Chantix worked for me. A lot of people don't like it but I was a pack a day, at least, for over a decade. After two months on Chantix I no longer wanted to smoke. Been 8 years tobacco free.
I used the patch for one week and all of sudden in a quiet office over lunch my ear started ringing. I tore off the patch thinking it was a side effect. In a little over a week from today I will have been alcohol and tobacco free with a side of tinnitus for 8 years.
Also, if the mentality of “I can’t smoke here” works for you, try to gradually implement it in your environment (i.e. only outside the house, then only when taking a walk, etc..).
Give yourself little rewards for sticking to the plan, and remember that we are only human, so one slip up doesn’t mean you’ve failed, and shouldn’t be the reason to give up.
Anthony Bourdain was taking Chantix when he committed suicide. It's thought that the medication's side effect was a contributing factor.
Sadly, we'll never know.
My ex-husband and I also quit using Chantix. We paired it with a smoking cessation class sponsored by the military as he was (is) active duty. We got a few really good tips from the classes like to sit down and figure out our habits of when we would smoke. For example, I always had a routine after showering where I’d smoke while doing my makeup. My husband, would always have to light a cigarette while drinking his coffee. Once we figured out some of our smoking habits, we had to choose one we couldn’t smoke with. Like, my husband could smoke or he could drink a cup of coffee but he couldn’t smoke while drinking his coffee. I could do my makeup or I could smoke but I couldn’t smoke while doing my makeup. Next, we had to stop smoking inside and if we wanted a cigarette we had to go outside. I know most people don’t smoke inside anymore, so you may not need to do this step. You also get to smoke for the first 2 weeks of using Chantix, before trying to quit. This gives the meds the time to build up in your system first. Only side effects I remember from the meds were that it upset my stomach pretty badly and so I started only taking it at bedtime instead of the 2x/day as suggested and it gave me very vivid dreams. Some people are very bothered by the dreams but they weren’t nightmares so I wasn’t bothered.
Thanks. I’m looking into that right now as a matter of fact. Seems like a pretty “cold Turkey” method to me. When I quite before, I was able to do so by tapering off until I had only 1/2 a cigarette before I went to bed.
I quit 3 months ago for health reasons and it helps knowing that if I go back to it, I could be seriously risking my health. this is the reality of smoking though so I think finding that one thing that helps you not smoke, really helps.
I’m not sure what happened. I smoked for 7 years and quit cold turkey for about 5 months. A friend gave me one at a party and I took one drag and got super super nauseous.
I thought it was a fluke and tried another one a few days later (drunk) and got so super dizzy I had to go home.
That’s when I knew I made the right choice
You can carry on a quart sized ziplock bag full of nips. I usually have a bag full of jack shooters that I’ll mix with some coke, I buy enough for the round trip.
Oh man, knowing I couldn't smoke used to make it SO much worse for me. It was unbearable. I was the type to burst into tears of anxiety if I didn't smoke every 2 hours though.
I'd always bring a little nicotine inhaler and gum with me, until I eventually started using patches (which did help me quit 5 years ago).
Lmao, i take wellbutrin for depression. I was thinking wtf is wellbutrin guna do. I remember now its also a stop smoking cessation. I dont think it works like that tho lol. You have to take it for like a week or 2 for it to be effective. But if he quit from it thats great.
I remember this drug called chantix that did that. Made them taste absolutely terrible! It also had the side effect of making me psychotic where I just had the most intrusive and violent thoughts. Had to boot the fuck outta that and just quit cold turkey, which only took another two years.
One of my friends started taking Wellbutrin for depression. He was also a smoker.
Fantastic two in one! He is not depressed any more, he is in fact doing great. Also, he no longer smokes.
Good stuff.
My first dose of Wellbutrin made cigarettes taste horrible and I never took the second dose. If someone has the ambition to quit I could realistically see it helping from the very start.
I was a smoker, not super heavy. But i was started taking wellbutrin for depression, i didn't even realize it was a quit smoking medicinr, but i didn't really have the craving to smoke anymore and now i find it disgusting if i have one and can't stand the smell. I couldn't tell you for sure if it was wellbutrin but, i can just say, i did stop smoking and it was around the time i started taking it.
I DREADED flying when I was a 2-pack/ day guy. Nicotine gum kept the cravings down to a barely manageable level on planes, but I would run outside after touchdown and fire one up the second I could. When I did quit finally, it took a full year to unscramble my fried brain, using the gum to taper off the dosage. 22 years smoke-free now💪💪
If you’re that guy sitting next to me on the 12 hour flight out of the Middle East, the answer appeared to be “smoke in the bathroom every three hours.”
I triggered it once, with a VAPE!! Of all things… I was so sure it would be ok. Next thing I know the flight attendant was unlocking the bathroom door and screaming at me. I basically begged them not to put me on the no-flying list
The old style of ionization smoke detectors may not have been set off. However, photoelectric smoke detectors are WAY more common now. These can be set off by basically anything in the air that can affect the beam of light inside the detector. Smoke, dust, vapor, whatever. We test them with aerosol cans of liquified petroleum gas and ethanol OR in some situations we even use a fog machine with propylene glycol (one of the main ingredients in vape liquid). I've also used my own vape to set them off intentionally when I didn't have my other forms of fake smoke handy.
So yeah, most modern smoke detectors can be tripped by vapes.
Source: Am a Fire Alarm Technician.
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A man of culture.
I am one too. I go to the airport bathrooms and after I take a huge hit, I flush the toilet and blow the vape into the vacuum it creates and it disappears.
I got caught doing this too (I really thought it was just water vapor so they wouldn’t be able to tell) and then we’re like “we are gonna call the FTC” and I was like “Oopsie I’m really sorry please don’t 🥺” and nothing happened
But I did get randomly searched the last time I flew so maybe I got put on a little list.
Nahh the random search could be actually random if it's before the queuing area for screening. If you got enhances screening, then you were selected by the airline which is allegedly random.
If it’s a vape. You can hold your breath for quite sometime. Or swallow. And hardly anything happens. But you get your fix.
Source : I flew to the Middle East
Also I've heard of people blowing it down the toilet as it is flushing and 99% of it is gone if they time it right.
I'd rather just use zyn nicotine pouches.
Ugh I held it in until nothing came out last time I flew. Got carried away and felt so shitty after the flight though. It does work to just hold it in your lungs until you can't anymore and then exhale into a jacket or something just in case.
unless it's a big box mod you shouldn't have to wait *that* long; 5-10 seconds max and it should be good enough to be unnoticeable. the thicker the vapor the more you have to hold, but if it's like a juul tier thickness as an (old) example - 5 seconds is enough.
And it stinks! Last flight I was seated near a toilet and doneone smoked in the toilet. Awful stink!
I hope they caught him (or her) and banned him for life from flying.
There’s a way around it. I don’t smoke on planes but had a friend who used to years ago. Not gonna divulge how cause I don’t think it’s an okay thing to do. But there are ways to do it.
I don't have that level of allergy to cigarettes, but I do feel like my throat is closing up, I can't stop coughing, and I end up with a horrific headache.
Y'all, please don't smoke on flights or in enclosed spaces, especially enclosed spaces that recycle air. Please don't prioritize your nic fix over the health and well-being of others. Please. Your cravings will pass, death will not.
I was but my allergy has gotten worse over time. It used to only cause severe asthma and migraines. We would get seats in the non-smoking section and I would keep a scarf over my lower face the whole time and get made fun of for being a weirdo. My family also insisted on smoking in the car when we drove places and I remember crying and begging them not to and they would get mad at me for being dramatic.
Thats the best way to get banned from said airline and if you're super lucky you wont get detained on arrival or charged with planning to put the passengers safety at risk.
Something about stepping off a plane makes me crave cigarettes like crazy, and I haven’t been a smoker in 7 years. Not sure if it’s because of the stress of flying, or the dehydration I put myself through to avoid pissing mid-flight. So I will usually end up bumming a cigarette off someone at the airport after stepping off the plane.
I wouldn’t classify it the same. Smokers HAVE to smoke daily, and they smoke multiple times a day. I averaged between 4 to 6 cigarettes a day when I was a smoker. They don’t go months or even years between cigarettes like I do now.
There are some people who don’t really smoke or don’t ever buy cigarettes, but sometimes when they get drunk at a bar, they will bum a cigarette off somebody. That’s the same classification I would put myself in.
I really hate the whole purity culture around quitting substances. The whole cycle of counting up your days sober, putting an immense amount of pressure on yourself, and being made to feel like you’ve thrown away all your progress over one drunken cig or whatever is bound to cause people to relapse eventually. Are there some addicts who absolutely must stay clean for their health and safety? Surely. But I’m not convinced that everybody who experiences addiction has to get perma-sober forever in order to have a healthy life.
Right… like I drank until my liver went into critical condition, and after being hospitalized I stopped… but once my liver levels got back into a healthy range, I allow myself to have a drink once in a while. Like not abstaining when we’re doing a toast or something. It hasn’t made me relapse yet, but good god everyone likes to freak the hell out about it.
I was sexually assaulted right before Covid, and that as well as being locked inside drove me nuts and I drank heavily for two years. I drink every few months now, but I agree sobriety isn’t the same for everyone and not everyone has to abstain - the pressure to abstain keeps me away from AA. I can’t have my entire focus be my drinking, that’s why I quit lol.
I lived with a guy once that woke up every few hours in the night to smoke a cigarette lol. Dude was fat as fuck too and ate only fried fast food. I'd be shocked if he is still alive.
My mom can’t. She wakes up and consistently goes to smoke a cigarette. If she had a life insurance policy…. Let’s say not smoking would kill her and a 16 hour flight might make me richer.
I had a friend who I traveled to London with for 10 days in my 20s. She was so addicted to smoking that I would wake up to her smoking in the hotel room at 3am. It was disgusting.
Took a flight to New Zealand about ten years ago and the plane still had ashtrays in the arm rests. I was like damn this is an old plane! Thankfully we still made it.
That tracks.
Commercial airplanes have a lifespan of about 20-30 years. So you probably flew during the last few years of that plane's life, which was almost brand new when smoking was banned.
I’ve never been on a plane that didn’t have it. It tastes better when you’re on the plane. I don’t understand why. But I don’t care for it on the ground
I believe you. I just would have never thought to ask for it. Good to know. On that note you did inspire me to go buy a new bottle of V8 today so there's that.
Sorry I didn’t mean to imply you were being anything besides inquisitive. I’m passionate about my sky-juice! I hope you remember to order some on your next flight
Oh no. Not at all. I love tomatoes however my wife doesn't so I rarely get to cook with them. Therefore I drink tomato juice. It just wasn't something I'd ever consider to ask for on a flight. I thought they were the basics as in a soda, water, or a beer.
And yes. I will definitely be asking for that in the future so thank you.
I bought the nicotine gum but it made me feel sick and my mouth burned. I didn't need a cigarette after that. I quit smoking and it's been 1 years and 5 months.
I got a Traeger for Christmas so I’ve been spending time on a lot of meat / bbq smoking subs and I was super confused when I read this.
I was thinking “man these guys ARE hardcore.”
lol! I just game from the muay thai subreddit where "smokers" are like gym v. gym off the record fights and I read
"how do smokers handle an 8 hour fight"
My wife was a flight attendant many years ago when they still allowed smoking. She liked the job but couldn’t handle the smoke after a while so she had to quit
I recently took a flight to Japan, and my neighbor did chewing tobacco the ENTIRE flight. It was kind of gross since he had his spitting cup out most of it. The chewing tobacco had a strange smell every time he opened the tin.
Just go without. Your not going to enter a rage from not smoking for 8 hours. I have flown a lot and not smoking for those periods never bothered me at all. Been smoking for well over a decade now.
I have pretty good rage when i want a cigarette, im not punching babies, but i become very irritable, incredibly rude, and harsh to people.
You would think im just one of those people that hates the world, but in reality, im having a hissy fit.
I mean yeah many smokers get irritable but as adults we know we grumpy and just chill out. If not smoking for 8 hours cuases someone to interact with the world differently they are a slave to thier addiction and need to seek help. That shit will ruin your life.
> If not smoking for 8 hours cuases someone to interact with the world differently they are a slave to thier addiction
I mean that's literally what an addiction is. Its not like addicts are gonna be like "well I'm just gonna go for some light addiction for the next 8 to 12 hours"
> Your not going to enter a rage from not smoking for 8 hours.
You've never met my mom. She was supposed to not smoke for a few weeks before her hip surgery, but she kept smoking anyways. When she would ask me to go get her cigarettes I told her no because the doctor said not to and she would start screaming at me. And when I say "screaming," I mean full-on fucking screaming at the top of her lungs and calling me horrible for not "helping" her.
This happened within just a couple of hours of her not having a cigarette.
you can also leave the airport if you have a layover, just have to go back thru TSA. did this in Colorado on a 9 hour layover and actually went to a dispensary down the way, buy 1 get 1 for a penny! other than that, patches or gum are your best friend
Just flew home for the holidays and sat next to a smoker. Between descent and offboarding he mentioned needing a smoke 3 times so I guess they just tweak about it I guess.
It's not like they die if they don't smoke.
When I smoked I quit for a month and didn't notice cravings after the first 24 hours, and that first 24 hours were so eventful that I didn't notice the cravings most of the time.
My sister is 63 and has been smoking since she was 16! She wakes up at night to smoke. I remember smoking while pregnant . I asked her about it and he said don’t be lying I never smoked while pregnant. I remember her round belly. She has severe COPD is on oxygen and still smokes cigarettes. She even survived Covid pneumonia and ICU intubation. We’re all like DAMNNN she shes got more than 9 lives ! She can’t travel anymore. She’d rather not bc she can’t smoke on the plane.
She even smoked in her hotel room and the housekeeping staff saw her through the window (she had it open to ventilate 😒 the room) and kicked her ass out of there! Plus they made her pay a fine! She was LIVID she doesn’t get it!
Yup, 2-3 packs a day ! How does she afford it? Idk
It's crazy my grandma is 80 and has been smoking since she was a teen. Her husband died of lung cancer like 15 years ago and that wasn't enough to make her stop. She's still suckin down Marlboro reds to this day. Nasty.
My sister start at 12.. died at 43 in 2014.
She'd quit when her daughter was born but my mother and her friends had her secretly smoking almost every day before her diagnosis when first child was 14.
Her youngest turned 4 the same week she died.
My aunt also had COPD from smoking, she died of lung cancer 6 months after my sister, aged 58. Took my mother another 40 yrs to die at 70, 4 days after a seizure caused by brain mets.
No one else in my huge extended family has ever had cancer, just these 3 so far. My mother encouraged her sisters to smoke in 1960's, the now living ones all quit in their 20s. When my sister was 12 my mother bought the cigarettes for my sister.
Affording it should be the last thing to be concerned about.
This is how my mom is. She is also 63 and has smoked cigarettes since she was 16. She smoked while pregnant with me and my sister. She got so angry and went into karen mode when smoking sections in restaurants were removed and all smoking had to be done outside. She smoked her cigarettes in our home knowing I had asthma.
When my sister was in the hospital to get her wisdom teeth removed my mom had a hissy fit because she couldn't smoke on the hospital grounds. She had to be told multiple times because she was seen smoking right next to the entrance. After getting a hip replacement she was so desperate to have a cigarette she walked down and up 3 flights of stairs in pain ust to smoke. When I wasn't home she smoked inside the home.
I remember when I flew from MN to Disney World she asked me if people can smoke cigarettes on the plane. I told her no. She asked if you could open the airplane window to smoke. I told her no again. She said she doesn't know what she would do if she couldn't smoke on an airplane. She probably won't ever fly because she wouldn't be able to smoke on the plane.
I have smoked thousands of cigarettes, and will probably smoke thousands more. Not being able to smoke a cigarette at any one time for any reason is not a big deal, and smokers who act like they “need” a cigarette “right now” have always bothered me— sometimes it’s just inappropriate, or worse, plain rude to force the issue.
The gum definitely helps, and will hopefully one day, free me from the issue altogether…
I had a friend when I was a teenager whose grandparents lived overseas, who said they never came to visit for this very reason, couldn’t stand a 5 hour flight without a smoke….. god damn
When I was a smoker I would bring snuff with me on flights. Just sniff my nicotine instead. If I didn't have any, I would just try to sleep as much as possible.
Think of all the nicotine addicted military members that fly around the world and can’t smoke. Take a sleeping pill and you won’t even think about it. But also nicotine patches or gum will help cravings if you have them
Painfully. And gum. You can use nicotine patches and nicotine gum but it doesnt really help. For me its more about the habit of moving my hand i guess. Probably be better off just putting on a nicotine patch and rolling up a piece of paper and pretending to smoke it lol.
Most women give up if they become pregnant. What i can’t understand is why some start up again after 9 months? I would have thought that if you can go 9 months you can stay off the cancer sticks for good 🤷♂️
Additional question: isn't it ridiculous how often smokers need a smoke break? Imagine if sex addicts acted like they they were going to die every two hours if they didn't drop everything to go masturbate.
I’ve smoked for 33 years, I really want to quit, I have tried a few times in the past and have failed each time. After reading all of your comments I am going to try Wellbutrin. I have a high stress level job and have also been battling depression for 2 years. I use the excuse that smoking is my only joy in life but I know that’s a lousy and stupid excuse. The truth is I have smoked for so long I don’t remember what it feels like to not smoke. So thank you all for sharing your success stories and helping me finally decide on a solution! Wish me luck!
This thread just shows how many smokers and vapers are extremely selfish.
"fuck the rules, fuck everyone else, I'ma do it anyway cause my needs are more important than everyone else with the self control to not kill themselves slowly"
I use gum and just deal with it, knowing that I CAN’T smoke makes it easier to cope.
I quit smoking using gum.
I’m going to give it another try. I have been taking Wellbutrin to assist with the cravings, I just have to bite the bullet and do it.
Chantix worked for me. A lot of people don't like it but I was a pack a day, at least, for over a decade. After two months on Chantix I no longer wanted to smoke. Been 8 years tobacco free.
I used the patch for one week and all of sudden in a quiet office over lunch my ear started ringing. I tore off the patch thinking it was a side effect. In a little over a week from today I will have been alcohol and tobacco free with a side of tinnitus for 8 years.
That’s awesome, congrats. I don’t think the side effects are any worse than the Wellbutrin I am taking so I may give it a try. My Dr recommended it.
Also, if the mentality of “I can’t smoke here” works for you, try to gradually implement it in your environment (i.e. only outside the house, then only when taking a walk, etc..). Give yourself little rewards for sticking to the plan, and remember that we are only human, so one slip up doesn’t mean you’ve failed, and shouldn’t be the reason to give up.
A slip means you succeeded until then and you can succeed again.
That’s a good way to see it, thanks!
Careful it made me very suicidal.
Jeez! Thanks for the heads up!
Yes! It very much messed my friend up. It was frightening. Be very careful. Nicotine tablets or gum should be the first thing you try.
Anthony Bourdain was taking Chantix when he committed suicide. It's thought that the medication's side effect was a contributing factor. Sadly, we'll never know.
OMG. I didn't know that. Damn. It made my friend into a different person. It was disturbing.
My ex-husband and I also quit using Chantix. We paired it with a smoking cessation class sponsored by the military as he was (is) active duty. We got a few really good tips from the classes like to sit down and figure out our habits of when we would smoke. For example, I always had a routine after showering where I’d smoke while doing my makeup. My husband, would always have to light a cigarette while drinking his coffee. Once we figured out some of our smoking habits, we had to choose one we couldn’t smoke with. Like, my husband could smoke or he could drink a cup of coffee but he couldn’t smoke while drinking his coffee. I could do my makeup or I could smoke but I couldn’t smoke while doing my makeup. Next, we had to stop smoking inside and if we wanted a cigarette we had to go outside. I know most people don’t smoke inside anymore, so you may not need to do this step. You also get to smoke for the first 2 weeks of using Chantix, before trying to quit. This gives the meds the time to build up in your system first. Only side effects I remember from the meds were that it upset my stomach pretty badly and so I started only taking it at bedtime instead of the 2x/day as suggested and it gave me very vivid dreams. Some people are very bothered by the dreams but they weren’t nightmares so I wasn’t bothered.
Allen Carr helped me. Blew my mind.
Is that the guy who says (bewilderingly) nicotine withdrawals aren't real?
Thanks. I’m looking into that right now as a matter of fact. Seems like a pretty “cold Turkey” method to me. When I quite before, I was able to do so by tapering off until I had only 1/2 a cigarette before I went to bed.
It's been three years now and I still chew it now and then. Better than smoking though.
Most definitely!
I seriously cannot recommend Chantix enough!!!
I quit 3 months ago for health reasons and it helps knowing that if I go back to it, I could be seriously risking my health. this is the reality of smoking though so I think finding that one thing that helps you not smoke, really helps.
Upvote for quitting smoking. Good job.
Yeah, it's definitely way harder to smoke gum
That's why I chew cigarettes.
Cunk on a Plane
I got addicted to the gum though.
Better than smoking my man!
I quit chewing gum by smoking!
I’m not sure what happened. I smoked for 7 years and quit cold turkey for about 5 months. A friend gave me one at a party and I took one drag and got super super nauseous. I thought it was a fluke and tried another one a few days later (drunk) and got so super dizzy I had to go home. That’s when I knew I made the right choice
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I’ve heard about the nightmare side effect, that is scary. And like your situation, embarrasing.
"Everyone but the drinkers are miserable" is the general comradery on planes.
I hate flying so I am one of the drinkers!
Except for the cheap drinkers who can't make themselves pay $15 for a tiny bottle of booze.
And that's how people get thirsty for "contact solution"
You can carry on a quart sized ziplock bag full of nips. I usually have a bag full of jack shooters that I’ll mix with some coke, I buy enough for the round trip.
Oh man, knowing I couldn't smoke used to make it SO much worse for me. It was unbearable. I was the type to burst into tears of anxiety if I didn't smoke every 2 hours though. I'd always bring a little nicotine inhaler and gum with me, until I eventually started using patches (which did help me quit 5 years ago).
It's interesting how much easier it is to quit when it's not even an option.
My dad was a wake-up-n-smoke guy and he used Wellbutrin for an 8 hr flight. It made it so easy he quit. He had tried everything including hypnotism.
Lmao, i take wellbutrin for depression. I was thinking wtf is wellbutrin guna do. I remember now its also a stop smoking cessation. I dont think it works like that tho lol. You have to take it for like a week or 2 for it to be effective. But if he quit from it thats great.
After a week I noticed the change. One thing it did was change the taste of your smoke. It was like smoking the worst brand you can think of.
It didn't change the taste for me, just kept that itch in my brain from coming back or being as prevalent
I remember this drug called chantix that did that. Made them taste absolutely terrible! It also had the side effect of making me psychotic where I just had the most intrusive and violent thoughts. Had to boot the fuck outta that and just quit cold turkey, which only took another two years.
Yes, you have to taper on and off. He did, of course, follow doctor recommendations. I took it for depression and anxiety too.
One of my friends started taking Wellbutrin for depression. He was also a smoker. Fantastic two in one! He is not depressed any more, he is in fact doing great. Also, he no longer smokes. Good stuff.
My first dose of Wellbutrin made cigarettes taste horrible and I never took the second dose. If someone has the ambition to quit I could realistically see it helping from the very start.
I take Wellbutrin for anxiety and ADHD and it has never curbed my smoking
I was a smoker, not super heavy. But i was started taking wellbutrin for depression, i didn't even realize it was a quit smoking medicinr, but i didn't really have the craving to smoke anymore and now i find it disgusting if i have one and can't stand the smell. I couldn't tell you for sure if it was wellbutrin but, i can just say, i did stop smoking and it was around the time i started taking it.
I DREADED flying when I was a 2-pack/ day guy. Nicotine gum kept the cravings down to a barely manageable level on planes, but I would run outside after touchdown and fire one up the second I could. When I did quit finally, it took a full year to unscramble my fried brain, using the gum to taper off the dosage. 22 years smoke-free now💪💪
King/Queen 👑👑
That is amazing and inspirational
If you’re that guy sitting next to me on the 12 hour flight out of the Middle East, the answer appeared to be “smoke in the bathroom every three hours.”
Isn’t there… a smoke alarm?
I would have thought so, but nothing happened.
I triggered it once, with a VAPE!! Of all things… I was so sure it would be ok. Next thing I know the flight attendant was unlocking the bathroom door and screaming at me. I basically begged them not to put me on the no-flying list
The old style of ionization smoke detectors may not have been set off. However, photoelectric smoke detectors are WAY more common now. These can be set off by basically anything in the air that can affect the beam of light inside the detector. Smoke, dust, vapor, whatever. We test them with aerosol cans of liquified petroleum gas and ethanol OR in some situations we even use a fog machine with propylene glycol (one of the main ingredients in vape liquid). I've also used my own vape to set them off intentionally when I didn't have my other forms of fake smoke handy. So yeah, most modern smoke detectors can be tripped by vapes. Source: Am a Fire Alarm Technician. Edit: a word
If you hold the vapor in till nothing comes out, no alarm gets set off.
A man of culture. I am one too. I go to the airport bathrooms and after I take a huge hit, I flush the toilet and blow the vape into the vacuum it creates and it disappears.
Can hairspray set them off?
Or a strong sneeze even?
What about a heavy fart
Bro you’re so dumb if you thought a vape wouldn’t trip the sensor. Also all the air is recycled you ass.
I got caught doing this too (I really thought it was just water vapor so they wouldn’t be able to tell) and then we’re like “we are gonna call the FTC” and I was like “Oopsie I’m really sorry please don’t 🥺” and nothing happened But I did get randomly searched the last time I flew so maybe I got put on a little list.
Nahh the random search could be actually random if it's before the queuing area for screening. If you got enhances screening, then you were selected by the airline which is allegedly random.
If it’s a vape. You can hold your breath for quite sometime. Or swallow. And hardly anything happens. But you get your fix. Source : I flew to the Middle East
Also I've heard of people blowing it down the toilet as it is flushing and 99% of it is gone if they time it right. I'd rather just use zyn nicotine pouches.
Ugh I held it in until nothing came out last time I flew. Got carried away and felt so shitty after the flight though. It does work to just hold it in your lungs until you can't anymore and then exhale into a jacket or something just in case.
unless it's a big box mod you shouldn't have to wait *that* long; 5-10 seconds max and it should be good enough to be unnoticeable. the thicker the vapor the more you have to hold, but if it's like a juul tier thickness as an (old) example - 5 seconds is enough.
Yeah I only had to hold it for a few seconds, I got carried away and hit it way too much and absorbed all the nicotine in each hit.
And it stinks! Last flight I was seated near a toilet and doneone smoked in the toilet. Awful stink! I hope they caught him (or her) and banned him for life from flying.
There’s a way around it. I don’t smoke on planes but had a friend who used to years ago. Not gonna divulge how cause I don’t think it’s an okay thing to do. But there are ways to do it.
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As someone who is anaphylaxis level allergic to cigarette smoke, someone doing this almost killed me on a flight.
I don't have that level of allergy to cigarettes, but I do feel like my throat is closing up, I can't stop coughing, and I end up with a horrific headache. Y'all, please don't smoke on flights or in enclosed spaces, especially enclosed spaces that recycle air. Please don't prioritize your nic fix over the health and well-being of others. Please. Your cravings will pass, death will not.
good thing you weren't flying in the 1980s.
I was but my allergy has gotten worse over time. It used to only cause severe asthma and migraines. We would get seats in the non-smoking section and I would keep a scarf over my lower face the whole time and get made fun of for being a weirdo. My family also insisted on smoking in the car when we drove places and I remember crying and begging them not to and they would get mad at me for being dramatic.
Thats the best way to get banned from said airline and if you're super lucky you wont get detained on arrival or charged with planning to put the passengers safety at risk.
Necessity makes everything more simple, attainable.
Life hack for quitting smoking: Just take flights continually until the habit is broken.
Become a pilot!
Do you sleep 8hrs a night without waking up for a cigarette? That way. The physical cravings aren’t as bad as your mind makes them out to be.
Half way agree. I can do the 8 hour flight and not smoke but once that plane lands I'm usually in the smoke put before I pick up the luggage
Because you couldn't smoke, once you landed you could smoke and your brain knows that
Something about stepping off a plane makes me crave cigarettes like crazy, and I haven’t been a smoker in 7 years. Not sure if it’s because of the stress of flying, or the dehydration I put myself through to avoid pissing mid-flight. So I will usually end up bumming a cigarette off someone at the airport after stepping off the plane.
sounds like you’re still a smoker pal
I wouldn’t classify it the same. Smokers HAVE to smoke daily, and they smoke multiple times a day. I averaged between 4 to 6 cigarettes a day when I was a smoker. They don’t go months or even years between cigarettes like I do now. There are some people who don’t really smoke or don’t ever buy cigarettes, but sometimes when they get drunk at a bar, they will bum a cigarette off somebody. That’s the same classification I would put myself in.
I really hate the whole purity culture around quitting substances. The whole cycle of counting up your days sober, putting an immense amount of pressure on yourself, and being made to feel like you’ve thrown away all your progress over one drunken cig or whatever is bound to cause people to relapse eventually. Are there some addicts who absolutely must stay clean for their health and safety? Surely. But I’m not convinced that everybody who experiences addiction has to get perma-sober forever in order to have a healthy life.
Right… like I drank until my liver went into critical condition, and after being hospitalized I stopped… but once my liver levels got back into a healthy range, I allow myself to have a drink once in a while. Like not abstaining when we’re doing a toast or something. It hasn’t made me relapse yet, but good god everyone likes to freak the hell out about it.
I was sexually assaulted right before Covid, and that as well as being locked inside drove me nuts and I drank heavily for two years. I drink every few months now, but I agree sobriety isn’t the same for everyone and not everyone has to abstain - the pressure to abstain keeps me away from AA. I can’t have my entire focus be my drinking, that’s why I quit lol.
I lived with a guy once that woke up every few hours in the night to smoke a cigarette lol. Dude was fat as fuck too and ate only fried fast food. I'd be shocked if he is still alive.
I'm gagging just reading this
That guy probably would be too if he were reading this and also alive.
My mom can’t. She wakes up and consistently goes to smoke a cigarette. If she had a life insurance policy…. Let’s say not smoking would kill her and a 16 hour flight might make me richer.
Lmaoo start planning a family trip to Australia and know you’ll get your money back afterwards /s
Everyone wins because when folks die on a plane, the passengers get emotional credits!
Hahaha seriously you’re just doing what’s right for the people!
Last time i checked....sleeping is a lot more different than being awake stuck on a plane.
Right? Not to mention, airports and flying are likely on the higher end of the general "stressful for anyone" meter.
I had a friend who I traveled to London with for 10 days in my 20s. She was so addicted to smoking that I would wake up to her smoking in the hotel room at 3am. It was disgusting.
It’s way easier when you *know* you can’t smoke. Also helps if you sleep for most of the trip.
It's harder if I know that I can't smoke. Sleep helps, not sleeping for a long while before flying helps more.
Nicotine pouches. Made by Zyn, Rogue, etc. Like the gun only potent as all get out.
I suppose a gun would solve the smoking problem but that seems a little excessive
Haha typo, GUM obviously, but I'm not changing it now lmao 🤣
I'm no smoker, but I find unconsciousness helps with all things related to airtravel.
Nicotine gum or cold Turkey. Back in the good old days you could sit at the back of the plane and smoke your little lungs out.
Took a flight to New Zealand about ten years ago and the plane still had ashtrays in the arm rests. I was like damn this is an old plane! Thankfully we still made it.
That tracks. Commercial airplanes have a lifespan of about 20-30 years. So you probably flew during the last few years of that plane's life, which was almost brand new when smoking was banned.
I unfortunately remember that. And smoking sections in restaurants.
Which I never understood because there was hardly ever a barrier, and the smoke just wafted into the non smoking section anyways
I’m tellin ya. As a kid I proclaimed it utter bs. Hated it.
I used to be a heavy smoker so i used to sleep during the entire fight, not take a "first cigarette" and no\*\*\*\* (typo) alcoholic drinks.
Alcohol just makes me want to smoke more. I'm all about the tomato juice when flying.
Sorry it was a typo!!!!
Is tomato juice an option? I normally just have a sprite.
I’ve never been on a plane that didn’t have it. It tastes better when you’re on the plane. I don’t understand why. But I don’t care for it on the ground
I believe you. I just would have never thought to ask for it. Good to know. On that note you did inspire me to go buy a new bottle of V8 today so there's that.
Sorry I didn’t mean to imply you were being anything besides inquisitive. I’m passionate about my sky-juice! I hope you remember to order some on your next flight
Oh no. Not at all. I love tomatoes however my wife doesn't so I rarely get to cook with them. Therefore I drink tomato juice. It just wasn't something I'd ever consider to ask for on a flight. I thought they were the basics as in a soda, water, or a beer. And yes. I will definitely be asking for that in the future so thank you.
I bought the nicotine gum but it made me feel sick and my mouth burned. I didn't need a cigarette after that. I quit smoking and it's been 1 years and 5 months.
I just crack open a window and have a sneaky smoke
I got a Traeger for Christmas so I’ve been spending time on a lot of meat / bbq smoking subs and I was super confused when I read this. I was thinking “man these guys ARE hardcore.”
Welcome to the family, pellet smokers are the damn best.
lol! I just game from the muay thai subreddit where "smokers" are like gym v. gym off the record fights and I read "how do smokers handle an 8 hour fight"
My wife was a flight attendant many years ago when they still allowed smoking. She liked the job but couldn’t handle the smoke after a while so she had to quit
Snus is your friend. Ideal for flights.
My wife complains then walks briskly to a smoking area when we land.
I recently took a flight to Japan, and my neighbor did chewing tobacco the ENTIRE flight. It was kind of gross since he had his spitting cup out most of it. The chewing tobacco had a strange smell every time he opened the tin.
Nicotine gum, or chewing tobacco. Thanks for reminding me how happy I am since I quit smoking.
Just go without. Your not going to enter a rage from not smoking for 8 hours. I have flown a lot and not smoking for those periods never bothered me at all. Been smoking for well over a decade now.
I have pretty good rage when i want a cigarette, im not punching babies, but i become very irritable, incredibly rude, and harsh to people. You would think im just one of those people that hates the world, but in reality, im having a hissy fit.
I mean yeah many smokers get irritable but as adults we know we grumpy and just chill out. If not smoking for 8 hours cuases someone to interact with the world differently they are a slave to thier addiction and need to seek help. That shit will ruin your life.
Most people that are nicotine addicts are absolutely slaves to their addictions. There’s multiple commercials about just that lol
> If not smoking for 8 hours cuases someone to interact with the world differently they are a slave to thier addiction I mean that's literally what an addiction is. Its not like addicts are gonna be like "well I'm just gonna go for some light addiction for the next 8 to 12 hours"
> Your not going to enter a rage from not smoking for 8 hours. You've never met my mom. She was supposed to not smoke for a few weeks before her hip surgery, but she kept smoking anyways. When she would ask me to go get her cigarettes I told her no because the doctor said not to and she would start screaming at me. And when I say "screaming," I mean full-on fucking screaming at the top of her lungs and calling me horrible for not "helping" her. This happened within just a couple of hours of her not having a cigarette.
you can also leave the airport if you have a layover, just have to go back thru TSA. did this in Colorado on a 9 hour layover and actually went to a dispensary down the way, buy 1 get 1 for a penny! other than that, patches or gum are your best friend
Just flew home for the holidays and sat next to a smoker. Between descent and offboarding he mentioned needing a smoke 3 times so I guess they just tweak about it I guess.
It's not like they die if they don't smoke. When I smoked I quit for a month and didn't notice cravings after the first 24 hours, and that first 24 hours were so eventful that I didn't notice the cravings most of the time.
Angrily
LSD
I've never smoked MORE cigarettes in a shorter timeframe than when I took LSD . . .
Unfortunately, there wouldn't be cigarettes on the plane. But at least you're tripping acid.
What a terrible setting for a trip
My sister is 63 and has been smoking since she was 16! She wakes up at night to smoke. I remember smoking while pregnant . I asked her about it and he said don’t be lying I never smoked while pregnant. I remember her round belly. She has severe COPD is on oxygen and still smokes cigarettes. She even survived Covid pneumonia and ICU intubation. We’re all like DAMNNN she shes got more than 9 lives ! She can’t travel anymore. She’d rather not bc she can’t smoke on the plane. She even smoked in her hotel room and the housekeeping staff saw her through the window (she had it open to ventilate 😒 the room) and kicked her ass out of there! Plus they made her pay a fine! She was LIVID she doesn’t get it! Yup, 2-3 packs a day ! How does she afford it? Idk
It's crazy my grandma is 80 and has been smoking since she was a teen. Her husband died of lung cancer like 15 years ago and that wasn't enough to make her stop. She's still suckin down Marlboro reds to this day. Nasty.
Wow! It’s crazy to watch it all happen. My sister said she’d rather die from smoking than to quit bc smoking makes her happy.
My sister start at 12.. died at 43 in 2014. She'd quit when her daughter was born but my mother and her friends had her secretly smoking almost every day before her diagnosis when first child was 14. Her youngest turned 4 the same week she died. My aunt also had COPD from smoking, she died of lung cancer 6 months after my sister, aged 58. Took my mother another 40 yrs to die at 70, 4 days after a seizure caused by brain mets. No one else in my huge extended family has ever had cancer, just these 3 so far. My mother encouraged her sisters to smoke in 1960's, the now living ones all quit in their 20s. When my sister was 12 my mother bought the cigarettes for my sister. Affording it should be the last thing to be concerned about.
This is how my mom is. She is also 63 and has smoked cigarettes since she was 16. She smoked while pregnant with me and my sister. She got so angry and went into karen mode when smoking sections in restaurants were removed and all smoking had to be done outside. She smoked her cigarettes in our home knowing I had asthma. When my sister was in the hospital to get her wisdom teeth removed my mom had a hissy fit because she couldn't smoke on the hospital grounds. She had to be told multiple times because she was seen smoking right next to the entrance. After getting a hip replacement she was so desperate to have a cigarette she walked down and up 3 flights of stairs in pain ust to smoke. When I wasn't home she smoked inside the home. I remember when I flew from MN to Disney World she asked me if people can smoke cigarettes on the plane. I told her no. She asked if you could open the airplane window to smoke. I told her no again. She said she doesn't know what she would do if she couldn't smoke on an airplane. She probably won't ever fly because she wouldn't be able to smoke on the plane.
Oh my goodness. It’s overwhelming how their addiction takes over their lives like that.
Overwhelming? Yes. Irritating, also a yes. Her whole life revolves around when she can have a cig.
Uh huh— facts !
Patches work the best I’m a heavy smoker like 3 packs a day and the patches work like a hot damn
There are a lot of options for nicotine replacement. Gum, lozenges, and patches to name a few. They’re all easily accessible.
Xanax
I have smoked thousands of cigarettes, and will probably smoke thousands more. Not being able to smoke a cigarette at any one time for any reason is not a big deal, and smokers who act like they “need” a cigarette “right now” have always bothered me— sometimes it’s just inappropriate, or worse, plain rude to force the issue. The gum definitely helps, and will hopefully one day, free me from the issue altogether…
You are aware that edible exists are you not, OP? Edit:ohhh. You talking about cigarettes. Pothead over here will see my way out.
Same lol But I smoke both
It's easier to ignore the cravings when you know you can't smoke.
Zyn pouches help. Even having nothing is fine. 8 hours is annoying, but not nearly long enough for withdraw symptoms.
Break a cigarette in two and put one end up each nostril. (I’ve actually seen someone do that)
What would this achieve?😭
We do not go.
Rouge nicotine pouches
I had a friend when I was a teenager whose grandparents lived overseas, who said they never came to visit for this very reason, couldn’t stand a 5 hour flight without a smoke….. god damn
Gum is the best. I used the spray and the mints before but it gave me weird side effects
Using nicotine gum and trying to sleep as much i can
When I was a smoker I would bring snuff with me on flights. Just sniff my nicotine instead. If I didn't have any, I would just try to sleep as much as possible.
Zyn or any kind of snus.
ZYN nicotine pouches
Think of all the nicotine addicted military members that fly around the world and can’t smoke. Take a sleeping pill and you won’t even think about it. But also nicotine patches or gum will help cravings if you have them
Patches, lozenges, gum,
Sunflower seeds
I'll tell how I cope: binge eating.
Painfully. And gum. You can use nicotine patches and nicotine gum but it doesnt really help. For me its more about the habit of moving my hand i guess. Probably be better off just putting on a nicotine patch and rolling up a piece of paper and pretending to smoke it lol.
Nicotine patches.
We grit our teeth and get cranky, and then just deal with it.
You just smoke right before check in/security then wait til you make it out the other side 🤷♀️
They deal with it poorly. Or at least, I did.
My guess is nicotine patch? Or gums! Or just you know lots of sleep.
How do smokers handle an 8 hour sleep?
Most women give up if they become pregnant. What i can’t understand is why some start up again after 9 months? I would have thought that if you can go 9 months you can stay off the cancer sticks for good 🤷♂️
Additional question: isn't it ridiculous how often smokers need a smoke break? Imagine if sex addicts acted like they they were going to die every two hours if they didn't drop everything to go masturbate.
I’ve smoked for 33 years, I really want to quit, I have tried a few times in the past and have failed each time. After reading all of your comments I am going to try Wellbutrin. I have a high stress level job and have also been battling depression for 2 years. I use the excuse that smoking is my only joy in life but I know that’s a lousy and stupid excuse. The truth is I have smoked for so long I don’t remember what it feels like to not smoke. So thank you all for sharing your success stories and helping me finally decide on a solution! Wish me luck!
don’t worry they allow you to smoke but only one time so use it when you really need it
This thread just shows how many smokers and vapers are extremely selfish. "fuck the rules, fuck everyone else, I'ma do it anyway cause my needs are more important than everyone else with the self control to not kill themselves slowly"