Smoker or Non-Smoker?

[NJmaverick]

Me, I am a non-smoker. I don't mind smoke, but I was happy to see NJ restaurants and bars go non-smoking.

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. Smoker. n/t

[Burma Jones]

2. Former, quit Election Day 1996

Had an emergency appendectomy very early the next morning. Three days in the Hospital and Nicorette did the trick........

[blockhead]

3. midnight toker

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. Non-Smoker.

I will take the occasional toke. On the rare.

[BarenakedLady]

5. Ex-smoker.

There was a few years in my late teens - early 20's that I smoked.

[Drunken Girlfriend]

6. Smoker or non smoker

I am a non smoker myself,but will have the occasional
ciggy if I've had a few beers(if offered to me).

Here in Canada,you can't smoke in the restaurants or bars.

And as of recently(yesterday to be exact),it's illegal to smoke
in a car,even if your window is down.

Ciggarette smoke doesn't bother me too much,
but nowadays smokers should have some consideration when they are
around people who don't smoke,especially if they have children.

It doesn't take much to go have a smoke break outdoors,whether it be
your backyard,or a balcony.

Kids should not have to have future health complications,because of your bad habits.

[harmonicon]

32. illegal to smoke in a car?!?!

That's fucking nuts!! What on earth could the reasoning be?!

[justabob]

39. banned in your own car?

Sorry, that is just too much. I understand with kids riding with you, but just alone in your car? No. That is just too much.

[bigwillq]

7. Smoker.

But I do support the smoking bans that are in place in CT. I don't mind them at all. I don't smoke in my house so I don't mind going outside at a bar, club, restaurant.

[Phillycat]

8. Ex-smoker.

I quit last March, so coming up on a year now. I think I'll always be an ex-smoker, rather than a nonsmoker, because there will always be times when I want to smoke. I just don't.

That said, I supported the smoking bans even when I was a smoker.

[Inchworm]

9. Smoker

[Crazy Dave]

10. Only premium hand rolled cigars

My only bad habit and indulgence left.

[kwassa]

11. Poker

[Left Is Write]

12. Non-smoker (former smoker, really; quit July 1, 1998.)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

13. Non-smoker.

I can't stand smoke, either.

[Justyce]

14. Ex-smoker. 2 packs a day for about 10 yrs, then cold turkey baby!

So glad I quit.

[Aristus]

15. Non-smoker. Pretty protective of my lungs, too.

If you're smoking around me, you won't need the lung cancer to kill you...



Not really; I'm pretty non-violent. But PLEASE don't smoke around me! Thanks...

[Arugula Latte]

16. Non. I can't stand cigarette smoke.

I was standing next to a guy recently in a store and he was obviously a smoker. I could hardly breathe just from smelling his stinking clothes and hair. They were giving off noxious fumes.

[ogneopasno]

17. Former smoker of cigarettes, occasional smoker of pipe. Not that kind of pipe!

[sakabatou]

18. Non-smoker

[no name no slogan]

19. Ex-cig smoker. Current crack smoker.

[azmouse]

20. Non-smoker but

I will smoke a cigar about once a month. Bad habit...

[rrneck]

21. Non

Smoke a pipe (tobacco) when camping. Cig smoke can give a bitchin' head cold.

[Deep13]

22. Non-smoker. I find cigarette smoke to be revolting.

It just smells s-o-o-o-o bad. And the fact that it is airborne means there is no way to contain it. I don't know if it is the shitty tobacco, the chemicals or what, because cigars, pipes and wood smoke don't smell that bad to me. And the only thing worse than cigarette smoke? Old cigarette smoke. The kind that sticks to everything. If I walk into a smoker's home, it is immediately obvious. And I mean obvious. The smell is usually overwhelming.

I think smokers and people who are around people smoking don't realize just how goddawful it really is.

[Taverner]

23. Non smoker. well, of tobacco

[Mugu]

24. ..

[Tikki]

25. non-smoker....

YAY...5 years this month

Tikki

[KitchenWitch]

26. Neither - I am an Ex Smoker

[tigereye]

27. used to, haven't been for 15 years!

[ObamaRules]

28. Ex-Smoker

5 years

[Lucian]

29. Non-smoking all the way.

[Midlodemocrat]

30. Non smoker. Cannot bear the smell of cigarette smoke. Bleh.

[harmonicon]

31. I smoke

smoking is cool. It makes you look older and more attractive.

[RebelOne]

33. Smoker here. I'm 70 years old and have been smoking since I was 16.

I plan on being around for another 20 years.

[applegrove]

34. Non smoker and happy they are doing what they can to stop people from starting to smoke.

Horrible and addictive habit. I just quit 8 months ago.

[yellowdogintexas]

35. never a smoker and the non smoking rules delight me to the core of my being

since the stuff gives me bad headaches

[MrSlayer]

36. Smoker. I don't care about bans in restaurants.

Banning it bars is simply ridiculous though. We ignore it here.

[Chan790]

37. Somewhere in the middle.

I'd love to say that I'm a staunch non-smoker and cigarette smoke does bother me when I'm eating or confined to a small space; I do occasionally smoke a lovely briar pipe though.

[RagAss]

38. Smoker.....outdoors and alone !

[justabob]

40. smoker

I have no problem with bans, try to stay away from other people when smoking in public, and I am a little crazy about butts on the ground. If they ban smoking while driving, as someone upthread mentioned, I will have a big problem. My car, my space.

[chknltl]

41. Cigarette addict surviver.

I quit that nasty habit about 15 years ago! I started at age 15 and smoked cigarettes until I was in my early 40s. Early on I got hooked on the menthol brands, favoring a brand called Kools for almost 20 years. Kicking the menthol habit was quite difficult but eventually I went to non menthol supposedly low tar and nicotine brands. At the end of my career as a smoker, I was smoking two packs a day of a horrible tasting brand called Carltons. As an ex-heroin junkie I would like to add that cigarettes was far harder than heroin to kick. I am actually proud of the fact that I was able to quit both addictions, I'll NEVER do either again period!

I allow those who want to smoke in my home the ability to do so indoors should they so choose. Lately I have no smoking friends to entertain but there is an ashtray available should a smoker come over. I've mixed feelings about the bars no longer allowing smoking in my state. On the plus side it makes for a safer environment for those who work there but on the down side it has cut into business.

I live quite near an Indian Casino, likely thousands troop their doors daily and due to some technicality smoking is allowed in this establishment. I've only ventured in a few times but it is rare to see anyone lighting up which leads me to believe that cigarette smoking is (hopefully) becoming a thing of the past around here. I would like to see smoking tabacco eventually become as popular as chewing beetlenut in the USA.