# HOW MANY DO YOU SMOKE A DAY **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2001, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941 "2001-10-17T08:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WH1TE-T1GERESS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/48db29/32.png) [@WH1TE-T1GERESS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WH1TE-T1GERESS)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/1 "2001-10-17T08:21:39Z")
I smoke about 20 a day!!!" How about you and be honest!!! How many times have you tried to give up and failed. What did you use šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/2 "2001-10-17T10:26:02Z")
I smoked about forty a day once and even though I tried again and again I could never give up. That was until I went through a period of illness. It was then that I seemed to develop some kind of allergy to cigarettes and I was able to give up without the need for willpower at all. I actually carried cigarettes around with me for a few months and attempting to smoke but every time I lit one my tongue felt like it was swelling up, my eyes felt incredibly uncomfortable and my mouth tasted like it was full of clorine or something. Iā€™ve told a doctor or two this story expecting that it would be of interest to them but they didnā€™t express any. If this ā€œallergyā€ could be manufactured even the most addicted smokers could be cured because thatā€™s what I was. ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/3 "2001-10-18T04:59:35Z")
About 30 a day, non-filter. Quit for three years once. Plan to quit soon. Will keep you posted. No pun intended. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/4 "2001-10-18T05:05:39Z")
A guy goes to the doctorā€¦ Doc saysā€¦ā€œYou need to give up smoking abd drinkingā€ Guy saysā€¦ā€œWill that help me live longer?ā€ Doc saysā€¦ā€œNoā€¦It will just seem longerā€¦ā€ My point isā€¦You need to do whatever helps you to get along, be it smoking, drinking, whatever. State of mind keeps you alive. _ducks_ ---
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/5 "2001-10-18T05:06:35Z")
I donā€™t smoke at all, and I have my caps lock key off when I make thread titles šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/6 "2001-10-18T05:19:48Z")
> [@](#): > > **I smoke about 20 a day!!!" How about you and be honest!!!** 20 a day!?! You smoke twenty a day!?! Holy shit, you must be rich! And fer the love of Buddha how many people do you feed? I mean I maybe smoke two three a year. You have to have a little variety. We are talking about hams, arenā€™t we? ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/7 "2001-10-18T05:21:05Z")
Usually 2 a day, when I can get 'em. More on the weekends. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/8 "2001-10-18T06:38:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > **State of mind keeps you alive.** Yeah, and so does a lack of lung-cancer!šŸ˜ƒ I smoked one cigarette once, to see what the fuss was about. Now I wonder why in the Hell do people start? I can see why they still do it, I mean, theyā€™re addicted (and DONā€™T try to tell me youā€™re not, you are.) But why start? I see no benefit WHATSOEVER, until you are addicted, that is. At least drugs like alcohol and pot can give a short term effect that is noticible without already being addicted. But ciggerates? Oh wel, my $0.02. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/9 "2001-10-18T10:41:43Z")
When I smoked my first cigarette (at age 15), I felt an amazing rush from it. Today, age 29, a ā€œrushā€ like that (basically raised blood pressure for about ten minutes) would make me think I was probably having a heart attack, but at the time it felt great. I can still recall it with wonderful clarity. Anyway, I kept doing it, and when there was no rush from it anymore but I was still doing it, I figured, Ah, this is what being addicted is like. Iā€™ve quit any number of times, never for more than three weeks. I have in the process learned a lot about the mindā€™s power of rationalization. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/10 "2001-10-18T10:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mikahw \* > \*\*I donā€™t smoke at all, and I have my caps lock key off when I make thread titles šŸ˜‰ \*\* Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/11 "2001-10-18T11:08:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Mikahw \* > > \*\*I donā€™t smoke at all, and I have my caps lock key off when I make thread titles šŸ˜‰ \*\* > > Me too. \*\* me three. ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/12 "2001-10-18T11:30:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cougarfang \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by Mikahw \* > > > \*\*I donā€™t smoke at all, and I have my caps lock key off when I make thread titles šŸ˜‰ \*\* > > > > Me too. \*\* > > me three. \*\* me four. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/13 "2001-10-18T13:15:57Z")
I used to smoke about 30 a day and now I smoke about 15 a day. I quit smoking in the houseā€¦ that cut me down _a lot_! Iā€™ve quit twiceā€¦ both times I was pregnant. I quit for one year each time. I donā€™t know why I started up againā€¦ old habits die hard I guess. If I ever do quit smoking for good (I really have no desire to) Iā€™d have to give up drinking too. I canā€™t drink a beer unless itā€™s followed by a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry\_Blossom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cherry\_Blossom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Blossom)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/14 "2001-10-18T13:35:57Z")
About the third day, I woke up with profuse sweating and the second through fifth days were marked with confusion and lack of concentration. Basically, I had the attention span of a hummingbird with ADHD. Pass the Ridalin(sp?) and sugar water, please. The physical symptoms are over, but the mental NEED for a cigarette is becoming dang nigh unbearable! I never knew that I had homocidal tendencies before this, but turns out, I was just one puff away from a berserker rage! I want to go back to smoking, but the guilt from my mom, my coworkers (who all smoke and envy my progress), and the last shred of health consciousness I still possess is pressing me to the floor. I just want to frickinā€™ smoke! Did I mention that I also quit caffeine at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Gamelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@Gamelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamelan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/15 "2001-10-18T13:54:26Z")
Gamelanā€™s Smoking Itinerary (daily): Cigarettes (tobacco): 10 - 20 Cigarettes (ahemā€¦other šŸ˜‰ ): 1 Ham: .004 Other (use your imagination): .0000000006 ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/16 "2001-10-18T14:25:06Z")
whatā€™s the last other there, that you would do once in your life if you happened to live to be 6 million years old? cremation? the waft of smoke your decay dust makes in the apocalypse? p.s. three hams in two yearsā€¦ youā€™re an addict. ---
**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/17 "2001-10-18T14:27:41Z")
I take a couple of days to get through a pack of 20 unless im out drinking with friends who smoke then it seems to head for about 20 per beer. I never tried to give up properly but one of the best things was deciding that we shouldnt smoke in our new apartment. We stuck to it and because we lived in Helsinki and you had to suit in in wollens to even think about going outside the volume of cigarettes I consumed went waaaay down. Of course theā€™re always the ā€œafterā€ exception. :). Personally even as a smoker myself I detest the smell of old smoke hanging around in the air and staining everything with its filthy vapourous fingers. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/18 "2001-10-18T14:28:04Z")
forgot the smilieā€¦ here ya go. put this at the end of my previous thread. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/19 "2001-10-18T14:31:23Z")
grr. thread = post i shoudnā€™t post with six windows open and a textbook in front of meā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941/20 "2001-10-18T14:41:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saepiroth \* > \*\*grr. thread = post > > i shoudnā€™t post with six windows open and a textbook in front of meā€¦ \*\* Well, Iā€™d rather have a textbook in front of me than aā€¦ waitā€¦ that doesnā€™t workā€¦ never mind. Me, Iā€™ve had two in 40 years, which adds up to a small enough number as to horribly confuse my calculator, so. There. Oh, and just say ā€œnoā€ to caps lock. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-do-you-smoke-a-day/87941.md?page=2)