You are truly an ex-smoker when...

[Penn]

The only thing I've seen of these is the sense of smell. I can tell smokers from non-smokers now. I was at a person's house I've been to many times and noticed the smell of the outdoor ashtray for the first time. I don't like either.

I do still think about having one from time to time which is odd since I am very conscious of how much better vaping is in many ways (taste, cost, health, things to tinker with when bored). I'm wondering if just bumming one from someone to get the same experience many here have mentioned, that being having one to just be disgusted by the taste and overall experience.

Then again, I haven't quite made it to 3 months.

 

[flintlock62]

I'm truly an ex-smoker when I get next to someone who has smoked, and they STINK!

 

[Tempus Fugit]

... when you decide to "try" a cigarette again (since it has been so long) just to "see" what was so enticing about them to begin with. It tastes terrible, you are completely unimpressed with the volume of smoke produced, and you put it out half way through because you can't wait to get back to your favorite e-juice flavor. Also, that 1/2 a cig leaves that tarry gurgley feeling in your lungs for awhile. That was the day I knew.

 

[FloydianSlip]

...when you take the dog for a nice long walk and you don't feel short of breath, the walks get longer and the quality time spent with your best bud increases.

 

[zapped]

When someone askes you for a light or a cigarette and you say "Im sorry Im not a smoker" without having to think about it.

 

[JohnnyVsGirl]

Playing guitar and not having your fiance comment that you sound like Neil Diamond. Seriously, the fiance's voice has improved. Not as raspy.

 

[trouble1000]

...you can take a big draw from your mod outside on a windy day, exhale and the vapour doesn't sting your eyes for the next 10 minutes when it blows back in your face

 

[JohnnyVsGirl]

You don't have to go outside in a Chicago winter. Nuff said.

 

[Butters78]

You know you're an ex smoker when this song starts playing automatically when you are walking around in public.

 

[HDVaper]

you can mow your grass without having to take breaks for 10 mins because your winded yea me

SO TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to have to take a smoke break between mowing the front and back. And when I'd get through I was so worn out that it was all I could do to take shower and plop down in my recliner when I was through. Now I can zip through the whole yard, take a shower, and go shopping with my wife and not be tired at all!! Ain't it GREAT!!

 

[flintlock62]

Been there, done that!

You don't have to go outside in a Chicago winter. Nuff said.

 

[Vapo Marx]

When someone calls you with very bad news and you don't light up a cigarette even though you still have some in the house.

 

[TyPie]

I hear ya bout the freak, but the BIGGEST test for me, BY FAR, was being at a barbecue a couple of weeks in, being around a group of people drinking and smoking cigarettes like chimneys, and me NOT wanting to rip someone's head off to get at an analogue.

(Then I just KNEW for SURE......will never forget that exact moment of realization, and it felt amazing.)

 

[SABOTEUR]

When someone asks if you have a spare cigarette or "a light", and you tell them...

...no.

 

[ShariR]

When you have a bigger panic attack when you find out your vendor is out of stock on your all day vape than you used to have when you were down to your last two cigarettes.

 

[retired soldier]

When you see your spouses cigs and lighter on a counter and don't even think of reaching for one.

 

[toughguitar]

...Your ashtrays are filled with bottles of e liquid.

 

[EddardinWinter]

Your best dreams are about tall athletic blondes, a good single malt whiskey (or blended, whatever), and vaping (all at the same time).

 

[Nermal]

. . . you make a snappy u-turn after leaving the house, and it isn't because you forgot the cigarettes.

 

[Rocketpunk]

I didn't read the entirety of the thread but I like what the OP says.

Yep. My gal doesn't smoke, never has, but she knows... The first thing she hands me is my Provari... She's a good lass, yes, yes, she is...