# Who Here Has NEVER Smoked A Cigarette? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878 "2009-01-31T16:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/21 "2009-01-31T18:01:04Z")
never, ever. Hate the smell. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/22 "2009-01-31T18:01:16Z")
I took two or three puffs off a cigar when I was drunk once, and I’ll smoke pot if friends are offering, but I’ve never smoked a cigarette and have found the idea of it disgusting since childhood. I don’t even like touching them. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/23 "2009-01-31T18:09:12Z")
Never, and I can guarantee you that my sister, parents and grandparents never have either. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/24 "2009-01-31T18:54:18Z")
Never. Not tempted in the slightest. They smell awful and kill you. I really don’t see the attraction. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/25 "2009-01-31T19:02:57Z")
Me neither. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/26 "2009-01-31T19:03:05Z")
Never. Never had more than just a sip of alcohol, either. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/27 "2009-01-31T19:05:47Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/28 "2009-01-31T19:23:17Z")
Nah. To be honest, though, I’ll admit that I’m a deeply boring individual. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/29 "2009-01-31T19:31:36Z")
Never smoked a cigarette. I once asked my mother what they tasted like. She said “like burning leaves.” That put me right off. I have smoked an occasional cigar and had a pipe for a short time. And I indulged in “harmful smoking materials” (as Dick Tracy called them) in college. But never an actual cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/30 "2009-01-31T19:34:28Z")
Nope. I hate the smell, although it doesn’t bother me as much as it used to (I have a bunch of friends that smoke, but they’re all considerate smokers). My dad used to smoke a pipe and I love that smell, and cigars, but I’ve never smoked anything. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/31 "2009-01-31T19:34:35Z")
Cigarette? Never. Cigar? Couple of times. Marijuana? I plead the 5th. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/32 "2009-01-31T19:59:21Z")
Yo. Absolutely has never appealed to me at all, with the smell being #1 on the why list. No doobies either. ---
**Author:** ![Deereman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Deereman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deereman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/33 "2009-01-31T20:02:50Z")
Not a chance, never would, never will. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/34 "2009-01-31T20:03:55Z")
Right here. Never the aforementioned “hand rolled” types, either, though I’ll admit to marijuana through other means once. Truth be told, there are cigarettes that I _do_ like the scent of, but I suspect that in concentrated form, I wouldn’t. Besides, I’m currently using all the willpower I have to keep myself off of Gummi Bears- I have nothing to spare for nicotine. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/35 "2009-01-31T20:07:45Z")
I have never smoked tobacco. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/36 "2009-01-31T20:08:44Z")
Never a cigarette. I once smoked half a bad cigar and was sick for three days - I was the only woman at a bachelor party and the rule for me going was I had to fully participate in beer, cigars and strippers. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/37 "2009-01-31T20:16:07Z")
For a very brief time I would go to my brother’s and buy a pack (menthols, usually, and, sometimes, really cheap cigars) on the way. Then I would drink and smoke the night away. I never finished a pack and I left them there for my brother or sister-in-law. **But** , I never, honestly, I never inhaled. Honest to Bill Clinton, I never inhaled. Smoked a few joints when I was younger, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/38 "2009-01-31T20:16:44Z")
Never ever. My mom smokes and I don’t even like being in her house because my hair and clothes stink afterward. Never been a temptation. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/39 "2009-01-31T20:18:59Z")
I’ve never smoked a cigarette, although I have smoked flavoured tobacco from a hookah. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878/40 "2009-01-31T20:19:31Z")
Nope, never have, never will. The closest I’ve ever come to smoking _anything_ were my regular trips to the local bowling alley, back before they became a non-smoking establishment, anyway. (Even back then, though, there was no smoking allowed on the lanes during the youth league time slots, so it wasn’t all that bad.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878.md?page=3)