll realize I've gotten too much nicotine and get the stuff out of my mouth, but it's too late and I'm dizzy and sweaty for 10 or so minutes.

I'm desperately waiting on my EGO-T clone. I suspect the box I saw on the front porch this morning was my fluid.

I'm not a smoker right now, but I am addicted to nicotine. Heck, I love smoking, but the world has turned against the smoker and besides I have too much to live for now.

I don't consider myself a non-smoker or ex-smoker, just that I don't smoke right now. I have no illusions about my future with nicotine. But there seems so much success here with the vaping that I think this might be really nice.

 

[jeffreys]

I kinda decided I would be an ex-smoker before the vaping gear even arrived. Why? Everything I read here on ECF.

 

[psyotik]

I considered myself a non smoker just over the 1 month point. I was out with friends and we were drinking having a good time. I decided I wanted to have 1 drag of a cigarette just to see if everyone's statements on here were correct about how gross they will become. I took one drag and lets just say I got sick to my stomach for the rest of the night, It was that gross.

Since then I have not had a single craving. I can now be around other smokers with out even thinking about them. Although the smell disgusts me now.
Pretty much, I have never been able to quit and drink. I could make it 5-7 days but as soon as I had a drink I would pick up a cig. Now that I have vaping this is a non-issue.

 

[phonedude]

I think for me it was the day I realized that cigarettes no longer had a hold on me.

When I realized if I took a puff off a friends cigarette (after gagging and coughing) I would go right back to using my PV and not give them another thought.

That was quite an eye opener for me.

Congratulations

 

[DHicks]

After just over three weeks off analogs I caught a whiff of something that reminded me of the first house I lived in when I moved to Montana. After enjoying the memories that the smell brought with it, I realized that I could actually SMELL again!

No way I'm ever giving this up. It almost brought tears to my eyes...

 

[Motoman101]

You can indeed call yourself a non smoker. You do not smoke anymore. Congrats.