Survey for DUers who smoke

[Anaxamander]

Hey all. I'm doing a class project and I just need some anecdotal evidence from people who smoke.

1. How often do you smoke?
2. When did you start smoking?
3. Under what circumstances did you start?
4. Do you plan to quit in the near future?

[Loonman]

1. 4

1. Constantly, pack and 1/2 per day
2. 17
3. I wanted to be cool with my friends, and I didn't think a pipe would go over as well
4. Possibly

[Bronco69]

2. 1. Whenever I get the urge...about a pack a day

2. about 16

3. Wanted to be cool

4. No

[Mistress Quickly]

3. ok

1. as often as possible
2. 15 years old
3. parents did, used to sneak smokes, to be cool with kids because I was fat
4. yes yes yes, it is too expensive

damn nicotine

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. 1. constantly

2. 18
3. i was really bored after i graduated high school
4. not in the near future, but in the intermediate future.

[Intelsucks]

5. Do you smoke? If not, don't start. It's a killer.

1) ~1 pack per day

2) 17 years ago - I was 18 years old at the time.

3) School, stress, work, staying up late studying, drinking beer with friends, etc.

4) This coming Monday... For the 1000th time. Yeah, right!

[DODI]

6. Responses below

1. How often it hard to quantify -- but I too am a pack to a pack and half smoker.

2. Started smoking when I was about 16

3. Peer pressure I guess.

4. I did quit for seven years and then went back. I plan on quitting in the next month or so.

[RebelOne]

7. My answers are:

I smoke about 1-1/2 to 2 packs a day. I started smoking when I was a teenager because it was the cool thing to do then. I am trying to quit. If I don't, it will kill me eventually. My mother died of lung cancer and my father of emphysema.

The only time I quit was each time I was pregnant. Cigarettes made me nauseous. I started up again after giving birth because I wanted to lose weight.

[Cuban_Liberal]

8. My answers:

1. How often do you smoke? Daily, 20 cigarettes.

2. When did you start smoking? At 17 (almost 18), when I joined the Army.

3. Under what circumstances did you start? Boredom.

4. Do you plan to quit in the near future? Yes.

[robpopulace]

9. Hello, I'm absenteee and I'm a tobaccoaholic.

1. 1-1.5 packs a day.
2. 15 (Grew up in tobacco country) In 1979 I thought we would have a cure for cancer by now.
3. Ran out of the illegal smokeable substance. Gave that up long ago.
4. Would like to but no plans.

[noonwitch]

10. smoking survey

1. I smoke about 1/2 to 3/4 a pack a day-more on work days, less when I'm home all day.
2. I tried to smoke a cigarette at 16, but choked. I started smoking as a habit when I was 20.
3. I was in college, had two roommates that smoked, and it was also something to do with my hands when I was a the bar or at parties.
4. Probably, but I actually do like to smoke.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. My Answers

1. How often do you smoke? I smoke 2 or 3 cigars each day.
2. When did you start smoking? Early 20's, i think.
3. Under what circumstances did you start? Nothing special. Tried a good cigar and decided i liked it.
4. Do you plan to quit in the near future? No. I don't inhale so my risks are substantially lower. Besides, with the MS, i don't care if i live to be a 100.
The Professor

[Whitacre D_WI]

12. Answers:

1. Uh, well -- every day. Usually a pack or less (slightly less, like 19 cigs).
2. Right around my 16th birthday.
3. The first Gulf war. I was a dumb kid who thought it would drag on and I'd get drafted. I smoked to relieve the stress. Then I realized I liked smoking.
4. Near future? No. I still likes me some nickyteen.

[dry99]

13. survey

1. 1 pack per day
2. 1972
3. I was in the USAF at the time and I was worried why Shrub hadn't been seen!
4. Depends on how you define "near" . We'll go with no for right now.

[foreigncorrespondent]

14. Here ya go.

1. How often do you smoke?

Usually around every half hour or so I will light up.

2. When did you start smoking?

When I was 11.

3. Under what circumstances did you start?

Peer pressure and severe childhood depression.

4. Do you plan to quit in the near future?

Maybe one day.

[nostamj]

15. ok

1. if it's a work day, less than a pack, otherwise a pack
2. 19-20
3. i was out of pot (and those first cigs gave a buzz)
4. yes. just became unemployed and can't afford them.

[bigwillq]

16. 1. Pack a day

2. 18-19
3. In college, more when I turned 21 and went to the clubs
4. Not anytime soon. Hoping by 30. I'm 25 now.

[camero]

17. Reply

1. about every 1/2 hr. 1 1/2 packs a day.

2. I was 22.

3. To impress a young woman. I figured I couldn't get addicted to anything after experiment with other things that were supposedly more addictive. This was before it was known exactly how addictive nicotine was wish I had found out sooner.

4. I will try. Wish the patch was cheaper.

[rucky]

18. Mine

1. Pack-a-day
2. 17
3. College. Get drunk, bum smoke... get drunk enough & soon you're buying your own.

4. YES. Within the next 6 months, or when I sober up, whichever comes first.

[kevinam]

19. Smoke daily...

I started smoking at 17 or 18 just something picked up from friends. Yea, I plan to quit in the nearish future...Kevin.

[Terwilliger]

20. I started smoking cigarrettes when I was 14

I smoked on average of a pack a day for better than 20 years, but I quit in November 2002

I started when friends introduced me to cigarrettes. My mom smoked (and other family sometimes) but I didn't try it until I was with someone else (I was about 12, I think)

[Bonobo]

21. I just quit today (again!), so I will make it my last smoker poll

1. Every 2 hours or so.
2. When I was 18
3. In College.
4. Yep, always...

[Droopy]

22. 1. A pack a day.

2. I had my first cigarette when I was around 11. I started smoking regularly when I was 16.

3. I started when a cousin stole some cigarettes from his father and offered me one. I wanted to see what it was all about.

4. I don't plan to quit any time soon.

[jus_the_facts]

23. well it all depends.....

....a pack a day usually....I started smokin' in the WOMB and second hand all my life until I started sneakin' 'em then buyin' my own around age 14....yeah o'course I would like to not be addicted but nicotine has been a way o'life so long it's engrained in my psyche :smoke:

[Skittles]

26. I SHOULD KICK YOUR ASS

I SMOKED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME; WHAT A FREAKING WASTE OF MONEY. COME ON, DON'T WAIT. AT LEAST THINK ABOUT QUITTING.

Oct 25, 2001 - still going strong

[jus_the_facts]

28. Okay....I'll think about it.......

....just please don't kick my ass back to my cage!:evilgrin:

[asthmaticeog]

24. OK,

1. half-pack to a pack a day, though it's been more towards the lower end of that lately, for which I'm glad. Though if I go out drinking, all bets are off, and every ciggie in the vicinity would do well to HIDE.

2. I started at 15. I'm 33 now, so someone who was born when I started can vote now. I hope they vote Dem.

3. I, like most everyone, started because my friends did.

4. Anaxamander, I've been planning to quit since I started.

[silverlib]

25. Okay - anything for a school project...

How often - constantly. (1 1/2 to 2 packs a day)

Started/circumstances - 1971 when pregnant with my second child. There was no evidence of nicotine hurting unborn children yet, and at that time, the doctor's big guilt trip for pregnant women was weight gain.

I quit for two years five years ago and have tried at least four times since to quit again. The most I've made is 10 days. Yes, I would love to quit.

[remfan]

27. Answers

1. On average I'd say about every 45 minutes. Pack to a pack and half per day depending on where I am and what I'm doing.

2. I think I was 14. I quit once when I was 29 and stayed off them for six years, then started back after my divorce, then smoked for about a year and then quit again for a year, and then started up again.

3. I stole them from my mother thinking at the time it was cool and grown-up.

4. Not in the near future, and certainly not while enduring the bush administration. :-)