Do you smoke or not?

Smoke what?

I used to smoke, I stopped. But I took the first option, because there's still occasionally a moment of weakness, and we don't want to catch me lying do we.

Only in bed...

Old vaudeville joke: "Do you smoke after having sex?" "I dunno. I never looked." :::rimshot:::

No, I grew up with two chain smoking parents, thanks. My dad smoked something like 8 packs a day.


He died of throat cancer, and if he hadn't, I would say smoking doesn't give you cancer.


But anyway - I had no air when I was a kid, so I appreciate it now. I can't stand the smell of smoke.

I smoked for eleven years and quit cold turkey. I was told that I couldn't so long as I was living with a chain smoker. I love proving people WRONG. LOL My last cigarette was May 1, 1997.

You missed, "I sometimes smoke."


I quit smoking while my wife was pregnant with our first son, but I do on occassion have a cigar. Haven't had one in over a year, but now that you brought it up, I'm getting a craving for a nice H.Uppmann or Padron.

I smoke sometimes.

like a chimney.

That said, I still long for cigarettes at times and am tempted on occasion.

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Me, too. Once I came to grips with the reality that the cravings would never really go away, it became easier to keep with the promise I made with myself to quit. My SO smokes around me all the time when we're outside working on his truck or doing yard work and, I admit, it's hard for me not to rip it out of his mouth a take a long haul off it . . . but, I resist.

I don't smoke but my dad did for a long time and now when I'm super stressed out I crave cigarettes but never gave in to the craving. Second hand smoke sucks.

I started smoking in university, just to try it, and, of course, to be cool. I was never addicted and went from a f/t smoker, to an only-when-I-drink smoker, to not smoking at all. My husband is addicted to cigarettes, recently quit, and is now addicted to nicotine gum. Hmmm, is that better than smoking?

Maryn said:

That said, I still long for cigarettes at times and am tempted on occasion.

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It'll be 11 years this June and I still have smoking dreams. Not sure it ever goes away.

Norton: Ralph, do you mind if I smoke?
Ralph: I don't care if you burn.

It is my only excuse to get out of the friggin kitchen. . . as long as I work in restaurants I will be a smoker by default. . . most chefs are smokers, which is slightly ironic considering that it dulls your palate and makes you need more salt. . .

William Haskins said:

like a chimney.

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That explains the avatar.

I've never smoked. Like Pam, I grew up with two chain-smoking parents, and I had migraine headaches all the time. Moved away from home, into a non-smoking atmosphere, and the headaches stopped.

I've never really considered smoking--the kids I hung with didn't smoke, and I always thought it was dirty and gross. I still try to avoid even stepping on butts, etc.

My parents both quit when I was nineteen (just after I moved out to go to university). My dad caught pneumonia, and his lungs were in such bad shape the doctor told him he had a choice: he could quit, or he could die. He quit cold turkey, and Mom quit with him.

Unfortunately, my brother still lives with them, and he and his wife are chain-smokers, so Mom and Dad are smokers by default...

I don't understand people who are so afraid of cancer that they refuse to live.


When major milestones arrive, I light up the Cubans my sister smuggles me in from Europe, and savor the finer things in life.

Cigarettes, and anything with additives, are a big scary no to me. But, hey, you sell a book? Get that cigar out and savor the moment.

I smoke around 2 packs a week. I think it's gross and there are times when I'd rather not, but as soon as the sh-t hits the fan at work, a cigarette is the only thing that keeps me sane.

I once had a professor in college who came in elated one day because he didn't want a cigarette. He had quit smoking almost 15 years before. That put a serious dent in my quit smoking motivation.

It depends on my friends, my schedule, and what I have to do next week.

badducky said:

I don't understand people who are so afraid of cancer that they refuse to live.

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I don't smoke, never have, nor did my parents or brothers. But, for others, it's their decision. That said, I don't understand your statement, b. In a "do you smoke or not" thread, it seems you equate smoking with "living" and those who don't as not having a life worth living. Kind of like judging a person by the color of car he/she drives.

Am I afraid of cancer? Yes. But, in retrospect, that's not the reason I never took up smoking. At this point in my life, though, I have this take. When it's your turn, that's it. But there's no sense going around holding out your ticket.

Smoking for 50 plus years. My stupidity overwhelms me.

Worse, I smoke more when I write more.

After I tried quitting, that was the one rule I made for myself that I've stuck with, rich. No smoking while I create. The hardest part of that was getting used to not having a cigarette when I paint (though why I'd want to smoke around open cans of paint thinner is anyone's guess) or when I play music. I smoked a ton in the rock star days.

1 pack a day while I'm here, 2 packs a day while I'm in China.