The one thing I miss

[stromberg6]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Look, guys... I'm VERY sorry to have "Thread-Crapped" this one earlier. But, I'm kinda "Partial" to you fellows, I'd HATE to see you go thru what my Mom did... THAT'S why the anti-smoking lecture...

I understand, Sandy. I quit 25 years ago this coming Thanksgiving and will never smoke ANYTHING again. Sorry that your Mom suffered so. Hope the message is well taken as a suggestion for others to quit cigarettes.
Kevin

[NoPegs]

Originally Posted by stromberg6

I understand, Sandy. I quit 25 years ago this coming Thanksgiving and will never smoke ANYTHING again. Sorry that your Mom suffered so. Hope the message is well taken as a suggestion for others to quit cigarettes.
Kevin

I switched to e-cigs briefly around 2010/2011, then back to nails sometime in late 2011. Then in July 2012 I got a real e-cig, instead of the early generation toys I had the first time around...

I enjoy my nicotine very much thank you, but I'll pass on the cancer and the morning lung-butter.

Advice for anyone trying to quit: Don't even consider the $20 toys you can buy at gas stations. Get a real one and buy enough cigarettes for ~4 weeks. By the time you quit you'll probably still have a few packs left anyway.(I still have two full packs of my last carton.) I don't advise going cold-turkey from nails to vape though, mix both, and run a slightly higher nicotine liquid for the first month so that your brain associates the e-cig with a bigger chemical reward than the nails and in a few days you'll stop reaching for your fire and the e-cig will never leave your reach.

Also, don't buy "cigarette" flavored liquid. It doesn't even come close to what you're used to. To break the habit pick some flavor you like, and run that. Banana is acceptable to most. If your nails are of the menthol variety, you're in luck. Menthol is easy to do and the switch-over isn't nearly as hard. Spearmint is good too. Strawberry is hard to pull off in an e-liquid. Watermelon sounds good but holy cow does it make me from the flavor. Vanilla is nice, but it tends to gum up the equipment, I don't recommend it until you're familiar with your new e-cig.

[stromberg6]

Hi NoPegs, It's a real hard battle to get away from "smoke". Happy you found something that works for you.
I still miss a Marlboro Red from a soft pack when sipping good Scotch lol.
Also, nothing came close to a FATIMA plain end back in the day (Turkish weed). Really liked GOOD plain end cigs.
Kevin

[rcaman]

i had a heart attack 2 days before my 48th birthday 3 bypasses and i will be 54 next Saturday havens smoked a cigarette since 11:30 pm the night i had the heart attack. it didn't really bother me to quit. now it is one of the nastiest smells on earth. and i was not a heavy smoker.

[jsowers]

When I took a year of TV-Radio servicing at the local Community College about 1981-82, both of my instructors were old TV guys and they both smoked in their office every chance they got. The younger of the two was diagnosed with lung cancer during that year and he was absent a lot. He came back for a little while and was absent again. I could tell he wasn't doing very well. He had lost weight and was coughing a lot.

Sadly, he died from lung cancer before the end of the school year. It was all the other instructor could do to hold back his emotions when he announced the death to the class. It made quite an impression on all of us.

Stromberg6's comment on Marlboro Red reminded me of the pungent smell of my dad's Marlboros in his 1951 Plymouth on the way home, picking me from kindergarten in 1963-64. He eventually quit a year or so later, but that smell will always be something I remember. I normally don't like the smell of cigarettes, but in that car they smelled different.

[rca2000]

The ONLY smoking i have EVER done--was when I was about 6 years old...and was curious about my dad's pipe and cigar. so, no DOUBT to prevent me from EVER picking up smoking...he lit a pipe...and had ME put it in my mouth. All seemed ok, till he told me to "suck on it". I did that..and about GAGGED !! The SAME thing...with the cigar. That took care of smoking for ME.

I USED to be a LOT more able to tolerate people smoking around me..but the older I get..the MORE it bothers me.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by rcaman

i had a heart attack 2 days before my 48th birthday 3 bypasses and i will be 54 next Saturday havens smoked a cigarette since 11:30 pm the night i had the heart attack. it didn't really bother me to quit. now it is one of the nastiest smells on earth. and i was not a heavy smoker.

Mom also hates being around those who are smoking. Didn't take very long for that to happen. Going off the evil weed was rather rocky for her, but now she seems satisfied with the inhalers. She quit because of budget restrictions, which I guess had to happen because she wouldn't have tried to quit otherwise.