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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: happyharry on October 17, 2006, 02:14:36 PM
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I realise this is a sensitive subject, especially for N. Americans.
But I was wondering: do you smoke?
Please vote so we can get a general idea of how many of you (the members of this forum) smoke.
Personally, yes, I do smoke. But only indoors (at home - I live alone), and I handroll my cigarettes.
So far I'm enjoying it, but I seem to be gifted when it comes to quitting, for I can quit quite easily
whenever it stops being a pleasure and starts being a liability...
Ok, keep them votes coming....
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Smoked for 24 years, have quit 4 weeks, 4 days as of today.
2nd hardest thing I've ever done.
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I've never smoked at all. Actually, I've never drank alcohol or done any drugs either. Never tried any of it. Most people don't believe me at first when I tell them that, but it's a personal choice. I don't care that people do. Most of my friends do and I'm cool with it. I don't give anyone a hard time. It's just not for me.
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Congrats on quitting!
I've had 4 open-heart surgeries, so it's not advisable that I smoke cigs. Though, I will enjoy a good cigar once and awhile.
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Thanks for your replies and votes.
VFRWolf, since you mentioned quitting smoking as the 2nd hardest thing you've ever done, I'm curious: what was
number one?
lostnfound21: Good for you! I think it's great that there are people out there who never smoked and drank.
As for me, I don't drink either. I can't hold my liquor anyway...after the second beer I get sleepy and head for
the bed. I hope my fellow Greeks won't ever find out....hehe
Tyler: Cigars are great too - much more enjoyable than cigarettes. I've smoked them for a while, but they turned out
to be more expensive than drugs, lol. (I think Gene Hackman said that in a movie...a submarine movie, I think)
I'm sorry to hear about those heart surgeries you had. But I think you're a pretty sturdy guy and you'll probably outlive
most of us... :)
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I have one of those love-hate relationships with cigarrettes... I always quit (last time was just over a month) and then for what ever reason, I start up again... then I quit again a few month later... then I start up again...
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VFRWolf, since you mentioned quitting smoking as the 2nd hardest thing you've ever done, I'm curious: what was
number one?
I lost my wife to breast cancer about 9 years ago, leaving me a single father. Telling our children, then 10 and 7, that their mother was not going to be with us was by far the hardest thing I've ever done.
I re-married about 3 years later, and my kids have adjusted very well, 1 daughter in college, my son a sophmore in high school. Both love their step mom and she's done wonders with them. So all's good now.
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Foolish me, I shouldn't have asked.
I'm sorry about your wife, that must have been very hard indeed.
But I'm glad you've managed to remarry and that things worked out in the end.
Hang loose, buddy
Harry
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Foolish me, I shouldn't have asked.
Doesn't bother me to talk about it, the more folks realize that it can happen to younger women too, the more that it can be caught early.
It's all good bro.
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Thanks for sharing everyone, and personal condolences to VFRWolf. I have never been a cigarette smoker, since I cough nasty at the thought of trying to inhale! I do, too enjoy a good cigar now and then. I barely do now-a-days, with all my medical conditions. Thx for sharing all and great Poll Harry, me brudder! ;)
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I've never smoked a day in my life, but I used to dip snuff. That was a hard habit to break. I enjoyed it mostly when drinking, hanging with my buddies and that sorta thing. Then I started to discover it would help me stay awake when I was driving or working a 16 plus hour shift in the dairy business. I quit for a while, then started again...then quit, and started again. All without the wife knowing, she doesn't like it all that much. I've had ex-girlfriends who didn't mind, hell they did it too every now and then.
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kinda in a jam right now. i need to quit smoking but always seem to find reasons not to. i want to get in shape but can't breath to exerscise so i get pissed and smoke. damn i need help.
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Do Cigars count?
I always have one after a good show.
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I don't view smoking the occasional cigar as qualification to be a smoker. At least I hope not, then I would have to change my vote, too.
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2 months, 3 weeks, still smoke free. ;D
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hey wolf, how did you quit?
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2 months, 3 weeks, still smoke free. ;D
Good job! Keep it up, Wolf.
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2 months, 3 weeks, still smoke free. ;D
Congrats WOLF!
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hey wolf, how did you quit?
Patches, toothpicks, willpower. Basically I got tired of feeling old, decided to try to get back in shape.
Thanks for the grats, I still want one, even though I'm pass the nicotine. But the price is keeping me smoke free. :D
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i ask cause i am getting ready to quit. just haven't set a date yet. ordered cigarrest( worked for my dad), so i wanna try that. i really want to be able to breathe again so i can get in shape.
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My wife said to tell you to quit like she did, cold turkey with a lot of bitchiness :-\
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she is tougher than me bro. if i tried that i would prolly need the singles page cause my wife would kick my butt out. haha
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No Fumar !!! :o
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Not cigarettes....every now and then I will bum one if I'm havin' a few drinks.
Keep a quality pipe with some rich aromatic tobacco on the mantel at home for a very occasional treat. And do enjoy a good cigar even fewer and farther between when someone whips'm out. But don't keep them on hand and rarely buy them.
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Yes, I do. However, I am on day 2 with Chantix, which means I will (hopefully) be quitting in 5 days. I'm ready to say "sayonara" to this habit, after about 20 years. @c3
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Don't smoke cigarettes but will enjoy an occassional cigar O0
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Nope, don't smoke...
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Thought I would share this story if any of you are trying to quit. A friend of mine decided some years back that he wanted to give up cigarettes. He tried and tried but never could stop sucessfully. Finally he told himself he knew he could go at least one hour with out smoking. He would tell you himself that he has never "quit" but over 30 years have come and gone and he is still going "the next hour" without one. O0
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Have never smoked...... just not my thing. I grew up in a home where both my parents smoked. My brother and I hated it.
At the age of 42, my Dad had a major heart attack on Easter Sunday. Doctor told him to get rid of the (3) pack a day habit immediately or die.
Mom and dad both quit cold turkey that day and haven't smoked since. That was 31 years ago.... and Dad is still with us.....just turned 73 last month.
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I started smoking when I was a teen. Probably started @ around 14 years old.
Finally kicked the habit alomost 2 years ago.
Best thing ever. I used to have terrible sinus issues. Now they are all but gone.
This has been the first year where I got sick in fall (I get sick every fall and spring because I have alergies) and didnt have to go to the doctires to get rid of mu coughing. (Usually I cough and cough sometimes for weeks until I'd go tot the doctors. This year. i got over it myself in about 2 weeks. NICE!!
I still smoke a pipe every now and again. Not daily, but probably once a week I'll smoke a bowl of tobacco if I'm drinking beers.
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Was smoking the "in" thing to do when most of you guys were in high school? It wasn't when I was in high school in the 80s. It was with the generation before me and it seemed to get popular again with the generation that came after. But in my day, it was really kind of looked down upon and I haven't come across too many people in my age group -- either friends or work colleagues -- that have been smokers. Just curious.
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Yeah, it was real big when I was in High School in the 60's. I started smoking when I was 16 years old and a good majority of the kids smoked and the biggest majority were the females. Of course that was before the big health scare and warnings on the cigarette packs and all. Shoot, you could smoke anywhere, there were no restrictions, not even on the school grounds. Oh yeah, I no longer smoke.....thought I should add that
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I have never tried smoking cigarettes or anything tobacco. When I was young and dumb and was going to keggars etc, I did try something that is used in brownies. But thankfully that was a one time event.
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I have never smoked anything. When I was in high school the 'in' thing at my school was snuff, in the big city it was smoking. There was a time that I was going through a can a day, it was pretty bad. One day I just decided I had to stop because not only was it bad for me, it was costing a bit. Every now and then I will take a dip, like when I go on a long drive to shows or something like that or when I manage to get out and go to the bar with some friends I will take a dip but I am no where near what I used to dip.
Pigpen, its funny that you mentioned dipping alot when in the dairy business. When I milked about 140 cows 3 times a day that was then I was doing it the most. I dont know why, maybe it was the smell or something, it was odd. Every once in a while when I milk the goats I get the urge but I have to tell myself no.
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i dipped for awhile. but quit when i was smoking apack a day while still dipping a can a day. have quit smoking a couple times but have picked it back up. unfortunately.
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I'll smoke a cigar on special occassions.
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Yep, Damn things gonna kill me. Been smoking steadily since age 14.
Have managed to quit for a year on 2 occassions, but ended up picking them back up.
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I smoke when I'm bored. I quit several years ago, but when I get bored or drink I just can't help it.
Old habits.......
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Smoked heavily throughout late high school/college. I have quit now but it's weird. I won't smoke for months and months, and then randomly I'll buy a pack and smoke it all in like two days and be done for another couple of months.
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Smoked a pack a day for 25 years, quit 5 years ago. O0