Poll Do You Smoke?

[TaraJ]

I smoke when I'm very sad.
I think I do it to take my anger out.
I don't know why I'm taking it out on myself, but it seems to help
me to feel better.

 

[morgan]

I've been smoking since I was 12. Wish I could quit. Guess I'm just not ready yet.

 

[pandora]

Started at 15.....I know the health risks being a nurse...haven't quit yet....smoke outside and not around my son....maybe one day.
I was actually surprised....I thought there would be more here voting yes but it really has become socially looked down upon..IMO.

 

[upstream]

Nope. Tried a cigar once on the last day of high school, but I don't think that counts. I'm a bit of a health nut.

 

[chrissym]

i started smoking at 16 i'm 41 now....i guess its time to quit...

 

[JustJane]

morgan, try chantix. I am almost certain your doctor will prescribe it to you, assuming it doesn't counter any other medicines you are on.

 

[TLight]

Love one in the morning that I roll myself with coffee. Maybe one in the evening too.
Noticed I'm starting to get those litte lines above my upper lip..

I'm going to just cut them out completely. Shouldn't be too hard.

 

[Cindy]

Wow that is cool about the numbers.

I am trying to quit. I'm quitting for my health. (New Year's Resolution). But, I don't really want to. I'm so close though. Down to three cigarettes a day. Eliminated car smoking, lunch break cigarette, tomorrow I'm going for the morning coffee time. Pretty soon it will only be evening at home. Sitting at the computer ... Maybe by Saturday it will be my first non-smoking day.

 

[Jet]

I have never smoked. Spent the first 10 years of my life watching my dad struggle for breath and then die because of it. I can remember very clearly my dad, hooked up to the oxygen tank and still lighting up.

 

[shelly82]

wow, jet i'm sorry you had to witness that. yea, i know a couple of people who lost a parents to lung diseases related to smoking and never want to touch cigs as a result. I am a smoker and I sincerely wish I could quit. Being addicted is complicated though. It's not just the nicotine you miss. You become emotionally reliant on the nicotine and the very act of smoking.

 

[sallyb98178]

Quit in '96, chewed nicotine gum till Sept 07. Just your normal pain avoidance protocol, eh? ;o))

 

[veiled_misery]

Average about 1 or 2 a day. Newport pleasure baby.