At the time I had my relapse to dual use, I hadn't had much of anything to eat or drink or vape for 4 days, in the horribly sick aftermath of an appendectomy. EVERYTHING tasted bad; cigarettes just tasted like "home." Not everyone will automatically find them horrible tasting, just because they haven't had one in a while. The one thing that I did notice, though, was how hot the smoke was, compared to vapor; it really burned my lips and tongue; not sure if that was from heat or chemicals, maybe both, but was very unpleasant. It didn't deter me, though; I relapsed for about a month, before I finally realized, I had to just put them down and really mean it, and stick to it. But it was a near thing, 10 days later, when the horrible cravings came back; thank god I had acquired some WTA, during the dual-use month, and adding the WTA to my vape completely removed the cravings, and any further compulsion to smoke.
But I do think it's a good idea to keep some around; not right out in front of you all the time, that would be torture, but maybe stuck in the freezer. Tell yourself, if it gets really really bad, I can always smoke... But do keep in mind, once you've quit, then if you start again, quitting again is easily twice as hard as it was the first time. I discovered that the hard way, and it's really all I need to know, to leave that open pk with 12 in it, in the ziplock in the freezer turning into tobaccocicles.
Andria