Smoking Poll

[Unibugg]

This new thread about smoking http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65618
has made me curious about the smoking/ nonsmoking habits of our community.

As a reformed smoker myself, I understand the difficulties of trying to quit. Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done. But smokefree for 20 years, ... life is better. I encourage

nonsmokers to never try it;

reformed smokers to remember that for many of us doom is only one cig away;

smokers to do whatever necessary to break the habit and kill the cycle to the next generation.

[Unibugg]

Poll results are not public. Your responses will remain anonymous.

[idiorythmic]

I indicated that I currently smoke, but have to point out that my smoking is rather limited: I have three or four cigars per month at most. I tried cigarettes at two different points during childhood due to peer pressure and couldn't stand it, so I've never been a cigarette smoker.

(that last statement could be taken as false if we include the four packs of Lucky Strike secondhand smoke I got daily all through my childhood from my parents)

[jamessd]

Well I tried it last year and thought it was rank... I don't believe there's an answer for that one :confused:

[James_Potter]

Well I tried it last year and thought it was rank... I don't believe there's an answer for that one :confused:
I've tried it. (less than 1 week)

[jamessd]

I've tried it. (less than 1 week)
Well it was hardly a week ago.. or is there some kind of ambiguity :confused:

[dudewithasock]

Well it was hardly a week ago.. or is there some kind of ambiguity :confused:

No I think that means you've smoked for less than a week, not you've smoked less than a week ago.

[thejdw]

We must declair hate on the 5 who voted yes

[idiorythmic]

Not hate. Hope. :)

[thejdw]

Not hate. Hope. :)
explain...

[Poseidon]

explain...

Hope they can break the habit.

I put I've never smoked. There's this kid in my Spanish class that can barley breathe, and has a lung infection from it. I really don't want to ruin my life. Smoking has potential to do that.

[thejdw]

Hope they can break the habit.

I put I've never smoked. There's this kid in my Spanish class that can barley breathe, and has a lung infection from it. I really don't want to ruin my life. Smoking has potential to do that.
Very true. +1

[Triball]

What does "less than a week" mean in the second choice?

[Sir Wojak]

What does "less than a week" mean in the second choice?
It means, "You tried it, but for less than a week."

I haven't, and don't plan on ever smoking, unless I'm on fire, then I might make an exception. :rolleyes:

[cathwood]

I'm a reformed smoker myself. Gave up 9 years ago. I still want a ciggy sometimes.

[qhxakg]

Never smoked before

[tibluni]

...

[oneisenough]

i think its gross...ive never tried it but hate even going by ppl who do, so i dont ever plan on trying it.

[UniBrier]

After being a driving force through Jr. Hi and early High School in getting my dad to quit after 40+ years of heavy smoking (his smoking was so bad that when he quit several of his friends quit, saying: "If he quit I can quit"), I got hooked the first time in college from social smoking, then quit and got hooked two more times in my 20's.

I smoked a lot of filterless and roll-your-own tobacco (Drum), so it was no passing fancy. Towards the end of that period, if I didn't buy a cig I could go weeks but if I bought a pack it was gone in a day or two. I made a resolution to not smoke past 30, ran out of sigs three days before my 30th bd in 1990 and haven't smoked a cig or gotten hooked since.

However, since 1994 I have up to a half dozen cigars or so a year, mostly during golf, camping, and holidays. Good Scotch helps.

[johnfoss]

A doctor once told me that nicotine is the most addictive substance you can buy without a prescription. I never heard any confirmation of this anywhere else, but I've also never heard anything to the contrary. Fortunately I was never a smoker. Also I'm happy to live in a state where smoking is now banned from (nearly) all public places, including bars unless they're owner-operated.

Casinos, being on Indian land in CA, allow smoking. Some have non-smoking sections, but apparently there's a direct connection between smoking and gambling, so smoking is likely to be around for a while there. I hear it's now banned in big Las Vegas casinos though; score!

[UniBrier]

A doctor once told me that nicotine is the most addictive substance you can buy without a prescription.I wouldn't doubt it. I heard an news story recently that with every initial cigarette the amount of nicotine receptors in the brain rapidly multiply, making it quickly addictive very hard to quit.

[Hazmat]

It means that you tried but didn't want to move onto the next step or what Sir Wojak makes sense too. :D

[Unibugg]

I'm a reformed smoker myself. Gave up 9 years ago. I still want a ciggy sometimes.

Which is why I say some of us are only one away from that prison if ....
Even after two decades I get that feeling every now and then.

A doctor once told me that nicotine is the most addictive substance you can buy without a prescription.

I'm not disputing that point.


According to the poll so far 42 of us have never tried it. That's encouraging. Actually, it is what I was hoping to see: more of us not even tryint it.

To the three members who indicated they are trying to quit now, you will do it. You can do it.

I have cursed the teen I was for starting in the first place. But am deeply grateful to the young adult me for standing up again and again to fight it and finally win.

[Unibugg]

71 responses.
bumping for more

[dan de man]

Smoked what?

[James_Potter]

It says at the top of the poll:
Do you smoke tobacco?

[Tomahawk]

I went to my friends party 2 days ago, and he rented a party bus. The whole time, my friends sister and all of her friends were in the back smoking bongs and weed :)

[thejdw]

Never smoked before
You have if you hang with sombody smoking :eek:

[Unibugg]

You have if you hang with sombody smoking :eek:

Good point.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

I smoke sometimes but it's like, a ciggarette or a joint once every several months.

[mscalisi]

You have a pretty low threshold for hate.

We must declair hate on the 5 who voted yes

[Wheel Rider]

I guess you could say I have tried it. I smoked one when I was about 10-years-old and another when I was in college.

When I was 10 -- My friend's parents were heavy smokers and he stole some cigarettes one day. I was afraid my parents would smell it on my breath.

When I was in college -- The cigarette companies would setup a stand on the public sidewalk and give away free sample packs.

Fortunately for me, all I got out of it was a really bad taste in my mouth.

I spent years breathing other people's smoke when smoking was still allowed at work. Now, I can smell the smoke if someone is smoking in the car in front of mine and their window is open.

[thejdw]

You have a pretty low threshold for hate.
True, I prefur to like rather than hate.

[Jerrick]

Im proud to say I have never smoked, and I never will.

[Unibugg]

I spent years breathing other people's smoke when smoking was still allowed at work. Now, I can smell the smoke if someone is smoking in the car in front of mine and their window is open.

I was surprised after quitting that I could smell even faint traces of smoke from someone fairly far away.

Glad to hear that it never hooked you. I can't imagine a company giving out samples especially on a campus. :eek:

[Unibugg]

To the four members who have indicated that they are trying to quit now:

Wishing you a nonstressful and happy Thanksgiving (if you are American and celebrate Thanksgiving)... if not

While I am enjoying a holiday feast with friends and family, my thoughts go out to you. Have a great week and weekend.

Remember, one day at a time..

[The.Mars.Volta]

Smokers are jokers.
I've never smoked.
It's grotty.

[Unitik908]

Please tell me I am not the only one,
who snickered at this seemingly innocent
yet suggestive title of a thread?

Chase

[Unibugg]

Please tell me I am not the only one,
who snickered at this seemingly innocent
yet suggestive title of a thread?

Chase

?
Obviously you know something I don't...

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Smokers are jokers.
I've never smoked.
It's grotty.
I smoked in a Joker hat a few times...
So jokers are smokers!!!

[unisteve]

Please tell me I am not the only one,
who snickered at this seemingly innocent
yet suggestive title of a thread?

Chase
If I commonly used "poll" when I meant "pole" I might have shared your snicker.

[DancingQueen]

Wow! so great to see that a majority of people on here have never smoked! I am one of them.

Props to everyone who has never smoked and/or have quit or are trying to quit. :)

[Unibugg]

The numbers currently show that close to 78% of us either have never smoked or tried it for less than a week. I wonder how this would compare with a sample of non riders.

Of course I know it would vary so much according to country and age.. but still curious.

[Unibugg]

bump

And congratulations to the countries, states, counties and cities where smoking bans were recently passed.

France and Germany
Illinois
Ottawa County, Michigan
Fort Worth, Texas


Just to name a few.

[harper]

I was disappointed again to not see an option appropriate for me in a poll. Where is the option for have you ever been smoked? How about are you being smoked now?

[yoopers]

Where is the option for have you ever been smoked? How about are you being smoked now?
I can tell you this. If I did smoke, it would be a Harper!

[Divebomber]

I've never smoke, but live with heavy smokers. I think it's gross. I have no desire to start..