# How many cigarettes do you smoke a day? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918 "2012-03-27T02:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d2c977/32.png) [@Three\_Packs\_a\_Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Three_Packs_a_Day)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/1 "2012-03-27T02:31:27Z")
If you wonder what my answer is, you must smoke something other than cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/2 "2012-03-27T02:35:45Z")
none, zero, zip, zilch, cipher, goose-egg ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/3 "2012-03-27T02:38:00Z")
20-25. More if I’m drinking. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/4 "2012-03-27T02:39:55Z")
Nada ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/5 "2012-03-27T03:03:45Z")
I don’t smoke any voluntarily. I resent it when people force me to smoke them second-hand. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/6 "2012-03-27T03:07:04Z")
Five to eight unless I’m drinking, then it’s a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/7 "2012-03-27T03:09:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I don’t smoke any voluntarily. I resent it when people force me to smoke them second-hand. This. Especially since I don’t venture into legal smoking areas. I don’t smoke, and I don’t want any second hand smoke, either. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/8 "2012-03-27T03:18:11Z")
Zero. I used to smoke a pack a day, but I quit 4 years ago. I have no tolerance for cigarette smoke at all now. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/9 "2012-03-27T04:37:14Z")
Depends on the day, really. On weekdays I smoke less (maybe 13-15) because I’m at work all day and can only smoke on my 2 breaks and 1 lunch (and I have trouble smoking in a moving vehicle, so I don’t light up en route). On weekends, anywhere from 20-30 a day, depending on whether I’m knitting or watching a movie. I smoke less when my hands are busy. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/10 "2012-03-27T04:40:50Z")
Usually around 30. The best time to smoke is while driving. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/11 "2012-03-27T05:09:25Z")
None, but before about 33 a day. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/12 "2012-03-27T05:20:43Z")
None. My dad died of lung cancer at 58 and my sister is dying of it at 56. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/13 "2012-03-27T06:06:06Z")
None. Smoking killed most of my immediate family. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/14 "2012-03-27T06:09:20Z")
I quit January 17. Before that I smoked a pack a day. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/15 "2012-03-27T06:43:55Z")
None. I have never smoked tobacco ever in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Bohomite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@Bohomite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bohomite)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/16 "2012-03-27T06:46:17Z")
About 15-20, unless I’m drinking. Add another 5 then. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/17 "2012-03-27T07:55:02Z")
I’ve smoked two cigarettes in my entire life. One, just to see what it was like. The second, when I had the choice role of “Hans, the Nazi,” in a college film, spoofing old WWII adventure serials. I got to kidnap the pretty French farm girl, and I got to beat up the handsome American fighter pilot, and I got to radio back to Berlin, boasting of my success, with a cigarette dangling from my lip. DAMN, that was fun! (And we did it in one take.) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/18 "2012-03-27T09:03:01Z")
I smoked for about a month back in 12th grade. I stopped when I realized I wasn’t fooling anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/19 "2012-03-27T10:16:35Z")
Pack a day, more if I’m drinking. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918/20 "2012-03-27T10:37:25Z")
As a kid, my friends and I swiped a cigarette to try. ick A little older, I was babysitting and the baby was asleep, and I found a pack in the house, so I tried one. ick In college, I gave it one more try. ick So, in 58 years, I’ve had parts of 3 cigarettes. That works out to .0014 per day over the course of my life. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cigarettes-do-you-smoke-a-day/616918.md?page=2)