Cigarettes

[Sarnia Kevin]

I went away to sea at 16 and duty free ciggies were 200 for 10 bob (that's 50pence kids) so irresistable really. Gave them up 35 years ago and will never go back to them. The first 13 years of abstinence were the worst, then it got easy. Never tried a vape, and don't think I'll ever bother.

 

[Chewbacca]

Never smoked one but I did eat two for a bet when I was 18.

unlit for £1 and lit for £5. Big money when I was a lad. You could get 4 pints for £1. Hurled about 20 feet about half an hour later.

 

[Alan Whittle]

Aah! back in the day…Started at 15 and smoked for 11 years. When Mrs Whittle was expecting (she had stopped years before and was only a social smoker) I stopped. Marlboro Red. Aaaaah.
My old man never stopped. Smoked roll ups for 60 years. Killed him at 74. Don’t do it.

 

[maccavennie]

Smoked from the age of about 14/15 up until I was 34 and stopped before my daughter was born as my (then 5 year old) son demanded me to.

I haven't had a cigarette for 10 years now. Don't miss it though I still absolutely love the smell of a cigarette so don't mind if anyone is close by smoking.

Took me 3 times to quit though and I was a 20 a day smoker. Used Champix to quit and it was bloody rough.

I would recommend anyone thinking of quitting to do it if they can, no matter how hard you think it is (which it is) you can do. Those first few days are the toughest but once you get through them you'll feel the difference.

Oh and I don't think Champix is allowed anymore either. Had the scattiest dreams!

 

[DualityNSNO]

im asthmatic so decided living was preferable really

I'm an asthmatic and a smoker too - if you put your mind to it you can achieve anything mate.

I mean I say smoker, quit cold turkey almost exactly 2 years ago now - decided to do it the night before Christian Eriksen's incident at the Euros oddly enough.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Smoked from the age of about 14/15 up until I was 34 and stopped before my daughter was born as my (then 5 year old) son demanded me to.

I haven't had a cigarette for 10 years now. Don't miss it though I still absolutely love the smell of a cigarette so don't mind if anyone is close by smoking.

Took me 3 times to quit though and I was a 20 a day smoker. Used Champix to quit and it was bloody rough.

I would recommend anyone thinking of quitting to do it if they can, no matter how hard you think it is (which it is) you can do. Those first few days are the toughest but once you get through them you'll feel the difference.

Oh and I don't think Champix is allowed anymore either. Had the scattiest dreams!

A lot of my colleagues/friends are smokers and always apologise when they light one up cuz they think it'd affect me badly - I don't care, as you say - I enjoy the smell as long as it's not 10 people smoking in a small room, oddly enough lol Doesn't make me want to try a lot though, to be honest.

I'll admit I've tried again when on the booze early days after I quit - it feels great... but the after effects are horrible even after one, so just avoid it entirely now.

Also here I'm basically the odd one out by not smoking hah

 

[Joey66]

The first thing if unwell entering old age - Have you ever smoked ......

 

[jaybx1878]

I've never smoked just don't see the point of it. Her Ma smokes about 100 a day and I cant stand to be in her house for more than 5 minutes because the smell of the ciggies is so bad, vile.

 

[scratchnsurf]

There's much better things to smoke.

 

[alwaysblue]

I've never smoked just don't see the point of it. Her Ma smokes about 100 a day and I cant stand to be in her house for more than 5 minutes because the smell of the ciggies is so bad, vile.

I'm the same mate. Absolutely despise it tbh. I think it is because my whole family do it bar me and that is how I grew up. The first thing they do whenever we go anywhere is look for somewhere to have a tab which infuriates me probably as much as I infuriate them whinging about it.
Sad thing is my mum is suffering from some effects (COPD) of 50+ years of her habit and she is not and has got no intention of changing.

 

[Amokachi1995]

Vapers belong on a register.

Ha ha. Do my head in. Get your fruity breath away from me.

 

[ForestBlue]

Smoked for decades .. got cancer .. stopped smoking

 

[kev]

Smoked for 50 years, but I found that packing them in was easy.


I did it hundreds of times lol

Seriously . . . I actually haven't had one since last November.
(insert 'smug face' emoji here)
I still take a vape with me whenever I go for a pint just in case I get that overwhelming urge, but I don't like them and so have only rarely resorted to it. A couple of puffs on one of them is enough to remind me how pointless it is.

 

[Bkk Andy]

Started at 14 and smoked for 20 years. I'd go through 3 packs if I was out drinking. Stopped 13 years back when a friend died and I realized I didn't want my fiancé to go through what his wife was going through. Life is way better without them. Travelling is more fun. Work meetings are less stressful. I smell better and my non-smoking now wife coughs less.

I'd still love one every single day but it's not an option. I also found that booze was less enjoyable without them so I stopped that 4 years ago too.

 

[Blue 1]

Smoked from the age of 17 to 35, gave up for a few years at 35, but have lapsed a couple of times since, and switched to vaping, which was the easiest way to quit I've found. Just tapered the strength of the juice down to almost nothing.

Been off nicotine a few years now.

Those disposable vapes are one of the worst ideas ever though. They have a higher nicotine content than I ever vaped, they're ludicrously addictive, they're supposed to last 3-4 days but people get through one in a day, that's a shocking amount of nicotine. They reckon 1m of them are thrown away every day, and we're already drowning in plastic. Not to mention that they contain lithium batteries. They need banning ASAP. They're an environmental and public health disaster.