Poll: Smoking cigarettes

[farouk]

Okay guys, like I told you some months ago I successfully stopped smoking. So here's a poll, for those that want to participate, to show where we are on the smoking cigarettes journey, or non-journey, as the case may be. (If you haven't started that journey, I guess there's no need even to start!)

Blessings.

 

[farouk]

Oops, forgot the poll...(I'll try again)

 

[Claudya]

Oh I didn't know you were an ex smoker too! Congratulations! It's a rough road to stop, but soooooo worth it.

 

[Knotical]

I smoked cigarettes briefly in high school. Obviously it never became a habit. Though if I had decide to smoke as a habit I would have died at the hands of my older sister than I would have from lung cancer.

 

[farouk]

Oh I didn't know you were an ex smoker too! Congratulations! It's a rough road to stop, but soooooo worth it.

Thanks! So how's it going with your quitting? I stopped a long while ago now.

 

[Claudya]

Thanks! So how's it going with your quitting? I stopped a long while ago now.

I'm still on the right path. When was it, September? That's 5 months now. Though I still feel the lust for a smoke in certain situations.

 

[farouk]

I'm still on the right path. When was it, September? That's 5 months now. Though I still feel the lust for a smoke in certain situations.

Claudya:

Well, it's always likely to smell nice, anyway. For some people, just an occasional cigarette with a glass of wine after a meal with friends is a very moderate self-restriction which works for them; for others never, ever smoking is their preferred way.

 

[Claudya]

Claudya:

Well, it's always likely to smell nice, anyway. For some people, just an occasional cigarette with a glass of wine after a meal with friends is a very moderate self-restriction which works for them; for others never, ever smoking is their preferred way.

Yeah I envy those occasional self controlled smokers. Once you are on the addiction hook returning to occasional smoking in such situations is pretty much impossible.

 

[farouk]

Yeah I envy those occasional self controlled smokers. Once you are on the addiction hook returning to occasional smoking in such situations is pretty much impossible.

Cluadya: You must know what works for you. I don't think there's any need for people to pretend that it doesn't smell nice, though, as some people seem to feel obliged to claim (Though maybe it doesn't to them, any more; I don't know).

 

[Claudya]

Cluadya: You must know what works for you. I don't think there's any need for people to pretend that it doesn't smell nice, though, as some people seem to feel obliged to claim (Though maybe it doesn't to them, any more; I don't know).

Yeah I don't know but I think the worst anti smokers are the ex smokers that had some great deal of difficulty quitting. They have to distance themselves from smoking as far as they can and will pretend it doesn't smell nice. Because admitting that it smells nice would endanger them to relapse.

I don't think I could return to enjoying occassional smokes without falling back into the habit. If someone can do that, fine, but I'd really recommend against trying it. Those addictions never really die. They will just lie asleep somewhere inside of you and when they are fed they will awaken and hold you in their grasp once again.

But I do admit that sometimes cigar smoke or cigaret smoke smells nice.

 

[farouk]

Yeah I don't know but I think the worst anti smokers are the ex smokers that had some great deal of difficulty quitting. They have to distance themselves from smoking as far as they can and will pretend it doesn't smell nice. Because admitting that it smells nice would endanger them to relapse.

I don't think I could return to enjoying occassional smokes without falling back into the habit. If someone can do that, fine, but I'd really recommend against trying it. Those addictions never really die. They will just lie asleep somewhere inside of you and when they are fed they will awaken and hold you in their grasp once again.

But I do admit that sometimes cigar smoke or cigaret smoke smells nice.

Claudya:

Yes it does. You must know best how to handle it, anyway.

(I've given up completely, too.)

 

[Obadiah]

It smells nice? To me they stink to high heaven and I will usually leave a room where anyone is smoking a cigarette because of the stench. Is this just because I've never been a smoker? And having been addicted to them and now dealing with the cravings makes them smell nice to folks that have quit? Or do a lot of non-smokers actually think cigarette smoke smells nice too? Maybe there's just something wrong with me.

Oh, and by the way, I voted "yes, but I have stopped" only because I tried cigarettes a couple of times when I was in school just to see what it was that everyone else found so appealing about them. But I never liked them and was never a "smoker".

 

[Speculative]

I tried cigarettes, cigars, and I had a pipe when I was in the Coast Guard, but for some reason I never got addicted. Basically, I just lost interest (and definitely didn't want to pay the price for tobacco products) when I got out. Congrats to those who have quit and prayers for those who are struggling with it.

 

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

Okay guys, like I told you some months ago I successfully stopped smoking. So here's a poll, for those that want to participate, to show where we are on the smoking cigarettes journey, or non-journey, as the case may be. (If you haven't started that journey, I guess there's no need even to start!)

Blessings.

Never smoked cigarettes. Dad smoked, and it disgusted me, so I never started. In combat, we had a tradition of smoking a victory cigar when we successfully flew a mission -- success represented primarily by survival. Once I left Vietnam, I never touched another cigar.

 

[farouk]

It smells nice? To me they stink to high heaven and I will usually leave a room where anyone is smoking a cigarette because of the stench. Is this just because I've never been a smoker? And having been addicted to them and now dealing with the cravings makes them smell nice to folks that have quit? Or do a lot of non-smokers actually think cigarette smoke smells nice too? Maybe there's just something wrong with me.

Oh, and by the way, I voted "yes, but I have stopped" only because I tried cigarettes a couple of times when I was in school just to see what it was that everyone else found so appealing about them. But I never liked them and was never a "smoker".

Fair enough!

 

[evenifigoalone]

Been around relatives who smoke all my life (I always come home smelling like smoke after spending several hours at my uncle's house), but never done it myself. Not going to ever try it, either.

 

[farouk]

Been around relatives who smoke all my life (I always come home smelling like smoke after spending several hours at my uncle's house), but never done it myself. Not going to ever try it, either.

Well, there's no need even to try it, is there. And thanks for your vote.

I must admit I was like you once, but ended up trying it, but it's years now since I quit. (Fact is, in some countries there isn't such a strong anti-smoking culture among professing evangelical Christians.)

One might as well be matter of fact about it, anyway, but there's no point in even trying it.

Blessings.