Do you smoke?

Do you smoke?

  • Yes

    Votes: 104 22.6%

  • No, I never have

    Votes: 169 36.7%

  • No, I quit

    Votes: 116 25.2%

  • I vape / use e-cigarettes

    Votes: 45 9.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 26 5.7%
  • Total voters
    460
Brian_G said:
Mostly to fit in socially or they think they're missing something.
Strangest part is how nasty it is the first few times, but doesn't stop them
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Nobody, and I mean nobody enjoys their first cigarette. The best way to quit is never to start. That's the only advice you can give people. Once you start, you'll be a smoker for life. You can quit for 10 years and still get cravings.

It's hypnosis on the brain, your subconscious mind is convinced it's good for you now after you overrode it in the beginning when your body was rejecting it.
 
wingnut771 said:
Nobody, and I mean nobody enjoys their first cigarette. The best way to quit is never to start. That's the only advice you can give people. Once you start, you'll be a smoker for life. You can quit for 10 years and still get cravings.

It's hypnosis on the brain, your subconscious mind is convinced it's good for you now after you overrode it in the beginning when your body was rejecting it.
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Have to really believe you can stop. And be patient with yourself.
 
CB40 said:
I have smoked since I was about 15 years old,now going on 72.
Tried everything in the book to stop excluding Champix which I was advised against by my docter due to the fact that I have suffered with depression my whole life.
Champix can make it 100 times worse and cause suicidal thoughts.
I waste more than I smoke and sometimes have three or four smokes burning at one time and never finish them.
I also have a highly addictive nature,took nearly 30 years of hell to stop drinking.
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You’ve had a decent innings, even for a non smoker but how has that lifetime of smoking affected affected your lungs and health in general?
I’ve smoked a few ciggies in my time, never more than a couple a day but I’d wager one is too much.
 
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airborne said:
Do doctors still advice that only real men smoke?

You’ve had a decent innings, even for a non smoker but how has that lifetime of smoking affected affected your lungs and health in general?
I’ve smoked a few ciggies in my time, never more than a couple a day but I’d wager one is too much.
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So far I'm still in good health and have a full time job for which I'm very grateful.
 
Does anyone still chew tobacco? Seems vile and crazy.
A few seniors used to when I was a lightie
 
Started after Army, (1980), quit a few times for 3-5 years at a time, but always started again.

Stopped in January last year, when my annual medical showed some potential of bending of the Cilia, often an early indication of the potential for Emphysema.
 
noxibox said:
Well there are people who actually like rotten grape juice. They even like to compare grape juice that has been allowed to go rotten in different ways. Now that’s weird.
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It’s true that, for years I couldn’t drink wine, it tasted horribly bitter and just a few sips would give me a solid headache. Fortunately I’m well last that
But I’ll never forget how vile wine initially tasted, likewise beer actually :unsure:

Does anyone else remember having bad reactions to alcohol the first few try’s?
It’s technically a poison to your body.
 
Other - Kind of wish I still smoked, Just over a month nicotine free. I've come to realise I cant just have one cigarette or allow nicotine into my system at all otherwise its a vicious cycle, (after 15 years or so of smoking and as of the past few years vaping on and off) I do think, okay let me take a "something" break, its like a empty feeling when I grab my coffee or feel like I've worked hard and deserve a reward, but I’m no longer waking up with a swollen tongue, canker sores, a rough throat etc, my body is no longer constantly craving a substance which I suppose is good and kind of freeing in a way. I cant however help but feel like its a matter of time before I’m smoking again, there’s a constant feeling of "when will I give in" or "what kind of stressful event is going to trigger my relapse", for context throughout the 15 or so years I've stopped before but never longer than a couple days so I guess this is progress.

Sorry for the essay.
 
Avbob se stoep said:
I think you can add the option, occasional smoker. Like I dont smoke for the majority of the month, then if the braai gets to a certain point I would occasionally join the smokers and "stook" a few out.
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How do you feel when you're not smoking, (lets say the next few hours after your last nicotine intake) out of interest sake.
 
Mist4h20 said:
Other - Kind of wish I still smoked, Just over a month nicotine free. I've come to realise I cant just have one cigarette or allow nicotine into my system at all otherwise its a vicious cycle, (after 15 years or so of smoking and as of the past few years vaping on and off) I do think, okay let me take a "something" break, its like a empty feeling when I grab my coffee or feel like I've worked hard and deserve a reward, but I’m no longer waking up with a swollen tongue, canker sores, a rough throat etc, my body is no longer constantly craving a substance which I suppose is good and kind of freeing in a way. I cant however help but feel like its a matter of time before I’m smoking again, there’s a constant feeling of "when will I give in" or "what kind of stressful event is going to trigger my relapse", for context throughout the 15 or so years I've stopped before but never longer than a couple days so I guess this is progress.

Sorry for the essay.
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Remember, you're one puff away from a box a day. So, just don't entertain the thought.

Good Luck.
 
pinball wizard said:
Only after sex.


Isn't that the punchline?
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After Action… Satisfaction
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