BLOW ME! Do you smoke Cigarettes?

I do smoke. I smoke a lot LOL I've been smoking now for fifty years. In spite of the AMA and the Surgeon General, I'm still alive and well LOL
I smoke Winston 100's and I smoke a little over a pack a day. More if I am sitting at the computer playing games.

My late grandmother died in 1980. She had oral cancer that spread to her brain. She suffered for many years and they operated less than 6 months before she died and removed part of her jaw and cheek. It was sad because it was too late, the cancer had spread. She never smoked and detested smoking.

Her sister Marian, was a chain smoker. She was great! I related well to her despite our big age difference. I would sit outside with her and we would laugh and laugh.

Marian, I think from the shock of my Grandmothers death, died a few weeks later from a heart attack.

Truly makes you wonder...as they had the same parents...the same genetics..

that really is an interesting turn of events heather

I'm always amazed at people that get cancer yet never smoked at all. I'm sorry to hear about both your grandmother and her sister. Cancer is not a pleasant thing to get and a heart attack is no fun either :(

I've never smoked.

When I stop and think about it I guess its kind of funny that I don't smoke. Growing up both of my brothers smoked. My dad smoked. Several other family members smoked. But I never had the urge to light up for the first time.

Lucky me.

I am a smoker, but I would really like to quit. I've been smoking 25 years. I generally smome about a pack a day. Some people at work borrow them from time to time, and then I smoke more than a pack a day.

A great book, Changing for Good, Prochaska, et., al., is model based on research re: something a large number of people actually changed. So they interviewed people, who had quit smoking - and remained free of smoking over a significant period of time. It offers excellent information about how folks do this, the steps they go through, and how they progress from step to step. It will save you alot of time and effort when you decide it's time to quit. I quit in 1987. I'm still a non-smoker - and don't want on at all.

Never heard of it - I'll look into it . Thanks

Thank you for that information. I'll have to find that book. It's great to hear that you quit and are still a non-smoker.

One of the things that discouraged me from quitting for years (I smoked for 20 years) was hearing how much people continued to crave a cigarette, even years after they had quit. But when I finally heard one guy say he no longer had cravings, it really motivated me. I haven't wanted a cigarette in over two decades. This absolutely can be done. Good luck when you decide to quit. I'm also regularly on Gather, so if I can help you in any way, please let me know.

Thank you so much Steve. I really need to quit not only for myself, but for my children. Besides that, it would save me so much money.

I've never smoked .

I used to smoke a long time ago, but gave it up years ago.

Couple packs a day. Been doing that for... uh, I think, about 42 years. Menthol light 100s, cheapest brand I can find.

Never smoked. Can't stand the things.

Never smoked tobacco, but I love "rollies".

:-)

I did smoke, peer pressure, in high school my senior year. One of my friends and her bowling pal both smoked and I tried on of their's and liked it. I was a Virginia Thins Menthol. So, I 'tried' smoking and purchased one pack of VTM at $2.50. Later, I found out I could not inhale at all. I was not going to waste my money on doing something I could not enjoy.

I was smoking for about 10 years when I quit in 1978. I was up to 3 packs a day after my older two were kidnapped Feb 13, 1978... I had quit each time when I found out I was pregnant. I had switched from winston to newports as I had bronchitis. Then I got bronchitis real bad couldn't smoke...so when I got better instead of buying a carton I bought a record. I also chewed a lot of sugar free gum, tore into small pieces -styrafoam cups and drank a lot of coffee. That was 31 years ago. It was a good thing to do because when I met my second husband John in 1979 it may have not gone as well as it did, he hates smoking.

I still smoke sometimes, but it's in my dreams. :)

I smoked cigarettes for 13 years and quit cold turkey in 1980.
3 packs of Canel non filters a day (60).
I didnt touch anything until about 2003 when I got married again.
Started smoking cigars, swisher sweets, blunts.
I may smoke anywhere between 4 to 10 a day, depending on how much stress I have.
Its pleasurable or I would quit.
Probably will when it becomes just a habit.

I do not! I like to share my DNA with the world in different ways. {~,~}

I started smoking 2 years ago, and it was just because I quit one habit and to make it easier for me, I had to substitute. I've quit for 3 months and then started again for the last month, and now I quit. It wasn't hard, I am just good with substituting one habit for another. I had to quit, my son was asthmatic. I smoked Benson Lights. I smoked one pace for 3 days. 2 days if I'm drinking. But not anymore.

I smoke, sometime's alot, sometime's less. Like you I count how many I am smokeing and try to keep it low...Mostly I just want to quit... =(

In high school we actually had a smoking area for the students. All of the cool kids smoked Marlboro Reds, but I gagged, so I "smoked" Salem Lights Menthol. No one ever asked to bum a cig and a pack lasted me forever. Thankfully I decided I was already cool and quit after about 3 months of it, I never did inhale.

Yes I do smoke.
I have for years.

yep I smoke but trying to quit !! damn I've been smoking for 13 years yikes I smoke kool mild 100's

Changing for Good

Excellent resource.

Yep, I am a smoker..over 30 yrs. I used to smoke Winstons, but quit for like one month, then when on vacation with my friend, we were smoking flavored cigs (vanilla) and ended up going back to reg. cigs...menthol. Newports is my reg. but only when working (in between my stores, via driving) or when going out...otherwise at home I roll my smokes to save money. I have the machine and filters.

I now have COPD and after fifty years have not been able to stop. Sometimes I am close to tears over not stopping.

Folks the addiction has a chain for some. Discourage smoking constantly. I started when it was cool, even Luci and Desi smoked.

I smoked 4 packs a day for almost 40 years... finally couldnt breath so now I chew tobacco.. I can still piss people off with that..... and I love doing it....

I used to smoke but quit when I got pregnant and haven't smoked for 13 years now!

yep! started when I was 13 years old and still smoke today! I make my own with a rolling machine. Menthol is the choice. Depending on the day, a pack to two packs.

What kind of rolling machine did you buy? I tryed doing that last weekend, I bought a cheep rolling one and I think it has given up on me =p The tabacco seemed real costly too, so I am not so sure I am saving any cash...

it is a Top o Matic. we have had it for a while now and it does get sticky and we have to scrap off the tobacco build up on the metal part but it works well. I get about three weeks or more out of the big bags, I pay around $25.00 for a bag and the tubes are around $4.00. I have saved lots of money doing it.

I buy my tobacco and tubes at a smokers store

No never gave into the nasty habit.... if I did not have my coffee maybe I would have smoked...but then again I have asthma and allergies so no smoke here.

I started smoking when I was 13. At the time, we lived in Denver and the gangs were really bad and kept picking on me and my sisters b/c we stood out and were super light blonde.
I ran into some of the local 'bad kids' who were smoking and drinking at the 7-11 one afternoon. I was skipping school and so were they. One of the girls offered me a puff and I took it.
They all got a laugh b/c I lipped the cigarette incorrectly and I got smart and told them, "Well, smoking isn't really my thing. I prefer vodka and rum."
I was lying, of course! But, I didn't want to look stupid in fron of these bad/cool kids.
The next day at lunch, they walked over to my table, took my arm and walked me to the back field. They all lit up, gave me my own pack of Winston-Salems and a thermos. It was full of vodka! I drank it one gulp. They were laughing again, b/c I was supposed to share it.
I was so sick.... I went to the office and the secretary asked if it was cramps. I agreed and slept until the busses came.
I practiced and practiced until I could smoke and look like I enjoyed it.
I did however, have an easy time with drinking. I loved it. I still do.
Befriending the bad/cool kids helped in the long run with the local gang problem; once they saw who I was friends with, they left me and my sisters alone.
***I have terrible asthma and finally quit when we left Denver. We moved to a small town in Maine where there was only moose, not gangs. I left that old persona behind.***

good!

u r tooo beautiful to mess with cigs!

ahhhh.... thank you! You are so sweet!

I started smoking when I was 17 (in the merchant marines). I must have quit 7 or 8 times, but finally I quit for good.

i do smoke, and i smoke newport 100 i am about a 1/2 pack or less aday. When winter comes, it will be alot less because i got outside

i smoke again for the past 4 years.. i have quit 2x for about 6 years each time.. i think its a mental thing with me.. i smoke less then a pack a day

There are days when I smoke and then days when I don't. If I am around people who smoke, then I smoke. It is just stupid.When I do smoke i smoke Marlboro lights

Yep, smoker here. Marlboro Menthol, 'round a pack a day.

I QUIT a very long time ago. I still dream of smoking though. It is so weird and then I feel guilty in the dream

Ditto, Annmarie. But ain't it great, when you wake up and realize it was just a dream!!!

Steve B. Yes, I feel so great and happy that it was only a dream!

Never

I started smoking when I was 16 and smoked 2-3 packs a day for 35 years. Winston tastes good like a cigarette should. My wife and I both finally quit cold turkey at the same time in 1992 when I was 51. Just about the hardest thing I ever did, they say if you are really addicted it is as hard to kick nicotine as it is for a herion addict to quit herion. Since I have never been a herion addict I can't confirm that.

It has been 17 years now and quiting was the smartest thing I ever did. I look at people my age who still smoke and they look 10 years older then me and most of them have a hard time breathing. I am so glad I managed to quit and stuck with it.

My advice is to quit ASAP. Find another less self-destructive vice. There are plenty out there.

good 2 c u around robert

It's good to still be around Lady.

Both my parents smoked, my half sister smoked. The other three of us did not. Still one of the non smokers died of cancer.

I quit 3/24/1987. I am thankful every day that I no longer smoke. I'm in excellent health - great cardiovascular health. I think that despite the bravado of many smokers (and other tobacco product users), most would love to be free of that addiction. Some may not, but most would.

A great book, based on research of interviews with several thousand ex-smokers, is Changing for Good. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel".

I quit when one night at work I started the day with 5 cigarettes and ended the shift with 4, and that was back in the days when smoking was acceptable.
I gave someone the pack and haven't looked back since.

I used to be a smoker. Never was a heavy one and used to quit then pick the habit up again. I quit for the last time over ten years ago.

Yep, I still smoke. KOOL's baby... ha!

I've smoked a variety of kinds of ther years. I recently switched from menthol to regulars. Now I smoke American Spirit Ulta Light. But WOW! are they getting expensive.... $6.89 a pack (It was $5.49 - which was bad) I wanted to quit when they hit 5 bucks......
I quit everytime I put one out. LOL

Thanks for sharing on Getting to 3000 Together

My grandmother gave birth to a child who died of cancer at age 2.

i WANT EVERYONE TO QUIT! RIGHT NOW!!! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY OF U EVEN BY A FLUKE ACCIDENT

No I don't smoke one bit, never have, never will:)