How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?

[Nars_Glinley]

I quit cold-turkey about 25 years ago that my then fiance (now my wife of 25 years) made it clear that we wouldn’t get married if I continued to smoke. I was about 1/2 pack a day so it wasn’t terribly hard.

[Cat_Whisperer]

@Candyman74

5 posts! It’s a record!

If you want to make a personal attack, you’re in the wrong forum. We’re talking about smoking cigarettes in this thread, and second-hand smoke is a valid part of that discussion, in my opinion.

[Lynn_Bodoni]

@Missy2U

Depending on where you’re smoking, it isn’t all that hard. I know when I’m working at home I smoke twice or more as much as usual - but it isn’t technically smoking - it’s me lighting one, setting it in the ashtray, getting distracted, and when I go back, it’s almost down to the filter. So you light another one, get distracted, etc. My husband does that too when he’s doinking around in the garage. Light one - set it ashtray, proceed to get distracted, go back to find no cigarette left, light another, etc.

My maternal grandfather used to sit down to read the paper in the living room, and light up. He’d need to use the bathroom, and leave that cig burning, and light up in the bathroom. Then he’d forget about BOTH cigs and go watch some TV in the den, and light up AGAIN.

Yeah, the whole house was “decorated” in shades of yellow, tan, and brown, no matter what the original color was.

[VunderBob]

Zero.

[CalMeacham]

I’m not a smoker, but I’m intrigued and puzzled by something I notice in several responses — what’s this connection between drinking and smoking more cigarettes? The smokers I know have never mentioned anything about it, and show no obvious signs of smoking more while drinking. I can’t imagine smoking enhances the flavor or effect of drinking, or vice versa. Is it just due to the relaxing effect? Why would drinking make a difference?

[Paintcharge]

Used to be a pack a day, more if drinking. Quit 9 months ago. So glad I did.

CalMeacham, for me it was the more relaxed atmosphere of a bar or someone’s back porch. Hanging out with friends, not really doing anything, chatting, whatnot. “Hey, here’s a lull in the conversation, Imma have a smoke. Anyone else?”

[DianaG]

@CalMeacham

I can’t imagine smoking enhances the flavor or effect of drinking, or vice versa.

Oh, but it does. Ask any smoker, and most will tell you that both alcohol and coffee just beg for an accompanying cigarette. So much so that several people I know who’ve successfully quit had to forgo drinking for a bit to do it.

[Leaffan]

@CalMeacham

I’m not a smoker, but I’m intrigued and puzzled by something I notice in several responses — what’s this connection between drinking and smoking more cigarettes? The smokers I know have never mentioned anything about it, and show no obvious signs of smoking more while drinking. I can’t imagine smoking enhances the flavor or effect of drinking, or vice versa. Is it just due to the relaxing effect? Why would drinking make a difference?

Alcohol is a depressant, and nicotine is a stimulant. I think for that reason it’s very hard to have a few drinks without the requisite stimulant your body craves.

[Daylate]

Started smoking in 1952, and smoked about a pack a day until 1959 when I quit cold turkey. Found quitting to be very easy - the main requirement I think is that one must decided unequivocally that no more cigarettes are to be smoked, no matter what.

When I quit, a carton of Camels could be bought for $2.50 in various gas stations just outside of St. Louis. When I calculate the cash I’ve saved over the years it fills me with a delightful feeling of self-righteousness.

[Candyman74]

@Cat_Whisperer

If you want to make a personal attack, you’re in the wrong forum. We’re talking about smoking cigarettes in this thread, and second-hand smoke is a valid part of that discussion, in my opinion.

It wasn’t a personal attack. At least I didn’t mean it as one. I’m sorry you felt attacked; it was not my intention. I thought I was being mildly amusing. Guess not.