Are you a smoker?

[Miniar]

My dentist counted my cotton thingies once and was amazed to need 20 for something he usually needed only 2 for.. this was Before I started smoking so it seems smoking's reduced the saliva if anything.

[toxicblue]

I don't smoke, I really don't want to risk anything.

[Jacquelyn]

Smoking has always been a huge turnoff for me. There are better ways for me to spend my money, and quicker ways to off myself than risking cancer. 

[Kitpup]

it always bugs me how much tobacco is played up as a carcinogen and general health risk. A lot of the studies attribute correlation to causation, flub numbers or just lie. http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5472 (one of many articles I've come across).

[Lord of the Dance]

Just want to wish the very best of luck to everybody here who's trying to quit. :]

Personally, I've never smoked, although I have once caught myself almost wishing I did, if only so I had some sort of outlet for stress. Fortunately, I've replaced that necessity with a very big punching bag, which I like to think works much better than smoking ever would :-D

[AnnaL]

no, never been

[Heath]

I smoke daily, but I have no intention of quitting.  At least not any time soon.  I may when it starts to pose a health risk....or by the time I'm 35.  Whichever happens first.

[SarahM777]

I wish i never started. But i did grow during the time when smoking was so common there was very few places you could go where smoking was not allowed. Even working in an small office where there was 5 of us and one was a non smoker and 2 were very heavy smokers by the end of the day the whole entire office was filled with smoke and you could see a blueish haze in the place. I remember going to some of the trade shows with my father for an 8 hour day. Go in the morning and the air in the room was clear but by the end of the day the smoke was so thick you could not see across the room it was like looking through a fog.
I know this is my own opinion but do the the nature of smoking i really think that some people actually became addicted before they ever smoked a single cigarette themselves. I mean if you are breathing it in all day anyways how hard would it be for some to cross the line?
Even though i am a smoker i think the laws that they passed to keep it out of public places was a very good thing. Just because i smoke does not give me the right to put you in a position to breathe in something you neither want or need.
But i do know it's time to give it up. I do know that the lungs can repair themselves quite a bit over time.

[Nikolai_S]

I'm stunned by how many smokers there are here. Never smoked, never will, and the smell actually makes me nauseous. Also, a recent study suggested the damage done to your body starts within minutes of smoking, not months or years. I don't know how people can continue to deny the long term effects.

[Elijah3291]

I quit smoking somewhere around December 18th, I do still smoke shisha from my hookah, but no more cigarettes

[blackswan]

No, I've never smoked & I can't stand it when people smoke in front of me either.

[twistedpixie]

I don't smoke and never have.

[Ryno]

I started smoking when I was 15. Quit a few times, always started again. Unfortunately I usually started again after a break-up with someone who made me quit. :/

I recently stopped again. I just stopped having cravings, out of no where. It's the same way I quit the last time.

I'm working hard to keep it this way. My mom passed away from lung cancer last Christmas Eve. 8 month downhill struggle, had to watch her suffer through all kinds of horrid treatments that make me question which causes more suffering; dying sooner of untreated cancer or suffering longer through torturous procedures and chemicals. I loved my mom, we were really close. She quit smoking three or four years before she was diagnosed with lung cancer.

My advice: QUIT now, while you're young. The longer you wait the harder it gets and even if you do, you can still become diagnosed with cancer.

[Alex37]

I smoked for a few years, but I quit about a year ago.

[Emmanuelle]

I always enjoyed smoking (I do come from an era when smoking was cool and not really considered as a bad thing).

I quit last year and now I really enjoy being a non-smoker. I couldn't imagine starting again.

[SurlyCat]

I smoke daily, but I have no intention of quitting.  At least not any time soon.

This - I've smoked for 6 years.

[fleshpull]

45 days clean, using chantix

[Linus]

I'm a cigar/pipe smoker and do it occasionally. I've gone weeks without doing it and then might have a week where it's daily. Just depends on schedule. Oddly enough, I never smoked prior to my 36th birthday. I had decided that I wanted to stop being "safe" and not try things (e.g., tatttoos, etc.) and try it at least once to see whether I liked it or not). The only thing I won't try is hard drugs (e.g., meth, cocaine, etc.). I still dislike cigarette smoke/smell but a good cigar is always good for me.

[JessicaH]

I quit on February 18th after a week on Chantix and the motivation and support of Melissa42013!   

[ShippoFox]

No. I have never tried it & I have no desire to do so.