Do you/Did you smoke cigarettes?

[bLACKpANTHER]

smoked, just quit.. like this past weekend just quit.. have been trying forever.. giving myself the excuse that "its only one before bed everynight, how bad could it be?"

never been heavy smoker, just consistent.. :)

[Zcustom]

anybody tried those e cigs? i hear they work pretty well... not quite as good as the real thing but close enough, no poo in your lungs and you get the fix.

http://news.yahoo.com/man-suffers-severe-injuries-e-cigarette-explodes-mouth-210010787--abc-news.html

[mmmbeans]

yea, from what i understand that was a homemade one.

[iamcline]

I smoke Mavericks, 1.5 packs a day. New Years resolution is to cut back to under a pack. Once it gets warmer outside I'll start smoking outside to help cut back. Smoking in the house only hurts my chances.

[YoungPanthers89]

Literally my whole family smoked until my mom and dad quit, i have never started.

[Jangler]

I smoked for about 20 years. Stopped 6 or 7 years ago. $170.00 a month looks better on the table than coating my lungs.

[Hawk]

smokers like to put long things in their mouth...just sayin

[Ja Rhule]

Started smoking when I was 9 and quit when I was 14... Started smoking again 1 year later at 15 and quit again at 19. Started smoking again at 20 and then quit at 21. Finally, I've been smoke free for almost 5 years. I ditched all my smoking friends and went cold turkey. I still crave cigarette like crazy sometimes. I got 1 cigarette in my car but I refuse to smoke it. If the world will come to an end in 2012 I will light that motherfuger up. While everyone will run and scream I will slowly inhale and exhale my last cigarette.

[Anybodyhome]

Smoked for 35 years from the time I joined the Navy at 17 until a couple years ago. Have not had a smoke in 2 years and did it cold turkey with a couple tricks.

Never told my wife I was quitting, never told anybody. Just decided to set a date and put it in my mind. The date also coincided with the start date of our annual Caribbean vacation. So I didn't take any smokes with me and nobody knew me where I was going.

We were a day and a half into our vacation before my wife even noticed I hadn't smoked. Of course, I never smoked in the house and rarely smoked indoors anywhere. By not telling anyone and committing to a date myself, I would only let myself down if I didn't succeed.

I still have a couple triggers I have to recognize- one of the biggest was my drive to work everyday. I lit up a cigarette at the same 2 traffic lights everyday and, although my Tahoe didn't stink of cigarettes, I could tell. And my wife was so proud, I was allowed to buy myself a brand new Tahoe LTZ in 2010!

I don't miss it, but I've had a couple experiences since quitting that had me a little spooked. Smokers who quit will have dreams about smoking again. I thought it was very weird, so I asked some people I know who also quit and they confirmed it. I've had a few of those...

[LifeisaGarden]

I've made a couple threads about smoking dreams. I can confirm that they do happen and they will scare the poo out of you! I haven't had one of those dreams in a long time.

[Skew]

I thought about quitting once. Then remembered how everyone hates a quitter. Although I hate the cough, considered hated more than a person with the plague, I really enjoy it.

[Doyle]

Me and my friends in high school smoked Camel Wides. We were awesome.

[lightsout]

Me and my friends in high school smoked Camel Wides. We were awesome.

Past tense? You're not 15?

[Mr. Scot]

Never touched 'em.

My mom did when she was young, but quit.

My dad smoked cigars right up to the end.