• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 18:51
CET 00:51
KST 08:51
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Revival - 2025 Season Finals Preview8RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups C & D Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups A & B Preview2TL.net Map Contest #21: Winners12
Community News
ComeBackTV's documentary on Byun's Career !9Weekly Cups (Dec 8-14): MaxPax, Clem, Cure win4Weekly Cups (Dec 1-7): Clem doubles, Solar gets over the hump1Weekly Cups (Nov 24-30): MaxPax, Clem, herO win2BGE Stara Zagora 2026 announced15
StarCraft 2
General
Micro Lags When Playing SC2? ComeBackTV's documentary on Byun's Career ! When will we find out if there are more tournament Weekly Cups (Dec 8-14): MaxPax, Clem, Cure win RSL Revival - 2025 Season Finals Preview
Tourneys
$100 Prize Pool - Winter Warp Gate Masters Showdow $5,000+ WardiTV 2025 Championship Winter Warp Gate Amateur Showdown #1 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL Offline Finals Info - Dec 13 and 14!
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 504 Retribution Mutation # 503 Fowl Play Mutation # 502 Negative Reinforcement Mutation # 501 Price of Progress
Brood War
General
Klaucher discontinued / in-game color settings Anyone remember me from 2000s Bnet EAST server? BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ How Rain Became ProGamer in Just 3 Months FlaSh on: Biggest Problem With SnOw's Playstyle
Tourneys
Small VOD Thread 2.0 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL21] WB SEMIFINALS - Saturday 21:00 CET [BSL21] RO8 - Day 2 - Sunday 21:00 CET
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Game Theory for Starcraft Current Meta Fighting Spirit mining rates
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Mechabellum PC Games Sales Thread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Survivor II: The Amazon Sengoku Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine The Games Industry And ATVI YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
White-Ra Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TL+ Announced Where to ask questions and add stream?
Blogs
The (Hidden) Drug Problem in…
TrAiDoS
I decided to write a webnov…
DjKniteX
James Bond movies ranking - pa…
Topin
Thanks for the RSL
Hildegard
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1361 users

The Technology Behind Quitting Cigarettes - Page 2

Blogs > djWHEAT
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next All
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
August 31 2011 17:10 GMT
#21
On September 01 2011 02:08 kawaiiryuko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 02:07 GoonFFS wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:04 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:02 GoonFFS wrote:
I'd NEVER stop smoking ciggerettes. Pussies quit


Or people that like living longer, don't want to wake up coughing up shit, and hate gasping for air after several flights or stairs.

(Note: I am a pack a day smoker)


I don't want to wake up every day to people looking down at us smokers. It's a manhunt out there, and this is just contributing. FUCK


I look at smokers the same way I look at crackheads, meth heads, and other addicts. Because it's a /fucking addiction/ son.


Have you ever met a crackhead, meth head, etc? There's a MASSIVE difference.
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
masterbreti
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)2711 Posts
August 31 2011 17:12 GMT
#22
back when I was working for the government to help people quit. I saw how hard going cold turkey for them was.

Its great to see people taking the steps to quit. This eCig thing is for sure not the ideal soloution to smoking out there.But its for sure a big step in the right direction. That is the most important thing right now. For that I send huge grats to you. Awesome to see people making eventual progress to a heathier life without smoking.

Eventually would be nice to see you ween yourself off the eCig and not intake any of the chemicals that smoking puts inside you.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 17:14:01
August 31 2011 17:13 GMT
#23
On September 01 2011 02:09 procyonlotor wrote:
I'm going to consider getting my parents to do this.


My dad and his dad stopped smoking when they went to see a doctor and saw their lung "scan pictures" or what ever they are called. Was harsh enough to see and they quit pretty fast.

On September 01 2011 02:10 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 02:08 kawaiiryuko wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:07 GoonFFS wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:04 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:02 GoonFFS wrote:
I'd NEVER stop smoking ciggerettes. Pussies quit


Or people that like living longer, don't want to wake up coughing up shit, and hate gasping for air after several flights or stairs.

(Note: I am a pack a day smoker)


I don't want to wake up every day to people looking down at us smokers. It's a manhunt out there, and this is just contributing. FUCK


I look at smokers the same way I look at crackheads, meth heads, and other addicts. Because it's a /fucking addiction/ son.


Have you ever met a crackhead, meth head, etc? There's a MASSIVE difference.


And i totally agree with Diamond, jesus...
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
GuiltyJerk
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States584 Posts
August 31 2011 17:18 GMT
#24
Props to you man, congrats!!
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
August 31 2011 17:18 GMT
#25
Really glad for you wheat, so many people in gaming are the pack-a-day type now...my roommate is a pack a day smoker who has quit in the past with relative ease but came back and says he can quit any time, but just has no motivation to or something like that.

He owns an e-cigarette and says that its just not the same, which is a reason he hasn't made the switch. I'm wondering if you had any sort of feeling early on, did you think it wasn't the same as a cigarette and just wanted to get back on normal ones, or is it something he just has to do for a few days and it'll seem like nothing ever changed
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
Darksteel
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland319 Posts
August 31 2011 17:19 GMT
#26
On September 01 2011 02:07 GoonFFS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 02:04 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:02 GoonFFS wrote:
I'd NEVER stop smoking ciggerettes. Pussies quit


Or people that like living longer, don't want to wake up coughing up shit, and hate gasping for air after several flights or stairs.

(Note: I am a pack a day smoker)


I don't want to wake up every day to people looking down at us smokers. It's a manhunt out there, and this is just contributing. FUCK


When a friend of mines died to Lung Cancer at the age of 33 a lot of our friends stopped smoking that die. I know it seems distant and unprobable outcome for young smokers, but after seem this friend in question first have coughs for 1 year which were mistakes as Lung infections etc and then be diagnosed with lung cancer at such advanced stage there was not much to do was an eyeopening event. He died 5 months after the diagnosis. Listening him to talk in TeamSpeak in his last couple of months during WoW raids was heartbreaking.

Congrats to DjWheat for being able to quit, hopefully permanently !
coljbass
Profile Joined June 2011
United States42 Posts
August 31 2011 17:19 GMT
#27
Marcus what brand did you go with? I tried one a while back and didn't like the one I got.
muffley
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States280 Posts
August 31 2011 17:19 GMT
#28
Didn't know you smoked WHEAT. Really glad you found something that helped you quit. I've known many people that looked at the eCig concept and sneered at the idea (i.e. "they just want to look cool where they're not allowed to smoke"), but I can imagine the muscle memory of having the cig in your hand and mouth is a huge part of trying to quit.

I'm genuinely happy to know that miniWHEAT will grow up without them.
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
August 31 2011 17:20 GMT
#29
Congrats DJwheat.
synide
Profile Joined June 2011
3 Posts
August 31 2011 17:21 GMT
#30
I used eCigs for over a year. (the brand was Blu)

They are quite amazing, and even cheaper than regular cigarettes, especially the $12 a pack they cost here in NYC.

You can use them indoors, get different flavors, and even used them on an airplane.

Eventually, the constant charging and refill changing got annoying, but that can be dealt with.

I also ended up quitting smoking by using eCigs. It was tough, and honestly, willpower had at least as much of an effect and I almost felt like the eCigs were placebos, as they were nowhere near as strong or instant as a normal cigarrette.

eCigs will definitely help, but keep in mind, you have to want to quit to make this work. You are going to need willpower most of all, but eCigs will help A LOT.


shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
August 31 2011 17:21 GMT
#31
HOLD THE PHONE....

DjWheat is 34? I thought he was way older LOL!

Besides that. I don't know how it feels like to be addicted to smoking. I have only smoked twice in my life. Didn't feel it was great. But good for you that you quit smoking :D
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
Dubes
Profile Joined August 2010
United States327 Posts
August 31 2011 17:25 GMT
#32
DJWheat you're a baller keep it up man, you're an inspiration to many of us out there, make us proud!
tWR
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada138 Posts
August 31 2011 17:26 GMT
#33
Congratulation DJWheat that's such a life changing choice, and this choice is going to help everyone. I'm certain you're son and wife are so proud of you!
psychopat
Profile Joined October 2009
Canada417 Posts
August 31 2011 17:30 GMT
#34
Congrats. Takes a lot to quit smoking, regardless of whether you use an outside product or not. I know my dad quit cold turkey the day he found out my mom was pregnant and he still says it was one of the hardest things he's ever done... Aside from all the health benefits, you'll also notice you have way more money than before. Something along the lines of 4 grand more every year. That's like a free family vacation!

I've not thought about sneaking a smoke, my smell has already recovered and now smoke (and my friends who still smoke) smell like complete garbage to me.

Heh. Join the club. I've also noticed that it also smells a lot worse in the middle of winter, to the point where you can smell it from meters away. The cold seems to make it cling to people's clothes a lot more. Hopefully it doesn't get cold enough over there for you to notice the difference but the people that still smoke always seem to think that you're exaggerating.
jlake02
Profile Joined January 2011
United States395 Posts
August 31 2011 17:30 GMT
#35
SUPER happy for you Wheat! Great stuff.

I started the eCig a year ago this month. It's allowed me to cut my real cig usage to virtually zero. I'm still using the eCig Mediums but plan on moving to Low this Fall.

Glad you broke free of the slavery. It's a bitch to quit and I'm very thankful for eCigs.
compLexity Gaming - @coL_Lake
Monox1de
Profile Joined March 2011
United States101 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 17:33:05
August 31 2011 17:31 GMT
#36
i have smoked since i was 14 years old and a pack a day since i hit 18. I tried quitting 3 times now with my longest being a year. I mostly tried patches/suckers the first few times and the most recent attempt using an Ecig.The biggest problem for me is ALL and i mean every single one of my friends smokes. I hang out with them a few times and they offer me smokes and i turn them down but eventually i will fold. I was kinda anti social for the 1 year that i quit smoking and when i started up again it was because i thought i could go to the bars with my friends have drinks and not smoke. Boy was i wrong.

Every time i resume smoking i think to myself " well atleast i cut down" when in reality i shoot back up to a pack a day within a week of starting back up . I just started smoking again and regret to say the Ecig has failed me. It's my own fault though. The fucking ecig died on me and the charger is at my parents house. SO one night i had the choice of driving 20 miles to get the charger or not hang out with my friends. I ended up bummin a cig to "hold me over" til i could charge my e cig.( 2 days later i was up to half a pack, end of week full pack)
I hope to attempt again.. maybe new years resolution.

I'm 24 years old so hopefully i can quit sooner rather than later.
"Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future." -Dale Turner
RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9949 Posts
August 31 2011 17:33 GMT
#37
I've heard a lot of good stories about e-cigarettes. Unfortunately, over here they're considered a drug, and therefore have to go through drug testing programs in order to become legal for sale.

There's some speculation that because they can't tax it, the government is holding back on them.

What brand did you use? Maybe I'll try ordering them online, but it seems like a lot of hassle to get cartridges in time, and I don't want to switch just to run out of cartridges and smoke a regular pack again.
Moderatorsometimes I get intimidated by the size of my right testicle
Phil Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States100 Posts
August 31 2011 17:33 GMT
#38
Wow this is the best story I've ever heard about quitting smoking with this new technology. Definitely gonna recommend it to friends who want/need to quit.
Man, this ain't my dad. This is a cell phone!
Existence88
Profile Joined March 2011
United States14 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 17:34:20
August 31 2011 17:34 GMT
#39

They are quite amazing, and even cheaper than regular cigarettes, especially the $12 a pack they cost here in NYC.


Wtf! $12 in NYC?? and I thought $6 was a lot. Haha.

Anyways, congrats Wheat! I'm definitely going to try one of those eCigs now.
It's what we know we aren't, that makes us who we are.
zemiron
Profile Joined August 2010
United States481 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 17:35:10
August 31 2011 17:34 GMT
#40
On September 01 2011 02:10 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 02:08 kawaiiryuko wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:07 GoonFFS wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:04 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
On September 01 2011 02:02 GoonFFS wrote:
I'd NEVER stop smoking ciggerettes. Pussies quit


Or people that like living longer, don't want to wake up coughing up shit, and hate gasping for air after several flights or stairs.

(Note: I am a pack a day smoker)


I don't want to wake up every day to people looking down at us smokers. It's a manhunt out there, and this is just contributing. FUCK


I look at smokers the same way I look at crackheads, meth heads, and other addicts. Because it's a /fucking addiction/ son.


Have you ever met a crackhead, meth head, etc? There's a MASSIVE difference.


Some masters treat their slaves better than others, but in the end they're still slaves.
"Fractal alligators. Like a normal alligator, but instead of arms, there are more alligators." -Day9
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Ladder Legends
19:00
WWG Amateur Showdown
davetesta76
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
ProTech217
PiGStarcraft170
SpeCial 150
StarCraft: Brood War
EffOrt 201
Dewaltoss 115
Shuttle 62
Mong 21
NaDa 16
GoRush 9
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm92
febbydoto53
LuMiX1
League of Legends
Trikslyr43
Counter-Strike
summit1g3755
Heroes of the Storm
Grubby4860
Khaldor279
Other Games
FrodaN1423
Mew2King210
ViBE52
JimRising 15
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1464
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• RyuSc2 51
• musti20045 44
• IndyKCrew
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• mYiSmile12
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota22237
League of Legends
• Doublelift3813
Other Games
• imaqtpie2309
Upcoming Events
Sparkling Tuna Cup
10h 9m
Ladder Legends
17h 9m
BSL 21
20h 9m
StRyKeR vs TBD
Bonyth vs TBD
Replay Cast
1d 9h
Wardi Open
1d 12h
Monday Night Weeklies
1d 17h
WardiTV Invitational
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
WardiTV Invitational
4 days
ByuN vs Solar
Clem vs Classic
Cure vs herO
Reynor vs MaxPax
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #4 - TS3
RSL Offline Finals
Kuram Kup

Ongoing

C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 4
YSL S2
BSL Season 21
Slon Tour Season 2
CSL Season 19: Qualifier 1
WardiTV 2025
META Madness #9
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22

Upcoming

CSL Season 19: Qualifier 2
CSL 2025 WINTER (S19)
BSL 21 Non-Korean Championship
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
HSC XXVIII
Big Gabe Cup #3
OSC Championship Season 13
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.