a snuser smoking story

[vogi tobacco]

Well I can now say I am officially a non(ex) smoker. I have been snusing off and on for a few years, and have just recently tried to quit smoking with snus. I have not had a cigarette in a few months. (today is thanksgiving). I was going to be around family and friends for our turkey dinner, and decided to pick up a pack of smokes, just to be social, and not to be left alone when everybody is taking their smoke breaks. Well I went out for the first smoke break, lit up, took two drags, and threw it out. I actually don't like to smoke. It was way too harsh, made me feel ill, and was just plain nasty. I hated the flavor, and the smell was nasty. What a change that happens in just a few months. Your body changes fast and recovers from not smoking.

Are there any ex smokers here who have had a simular experience, where they went to have a cigarette after quiting, and just didn't enjoy it any more? (as a 15 year, pack a day smoker, I found this weird and awesome.)

[alopezg1]

yeah this has happened to me many times .... although i still constantly crave cigarettes

[alopezg1]

although if you smoked another one after it wouldn't taste so bad ; and the more you smoked it would be normal again . Your brain blocks out the shitty nasty
aspect of smoking because it delivers nicotine to you so efficiently, it's just normal after a while

[vogi tobacco]

yeah this has happened to me many times .... although i still constantly crave cigarettes

I dont crave them. I didn't want to actually smoke. I just didn't want to be inside alone.

[alopezg1]

666th post! shit! it's the Illuminati

[alopezg1]

well i do so woop for me

[vogi tobacco]

666th post! shit! it's the Illuminati

OH NO!!!!!!!! I'm going to wear my aluminum hat so they cant read my mind.

[codyg140]

For about the first 3 months or so I'd get a craving for a smoke at work. Decided to grab one off my bud and that was the last time I smoked. Like ya said just wasn't enjoyable

[Andy105]

Same here. Tried a smoke last year anticipating an 'ahhh', and only got a 'yuck!' Threw it out after a couple of puffs.

[MojoQuestor]

Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't. They do pretty much taste nasty most of the time now. I don't have to have them anymore, at least. Not so with snus.

[spinyeel]

Hate the smell of cigarettes these days. Cigars on the other hand,I love the smell of.
Snus has freed me 100% from the urge to light up,for almost 4 years.
Different animal completely.

[piks101]

Varies but I will bond with fellow smokers in a social situation (think bar, parties, etc...)...I enjoy it but not more than snus, so there is not a fell off the wagon effect. Best of both worlds snus as daily/regualr option and enjoy a good smoke when the situation dictates with no worries of falling back into smoking.

[vogi tobacco]

Now I will always love a great cigar. Even a fine pipe. I do notice that when I smoke one (pipe/cigar), my pallet is out of wack for a few hours and my snus tastes like ass.

[mattzq8sonoma]

I also have experienced the same thing. I don't even want to smell a burning cigarette, let alone take a puff off of one. The one that gets me now is how I used to walk past people who were smoking outside, and the smell made me crave a cigarette. Now it makes me gag, and I usually turn around and say "That shit is nasty bro" or something like that and think "Damn I used to be that guy" and feel sorry for them.

The smell of a cigar or pipe burning doesn't make me gag...it's quite nice, but the taste is the same, if not worse, than a cigarette. At work we do a lot of cigar testing, prototypes of new products and QC of new products just to make sure the process is right, stuff like that. I love the smell of them, but I can't and won't light one up. If I want to do any sensory on it, it's a cold drag or just olfactory. I leave the smoking to the sensory panel guys.

[piks101]

I also have experienced the same thing. I don't even want to smell a burning cigarette, let alone take a puff off of one. The one that gets me now is how I used to walk past people who were smoking outside, and the smell made me crave a cigarette. Now it makes me gag, and I usually turn around and say "That shit is nasty bro" or something like that and think "Damn I used to be that guy" and feel sorry for them.

The smell of a cigar or pipe burning doesn't make me gag...it's quite nice, but the taste is the same, if not worse, than a cigarette. At work we do a lot of cigar testing, prototypes of new products and QC of new products just to make sure the process is right, stuff like that. I love the smell of them, but I can't and won't light one up. If I want to do any sensory on it, it's a cold drag or just olfactory. I leave the smoking to the sensory panel guys.

Former smokers are often the biggest anti's...personally, I hate the smell of cigarette smoke in rooms, clothes, hair, etc... nasty, the smell is so damn pervasive.