Quick Poll: How many of you are smokers?

golden_blunder · 20th February 2012, 09:22

Do you smoke? (tobacco)

If so, how long for? What age did you start?

Interval Level · 20th February 2012, 09:27

Am I the only one so far? Started at 20. Almost 5 yrs now.

iSparky · 20th February 2012, 09:28

Not anymore, gave them up a year and a half ago. Delighted I did, fucking things cost a fortune and you end up smelling like shit. What fucked me off though when I was smoking was these so called "social smokers" who only smoke when drinking and beg you for a cigarette and then say, "oh please I dont buy packs I am only a social smoker..."

Oh really? A social smoker? Well fuck off into that shop and socially buy yourself a pack of cigarettes then

Randall Flagg · 20th February 2012, 09:29

very much so sadly. Started at about 16 I think.

I smoke about 15ish a day. No sign of this ending any time soon

RDCR07 · 20th February 2012, 09:30

Never have and never will!

DomesticTadpole · 20th February 2012, 09:36

I do, started in senior school and quit while pregnant then started again

Wibble · 20th February 2012, 09:37

Smoked seriously from about 16 to 21 and then quit. Smoke free for 27 years now.

McGrathsipan · 20th February 2012, 09:39

i quit about 7 years ago. smoked for 4 or 5 years.

Glad I dont smoke now.

rimaldo · 20th February 2012, 09:43

i think geebs may soon be promising people he can cure them of their addiction with 5 easy payment steps of $99.95.

cinc · 20th February 2012, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by RDCR07

Never have and never will!

Same camp.

Interval Level · 20th February 2012, 09:46

Finally. 1 on the fence. You're a smoker, dumass. You either smoke or you don't. Just because you smoke twice every week when you drink doesn't make you any less of a smoker.

Social smokers.. pfft.

MUFCgal · 20th February 2012, 09:48

I tried it a bit when I was younger, as most kids probably do at some point.

Never got seriously into it.

stubie1234 · 20th February 2012, 09:59

I am only a social smoker these days. First started at the age of 15 on and off.

Irwinwastheking · 20th February 2012, 10:12

6 weeks of them today baby!!

NJ1979 · 20th February 2012, 10:26

Used to get through 20-30 a day, but only smoke when I'm drinking now.

Annihilate Now! · 20th February 2012, 10:29

Never smoked a single cigarette in my entire life.

Kinky Melinky · 20th February 2012, 10:35

Something quite odd has happened to me. I quit smoking completely for about 2 years but then about 8 months ago started to smoke again when I'm having a drink. 4 years ago had you told me I'd become a social smoker I wouldn't have believed you because I was at least 15 a day, drink or no drink.

For the past 8 months I've been doing this. Ideally I'd like to go back to not smoking at all, but I do enjoy a smoke with a pint. What I hated about smoking was sober smoking, and it's not something I do anymore. Take for example today. I know I'm not going to be drinking until Friday night, and so the thought of a cigarette just doesn't enter my mind.

I think it would be very easy to break this habitual behavior though, and so I make rules for myself that I cannot break.

Jippy · 20th February 2012, 10:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kinky Melinky

Something quite odd has happened to me. I quit smoking completely for about 2 years but then about 8 months ago started to smoke again when I'm having a drink. 4 years ago had you told me I'd become a social smoker I wouldn't have believed you because I was at least 15 a day, drink or no drink.

For the past 8 months I've been doing this. Ideally I'd like to go back to not smoking at all, but I do enjoy a smoke with a pint. What I hated about smoking was sober smoking, and it's not something I do anymore. Take for example today. I know I'm not going to be drinking until Friday night, and so the thought of a cigarette just doesn't enter my mind.

I think it would be very easy to break this habitual behavior though, and so I make rules for myself that I cannot break.

Wish I could say the same. Sounds daft, but one thing I would really miss if I quit is just getting up and outside away from my computer screen for 5-10 minutes every hour and a half or so.

Colin129 · 20th February 2012, 10:51

I stopped 5 years ago this month, can't believe its is quite that long already. I smoked for nigh on 20 years.

When it became something I did just for the sake of it rather than as a pleasure I knew it was time to stop, I used to smoke at exactly the same times every day.

Randall Flagg · 20th February 2012, 10:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colin129

I stopped 5 years ago this month, can't believe its is quite that long already. I smoked for nigh on 20 years.

When it became something I did just for the sake of it rather than as a pleasure I knew it was time to stop, I used to smoke at exactly the same times every day.

Thats what I do on a normal weekday. from when I get up to when I get home from work I will always have had exactly 9 smokes

Kinky Melinky · 20th February 2012, 11:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jippy

Wish I could say the same. Sounds daft, but one thing I would really miss if I quit is just getting up and outside away from my computer screen for 5-10 minutes every hour and a half or so.

Well no that doesn't sound daft at all. It makes perfect sense to any smoker on here. Cigarettes are a sort of time divider if you get me. They almost partition your day. Have a smoke after breakfast, have a smoke when passing a certain landmark in your car on the way to work. The list is endless. It's quite ritualistic of us, which is why (when drinking) I never smoke just after I've had a meal. All it would take is for it to happen once, and then next thing I know I've got a craving for a smoke after a meal when I'm not drinking. It's little things like that that I feel have kept me a social smoker.

Jippy · 20th February 2012, 11:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

Thats what I do on a normal weekday. from when I get up to when I get home from work I will always have had exactly 9 smokes

Yep, the grinding weekday routine. Cig on way to bus stop, one when I get out the tube, one at around 10:30am etc...ad infinitum...

Wibble · 20th February 2012, 11:05

Quit again Kinky. Social smoking is better than full time smoking but it will probably still kill you sooner or later.

Kinky Melinky · 20th February 2012, 11:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

Thats what I do on a normal weekday. from when I get up to when I get home from work I will always have had exactly 9 smokes

It's odd, and there always seemed to be one or two smokes left the following day in the previous day's pack to keep you hooked

Kinky Melinky · 20th February 2012, 11:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wibble

Quit again Kinky. Social smoking is better than full time smoking but it will probably still kill you sooner or later.

Yeah true that

R_Kelly · 20th February 2012, 11:16

Nope, never been a smoker. Always hated the smell and couldn't imagine choosing to basically choke myself on minging clouds of crap.

StuCol101 · 20th February 2012, 11:42

Starts again this year after 7 years off. I have no idea why.

Damien1990 · 20th February 2012, 12:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by RDCR07

Never have and never will!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Annihilate Now!

Never smoked a single cigarette in my entire life.

Same here.

Zen · 20th February 2012, 12:22

I'm not a cool kid no.

That'sHernandez · 20th February 2012, 12:31

I once asked my dad if I could smoke when I was a kid, gave me a drag on one of his. I didn't do it properly and he told me to breath it in so I did and subsequently went into a coughing fit and since then I have not touched a cigarette and I never will.

Peasplease · 20th February 2012, 12:50

Blows my mind that people still think it's a good idea to start smoking

Jippy · 20th February 2012, 13:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peasplease

Blows my mind that people still think it's a good idea to start smoking

I know but most of us start when we are young and stupid. I was 15- the weirdest thing is my brother started at about 22

He was a bit of a late bloomer on the smoking and drinking side of things after previously slagging me off for it.

Jippy · 20th February 2012, 13:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kinky Melinky

Well no that doesn't sound daft at all. It makes perfect sense to any smoker on here. Cigarettes are a sort of time divider if you get me. They almost partition your day. Have a smoke after breakfast, have a smoke when passing a certain landmark in your car on the way to work. The list is endless. It's quite ritualistic of us, which is why (when drinking) I never smoke just after I've had a meal. All it would take is for it to happen once, and then next thing I know I've got a craving for a smoke after a meal when I'm not drinking. It's little things like that that I feel have kept me a social smoker.

It is very habit driven, you're right and you almost measure distances you have to walk by if you can fit one in or not etc...was never a social smoker and not sure if I could knock it down a notch to that. Might be worth a try, but you hear that statistically cutting down as a means of ultimately quitting seldom works.

The Neviller · 20th February 2012, 13:56

Started at 13, now 30. Currently using patches and some stupid inhaler thing to try and get off them. Not easy at all. Wouldn't mind getting to a stage where I have the occassional one when drinking, rather than the 20/30/40 a day I previously puffed through me.

God I love smoking.

RedMist99 · 20th February 2012, 14:03

Started at 16 and I'm now 25. I always said I'd quit at 22/23 or when 20 cigs reached £6.50 a pack.

So much for both of those ideas. I've smoked rollies for the last few years and have smoked less as a result.

rcoobc · 20th February 2012, 14:06

Only the occasional one at parties. But don't think Shisha is better either, it probably isn't.

Randall Flagg · 20th February 2012, 14:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Neviller

God I love smoking.

Thats the problem

I sadly have not even made any attempt to quit them. It is hard to see when I wil lever try at this stage. They are lovely little bastards

RedSky At Night · 20th February 2012, 14:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by cinc

Same camp.

x2

Annihilate Now! · 20th February 2012, 14:16

I seem to remember hearing that it's 1 in 5 or 1 in 6 people smoke... or something like that, in which case it looks like the Caf is providing an accurate sample.

I've never really looked into the stats myself (as I've had no reason to) but how does the UK stack up compared to the rest of Europe?? I swear nearly everyone smokes over the channel...

Jippy · 20th February 2012, 14:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Neviller

Started at 13, now 30. Currently using patches and some stupid inhaler thing to try and get off them. Not easy at all. Wouldn't mind getting to a stage where I have the occassional one when drinking, rather than the 20/30/40 a day I previously puffed through me.

God I love smoking.

I did three months a few years back using the gum- just not had the willpower to try again...

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20th February 2012, 09:22	#1 (permalink)
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20th February 2012, 09:27	#2 (permalink)
Interval Level First Team Sub Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oh Teddy Teddy Posts: 5,530	Am I the only one so far? Started at 20. Almost 5 yrs now.

20th February 2012, 09:28	#3 (permalink)
iSparky No longer iBender Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 36,362	Not anymore, gave them up a year and a half ago. Delighted I did, fucking things cost a fortune and you end up smelling like shit. What fucked me off though when I was smoking was these so called "social smokers" who only smoke when drinking and beg you for a cigarette and then say, "oh please I dont buy packs I am only a social smoker..." Oh really? A social smoker? Well fuck off into that shop and socially buy yourself a pack of cigarettes then

20th February 2012, 09:29	#4 (permalink)
Randall Flagg Scarlett woman ( Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn ) Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 16,681	very much so sadly. Started at about 16 I think. I smoke about 15ish a day. No sign of this ending any time soon

20th February 2012, 09:30	#5 (permalink)
RDCR07 Not a bad guy (Whale Killer) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Special One on the Great One: "I don't call him Alex or Sir or Mister. I call him Boss!" Posts: 11,327	Never have and never will!

20th February 2012, 09:36	#6 (permalink)
DomesticTadpole First Team Sub Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Barrow In Furness, Cumbria Posts: 7,531	I do, started in senior school and quit while pregnant then started again

20th February 2012, 09:37	#7 (permalink)
Wibble Ingadus Speramus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Centre Back Posts: 49,876	Smoked seriously from about 16 to 21 and then quit. Smoke free for 27 years now.

20th February 2012, 09:39	#8 (permalink)
McGrathsipan Promised an Avatar, got a Tag Line! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Over the Hill Posts: 9,505	i quit about 7 years ago. smoked for 4 or 5 years. Glad I dont smoke now.

20th February 2012, 09:43	#9 (permalink)
rimaldo the caf's loveable funny guy who suffers from hoofdaphobia Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: my trusted mate, who has knowledge on these things. Posts: 24,741	i think geebs may soon be promising people he can cure them of their addiction with 5 easy payment steps of $99.95.

20th February 2012, 09:46	#11 (permalink)
Interval Level First Team Sub Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oh Teddy Teddy Posts: 5,530	Finally. 1 on the fence. You're a smoker, dumass. You either smoke or you don't. Just because you smoke twice every week when you drink doesn't make you any less of a smoker. Social smokers.. pfft.

20th February 2012, 09:48	#12 (permalink)
MUFCgal First Team Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belfast,Northern Ireland Posts: 17,827	I tried it a bit when I was younger, as most kids probably do at some point. Never got seriously into it.

20th February 2012, 09:59	#13 (permalink)
stubie1234 First Team Sub Join Date: May 2009 Location: a font of misplaced rage Posts: 6,825	I am only a social smoker these days. First started at the age of 15 on and off.

20th February 2012, 10:12	#14 (permalink)
Irwinwastheking First Team Regular Join Date: May 2009 Location: All that he's done for this football club and he's been forced to eat shite from a trough out of fergusons arse Posts: 10,127	6 weeks of them today baby!!

20th February 2012, 10:26	#15 (permalink)
NJ1979 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Stupid Birmingham via super North Wales. Posts: 1,716	Used to get through 20-30 a day, but only smoke when I'm drinking now.

20th February 2012, 10:29	#16 (permalink)
Annihilate Now! First Team Sub Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Argh Posts: 7,365	Never smoked a single cigarette in my entire life.

20th February 2012, 10:35	#17 (permalink)
Kinky Melinky concerned about the dermatitis Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: London Posts: 23,425	Something quite odd has happened to me. I quit smoking completely for about 2 years but then about 8 months ago started to smoke again when I'm having a drink. 4 years ago had you told me I'd become a social smoker I wouldn't have believed you because I was at least 15 a day, drink or no drink. For the past 8 months I've been doing this. Ideally I'd like to go back to not smoking at all, but I do enjoy a smoke with a pint. What I hated about smoking was sober smoking, and it's not something I do anymore. Take for example today. I know I'm not going to be drinking until Friday night, and so the thought of a cigarette just doesn't enter my mind. I think it would be very easy to break this habitual behavior though, and so I make rules for myself that I cannot break.

20th February 2012, 10:51	#19 (permalink)
Colin129 First Team Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Aliens are in control of my tagline & location, but they'll never take me alive! Posts: 10,824	I stopped 5 years ago this month, can't believe its is quite that long already. I smoked for nigh on 20 years. When it became something I did just for the sake of it rather than as a pleasure I knew it was time to stop, I used to smoke at exactly the same times every day.

20th February 2012, 11:05	#23 (permalink)
Wibble Ingadus Speramus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Centre Back Posts: 49,876	Quit again Kinky. Social smoking is better than full time smoking but it will probably still kill you sooner or later.

20th February 2012, 11:16	#26 (permalink)
R_Kelly No Lifer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: How do you expect to run with the wolves come night, when you spend all day sparring with the puppies? Posts: 38,660	Nope, never been a smoker. Always hated the smell and couldn't imagine choosing to basically choke myself on minging clouds of crap.

20th February 2012, 11:42	#27 (permalink)
StuCol101 First Team Sub Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Rochdale Posts: 5,018	Starts again this year after 7 years off. I have no idea why.

20th February 2012, 12:22	#29 (permalink)
Zen First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Prophetville! Posts: 6,383	I'm not a cool kid no.

20th February 2012, 12:31	#30 (permalink)
That'sHernandez First Team Sub Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Lancaster Posts: 7,936	I once asked my dad if I could smoke when I was a kid, gave me a drag on one of his. I didn't do it properly and he told me to breath it in so I did and subsequently went into a coughing fit and since then I have not touched a cigarette and I never will.

20th February 2012, 12:50	#31 (permalink)
Peasplease Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Melbourne, Oz Posts: 2,030	Blows my mind that people still think it's a good idea to start smoking

20th February 2012, 13:56	#34 (permalink)
The Neviller First Team Sub Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 8,357	Started at 13, now 30. Currently using patches and some stupid inhaler thing to try and get off them. Not easy at all. Wouldn't mind getting to a stage where I have the occassional one when drinking, rather than the 20/30/40 a day I previously puffed through me. God I love smoking.

20th February 2012, 14:03	#35 (permalink)
RedMist99 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South Manchester Posts: 3,350	Started at 16 and I'm now 25. I always said I'd quit at 22/23 or when 20 cigs reached £6.50 a pack. So much for both of those ideas. I've smoked rollies for the last few years and have smoked less as a result.

20th February 2012, 14:06	#36 (permalink)
rcoobc Not as crap as eferyone thinks Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Corrupting West Brom Posts: 17,205	Only the occasional one at parties. But don't think Shisha is better either, it probably isn't.

20th February 2012, 14:16	#39 (permalink)
Annihilate Now! First Team Sub Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Argh Posts: 7,365	I seem to remember hearing that it's 1 in 5 or 1 in 6 people smoke... or something like that, in which case it looks like the Caf is providing an accurate sample. I've never really looked into the stats myself (as I've had no reason to) but how does the UK stack up compared to the rest of Europe?? I swear nearly everyone smokes over the channel...