# Do you smoke? And how much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531 "2003-11-16T07:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/1 "2003-11-16T07:51:04Z")
I smoke. Like a chimney. Two packs a day. See, I can, because I can smoke in my truck. Anyway, I want to know who smokes and who doesn’t. And, yes, I know it’s bad for my health. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/2 "2003-11-16T08:38:49Z")
About 2/3 of a pack a day for me. I guess that means I smoke like a, uh, like a toaster I guess. I heard it’s bad for your health too. Probably mine as well. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/3 "2003-11-16T08:57:29Z")
I’ve taken exactly one drag off a cigarette, when I was 18. Last week, I smoked a cigar for the first time. It wasn’t bad, and I’ll probably smoke another at some point, but I definitely won’t be making a habit out of it. So I guess you could count me as a non-smoker. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/4 "2003-11-16T09:02:09Z")
I’m about 20-25 a day. I SO need to stop. Grrrrrrrrr to think I only took up smoking to annoy my father and he gave up years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/5 "2003-11-16T09:19:52Z")
I am not (and never was) a smoker. But I enjoyed one cigarette with a bunch of Spaniards at a party in Spain this year, and it was pretty good! But I can take it or leave it. And choose to not smoke. ---
**Author:** ![MasterChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@MasterChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MasterChief)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/6 "2003-11-16T10:43:51Z")
Absolute non smoker. I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/7 "2003-11-16T10:49:06Z")
Another non-smoker. It’s the smell more than anything else that annoys me. ---
**Author:** ![crazy\_grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@crazy\_grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy_grady)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/8 "2003-11-16T11:17:00Z")
I have been smoking on and off for 18 years now. I would never smoke more than a pack a day. Now, I only smoke when I drink. I got drunk alone last night and smoked up about 1/2 a pack before passing out. Today, I have not touched them. Now, I am trying to stop the drinking. GRADY ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/9 "2003-11-16T11:20:55Z")
I smoke at least a pack a day, more if I’m drinking. (What is it about smoking and drinking anyway? Why does everyone have to do it at the same time??) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PalJuicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@PalJuicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PalJuicy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/10 "2003-11-16T11:28:42Z")
Yes. Almost a pack a day, edging toward a whole pack (but trying not to). ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/11 "2003-11-16T11:39:58Z")
I smoke about 20-30 smokes a day. I used to smoke Newport for about 25 years, then about a year ago, I switched to buying cans of Zig Zag menthol tobacco. A ten dollar can will last longer than a forty dollar carton of Newports, and its way better quality tobacco then generics. Actually, I bought a pack of Newport last week, and they didn’t taste as good as the hand rolled smokes. Jon ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/12 "2003-11-16T12:57:58Z")
Nup, never have smoked, never intend to start. Doesn’t really bother me when others do, unless we’re in a confined space, in which case it can be kind of bad. I figure that given how bad my diet is, I can’t really afford to take the high health ground (if there is such a thing). ~ Isaac ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/13 "2003-11-16T15:20:53Z")
Oh, how I curse Sir Walter Raleigh, (he was such a stupid git) As of yesterday, I’m a non-smoker. Now, I’ve quit before. several times. My downfall has always been going out for a drink, and “just having one”. I know this about me, and I’m gonna try to avoid that trap, again. I’m using the patches. I don’t know just how many a day I was smoking, cause I took to handrolling a few years ago, when the price per pack went up to 3 dollars. In Canadia, where I am now, the price is 7 dollars, plus, Canadian. It just seemed like the time was ripe. Wish me luck, I’ll need it. I AM gonna miss drinking for a while, ((Damnit)) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/14 "2003-11-16T15:29:19Z")
Pack a day, two packs if I’m drinking. Hate it. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/15 "2003-11-16T16:11:39Z")
I only have one or two every couple of months. And I STILL get grief for it. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/16 "2003-11-16T16:27:38Z")
About 20 a day, 30 or 40 if I’m drinking. Enjoy probably 5 of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/17 "2003-11-16T17:03:58Z")
You know, on New Year’s eve of 1999—going into 2000, they had all that coverage, the all day long thing with Peter Jennings about what the “turn of the Millenium” really meant. Some talking head said there would be a cure for cancer in the next 10 years. If there’s a cure coming, why quit? That’s how I feel about it. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/18 "2003-11-16T17:46:55Z")
non smoker… ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/19 "2003-11-16T21:15:02Z")
Rarely. About one every three or four months. I figure it’ll take a few hundred years to kill me at that rate. ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531/20 "2003-11-16T21:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Babbington \* > \*\*You know, on New Year’s eve of 1999—going into 2000, they had all that coverage, the all day long thing with Peter Jennings about what the “turn of the Millenium” really meant. Some talking head said there would be a cure for cancer in the next 10 years. If there’s a cure coming, why quit? That’s how I feel about it. \*\* Yeah, like THATS gonna happen. When I was a kid in the 70s, I thought that we would have robot slaves and flying cars that folded up into briefcases by the year 2000. I think there’s a better chance of getting robot slaves before a miracle cancer cure is invented. Jon [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-and-how-much/213531.md?page=2)