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Aw, fond memories of the Nat Sherman rainbow.

Huh, I bought my first pack of straight cigs in years because my vape broke the other day. Usually I back when I smoked every day I rolled cigarettes because Euro and poor and it's what my friendship group of stoners, skateboarders did when we were teenagers. I can't say I'm enjoying how much smoking hurts my gums, or the weird salivation thing. I don't intend to buy more manufactured cigarettes when the replacement parts for my vape arrive, although I still wouldn't consider myself a completely stopped smoker as I exclusively smoke rolled cigarettes when I go out to drink instead of taking a 100USD value vape rig out with me to a bar.

I really miss Djarum blacks though. Delicious clove flavour smoke spicy paper cancer sticks, lovely.

I smoked for pretty much a decade (age 16-26) and tried to quit several times without success. Then I got pregnant and had to go cold turkey. It was really easy this time since I don't really care for my own health that much but now that I have an innocent being inside me I just find the thought repulsive.
What I am afraid of is that I'll start smoking again after the baby is born. Perhaps not right away but at some point. My boyfriend still smokes but has a set date for quitting and I hope he can do it since it would take the temptation aspect away. I feel a lot better and healtht now, being 6 months smoke free, but I am easily addicted to stupid shit like this and have no self control.

I want to quit before I turn 20, which is half a year away, i finished my last pack last week and ive decided im gonna try not to buy another and go cold turkey. I can’t do nicotine patches, they make me feel like shit. My tremors are pretty bad and I’ve had some bad stomach pain but i feel like it has to go away soon, if the cravings get really bad I might get some nicotine gum. I honestly just like the ritual of smoking, being able to go outside and have some quiet time and something to do with my hands, and it makes me feel good. I’ve smoked half a pack a day since I was about 16, at one point it got up to a pack but I’ve brought it down recently. I honestly want to be able to except size, swim laps and run again without my lungs feeling sore like they’re about to collapse. But anytime I see someone smoking in my friend group I get really bad cravings, I’ve had to distance myself from my friends a bit because I can’t be fucked to get tempted with those cravings, esp right now since the physical withdrawal symptoms are kinda still there

I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day before but now I'm down to 2 joints a day in stead

>>442634
>Do you smoke?
Yes, for 4 years now.
>What is your preferred brand?
I religiously get belmont regulars or menthols if my friends from asia bring me some.
>When did you start, and why?
I was 16, found a cigarette in my mom's pure and snuck outside to try. My parents both smoke so it rubbed off on me. My father used to let me try his cigars as well.
>Are you trying to quit?
Yeah. I went cold turkey around 2 weeks ago. Seriously considering buying another pack tonight for the weekend. I'm seriously more addicted to the comfy feeling of smoking on my balcony at night more than the nicotine itself(i'd like to believe…)

>Do you smoke?
Yep, been smoking for 3 and a half years

>What is your preferred brand?
Baccy: amber leaf
Straights: Malboro Touch or Vogues, although I mostly end up buying Pall Mall cuz they're cheap as shit

>When did you start, and why?
When I turned 18. I was super ana-chan and suicidal and bought them just because I was old enough to. I started smoking more regularly when I went into inpatient as it was an excuse to be allowed to sit outside.

>Are you trying to quit? Interested in trying it for the first time?
I want to quit, I've bought a vape and everything, but it just doesn't feel the same. I've definitely lowered the amount I smoke though, and I no longer get smoke breaks where I work which helps.

>>442846
it's the nicotine, anon. get yourself a weed vape or, if you don't partake, maybe a flavored vape pen with no tobacco so you can still have the inhale/exhale to relax. i totally understand where you're coming from–there's something comforting about the act of smoking and i don't even smoke nicotine anymore, just pot. when i got pregnant, i switched to water-vapor for the first two months to ween myself off and it helped so much still having the smoking ACTION rather than the actual product.

>Do you smoke?
not cigarettes, only weed (i'll have the occasional cigarette due to my line of work and when i drink sometimes, but i refuse to get addicted, i have a family of smokers so it's a no from me)

>What is your preferred brand?
hate to admit it but camel crush menthol if i ever have the choice

>When did you start, and why?
younger on and off as a rebellious teen due to having older siblings, turned out fine and smart enough to not let it go too far i guess

>Are you trying to quit? Interested in trying it for the first time?
i have a vape and have been vaping for a few years, but i'm worried about what it will do to my skin over time ((& lungs)) (probably a lesser degree than cigarettes in terms of wrinkles) so i'm going to sell it soon and go with a smaller vape, then eventually nothing but green to relax (i've only vaped on 0-6mg nicotine so nothing crazy or super strong)

>Do you smoke?
im about a year cig free (tho a month ago i did get drunk one night and a guy offered me a cig and drunk me accepted it oops)

>What is your preferred brand?
marlboro gold when i first started, then american spirits

>When you start, and why?
depression/curiosity. it gave me a reason to get out of the house. smoking at night with the moon shining down on you is so fucking calming, its such an amazing feeling…i almost exclusively smoked at night.

>Are you trying to quit? Interested in trying it for the first time?
at this point i only smoke if its offered to me.

>Do you smoke?
Yes for about nine years now I'm 23

>What is your preferred brand?
Winston red mostly tho my favorite used to be ronhill white but they dont make them anymore

>When did you start, and why?
When I was 15 because of peer pressure and it was cool to smoke

>Are you trying to quit? Interested in trying it for the first time?

Wish I could