Well...do you?

If you are a smoker present the following information:

1.How long have you been smoking for?

2.Favorite brand of smokes?

3.Favorite flavor, if any?

4.Why have you started and where?

5.When do you smoke most frequently?

6.Why do you keep smoking and do you think you'll ever quit?

If you are a non-smoker please present the following information:

1.What kept you from smoking?

2.Were you ever tempted to start smoking?

3.In your opinion, what is the most annoying thing about smokers?

4.Do you have any friends or family who smoke? If you do, do you encourage them to stop?

5.What is your primary method of relieving stress?

If you are either a smoker or non-smoker please answer the following questions:

1.What do you think is the main reason smoking is so popular in the world today?

2.Do you think that smoking is a major disease, or just a bad habit?

Please, for the sake of keeping this thread organized, use only the format above is you intend on posting about your smoking/non-smoking life. Any complaints or debates should be kept clean and anyone debated should present clear and logical arguments. Thank you for understanding and for taking an interest in this thread.

1)Since Past 4 years.
2)Gold Flake, Gudang Garam, Marlboro.
3)Gold Flake Lights_Honey Dew Flavour, Gudang Garam_International, Marlboro_Lights.
4)Just Cause For Pleasure. And Relief From Tension. Started In Engineering.
5)During Late Nights Mostly Exams Times.
6)Not A Chain Smoker. Now Being At Home I'm Not Smoking So I'll Definitely Quit It.
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1. I quit using patches
2. Yes, but only in the very beginning
3. Some people are not "clean" with it or they blow in/toward your face.
4. My whole family smokes, but most of my friends are non-smokers. I am constantly encouraging them to stop...to save their health AND not to mention...their money.
5. Doing "busy" work or walking alot.
I think smoking is so popular today in part because kids think its cool....they wanna "fit" in.
Smoking is a habit that turns into an addiction once the smoker gets "hooked" on the nicotine.

NON SMOKER

like tchorbus1757 I am a Reformed Smoker.
1.How long have you been smoking for?
I'd say 5-6 years
2.Favorite brand of smokes?
Davidoff, Camel Turkish Gold
3.Favorite flavor, if any?
A hint of Chocolate
4.Why have you started and where?
High School, looked cool and I used to live in a Large flavor country.
5.When do you smoke most frequently?
Whenever, my nickname used to be "Puff the Magic Dragon."
6.Why do you keep smoking and do you think you'll ever quit?
I quit already. I kept smoking because, as you know, once hooked on it's a bit$# to quit. Cranky women in PMS would be an understatement until we have our fix.
1.What kept you from smoking?
Well, my dad passed away from lung cancer, his last word to me was "keep sucking on that thing and I will see you REAL soon."
2.Were you ever tempted to start smoking?
Well, it's an on going battlefield every day.
3.In your opinion, what is the most annoying thing about smokers?
Gotta say the dragon breath, and frequent cinder flying into your face and sometimes burn your clothes. Oh, can't forget about other inconsiderate minority (aka jerks) who spits like a camel.
4.Do you have any friends or family who smoke? If you do, do you encourage them to stop?
Plenty, but it's their life, what have I got to say to that? I don't think I should further stress myself for their sake in lieu of that I might start light up again.
5.What is your primary method of relieving stress?
skinning cats, kicking the dog, cuss at nuns. I drink (non-alcoholic) beverages a lot. flavored waters mostly.
1.What do you think is the main reason smoking is so popular in the world today?
It's not popular per se. But come for the curiosity and esthetic visual (looking cool) and stay for the nicotin and habitual fixation.
2.Do you think that smoking is a major disease, or just a bad habit?
It is a major disease AND a bad habit as well. Aside from being a carcinogen, it changes your brain pathways. Then there is the "psychological" effect as in fixation, that you have to have something in your hands, have to have something puffed, lest you become agitated and volatile. We can observe some similarities with crack addicts.

I only really smoke when I drink!

hell yeah!!! and i love it!!! menthols

1.How long have you been smoking for?
Altogether about 20 years.
2.Favorite brand of smokes?
Sovereign (Benson & Hedges)
3.Favorite flavor, if any?
Full fat.
4.Why have you started and where?
Tried & didn't like when I was a "youngster" but just sorta went hand in hand with a pint of beer when I got to 18
5.When do you smoke most frequently?
I tried to quit 2 years ago with patches & my GP (I do NOT recommend). Was clean for almost a year but now have approx 3 a day. Morning, night & one somewhere else.
6.Why do you keep smoking and do you think you'll ever quit?
Purely habit & a weak willpower. As a new father, I kinda feel I owe it to my son to stop now (we smoke nowhere near him for the record) but I'll have another look at stopping when he's finished teething!!

No, i don't want to die young, i want to make the most out of life

I smoked a pack a day for about four years an quit cold turkey about two weeks ago, soo much more money for beer now

I see either you added 2 questions or i missed them...
1. I don't think smoking is popular, but that would be here in the usa...mostly they try to make new smoke free areas every other day...i mean seriously, in bars you can't smoke! wtf?
2. It's a habit, an aquired taste, no one picks up a cig and goes Yumm!