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This brought TEARS to my eyes i kid you not!!!!!!!!!!! tytytytytytytytytytytyty.
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I have been tempted to try the e-cigs. What brand did you get? |
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I've smoked Virginia Slims bout one pack per day for 30 years. Wow 30 years. Anyway hon, to answer your question I bought the NJoy ones. I went to a truck stop cause that is where my boss got hers and recommended it to me. However, i looked online at NJoy.com and it's the same price pretty much. I first tried Walgreens and places like that. Some had e-ciggs but not the ones with the vabor that i knew i HAD to have. I paid 29.95 for one ciggy and two filters and then bought 5 more filters for 19.95 more. I was paying around 60 bucks a carton for my Virginia Slims per week. From what i'm reading the filters should/could last several days each. And the e-cigg just charges and then you reuse. Doing that math and it's a guess-ta-ment. It will be saving me over 200 per month!!! Honestly Julie, i HIGHLY recommend this. I have not had a ciggy now for about 6 hours and this e-cigg is every bit as fullfulling as the real ones. I would have smoked about 10-12 cigs by now. Do it girl....you will be SHOCKED how much like smoking they are. I should have done this long ago!!!!! I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know if you do it and i'll dance in circles for you!!!!!
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Oh and one more thing i want to mention.
E-Ciggs are not approved by the FDA. They wanted to ban them primarily from what i read, because they say they promote smoking and will actually cause people to use these that don't smoke. There are also tests that say some E-ciggs contain harmful additives and toxins. I, personally, not from a medically professional opinion, but from a smoker opinion, have my doubts about these "findings". Think for a second how much money the states and on a federal level will lose in taxes if everyone quit smoking. There are deals and under the table things going on IMO to keep us all hooked. Again, my opinion, but i didn't want to go out there and suggest someone get these without stating there are warnings including a non FDA approval at present. Enter at your own risk, i suppose. But, i've entered and i'm glad i have. Again, not a professional opinion but an opinion of a woman with a habit that i am sick to death of.... Just FYI
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Congrats Princess
woo hoo for you princess...
trust me when i say you will have your moments and you can get all kinds of crabby and even want to say screw it a time or two If your on fb get the quitometer... if you cant find it see if julie can send it to you again congrats....
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I would suspect that your habit at this point is more psychological than physical and I would approach it from that viewpoint and not from a physical/psychological standpoint. Use a toothpick in your mouth or one of those "blank" cigarrettes in place of a real cig., not something that adds nicotine to your body! You could become more addicted! You need to work through the psychological "withdrawal" so to speak, not the physical one, IMHO. Whatever you decide, Good Luck!
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I had heard that about the e-cigs too. I would get the lowest possible strength. |
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I am now 27 hours smoke free from a pack or more a day smoker habit. I am so proud of myself i'm gonna give myself something special with the money i save just this week alone.
Oh and Julie....they have completely nicotine free ones as well. The idea is to decrease and decrease and finally just have the feel of the ciggie and the smoke (harmless vabor) without any nicotine at all. Maybe you should do that. Just a suggestion. I'm not crabby yet. Well, i don't think i am. Why are you looking at my post like that, you have a problem? LOL just kidding. I'm my normal self...i think, how can you tell? OMG now i'm paranoid. I was smoking right handed not left handed ciggies...promise Again, wonderful thread and it's helped me so much. Couldn't wait to get home and post!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo
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Wooo hooo, keep it up quitters!! Heh, that sounds funny to say!
This past Tuesday I hit the 8 week mark of not smoking. Not one cigarette...have not caved in like I thought I would! I almost had one last night because I had some drama yesterday that made me want to blow my top, but I didn't do it. I had a cigarette in my hand. (a friend was over for a glass of wine on the patio and to listen to me vent...she had smokes with her.) I handed it back to her. I decided that the one stirring up the drama does NOT get the power to make me cave in to smoking again!! I think I have gotten past or over a huge hurdle!
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On day five....
I've noticed these things.... I can certainly smell smoke now. Even in a store today i smelled it on someone that was standing next to me. I believe, even though i'm using the E-ciggs, i am in withdrawal. I am not exactly myself....a little more jumpy, a little less patience, a little bit of a "down" feeling. I'm not PMSin...so i'll blame it on the ciggs. I'm hanging in there though and i know i can do this. This time is THE time. Keep up the good work all!!!!!!!!!! Those of you weeks, months, years you blow me away....so very PROUD OF YOU!!!!!
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That's brilliant Just_G, well done for not caving and having a cig, once you've got over that hump you know you can deal with stress without resorting to cigs again....it's great when you see the weeks of being nicotine free build up too huh? There comes a time where you even forget how long it is. I remember my quit date but lost track of the weeks at about month 9.
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One week today. I no longer have any ciggs in my house. My ashtrays are now all cleaned and put away.
These are things that i still struggle at the end of week one.... Still want a cigg but not near as much as i did last week. Every once in a while have that "panic" feeling of OMG i dont' have any ciggs in the house. The "habit" after eating, drinking coffee, driving is still aching in there. Still getting the nicotine from the E-cigg but it's decreasing daily. These are good things.... I can really smell my candles way better than i did before and they are delightful. I am going way longer than i was a week ago before i use my e cigg. My nerves and patience are way better than even just a few days ago. I've been through my first semi crises (spraining my ankle) and didn't go back to smoking. My skin looks brighter with a little glow like when your preggy. First thing i thought of when i work up this morning was "i hope the sun shines a lot today" and not "i need a ciggerette". Horray.
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Keep it up, princessbelle!
And throw away those ashtrays! No need for them anymore and smoking visitors can smoke outside and take their butts with them!
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I allow folks to smoke in my house. It's an important point to me...just because I've stopped doesn't mean to say they have to.
I have to add I"m anosmic. I can't smell. This must help greatly in this. |
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