Do you smoke?

[dhinojosa]

Poll question: Do you smoke?

Do you smoke? {cigarettes}

[Rowdyboy]

1. Quit a 3 pack a day habit 14 years ago...Best move of my life....

You were talking cigarette, right?

[dhinojosa]

3. Good point...cigarettes I need to mention cigarettes. :)

[Mizmoon]

4. I still miss them

It's been 8 months :cry:

[dhinojosa]

2. Wow, a lot of full time smokers here

Aye caramba!

[BikeWriter]

5. I quit about 1975.

[jonnyblitz]

6. i quit in 1999. nt

[bigwillq]

28. Good for you jonny!

:)

[tjwmason]

7. This makes me feel like some sort of goody-goody

:(

Never smoked a single cigarette in my life - and I'm not likely to start either.

[bridgit]

31. purity itself is a thing of wonder, tj...

:hi:

[arwalden]

8. I'm Now Three Years SMOKE FREE!!

Smoked for 25 years... when I stopped, I was smoking TEN packs a week. Not an easy thing to do, but I'm glad I did. The nicotine patches helped a lot.

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. Just a friendly reminder......

(and that's on top of lung cancer, heart disease, emphyzema, addiction, etc.)

[dhinojosa]

12. But the pie charts are in a reverse color scheme

Democrats are Blue, Republicans are Red.....

:) :sarcasm:

[AntiCoup2K4]

15. The graphic is from the Corporatist Nutjob Network (CNN)

Don't they get everything backwards?

[Kraklen]

10. Not tobacco, no.

But I love the reefer.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. Occasional cigar or pipe

Maybe 2 or 3 times a week I'll have one cigar or two pipe bowls. I love the taste of a good cigar or pipe tobacco. I've tried cigarettes but I've never been able to get into them. I also can stay away from nicotine for months without having any withdrawals at all. I don't know why, but I cannot get heavily addicted to smoking, even if I try.

[jmowreader]

20. It's because of WHAT you're smoking

All tobacco has nicotine.

Cigar/pipe tobacco nicotine is alkaline and is absorbed through the mouth. You could probably get addicted to alkaline nicotine, but most people don't.

Cigarette tobacco nicotine is acidic, and it's more addictive than crack.

[Love Bug]

13. Food is my addiction

I have enough trouble with that, thank-you-very-much!

[enigmatic]

14. Quit smoking tobacco when I was 15

Very, very glad I did..

[YankeyMCC]

16. Occasional cigar

when playing poker or the rare occasion of sitting in a cigar bar.

[Trigger Hippie]

17. Only when I'm cranky and/or drunk

which is (almost) all the time

:)

[Misunderestimator]

18. I quit 14 1/2 hours ago.

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[JimmyJazz]

21. Hang in there, sweetheart - it is SOOOOO worth it!

Besides, at $40.00 a carton, who the hell can even afford to smoke?

:hug:

[Misunderestimator]

24. True... it's worth it!

Thanks :hug: :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

33. That's crack prices!

[Left Is Write]

19. I smoked for the better part of 15 years

(taking off about 10 months when pregnant/nursing in 1987), then I quit for good seven years ago.

[xmas74]

22. yes but I am cutting back.

I am taking one cigarette out of each pack for the first week, 2 for the second and so one. Eventually, I will be down to nothing and it will be gradual enough that I will not notice it.

[youthere]

23. I second hand smoked for the first 16 years of my life....

Both my parents smoked-my dad smoked cigars and a pipe, and my mother smoked cigarettes. I remember being trapped in the back seat of the car choking while those two would puff away. It would make me sick to my stomach. To this day I cannot STAND tobacco smoke. I hate hate HATE it. The slightest whiff of it makes me nauseous-literally.

[deadparrot]

25. No,

Never started. I have a genetic predisposition to cigarette addiction and lung cancer.

[swag]

26. I used to smoke like a fucking chimney. Started in college.

Back in the day, I'd sit at my desk as a phone geek at Metro Messenger and go through a couple of packs of Viceroys each day. It's funny to think that you used to be able to smoke in offices and even in college classrooms. Some of my classes and offices, we'd have a huge cloud going all day. Those poor non-smokers.

Had to quit because it was killing me. It took several times for me to kick completely, but I finally did it, and have been off for years. I don't care if other people smoke around me. It's not a temptation any more.

The American Lung Association used to have these books: "Freedom From Smoking in 21 Days" or something like that. I ran through that whole course a few times. I think they still have those kits in one form or another. Last time I bought a couple for friends, I called my state lung association to purchase them.

Anyway, it has been years.

[bigwillq]

27. A pack a day

:crazy:

[ghostsofgiants]

29. Never started

Never even understood the appeal.

[retread]

30. When I moved in with my girlfriend in 1970, she announced she was

going to quit smoking and it would be almost impossible for her if she was living with someone who still smoked. Ha, she had no idea what I would give up for her.

[bridgit]

32. yeah, i puff on maybe 1/2 of 1...

of hubby's nat sherman's per day but that's about it honest

[Pacifist Patriot]

34. My dad's throat cancer and bladder cancer serve as a good deterrant.

Sorry smokers, but I have to be honest here. If my dad hadn't been a lifelong smoker the odds of his developing these two cancers would have been astronomically lower. I hate the bloody things and wish tobacco had never been cultivated as a recreational smoking product. Nice plant, but leave it in the ground.

[Aristus]

35. Possibly after sex, but

I just never checked!

:rofl:

[MrSlayer]

36. Yeah a pack and a half a day.

I smoke most of them but a few get burned down in the ashtray while I peruse the internet or play video games or whatever. I'm not ready to quit yet but when I am I'm sure I'll have no problem walking away from them. I have strong willpower when I decide to apply it.

[EstimatedProphet]

37. I don't know-it depends on your terms

I had a pack an 1/2 a day habit for 15 years that I quit 4 years ago last February. However, I do still smoke a pipe or cigar occasionally, and I have a hookah that I smoke maybe once a week.
So, I guess that's no, but some people would still say yes.

[MidnightWind]

38. Only when I drink

then again, there are a lot of things I do when I'm drunk that I don't do when I'm sober! :smoke: