Smoking

Never smoked. Never will.

I've never smoked or had the urge too. I can't stand the smell now.

Both my parents used to smoke. Mom smoked casually and when she found out she was pregnant with me, she quit, then started again after I was born, and so on when she was pregnant with Linn and then Jenn. After Jenn was born, she never started up again.

Dad did smoke but I don't remember it. I think I was about 5 when he quit cold turkey. My Dad's Father died of Emphesema (sp?) and his Step-Dad died of liver faliure from drinking too much.

I wish people didn't smoke but I understand it can be hard to quit if you want too.

It's all about choices.

I do not smoke, and have hated it before it was popular to hate it.

My father was the only one in my family who smoked. I don't remember exactly what he died of, but it was smoking related.

I hate the smell of a person smoking either a cigarette or a cigar, but I love the smell of a pipe.

I don't smoke...But when I was three, I asked my dad for a cigarette, and he lit one up and gave it to me lol. :rolleyes:

I have never smoked. I have had friends and family who have. I have never had the urge to try but now that I am a medical transcriptionist and type about so many people who have terrible problems, can't breathe without oxygen cannula with them all the time, have lung cancer, etc., it's even more pressed home how harmful it is.

I sympathize with those who find it really hard to quit. Who's to say I wouldn't find it just as hard if I had ever started. It's too bad the things were ever invented in the first place. You would not believe how many of the common health problems those things cause with people, from frequent respiratory infections to death from lung failure and cancers.

I smoked for many, many years. Next week is my 3 year anniversary of quiting.

I used Zyban to help me quit. Still it was the hardest thing you can image. It left a HUGE void in my life. Not a day goes by that I don't miss smoking -- not cigarettes -- but the act or ritual of smoking.

I would never touch a cigarette today because I understand my addiction. I smoked a cigar once but inhaled and was soooooo sick.

I'm glad I quit....physically I am so much healthier and I am no longer controlled by something (standing outside to smoke....desparate for the plane to land... sneaking to light up.)

I don't smoke, and I'm very allergic to it. I can't stand to be around people who are smoking. I get lightheaded, I cough, and I also get very sick to my stomach.

Smoking has been banned in all public places here, like restaurants, stadiums, airports, etc. Obviously, people are still allowed to smoke outside, but it's SO nice to be able to go anywhere for dinner or something and not have to inhale someone elses stink!!! :D

My dad was a chain smoker and I hated the smell.
(car stunk, clothes stunk and furniture etc.)
He finally quit smoking on a stupid bet, and not
because of emphisemia (sp).
Needless to say, I never smoked. :)

I've quit twice. This last time was for good because I fully understand that I'm a complete addict and if I were to give in and smoke "just one" - I would be hooked again.

I quit cold-turkey. It would have been nice to take medication but the one out at the time said "not for people who have had seizures" so I couldn't take it.

I'm so glad I quit. Me, my car, and my clothes don't stink anymore. I have more money in the bank. I don't have a nagging cough (it left me within days of quitting.:D )

There are still moments when a cigarette sounds just wonderful. But the moment passes and I feel so good about myself for not giving in to temptation.

My mom smoked three packs of cigs a day while I was growing up. I hated it then and I still hate it now.

I also have smoke related allergies and it's very hard on me physically to be around people who smoke. It really bothers me when smokers gather around the entrace of a building to smoke and you have to walk through them to get to the entrance. :mad:

I think exposing your kids to constant second-hand smoke in either the home or car is close to abuse. I've seen kids strapped into car seats with the windows all up and the parents smoking away. :mad:

I just want to add a big congrats to those of you who have managed to quit smoking! *applaud* :)

Best wishes for anyone still trying or planning to try. I don't have any idea what it feels like, but it must be very difficult. I know how hard it would be for me to give up my morning cup of coffee, though I know that's probably not a great comparison. Still I know it'd be tough and how I would crave it.

Unfortunately I smoked from age 16 until I was 24, I gave up to have my son, and have never smoked since, I detest it, sadly my son smokes and I DESPERATELY want him to give up, he is asthmatic as well, I watched my adopted Uncle die from lung Cancer and it was not nice, I DON'T want my son to suffer the same fate.

I am glad to see all the bans on smoking, you can no longer smoke in a night club or restaurant or pub anymore in NZ, long time coming, but at last we no longer have be subject to passive smoking.

Please I urge all young ones not to even start, its so addictive, expensive, not socially acceptable anymore, life threatning, and you smell so bad, until you give up you never know just how offensive cigarette smoke is on your breath ,clothes, and it also ages you,especially around the mouth area, so there are plenty good reasons to give up.

Pam my husband smoked when we met, he used to smoke outside, and I am thrilled to say he just gave up, cold turkey and has not smoked in 12 years, just as well as frankly I don't think I could stay married to him if he continued, not just the offensive smell, but we simply could not afford it., so don't give up there is hope.

i smoke, quite 3 times before for almost a year each time. not sure why i ever started back up. I quite cold turkey every time & surprisingly it was not too hard to do as i had my mind set to it.
almost my entire family smokes including aunts/uncles/cousins etc... on both sides & one side is an extremely large family.

i only smoke about half a pack a day though. I only smoke in my house when it is very very cold outside & even then only a couple a day & only in my living room. I never smoke around kids or people that do not like it. I do smoke in my car though.
ny passed a law tha no smoking in public places is allowed which is good.

I would like to quite again for good but it is hard for me to do now, i guess im not 100% ready to quite yet.

I don't smoke and never have, but my dad smoked forever. Then one day when he was about 45 or so, he just quit, cold turkey. He's now 69 and says he still misses it, but just at times, like when he's in a restaraunt and he gets the first whiff of someone else's smoke, but he says the feeling passes quickly. I'm so glad he quit back then because he has diabetes now and has had a heart attack and bypass surgery, and it would only complicate things and make them much worse if he still smoked.

For those who quit while they were pregnant, congratulations! My best friend's sister quit when she was pregnant with her first daughter - she also quit drinking. Then when the baby was born she started smoking again, but not in the house. In summer she goes outside but in winter she goes in the basement. Then when she got pregnant again, she quit again. Now that that baby is born, she started again. Seeing as how I've never smoked, I find it amazing that she quit for 9 months and not once, but twice! And then started again. My best friend lives in Seattle, but when she comes home there is always a battle between them. Their parents have smoked forever and their sister died from an aneurism they think was induced by too much smoking, drinking and stress. They're dad has had surgery on the arteries that go to your brain which I guess is a common thing for smokers - they get blocked or something? Anyway, they have had major health problems in the family due to smoking. My best friend quit a million times and re-started before she finally quit for good. Her mom also quit and her dad cut down dramatically. My friend is quite outspoken, so when she goes home to visit, there is always a battle about the smoking. She just doesn't understand how her sister can still smoke in the basement knowing the smoke rises and the kids will breathe it anyway, and she can't understand how her dad can still smoke after already having his life threatened once by it.

Aaaannyyway, didn't mean to ramble like that. Congratulations to all those who have quit. I understand it is quite difficult and you should all be proud of yourselves! :D

eeeew.... I hate smoking...I´ve never tried... and I´m not going to...when someone is smoking near me, I´m feeling sick and sometimes comes cought from those smokes and smell.....brrr


P.S. for luck no one in my family smokes...