I was waiting for DH in a Sam's Club. I think it is similar to a CostCo, only difference is that it is owned by Walmart.

I used their bathroom and as I was going out, I saw a chained off area where the cigarettes are now kept. So I stopped by to see what a carton of cigarettes are going for now.

When DH and I quit, a carton was $10, it took about a week to smoke.

I was amazed it cost about $50 now.

That is expensive!

There is talk about increasing the tax on sugary drinks. Thank goodness I gave that up long ago as well. I now cannot stand the taste of soda, diet or regular.

But that is just me. I know how hard it is to quit smoking and I was never one that particularly liked smoking after I turned 20 or so, just addicted. It was a nice social activity at first.

I think the e-cigarette is amazing. Is it hard to convert from regular? It is different in taste, right?

I started using e-cigs about the middle of March and enjoyed them from the start. Had a few ups and down in the first few weeks, but once I got the hang of using the devise properly and remembering to order vapor juice (Maroboro-like), I never looked back.

I had a full carton of my usual tobacco cigs at that time and have not opened it..yet!! I go to MyVaporStore.com, after trying out different places and find them fair priced, well stocked and speedy deliveries.

Cyn, I find the Maroboro Vapor to be as near the real thing as I have ever gotten and with none of the horrors of tobacco smoke. When I clean my furniture and mirrors now, there is no yucky yellow stains to clean and none of that crap in my lungs, either..Since there is no 2nd hand smoke, I can vape with my Grands here..

I recommend it to anyone who enjoys smoking but doesn't want the possible dangers of Tobacco, anymore.

"Perhaps the most interesting research linking smoking and MS came from a 2007 study in the journal Brain that explicitly links the onset of MS before the age of 16 to childhood exposure to secondhand smoke. The longer the child was exposed to secondhand smoke, the more likely they were to develop MS. In the study, 62 percent of the 129 MS patients had been exposed to their parents' secondhand cigarette smoke during childhood compared to only 45.1 percent of healthy children."

What doesn't smoking cause?

I think about 65% of the adult population smoked when I was born, and smoking was EVERYWHERE; doctor's office, grocery store, hairdresser, every workplace ...

Fifty years later only about 20% of the population smokes, and it is banned in even many OPEN air areas, where it couldn't possibly hurt anyone.

Did I miss the new stat that says MS is getting less prevalent .... because hardly anyone smokes or is exposed to second hand smoke now?

Cherie

Doctors used to advertise their favorite brands!

"I am Dr. Milton, and I smoke Camels...non filtered! you should too!" OMG! when you see some of the old tyme commericials its down right scary.

How horrible is it when you pass a hospital or medical center, and see the throng of nurses, or MDs outside catching a cigarette between patients..YUCK! What a bad example.

I grew up in a smoker home. My mom quit just after I moved out, and my dad smoke up until the very afternoon he died. I picked up the habit at 14 and didnt turn it lose till many years later. it was the hardest thing I ever did, and the best thing I ever did.

How come my sister didnt get MS? She lived in that smokey house! and smokes to this day! I want a recount darnit.

When my Dad was in the hospital for a hernia operation back in 1977 I remember visiting him. Smoking must have been allowed in public buildings then because people were smoking there. The man in the next room had lung cancer and had a hole in his throat (that little area at the bottom of your neck right before your chest). I was walking down the hall and looked in his room and saw him smoking through that little hole!! OMGoodness......it freaked me out! It was the creepiest thing I have ever seen and I remember it vividly to this day.

I've never been addicted to cigarettes but for him to keep smoking during that period in his life it must be an extremely hard habit to break.

That would be enough for me to either never smoke or quit on the spot.

Laura, didn't you have that commercial back east ... about 15 yrs ago ... where that cancer surviver was smoking through the hole in her neck. GACK!!!

(I bet I'll be her though. )

Cherie

Haha, may have, but I don't recall a commercial with it.

I didn't watch a lot of television when I was younger, I played outdoors most of the time.

Yeah, some good it did for me later on!