Do you smoke?

[nickshepDEM]

I know this poll has probably been done a thousand times, but Im just curious...

[nickshepDEM]

1. Shit, I meant to post this in the lounge.

[Bluebear]

3. That's OK, GD people smoke and not smoke :)

:hi:

[Skip Intro]

2. I don't smoke tobacco. n/t

[nickshepDEM]

7. lol, okie toke.

I mean, okie doke.

[bbinacan]

4. I smoke Camel Ultra Lights and the

smoking lamp is lit.:smoke:

[tx_dem41]

17. I'm lighting one up now (Camel Ultra)...

mind if I join you?

:smoke:

[nickshepDEM]

21. Whats the deal with Camel Ultra Lights?

Best tasting Ultra Light or something?

[tx_dem41]

22. I don't like to follow the pack (no pun intended).

EVERYBODY it seems smokes Marlboro Ultra Lights. Also, I really do like the flavor more. But my fave cigs are Gauloises, which you can get in Europe.

[Telly Savalas]

31. Gauloises were my favorites when I smoked.

I think now we're supposed to call them "Freedom Smokes" though.

[wwcsmd]

40. No ULs here...

I smoke Newports. I find them to be the best combination of a menthol, yet, a full-flavor cigarette!

(Or at least, that's the 'whimsical' 'ganda line I've been using for about 10 years now.)

Just recently started smoking 100s instead of kings due to economic hardship. Now I can sometimes get two smokes out of a single cig.

I have been interested in trying American Spirits instead, but the few places I've found them, they've been about a dollar more a pack.

Yes, I know, lung cancer, etc. "Slow suicide" they say. Ok, I accept. I admittedly will still say: Yes, I ENJOY smoking. In fact, I LOVE smoking. Eh, what can I say, the big tobacco propaganda machine sold me and got me hooked back in the 80s, back when there were places to buy them for $1 a pack, back when our high schools had smoking areas, and the 10 minutes between classes were known as "smoke breaks"... for the "cool kids."

I know it's bad for my health, but -- ADMITTEDLY IDIOTICALLY -- the thing I currently hate the MOST about my smoking is that I'm giving my money to evil republican big tobacco companies.

(Feel free to ask me about my love/hate of vodka next.)

[bbinacan]

26. I used to smoke Merit Ultra Lights

and still prefer them. However, here in NC where smokes are still relatively cheap, the grocery store I go to has Camel Ultra Lights at $22/carton vs. $32/Merit carton. That's enough to make me change brands.:smoke:

[Cats Against Frist]

46. I used to smoke Merit Ultimas

and I'm thinking of going back. I think you have to smoke like 11 of them to get all the tar and nicotine of one cigarette. I was thinking of transitioning to quitting with them. Right now, I smoke Camel Turkish Gold, and I know I shouldn't. But I rolled my own from bulk tobacco, for several years.

[bbinacan]

24. Go right ahead. n/t

[Cleita]

5. Who can afford to smoke anymore?

I'm glad from that POV that I don't anymore, however, I do miss aspects of smoking.

[Bluebear]

8. With you there.

I wonder if you ever totally get over it?

[Cleita]

13. Well, the cravings go, which is a blessing.

However, the romance is always with you. I just have to remind myself of the people I knew who died of lung cancer and emphysema because they couldn't give up either the addiction or the romance.

[Joey Liberal]

6. I do not smoke tobacco

But I wouldn't mind a toke of some columbian gold:)........

[sepia_steel]

9. 'do not smoke at all'

i'm a PROUD QUITTER! A year and a half.

[Xipe Totec]

10. No, but I occasionally burst in flames

:evilgrin:

Haven't smoked now for 23 years.

[VPStoltz]

25. Same for me.

I was o.k. with others smoking around me for a while but then when I started getting headaches just from the smoke coming out of a car in front of me driving through town - that's when I came to hate it.

[mwooldri]

39. I only smoke when I'm set on fire too.

I tell you, burnt hair stinks! Had the unpleasant experience of putting my head over a Bunsen burner during science class at school.

[ghostsofgiants]

76. Your joke was funnier than mine.

:(

Haha.

[undergroundpanther]

11. I use tobacco

and herbs for spiritual purposes/healing.I use it rarely.

[nickshepDEM]

12. Social smoker. My story...

My freshman year of college I picked up the horrible habit. I was smoking around a 1/2 pack to a pack a day. I have since quit (sorta'). Now I only smoke when I go out to the bar or something like that. Mostly as a social thing. Its kind of weird. When Im dead sober I cant stand the smell of smoke, but when Im out drinking its impossible for me to go the whole night without a cigarette.

[Ian David]

14. If you smoke, quit. And donate your cigarettes to Republicans. n/t

[hwmnbn]

15. Only when I'm on fire....nt

[tx_dem41]

16. Yeppers...

<cough>.

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. I quit for three months

Then my life got, well, complicated, and I started again a few weeks ago. And I hate it.

[Virginian]

19. Yes, but I cut back to two or three a decade.

Smoked for nearly 20 years. Haven't had one in over ten years. I still enjoy the smell of someone lighting up outdoors. Never did like the smell of ashtrays or smokey closed rooms.

[progressive_realist]

20. I inhale other people's secondhand smoke. . .

On a regular basis. But only for 16 more days until our new public smoking ban goes into effect.

:woohoo:

[bbinacan]

32. Good grief

you inhale more noxious fumes standing on a street corner or from carpet in an office building than you do from 2nd hand smoke.:wow:

[oldtime dfl_er]

23. About 3 a day

Hard to give up those last 3, though. But going to try!

[bigwillq]

27. Yes

Newport Lights.

[illflem]

28. Only when ignited by white phosphorus do I smoke

[qnr]

29. From 1963 (5yo) through 2002.

I did it on and off from 5-9, then at 9 I smoked continuously.

[Err]

30. God no.

I hate cigarettes and cigarette smoke.

Plus, smoking is the #1 turnoff, IMO.

[MarsThe Cat]

33. i don't use tobacco, and have never used it with any regularity-

i used to smoke a cigarette or four if i was out at a bar with people i knew, who also smoked and would bum me some smokes.
i don't go out to bars anymore, as i no longer drink alcohol- therefore i don't smoke cigs.

but i do smoke pot every day.

[bbinacan]

34. Pot never did much

for me. I'd rather have a few beers and some smokes.

[hippywife]

35. I've been smoking for 32 years.

I wish I could stop. When I was younger I always thought I could anytime I wanted. I never listened when older people told me I should stop. I figured when I started feeling the effects, I would just quit then. Now I'm totally addicted and may never be able to quit. My throat is sore and my chest hurts. My throat is full of phlegm when I wake up in the morning and I have a persistent cough.

If you are young, please do it now while you still can. I'm seriously begging you.

[wwcsmd]

45. Back when I started smoking, I used to say...

...well, if I get hooked on cigs (of course, I didn't THINK I would) (me so smart, ha) then I'll KNOW I have an addictive personality potential, and I won't try anything harder.

Ok, while that hasn't been 100%, FWIW, it has had some influence of restraint on what things I've put in my body. Because I know I'm definitely long-term hooked on cigs.

As bad as cigs are, I just thank gawsh it was them and not, say, heroin, because, life-ruiner though it is, as a short-term pleasure principle, it has at times certainly been tempting. (Thank god h has remained "who knows what you're getting, you could die any time from the contained rat poison" instead of the "comes in standard get-what-you-expect packets from the corner store.")

[hippywife]

57. That used to be my rationalization.

"Well, at least I gave up my worse vices." And now I realize that was all that was...just a rationalization. It surely doesn't feel like reasonable thought anymore.

[Left Is Write]

36. Ex-smoker. I quit July 1, 1998. I smoke nothing.

[Tarheel_Dem]

37. pack a day..........n/t

[New Earth]

38. Parliament Lights Box

love 'em.

[sendero]

41. I smoke 1 to 3 Camel Turkish Gold 100s..

... every day. :)

I social situations, I might exceed the 3 :)

[Cats Against Frist]

49. That was basically me, until I quit taking the Wellbutrin

I would smoke 6-7 "half cigs," each day, and it was grrrrreat. Now I'm back up to smoking like half a pack, more like 3/4 of the cigarette. :(

[Lorax]

42. Quit once, smoking again

I quit for three years. Started smoking again when I went back to school. I really want to quit again but school is killing me! Seriously though, I am thinking about trying hypnosis this January.

[ScreamingMeemie]

48. MrG is going to try laser therapy...I put you on my buddy list and I'll

let you know how it goes. :hi:

[chknltl]

71. Welcome to DU Lorax

We have a Yesler ave. in Seattle. My step-daughter claims that Lorax, Yesler and Onceler are all names in a Dr. Seuss book. I know nothing of this but anyone who befriends trees is a friend of mine.
:toast:

[RushIsRot]

43. I haven't smoked for 20 years.

You WERE referring to tobacco, were you not? :evilgrin:

Edited to correct emoticon

[grateful581]

44. Quit 6 months so far

Smoked American Spirit, quit by using commit lozenges

[u4ic]

47. Nope

last week I was inside a home where there were smokers. I almost puked, it was awful. I left not long after I arrived.

Smoked for about 2 months when I was 14, then I got allergic headaches and stopped. I'm glad I did.

[friesianrider]

50. Hell no. I like my lungs and good health, thank you very much.

[NMMNG]

51. No. I've never even taken a drag off a cigar/cigarette.

[BikeWriter]

52. Not since the early 1970s. My Doc says that's why I'm alive.

[Broken_Hero]

53. I picked "other"....

I was a smoker for about 8 years and i'm currently working on 6 months of being smoke free...so i'm not a smoker, but i was before June of this year...

[shanti]

54. tobacco, nope

cannot stand tobacco/cancer sticks.

[Digit]

55. Capri Ultra Lights 100's

Skinny little boogers

I spoke with my doctor about quitting and she gave her approval for me to use Smoke Away with my blood pressure medicine.
I went to Target to buy it, but they didn't carry it anymore.
No way I am going to buy ANYTHING at Walmart.

...I just need to polish off this carton or two first....:smoke:

[njdemocrat106]

56. Non-smoker

After seeing what it did to my dad (died at age 53 from brain cancer that spread from lungs), I'd suggest that if you never started, don't. I'm not the kind that's raises a ruckus if someone lights up near me, though. IMO, there's a lot worse smells than second-hand smoke, even though it's just as bad as actually smoking a cigarette.

[Awsi Dooger]

58. Nope, they'll have to get my DNA elsewhere

I've probably touched a cigarette but that's not a certainty.

Not exactly a tough handicap.

I lived with a girl who smoked at one point and my parents didn't know the living arrangement until they guessed it when I flew home and they smelled cigarette smoke all over my clothes immediately.

[newyawker99]

59. No, I don't smoke.

:-)

[Moosepoop]

60. Every day.

Marlboro Lights 100s.

[tjwmason]

61. No and never have done.

doubt that I ever will either.

[Left_Winger]

62. Pipe smoker

Why were we not included in your options?

:shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

63. never have, never will

I never even tried it.

[William Bloode]

64. I smoke every day.

It's part of my spiritual rituals i perform daily. The tobacco plant is sacred to my people, and has been so for many, many years.

[alarcojon]

65. Haven't smoked a cig in probably twenty years

I've probably smoked a pack of cigs total in my entire life. And maybe three cigars. All in college.

Now, there is another common plant I would heartily smoke...

[kwassa]

66. Smoked 2.5 packs Marlboros daily, 14 years, now quit for 21 years

Haven't touched a cigarette since 1984.

[argyl]

67. Smoke free for 21 years. I still dream about them from time to time.

Had a hell of a time quitting.Cold turkey,no patch or gum back then.The only alternative to cold turkey was "tapering off" and I don't know of anyone who was successful at that.

[kwassa]

74. I tapered off very successfully, also 21 years, couldn't do cold turkey

and I never dream about cigarettes, forgot I was a smoker 21 years ago about 2 weeks after I quit.

[bikebloke]

68. Almost never

I took a puff as a teenager. My mouth tasted so filthy dirty, that I was doomed to a healthy life. Good thing. The folk I come from were smokers. Has killed all of them - guaranteed. Over the years, I've grown smoke intolerant and can't even stand going to pubs anymore.

[Strong Atheist]

69. Stinky, filthy, unhealthy

habit. :evilgrin:

[datasuspect]

70. permanent resident of flavor country

i smoke with a vengeance.

[chknltl]

72. Does "crack" count????

Proud to say I have not touched a cigarette since '96. (Never tried "crack" not even clear on what it is either, just wanted a bit of snark in my post).

[LaraMN]

73. I'm one month quit, today!

and I really want to smoke.

[ghostsofgiants]

75. Do hams count?

[Blue_In_AK]

78. Good question...

How about salmon?

[Blue_In_AK]

77. Not tobacco. n/t

[Kali]

79. very rare occasions

either tobacco or pot

if I am in a situation where everybody is smoking I will have one - might as well, tastes a LITTLE better off the cig, than in the air

A little weed with some booze first is ok - especially if its a party.

Often wish there was something that tasted like skunk weed but only got you as buzzed as Mexican or tobacco, I would enjoy going out on a ride, getting off my horse and rolling a smoke to enjoy the scenery, but I don't really care for the flavor (or potential problems) of tobacco and good weed just makes me too stupid in my old age.