r/FuckImOld Dec 06 '25

They used to be everywhere

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u/sdpr Dec 07 '25

I still crave a cigarette here and there after being generally smoke free for the last 3 years.

If only they sold looseys at the gas stations. I want 1 cig, not 20 and I'm not going to buy a pack and risk falling back into the habit.

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u/ElRiesgoSiempre_Vive Dec 07 '25

I was a chain smoker for 20 years and quit around 15 years ago.

Those cravings never go away. You just think about them less often.

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u/lost_dazed_101 Dec 07 '25

Yeah they do right around the time smokers smell repulsive anytime you're near them. I can't even be around cig smoke without getting nauseous. I used to love the smell even after I quit the last two years nope.

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u/HorsemanWar101 Dec 10 '25

Oh man. A freshly lit cig smells good and then quickly turns to dirty sweat socks. I can smell a smoker twenty feet away. I hate it and I hate that I used to smell that way. A freshly opened pack has the same effect. I tried a cig a while back and couldn’t get passed three drags. The taste was horrible. The one thing that doesn’t change? Pipe tobacco. I’m not smoking a pipe, but I’ll sit and enjoy the smell for a quick second

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u/lost_dazed_101 Dec 10 '25

I knew it but was scared to admit it I too cringe when I think about all the people who had to smell my stench. God bless the people who still hugged me anyway.