E-cigs as a giving up tool

[coffeejo]

But I quit!

 

[Peteaud]

But I quit!

Have you ever been tempted?

I have never waivered, and i hope i never will, but i consider myself an ex smoker who could easily fall back into the habit, rather than a non smoker.

 

[Peteaud]

@welsh dragon , same question.

 

[welsh dragon]

@welsh dragon , same question.

Because of the number of decades that I smoked, I will always consider myself an addict and as such, I believe that if I am not careful and ever vigilant
I could very easily be tempted to start again. So I stay well away from temptation.

 

[coffeejo]

Have you ever been tempted?

I have never waivered, and i hope i never will, but i consider myself an ex smoker who could easily fall back into the habit, rather than a non smoker.

No, and I put that down to the way I quit. The weaning process meant that my body stopped seeing the nicotine as a necessity and began to recognise the lot as toxins, hence feeling so ill when I smoked my last. I lived for a year (quite a while after I quit) with a smoker and never once felt the need to join in when she lit up. Never considered the ex vs non angle before though. Ex is fact: non implies "never, ever".

 

[Peteaud]

Because of the number of decades that I smoked, I will always consider myself an addict and as such, I believe that if I am not careful and ever vigilant
I could very easily be tempted to start again. So I stay well away from temptation.

Same here.

20 a day (more than that at times) for 30 years and i did used to enjoy a smoke.

Ive been offered a cigar, but even thats a no-no as i dont want to even go ever so slightly down the smokers route again.

 

[Colin B]

Thats why I think ecigs are superb for weening you off , I tried patches gums then lot now be worked , but I think k if I'd continued smoking an ecig like a conventional one I would have restarted

 

[welsh dragon]

Same here.

20 a day (more than that at times) for 30 years and i did used to enjoy a smoke.

Ive been offered a cigar, but even thats a no-no as i dont want to even go ever so slightly down the smokers route again.

That's the problem for me as well. I enjoyed smoking. That's why its a big no no, and why I stay away from temptation. It's the best way for me

 

[Peteaud]

I used a mouth squirter for the 1st week.

Then i went to a LBS and spent a years smoke money on a bike.

The bike sat in the garage with a hacksaw sitting above it.

If i light up 1 smoke, my wife could cut the frame in 1/2, that was the deal.

The bike is still in one piece.

E Cigs wouldnt have helped me because i needed to break the entire habit.

Sheer pig ignorant willpower got me through.

But, each to their own, whatever helps you is good.

 

[Lullabelle]

Ex smokers have told me that a lot of the problem is habit, you get up, you go outside for a smoke then you get on with the day, getting past that hurdle is a breakthrough and so breaking the habit is a very positive step forward.

 

[Peteaud]

Ex smokers have told me that a lot of the problem is habit, you get up, you go outside for a smoke then you get on with the day, getting past that hurdle is a breakthrough and so breaking the habit is a very positive step forward.

I used to have a coffee and a smoke 1st thing. In the summer months, sitting outside as the sun came up, it was very nice. But thats the habit, not the nicotine addiction.

 

[harly]

2 month in tried various e cigs never seemed to do the job enough , was advised to try a vip ecig but the pipe style as apposed to the cigarette looking type, it worked immediately , havent been near a cig since , and im actually saving all my money for a new bike ...happy days

 

[smokeysmoo]

I consider myself an ex smoker who could easily fall back into the habit, rather than a non smoker.

That's exactly how the medical profession see us as well. When I had my medical last year for my HGV licence the nurse asked me if I smoked. Not me I said, I stopped years ago, I'm a non-smoker now. No your not said she, if you've smoked you are always an ex-smoker, you cannot and never will be an non-smoker. Jeez, that was me told

 

[welsh dragon]

That's exactly how the medical profession see us as well. When I had my medical last year for my HGV licence the nurse asked me if I smoked. Not me I said, I stopped years ago, I'm a non-smoker now. No your not said she, if you've smoked you are always an ex-smoker, you cannot and never will be an non-smoker. Jeez, that was me told

Stuck up B.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Stuck up B.

I know, she nearly made me want to go outside and spark up