quitting cigs, keeping cigars?

[Starscream]

Do any of you ex-smokers now find cigarettes to be vile and disgusting? I still get the urge to smoke once in a while, but I can no longer stand the smell and a dirty cigarette ashtray just seems to disgust me now. It seems wierd as I used to love cigarettes (two packs a day).

[Lucky_Hippo]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Do any of you ex-smokers now find cigarettes to be vile and disgusting? I still get the urge to smoke once in a while, but I can no longer stand the smell and a dirty cigarette ashtray just seems to disgust me now. It seems wierd as I used to love cigarettes (two packs a day).

After 3 years of giving up ciggs the smell is very off putting to me now. I can pick up on it as soon as someone lights up from across the room. Everytime I smell it i'm glad I gave them up.

As far as the urge, I can remember a buddies mother who quit for 25 years and every once in a great while still has the urge to pick it up again.

Wicked stuff!

[qwerty1500]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Do any of you ex-smokers now find cigarettes to be vile and disgusting? I still get the urge to smoke once in a while, but I can no longer stand the smell and a dirty cigarette ashtray just seems to disgust me now. It seems wierd as I used to love cigarettes (two packs a day).

I know that a lot of ex-smokers seem to develop this reaction. I came to dislike the smell of cigarettes and that is one of the reasons I quit. My attitude changed a few months after I quit. Now, they really don't seem to smell all that bad to me and I sort of like to stand downwind from a cigarette smoker. Strange huh?

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by qwerty1500

I know that a lot of ex-smokers seem to develop this reaction. I came to dislike the smell of cigarettes and that is one of the reasons I quit. My attitude changed a few months after I quit. Now, they really don't seem to smell all that bad to me and I sort of like to stand downwind from a cigarette smoker. Strange huh?

not too strange. it doesn't bother me that much, either. and I still get cravings every now and then.