Originally Posted By trailsend Do you smoke cigarettes? Have you ever smoked? When did you stop? Why did you stop? No I tried one time (who in the world knows why) when I was 20 and I was driving a 5 speed car and nearly caught myself on fire because I couldn't shift and handle the cigarette at the same time. My Mother-in-Law smoked and my husband hated it. My Dad smoked and I didn't like it either. So who knows why I even thought about ?!?
Originally Posted By guerillagorilla I've never smoked, nor will I ever. Not to say I didn't decide to make the attempt, though. Almost tried a vanilla flavored cigo-rilla in Cancun, Mexico...right after I did have a lime-less Tequila shooter. Now THAT wasn't one of the smarter things I've ever done!
Originally Posted By LPFan22 In my early 20's I'd drink socially at block parties and someone was smoking cloves so I tried them. I've probably had a total of 6 clove cigarettes. It wasn't a habit for me, just something I was curious about for a very brief period.
Originally Posted By tapdancemom I didn't smoke until about age 25 or 26 when I was doing choreoghraphy on a musical and spent a lot of time with the director and music director working until all hours and just sort of fell into it. How dumb was that? When I became pregnant for the first time a few years later I immediately stopped cold turkey and never had another after.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Never smoked, never wanted to. Watching my beloved coach drown himself to death with emphasema was cure enough.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut Do you smoke cigarettes? Not Any More Have you ever smoked? I smoked 3 packs+ a day of Lucky Strike or Camel non filters. I also smoked other substances, also smoke beaties (Technically not cigarettes), cloves, cigars When did you stop? On the 10th of this month (hey thats tomorrow) it will be 4 months without a smoke Why did you stop? Several reasons, but upon doctors reccomendations and Jayna nagging me. My smoking started in the 6th grade when I took a pack of my grandma's Virginia Slim 120s. Than I stole a carton of Camel non filters from the dairy by my house (yes I got caught and had to work them off). From there, I smoke about a pack a day in Jr High, but 9th grade I was smoking 2 to 3 packs a day among other things. I got up to about 5 packs a day when I was strung out about my junior year (9 years clean now...woohoo!!!!!!) Backed down to about 3 packs a day and it remained that way until 4 months ago. I think I am just about out of the habit, but its been tough. As others have stated, they are social smokers and I have had to remove myself from those enviroments until the cravings go away. So no bars that allow smoking (yes there are still plently in CA tha allow you to smoke), no parties, no poker nights and n o breaks with smokers at work.
Originally Posted By wendebird Do you smoke cigarettes? Nope Have you ever smoked? Yes When did you stop? January 11th, 1995 Why did you stop? It's complex & many things all happened (for a reason) in a one week time span. I realized cigarettes were controling my life. Example, I had $4 in my wallet, only 4 cigarettes left & I owed a co-worker $3. I actually was trying to figure out how I could get out of oweing them this money. ugh. Then, I realized whenever I took a deep breath, my lungs had that feeling, like when you were a kid & you swallowed too much water. It was painful to breathe deep. My s-i-l was in the hospital with pneumonia & asthma. They gave her this device to blow into. When it reached (300 I believe) she could go home. I tried it when I visited her. She could go blow the little ball higher than I could & I wasn't sick. Yeah, time to quit. So I did it for myself & did it cold turkey. I had a terrible time with the DT's (I smoked over 3 packs a day) & would never recomend going cold turkey. See a doctor first. Best thing I have ever done for myself. 11 years Wednesday & I've never gone back, not even for the so common "just one won't hurt." I'd be hooked again in a second.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut oh another thing about quitting, you dont have to carry extra stuff. Having cigarettes, negates that you need a lighter or matches. Something more to carry. And if you have a zippo, than you need to remember to refill it. You also tend to use more gas as a smoker. YOu will make little side trips just to go get smokes (unless you got cartons at a time and freeze them as I did).
Originally Posted By peeaanuut oh and typically out of a pack of 20 you usually only smoke about 16-18 because of the always present "can I bum a smoke?" guy.
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife I'm so glad these tickles the minds are back! The one thing that stops my lurking... Do you smoke cigarettes? - no Have you ever smoked? - no When did you stop? Why did you stop? When I was 12 my grandfather was diagnosed with emphysema, and lived (struggled) for 4 more years. It was agonizing to watch. At about the same time, his only brother was also diagnosed with cancer of the mouth and throat. He lived in another town, and each year as we went up and visited, more of his face was gone. He went from a gregarous vibrant man to a virtual recluse. I was NEVER tempted to try it.
Originally Posted By MissCandice smoked cigarettes? I believe I have smoked maybe 1/2 of one. Yuck. I can't stand the smell. Also, when I was going through my treatments for leukemia I saw a lot of people being treated for lung cancer and ugh, it wasn't pretty. If I can avoid lung cancer I will be happy.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I've never smoked a cigarette in my life! It's unhealthy (my biggest reason), expensive and besides all of that, I'm pyrophobic and can't light a match or use a cigarette lighter.
Originally Posted By JBStew Do you smoke cigarettes? No No No Have you ever smoked? Yes - from age 15 until age 30. When did you stop? 1990 when I was pregnant with my first child...although I didn't finally quit until after she was born. Why did you stop? Several reasons -- DD was the most important one, but I also always felt bad when I smoked and it was expensive and horrible. My late husband was very,very instrumental in helping me quit -- and I was a nasty witch during the quiting process - but now I can't believe I ever smoked.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Congrats to all of you! That is a tough habit to break! My mother smoked and told me (about drinking alcohol also), "If you never start, you won't HAVE to quit." So glad I listen to my mother!!!!
Originally Posted By alexbook Never smoked. Not that I wasn't tempted to try, but the taste of tobacco was just too gross. I suppose it's an acquired taste, like beer, but I'm glad I never bothered to acquire it.
Originally Posted By RidgebackLuver Never even tried it. Had no desire. Probably because both of my Grandfathers died from lung cancer.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I never smoked...and having watched many smokers who are now suffering I'm glad I didn't succomb to the peer pressure. Now, let me get back to me heroin if you don't mind.
