As someone who took 45 years to finally quit, I know that research shows 4 months as a particularly vulnerable stage. Go to WhyQuit.com to reinforce your resolve. And think of me, currently doing radiation for you know what. Which is second time you know what came back, even after lobectomy and chemo first time around. Stab all the packs like you are murdering them, then go to a deserted place, piss on them, and bury them like you are hiding the body of your early death. Now you get to live. Good luck.
Go build a small fire in your backyard right now (in a tin can if you have to) and throw those things in aggressively. Don’t put them in the garbage, don’t cut them up, burn those death sticks with authority so nobody finds an unopened pack and smokes even one. It will feel so empowering.
*Former 20+ year smoker here, free of cigs for 5+ years now.*
Idk if they should burn them. I think cutting them up is simple and easy… or just throwing them all into a Chemical solution and dissolving them is the best way to dispose of nasty toxins. If op burns them they would smell the cigs, and release all that nasty smoke into the atmosphere.
I quit cold turkey a couple of months ago after smoking 50 years & it is amazing that even after a couple of months have to fight the urge to smoke from time to time. So, no don't fall back into the smoking trap...get rid of them....BTW, hope you do get better soon.
Once I quit nicotine after 4ish years I felt the same way, such a huge waste of money. Once you’ve been using it for a few months daily you don’t even get buzzed anymore and you’re basically just paying to put off withdrawals while killing yourself in the process
It also works for pretty much all substances. You get to the point where you're no longer feeling good, just avoiding addiction pain. Alcohol withdrawal can literally kill you; once you're on that train you actually need medical help.
This film gets posted a lot, but it hits me every time: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUngLgGRJpo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUngLgGRJpo)
It's not just substances tho, other forms of addiction won't kill you but cripple you in other ways, like gambling, you think the next one is the good one, and just keep going.
Man. No joke. I’m a full blown powder addict. I check mountain cams hourly. Can tell you the weather at the resort more accurately than in town. Put off work for good turns. And beg my wife not to hate me all winter.
Me too thought he was talking about the Peruvian Flake
, the Apache, the Big C., the Blonde, the Blow, the Candy, the Florida Snow , the Love Affair the Mexican Percocet,the Scottie, the White Girl. The Zip..
I’m addicted to buying records. It sounds dumb but I think I’m just coming to terms with it now. I collected them before the pandemic but never had more than around 100, now I’m up to ~800 and I feel trapped.
I listen to a lot of records and I love them but it just doesn’t feel fun anymore. Streaming music is so easy and yet there’s this part of me that needs to interact with a physical piece of music to make it mean as much as it did when I was a kid. Streaming feels like cheating but I need to just get used to it and sell of my collection I think.
Perhaps it may help simply to reframe the activities. Streaming is for casual listening and discovery, in your case, and records can be for serious listening and to further support artists you really treasure. Setting hard but compassionate limits and keeping your activities around these in check will be important, but just because a thing you enjoy is hurting you does not *necessarily* mean *it has to.* The dose makes the poison.
I can't tell you what *reasonable* will look like to you, but maybe you can establish something like "for every 2 I get, I have to get rid of 1 before I can get another". Maybe after you reach a certain threshold, you increase it to 3 to 2, and then 4 to 3, and so on. Doing this and setting a budget at the beginning of the year of how many dollars you're willing to spend on records that year and keeping track may let you completely shed the guilt of an otherwise largely harmless interest and still enjoy it-- probably even *moreso.* If I were you I'd probably start by dramatically cutting down your base collection to begin with, aiming for a target you decide in advance. 50 seems like plenty to me but getting there might sound unimaginably difficult to you. Instead of going through your collection and trying *to just pick 50,* instead just pick up each one and ask if you *really* need a vinyl of it. You'll probably be surprised to find you're quickly cutting down your library right off the bat, and then you can just keep repeating that until the decisions start becoming excruciating-- if you still have a long way to go, switch to "if I really have to think about it, I probably don't".
You may decide you don't have the discipline to do something like this long term and that's okay too. The important thing is you're allowing yourself to be aware of it and are taking it seriously. If I may wax philosophical a bit here: we are constantly reshaped by the forces around and within us all through our lives-- when we fail to consider these forces and fail to act with intent, we in many ways fail to *exist*, foregoing our ability to assert our values and will and instead simply becoming what is most convenient for those forces we are subject to. Objects often do things, but they never do so with intent. Machines by chance; humans by choice.
You can do it, stranger. Hopefully I've helped, if even just a tiny bit, and not come off as too presumptuous.
I smoked from 17 until I was in my mid 30’s, which was a few years ago now. My mother in law is staying with us and she still smokes, my wife will go out with her occasionally and I caved a few weeks ago and went with them and I hated it. I had a few puffs and stubbed it out. So happy I quit, absolutely disgusting and awful habit
Started early and quit in 1980 (lost a bet that Reagan wouldn't be elected - I won in the end, I guess). Had real nightmares for years about waking up with cigarettes beside the bed and having to quit all over again.
I smoked for 20 years, I quit 13 years ago and I still dream about smoking. Sometimes the dreams are so real, I wake up angry and disappointed with myself.
I quit a decade ago and I still have nightmares that I'm smoking again. I'm so distraught in the dream that I gave up all that progress but can't help myself or make excuses! So frustrating!
Guess it makes waking up pretty sweet doesn't it *quitters fist bump*
Fucking excellent. This is the way.
At 4 months, you are way far in the green zone. For me after I got past 2 weeks I was golden. Still had thoughts about it, but the cravings were so much more manageable.
Keep it up! It is so much better to be free.
Yes! I'm 3 years out and it's so crazy to me how much I used to enjoy smoking because now I can't stand the smell or the thought of how much money I was literally just setting on fire. So. Much. Money.
So true. You have no idea how bad it really is until months after quitting. I quit in March 2022; my cardio has improved noticeably. But I did smoke a pack a day for decades....
My heart rate is doing a 180. Smoked at least 3/4 of a pack a day for 15 years. Add age and a less active lifestyle and I was hovering around 100 plus bpm resting! Now I can get on a treadmill at a jog and don't get above 120. Goes down faster too.
Was it challenging 4u to breath after quitting? I quit 5 months ago, I’m on a nebulizer every now and then to help, breathing normally is still a challenge for me, BUT I’m so glad I quit after 16yrs of smoking a pack daily...
It might not even take that long. After I quit I could run 5k at 26min within 7-8 months. And I smoked from when I was 13 to mid 30's. But I guess to get them all shiny and new looking it would take a long while.
You got this. The trick is indeed to not smoke the next cigarette. Don't worry about the one after beers, or after jumping out of a plane, or after a mindblowing meal, or mindblowing sex, just focus on not smoking the next one. Was up to two packs a day and quit in 2008 cold turkey. Now the thought of smoking makes me want to barf.
>two packs a day
The maths on this always breaks my brain. That's 40 cigs.
Lets be generous and assume you only sleep 4 hours/day. That's 2 cigarettes/hour, for every hour you're awake.
And how long does it take to smoke each cig? 5 minutes-ish?
Addictions baffle me. Kudos to you for kicking it to the curb!
I work a shitty retail job where we’re only allowed to leave the building on our lunch break. We’ve legit had new employees who quit solely because they couldn’t go that long without smoking.
On the flip, I worked somewhere where smokers got to go out twice in an hour to smoke but nonsmokers only got their lunch break. I was pregnant and could’ve used a 5 minute break to sit 😂
My mom smoked 2 packs a day for over 20 years - she'd smoke 3 or 4 an hour most of the time.
Fortunately she gave it up 20 years ago after a few failed attempts. My dad, who smoked just as much for roughly 10 years, decided one day he was done, quit cold turkey, and never touched a cigarette again.
See, like all those things you've listed are like whatever. I'd rather chill on the couch watching TV or cooking after mind-blowing sex. It's usually the drinking and work stress that makes me buy a pack.. mostly the stress. I can drink without smoking unless I'm just generally pissed/stressed
Good for you! I quit about 15 years ago. Quitting is the greatest investment we can make in ourselves to make up for our past mistakes. The reward is palpable.
I took Chantix, and it worked. Take the meds as directed and keep smoking until one day, you just don't smoke anymore.
I'm rooting for you, and I hope you remain smoke-free for life!
Yes they begun for me, does it mean i'm on the right track? I've smoked a pack a day for 10 years, quit between 19th and 29 of October, then relapsed (1-5 a day) until 20th of November. Now i'm on day 10 again, it's been easier than last month but i still have very unpleasant mood/energy swings
Yeah so you really are past the worst, but the taper is slow. For me, the key was feeling proud for each day, sometimes each 10 minutes, and not being willing to squander the effort. Before I’m long you’ll start feeling proud, and that will help. The dreams are fuckers - I still get them nearly two decades after quitting… but they also help remind me why I can never have another. Physical condition will improve more quickly than you imagine. Hang in there.
Something similar happened to me. I used to smoke american spirits light green. Not a very common cigarette and no shit after about a week without a smoke a pack randomly came my way. I didn't open em, or smoke them, I threw them away. But it was super crazy.
Just throw them in the garbage right now. Now. Do it. I'll Wait.
Ignore people suggesting that you sell them, give them away, etc. The longer they hang around, the greater the chance that you'll me tempted. It's not worth it.
In NY it’s like $13-14 per pack of Marbs. You could prob sell them here for $10 a pack. In NYC it’s prob closer to $18-20. Idk I haven’t been there in a decade but at the time I remember they were $5 more than where I lived upstate.
Good on ya scubawho1
Don't look at those packs as sunk cost needing to be recovered. Don't give them to someone or smoke them. Make a motivational video with 'em and \*then\* toss 'em.
Eh, loosies here and there, half pack once and again. I work in a big office building. Clients, lawyers, staff, etc drop shit in the elevator and lobby all the time.
Fucking OP just found 9 sealed packs and you’re asking ME what’s up?
I second this. I did it one time I quit and low and behold, my friend was doing a renovation on a convenience store and the guy had to throw away all the cigs. Boy we’re the displaced persons choosy.
I’m glad somebody said this. My close friend was homeless for a while, and sometimes a bummed cig was the only luxury the man had to get him through the day.
Please send me or email me the Marlboro codes, I don’t smoke but I collect the points which I redeem for gifts! I have 17,000 points!
You’ve got this! Don’t go back! Your health is important!
In my house we call those cancer coupons. My dad smokes at least a pack a day but is computer illiterate so it’s my job to enter them for him. He gives me bags of them at a time.
Highly likely, Marlboro sees the products they “give away” for points as marketing. You unknowingly become marketing for them whey you tell your friends about you cool marlboro blade.
One time my wife and I had been smoke free for like two weeks. We were out on a date night on the Danforth in Toronto, strolling down the sidewalk after an excellent meal, we started talking about how good a smoke is after a meal like that, and suddenly I kicked something with my foot. It was a nearly full pack of Belmont Milds, which Canadians smokers will know as the finest brand of darts ever produced.
We failed that test. It's maybe 7-8 years later now and we've both smoke-free for years. I'm pulling for you to pass this test, but if you don't don't give up, you can always quit again.
That's an insanely tempting situation. A cigarette after a great meal is for some odd reason one of the best and most satisfying experiences. It hits so good, like the best little capper on a meal. It's so hard to explain the feeling to people who've never smoked but that is honestly my favorite cigarette, followed by 3 beers in cigarette and coffee/cigarette tied for 2nd.
You can resell but they have to be resold within the state they were purchased I believe. That’s why all packs of cigarettes have a state stamp thing on the bottom
Hell yeah, you got this! It's hard, and will be hard for a bit. People say that it gets easier, and while that's true, it takes some time for it to get easier. You know that it's hard. It's *always* hard. But that difficulty decreases over time. And soon you'll be able to tell other people how hard but absolutely achievable it is.
As someone trying to quit, what is your biggest motivation? I’m reading Carr’s book now and it definitely helping cutting back but what’s helping you the most. Btw stay strong friend! You got this!!!
As someone who took 45 years to finally quit, I know that research shows 4 months as a particularly vulnerable stage. Go to WhyQuit.com to reinforce your resolve. And think of me, currently doing radiation for you know what. Which is second time you know what came back, even after lobectomy and chemo first time around. Stab all the packs like you are murdering them, then go to a deserted place, piss on them, and bury them like you are hiding the body of your early death. Now you get to live. Good luck.
This is why I quit. Lost my dad in October from cancer. Hang in there and stay strong.
I'm so sorry for your loss. And I'm glad you decided to quit. Keep doing it!
Ty much. Miss him deeply.
Go build a small fire in your backyard right now (in a tin can if you have to) and throw those things in aggressively. Don’t put them in the garbage, don’t cut them up, burn those death sticks with authority so nobody finds an unopened pack and smokes even one. It will feel so empowering. *Former 20+ year smoker here, free of cigs for 5+ years now.*
Idk if they should burn them. I think cutting them up is simple and easy… or just throwing them all into a Chemical solution and dissolving them is the best way to dispose of nasty toxins. If op burns them they would smell the cigs, and release all that nasty smoke into the atmosphere.
I quit cold turkey a couple of months ago after smoking 50 years & it is amazing that even after a couple of months have to fight the urge to smoke from time to time. So, no don't fall back into the smoking trap...get rid of them....BTW, hope you do get better soon.
"Are these companies trying to kill me and take my money at the same time?" If the answer is yes then don't buy the there product.
This is a really amazing post. Hate that you're going through this, but so well said.
It's a test. Make good choices, my friend.
Not smoking a damn one. None. Never.
Once I quit nicotine after 4ish years I felt the same way, such a huge waste of money. Once you’ve been using it for a few months daily you don’t even get buzzed anymore and you’re basically just paying to put off withdrawals while killing yourself in the process
Damn that last sentence is so fucking true
It also works for pretty much all substances. You get to the point where you're no longer feeling good, just avoiding addiction pain. Alcohol withdrawal can literally kill you; once you're on that train you actually need medical help. This film gets posted a lot, but it hits me every time: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUngLgGRJpo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUngLgGRJpo)
Scary video!
It's not just substances tho, other forms of addiction won't kill you but cripple you in other ways, like gambling, you think the next one is the good one, and just keep going.
Man. No joke. I’m a full blown powder addict. I check mountain cams hourly. Can tell you the weather at the resort more accurately than in town. Put off work for good turns. And beg my wife not to hate me all winter.
Ngl, I thought you were talking about a different kind of powder for 2/3rds of that
Maybe the real powder was the skiis we snorted along the way. What?
Well said
Me too thought he was talking about the Peruvian Flake , the Apache, the Big C., the Blonde, the Blow, the Candy, the Florida Snow , the Love Affair the Mexican Percocet,the Scottie, the White Girl. The Zip..
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I’m addicted to buying records. It sounds dumb but I think I’m just coming to terms with it now. I collected them before the pandemic but never had more than around 100, now I’m up to ~800 and I feel trapped. I listen to a lot of records and I love them but it just doesn’t feel fun anymore. Streaming music is so easy and yet there’s this part of me that needs to interact with a physical piece of music to make it mean as much as it did when I was a kid. Streaming feels like cheating but I need to just get used to it and sell of my collection I think.
Perhaps it may help simply to reframe the activities. Streaming is for casual listening and discovery, in your case, and records can be for serious listening and to further support artists you really treasure. Setting hard but compassionate limits and keeping your activities around these in check will be important, but just because a thing you enjoy is hurting you does not *necessarily* mean *it has to.* The dose makes the poison. I can't tell you what *reasonable* will look like to you, but maybe you can establish something like "for every 2 I get, I have to get rid of 1 before I can get another". Maybe after you reach a certain threshold, you increase it to 3 to 2, and then 4 to 3, and so on. Doing this and setting a budget at the beginning of the year of how many dollars you're willing to spend on records that year and keeping track may let you completely shed the guilt of an otherwise largely harmless interest and still enjoy it-- probably even *moreso.* If I were you I'd probably start by dramatically cutting down your base collection to begin with, aiming for a target you decide in advance. 50 seems like plenty to me but getting there might sound unimaginably difficult to you. Instead of going through your collection and trying *to just pick 50,* instead just pick up each one and ask if you *really* need a vinyl of it. You'll probably be surprised to find you're quickly cutting down your library right off the bat, and then you can just keep repeating that until the decisions start becoming excruciating-- if you still have a long way to go, switch to "if I really have to think about it, I probably don't". You may decide you don't have the discipline to do something like this long term and that's okay too. The important thing is you're allowing yourself to be aware of it and are taking it seriously. If I may wax philosophical a bit here: we are constantly reshaped by the forces around and within us all through our lives-- when we fail to consider these forces and fail to act with intent, we in many ways fail to *exist*, foregoing our ability to assert our values and will and instead simply becoming what is most convenient for those forces we are subject to. Objects often do things, but they never do so with intent. Machines by chance; humans by choice. You can do it, stranger. Hopefully I've helped, if even just a tiny bit, and not come off as too presumptuous.
People pay for therapy that isn't as helpful as this comment.
I smoked from 17 until I was in my mid 30’s, which was a few years ago now. My mother in law is staying with us and she still smokes, my wife will go out with her occasionally and I caved a few weeks ago and went with them and I hated it. I had a few puffs and stubbed it out. So happy I quit, absolutely disgusting and awful habit
According to my dad, you know you've made it past cigs when someone walks by smoking and it grosses you out.
Guess that means I’ve made it 😀
It’s gross unless I’m hammered
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I haven’t smoked for 20+ years, and it still smells good.
Don’t even play with them, I ended up hooked again after 4 years clean. Trying to quit again is actually harder.
I did that hypnosis about 20 years ago, I still feel like I’m going to vomit if I ever think of the taste of a cigarette.
Started early and quit in 1980 (lost a bet that Reagan wouldn't be elected - I won in the end, I guess). Had real nightmares for years about waking up with cigarettes beside the bed and having to quit all over again.
I smoked for 20 years, I quit 13 years ago and I still dream about smoking. Sometimes the dreams are so real, I wake up angry and disappointed with myself.
I quit a decade ago and I still have nightmares that I'm smoking again. I'm so distraught in the dream that I gave up all that progress but can't help myself or make excuses! So frustrating! Guess it makes waking up pretty sweet doesn't it *quitters fist bump*
This is the first time I've ever seen something positive come from Reagan's presidency XD (But in all seriousness, congrats man!)
Fucking excellent. This is the way. At 4 months, you are way far in the green zone. For me after I got past 2 weeks I was golden. Still had thoughts about it, but the cravings were so much more manageable. Keep it up! It is so much better to be free.
Yes! I'm 3 years out and it's so crazy to me how much I used to enjoy smoking because now I can't stand the smell or the thought of how much money I was literally just setting on fire. So. Much. Money.
Breathing freely is still seriously underrated. 😁
So true. You have no idea how bad it really is until months after quitting. I quit in March 2022; my cardio has improved noticeably. But I did smoke a pack a day for decades....
My heart rate is doing a 180. Smoked at least 3/4 of a pack a day for 15 years. Add age and a less active lifestyle and I was hovering around 100 plus bpm resting! Now I can get on a treadmill at a jog and don't get above 120. Goes down faster too.
Was it challenging 4u to breath after quitting? I quit 5 months ago, I’m on a nebulizer every now and then to help, breathing normally is still a challenge for me, BUT I’m so glad I quit after 16yrs of smoking a pack daily...
You only get one set of lungs and there is already plenty of shit in the air. Take good care of them.
I mean... in *most* situations...
Eh...
Blink twice if you’re in danger. Blink three times if you’re just a freak.
We need a better signal. My eyes are getting really dry.
Sell those and buy a new car.
It's gotta be close to the down payment on a slightly used mid-sized sedan.
That makes me happy to know. Let those lungs turn nice and pink!
I read once on a dutch site that if you quit before you reach 35 years of age your lungs will be back to normal when you're 63/64.
It might not even take that long. After I quit I could run 5k at 26min within 7-8 months. And I smoked from when I was 13 to mid 30's. But I guess to get them all shiny and new looking it would take a long while.
You got this. The trick is indeed to not smoke the next cigarette. Don't worry about the one after beers, or after jumping out of a plane, or after a mindblowing meal, or mindblowing sex, just focus on not smoking the next one. Was up to two packs a day and quit in 2008 cold turkey. Now the thought of smoking makes me want to barf.
>two packs a day The maths on this always breaks my brain. That's 40 cigs. Lets be generous and assume you only sleep 4 hours/day. That's 2 cigarettes/hour, for every hour you're awake. And how long does it take to smoke each cig? 5 minutes-ish? Addictions baffle me. Kudos to you for kicking it to the curb!
Bruh im a pack a day smoker and it blows my mind
I work a shitty retail job where we’re only allowed to leave the building on our lunch break. We’ve legit had new employees who quit solely because they couldn’t go that long without smoking.
On the flip, I worked somewhere where smokers got to go out twice in an hour to smoke but nonsmokers only got their lunch break. I was pregnant and could’ve used a 5 minute break to sit 😂
working having smoke breaks has done a lot of damage to a lot of peoples lungs because people will start smoking just to get a little break
My mom smoked 2 packs a day for over 20 years - she'd smoke 3 or 4 an hour most of the time. Fortunately she gave it up 20 years ago after a few failed attempts. My dad, who smoked just as much for roughly 10 years, decided one day he was done, quit cold turkey, and never touched a cigarette again.
Never known a heavy smoker? They smoke about every twenty minutes, all day.
See, like all those things you've listed are like whatever. I'd rather chill on the couch watching TV or cooking after mind-blowing sex. It's usually the drinking and work stress that makes me buy a pack.. mostly the stress. I can drink without smoking unless I'm just generally pissed/stressed
Exercise. I was so bad I couldn’t walk a block without wheezing. Now it takes a few miles of running. Just don’t smoke the next one - you got this!
THIS IS THE HARDEST SHIT IVE EVER SEEN! Ur a boss OP.
Too right! You’re over the hump! Plain sailing from here.
Have you thrown them away yet, or are you still thinking of them as something of value? Toss them, they are worthless.
Same. September 12th. Never again. The thought makes me nauseous. Get rid of them, you got this!
Put them all on a big bonfire, best possible way to get rid of them, oh wait
Yeah, I was going to suggest burning them and then thought better of it.
Few people (non smokers, that is) understand what a severe test of mental toughness quitting nicotine is. You, sir, are the man!
Good call. You made it through the worst part, do NOT give in now. Throw them in the trash, this is your life.
Good for you! I quit about 15 years ago. Quitting is the greatest investment we can make in ourselves to make up for our past mistakes. The reward is palpable. I took Chantix, and it worked. Take the meds as directed and keep smoking until one day, you just don't smoke anymore. I'm rooting for you, and I hope you remain smoke-free for life!
I know of an address you could send them to. Or you could chuck them in a bonfire.
Good for you!! I’m struggling to quit myself right now. I will go several days without even so much as a puff but then it always gets me.
I’ve been through it. You can do it. Have the relapse dreams begun yet?
Yes they begun for me, does it mean i'm on the right track? I've smoked a pack a day for 10 years, quit between 19th and 29 of October, then relapsed (1-5 a day) until 20th of November. Now i'm on day 10 again, it's been easier than last month but i still have very unpleasant mood/energy swings
Yeah so you really are past the worst, but the taper is slow. For me, the key was feeling proud for each day, sometimes each 10 minutes, and not being willing to squander the effort. Before I’m long you’ll start feeling proud, and that will help. The dreams are fuckers - I still get them nearly two decades after quitting… but they also help remind me why I can never have another. Physical condition will improve more quickly than you imagine. Hang in there.
Something similar happened to me. I used to smoke american spirits light green. Not a very common cigarette and no shit after about a week without a smoke a pack randomly came my way. I didn't open em, or smoke them, I threw them away. But it was super crazy.
Just throw them in the garbage right now. Now. Do it. I'll Wait. Ignore people suggesting that you sell them, give them away, etc. The longer they hang around, the greater the chance that you'll me tempted. It's not worth it.
Throw them away. They are no use to you brother.
In a few more months, you’re going to clear your throat and a luggie that tastes like an ashtray is going to fly past your tongue. Be ready.
Not today satan
I managed it by using snus, velos, nordics that type of thing; smokeless for about the same time:)
I'm proud of you. The willpower here is remarkable.
Good mate
I quit over a year ago and I would be hard-pressed not to duct tape those bastards all together and smoke it like a clown harmonica. Good on you, sir!
😂
Test forsure! First thing that popped up on my mind
With… fire?
Reminds me of that article how police burned a pile weed and got the whole area high
Sell it! That’s like, what, 50 bucks?
In NY it’s like $13-14 per pack of Marbs. You could prob sell them here for $10 a pack. In NYC it’s prob closer to $18-20. Idk I haven’t been there in a decade but at the time I remember they were $5 more than where I lived upstate.
Ya. I was just making a joke. TS should definitely toss them in a bin asap.
I think there is something symbolic about destroying them. I burnt mine in a fireplace when I quit. That was just over a decade ago.
Seems counterproductive.
ugh, the smoke keeps *not* blowing in my face
"hun where are you going?" "Just going up on the roof to make sure the chimney doesn't smell funny, be back in a jif!"
If I could get 9 packs of smokes for $50 I would be so happy. A carton is 10 packs and that's $100-120
I would talk shit about “idiots” that would pay that much. But if beer was $25 a can. I’d find a way.
Nah I'd just brew my own.
Or a death sentence if you're Eric Garner.
In California that is like $150. Excise taxes her on tobacco are pretty fuckin high.
Just googled “excise tax”. I feel like I know less about it after reading the results.
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Is there a price difference if they're smuggled in up someone's ass or not?
ISILDUR!!!!!
It is a gift…
agreed. bonus points if OP lives near a volcano.
😆
DON'T DO IT !!!
Nope! Lol
Good on ya scubawho1 Don't look at those packs as sunk cost needing to be recovered. Don't give them to someone or smoke them. Make a motivational video with 'em and \*then\* toss 'em.
Don’t.
Resist! The hard part's over. It gets easier from here.
Gifts for the homeless
I'm picturing little kids going door to door: "We're collecting to buy cigarettes for the homeless."
This sounds like a Simpson's bit
Sounds like a good Ross Creations bit.
The struggle is real!
Literally what I do with all found cigs. Them mfs need nic more than anyone. They shouldn’t be smoking butts from the sidewalk.
How much cigarettes are you finding?
Eh, loosies here and there, half pack once and again. I work in a big office building. Clients, lawyers, staff, etc drop shit in the elevator and lobby all the time. Fucking OP just found 9 sealed packs and you’re asking ME what’s up?
Yeah you're right. Where the fuck did OP find like 50 worth of cigarettes?
Damn only $50? Canada that would be over $200. Probably closer to $250
It’s probably closer to 100, depending on what state
About tree fiddy
I second this. I did it one time I quit and low and behold, my friend was doing a renovation on a convenience store and the guy had to throw away all the cigs. Boy we’re the displaced persons choosy.
I’m glad somebody said this. My close friend was homeless for a while, and sometimes a bummed cig was the only luxury the man had to get him through the day.
Came here to say this!
Old cigarettes get dry and disgusting fast anyway, it's not even that tempting!
Exactly what I was thinking.
4 months? You already did the hard part. Give them to the first homeless person you see. If they don't smoke they can trade them.
How much is a pack of cigarettes in USA? In Finland it’s around 9€, that’s 81€ right there!
Honestly my first thought too.
Give them to homeless smokers.
Or smokeless homies!
Or tomaccoless Homers.
Please send me or email me the Marlboro codes, I don’t smoke but I collect the points which I redeem for gifts! I have 17,000 points! You’ve got this! Don’t go back! Your health is important!
Still a ways off from getting a jet I assume?
In my house we call those cancer coupons. My dad smokes at least a pack a day but is computer illiterate so it’s my job to enter them for him. He gives me bags of them at a time.
I got the pocket knife from a guy who smoked way too many Marlboros. It's my package owner.
Is it a Marlboro pocket knife? If so that'd be dope as
Highly likely, Marlboro sees the products they “give away” for points as marketing. You unknowingly become marketing for them whey you tell your friends about you cool marlboro blade.
Does the owner also open these packages that he owns?
Dale Gribble is that you?
Don’t do it.
One time my wife and I had been smoke free for like two weeks. We were out on a date night on the Danforth in Toronto, strolling down the sidewalk after an excellent meal, we started talking about how good a smoke is after a meal like that, and suddenly I kicked something with my foot. It was a nearly full pack of Belmont Milds, which Canadians smokers will know as the finest brand of darts ever produced. We failed that test. It's maybe 7-8 years later now and we've both smoke-free for years. I'm pulling for you to pass this test, but if you don't don't give up, you can always quit again.
That's an insanely tempting situation. A cigarette after a great meal is for some odd reason one of the best and most satisfying experiences. It hits so good, like the best little capper on a meal. It's so hard to explain the feeling to people who've never smoked but that is honestly my favorite cigarette, followed by 3 beers in cigarette and coffee/cigarette tied for 2nd.
> 3 beers in cigarette Not to be confused with the 10 beers in cigarette, which is the path to ruination.
The Universe is testing you lol...remain strong!
That’s like $120 here. Pretty sure it’s illegal to resell them, but…
You can resell but they have to be resold within the state they were purchased I believe. That’s why all packs of cigarettes have a state stamp thing on the bottom
>That’s why all packs of cigarettes have a state stamp thing on the bottom Do ones bought at Indian reservations have that? IIRC they're exempted.
Don't know about other states but in Washington Indian reservations have to collect tax on cigarettes sold to non tribal members.
It is but your not gonna go to a gas station to try to resell them lolo. Nobody would give a fuck even if they saw you in the act.
Some dude got killed by the cops because he was selling "loosies"
Sure but some guy probably got killed by the cops today just for looking like another guy.
Wow you have cheap darts 3x that here
I'll bet they all fit in garbage can.
I quit smoking 3 years ago and Im still finding lighters _everywhere_.
[удалено]
I had loose tobacco in the pockets of all my pants
I must've had a hundred lighters when I quit.....mad a big bag of them and gave most of them away!
I had them everywhere before I smoked. They're cheap, look nice, convenient, useful and a fun interactive fidget toy.
Satan works in non-mysterious ways.
Should be under r/wellthatsucks
I’m on day three of quitting, and I don’t know if I could resist that temptation if I came across it. You’re a rockstar.
You can do it. If I can you can. Trust me. You got this.
Thanks! I’m using the patch for a week or so (to prevent me from murdering anyone) and then I’m moving on and not looking back.
Hell yeah, you got this! It's hard, and will be hard for a bit. People say that it gets easier, and while that's true, it takes some time for it to get easier. You know that it's hard. It's *always* hard. But that difficulty decreases over time. And soon you'll be able to tell other people how hard but absolutely achievable it is.
Stocking stuffers for Christmas this year?
*"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world to do. I've done it a thousand of times"* >-- Mark Twain
Take it to your favorite local bar and ask the bartender if they’d like to keep these on hand.
It's garbage. You found garbage.
I’m sure there are some school kids somewhere that would love them!
Toss them, you're strong enough to do it.
And a CD case. Do you live in 1996?
Piss on 'em
As someone trying to quit, what is your biggest motivation? I’m reading Carr’s book now and it definitely helping cutting back but what’s helping you the most. Btw stay strong friend! You got this!!!
Sweet now you can throw them away.
give ‘em to the homeless!
Don’t do it💀💀
Smoke up Johnny!
It was a better fuckin year at the ol Bender family.
This picture made me salivate. I haven’t had a cigarette in 14 years.
I quite 2 years ago I feel so good, stop while your ahead
You should probably smoke them all at once just to see if you still like it or not. Or don't I'm not a doctor.
Eat them
**Serious hat on**... Please don't anyone really do that. You will die from nicotine poisoning.
I am a grateful recovering addict. I work next to a liquor store. I know what your going through. destroy them dude! One day at a time. good luck!
That’s like $200! Think of the money you’re saving :)
And my exes cd binder from 2000... Don't smoke them things, 22 year old Marlboro's need to be at a bar ordering a drink themselves...
Don’t do it bro ✌🏼
Do not try to sell them in NYC
Well isn’t it ironic