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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:02 PM
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Poll question: Do you smoke?
Just curious.
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:03 PM
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1. Quit just over a year ago after 39 years of smoking. nt
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:03 PM
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2. congrats, bet your lungs thank you
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:04 PM
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4. friggin AWESOME Majorabbit
:thumbsup:

I myself quit smoking years ago, but still rely on nicotine gum during times of stress
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:06 PM
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8. Good for you! I've quit a few times and am back at it again, and I don't know
why because I love the FREEDOM of not smoking - don't you? I also loved being able to sing at the top of my lungs in the car without running out of breath and coughing!

:yourock:
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:10 PM
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11. Congratulations!
;bounce:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:40 AM
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30. .
i am trying again.... quit date friday. oh, so hard. and does my heart good every. single. person. that has been able to quit. monkey off the back.

good for you
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 12:35 PM
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37. I tried a gazillion times over the years
before this one took. I did chantix AND the e cig and I credit adding the electronic cig for my success. For the breakthru craving it gave me something to "smoke" and got me over the hump.
Wishing you the best of luck.
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:03 PM
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3. I no longer even know anyone who smokes tobacco.
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:16 PM
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16. Well, to be fair... there's what, 17 people in New Hampshire?
:hide:

Just kidding around... couldn't resist.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:38 AM
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29. Six people and 11 moose...
:+

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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:04 PM
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5. Non-smoker who shares her life with a smoker...
I joke with friends that it's a mixed-marriage. *L*
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:06 PM
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7. That's hard!
I once tried to quit and one of the many reasons it failed to take was I was dating a lady who smoked.
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:14 PM
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13. I have a lot of friends that find it unusual...
I'm a life-log non-smoker... just never had the urge to even try it.
However, my parents and assorted aunts, uncles, and grandparents all smoked.

It just isn't an issue.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:42 AM
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34. my parents smoked and i loved them anyway, lol.
people talk about how horrid the smoker is, i see it as a nonissue, too.

i certainly respect the person that does not want to be around a smoker. but i respect the person that does not create smoking as all the person is, even more.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:05 PM
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6. Smokers should be turned into bars of tabacco scented soap.
:evilgrin:


I kid
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:07 PM
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9. i have a goddamned ...
"love or hate the tea party" ad blocking my choices so can't participate in this poll as well as many others with the same problem. :shrug:
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:13 PM
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12. If you use Firefox as your browser you can block Ads. n/t
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:29 PM
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17. cool! I do use it...
tell me more please?
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Better Today Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:40 PM
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21. Go to your Tools at the top then
click on Add-ons


A dialog box will come up. In the search box type in AdBlock Plus, tell it to install.

I also recommend NoScript, but if you don't understand when to allow sites, it can be a bit more challenging.
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 12:46 PM
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38. thanks! nt
:hi:
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Better Today Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 01:07 PM
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40. Welcome
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:08 PM
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10. I quit smoking tobacco in January.
I never got into pot, but i support those who do.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:15 PM
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14. Never touched the stuff. Never will.
But I don't judge folks that do. My mom and dad were both long time smokers.
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ManiacJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:16 PM
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15. No smoke. It cuts into the ammo budget.
:evilgrin:
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:37 PM
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18. You could freeze some to use as trade goods with the wandering
zombie hordes. Always good to plan ahead.
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Slit Skirt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:37 PM
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19. smoked for 35 yrs...quit going on 4
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BlueCheese Donating Member (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:39 PM
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20. Congratulations.
Fortunately I never started myself, but I imagine it can't be easy to quit.
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Slit Skirt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 10:33 AM
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27. one of the hardest things and best things I ever done
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:46 PM
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22. I quit three years ago
...I enjoyed smoking, but I have to realistically put the tobacco companies near the top of the list of soul-killing evil corporate slave-masters. It was hard to keep putting out the dough daily to fill their pockets.

After quitting I took up bicycling, my old youthful recreation, to keep me occupied and off the stuff. It has worked out great.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:49 AM
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23. Quit coming up on 5yrs best thing I ever did.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:52 AM
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24. No to either. I smoked a ton of pot when I was younger, and never really smoked cigs.
Thankfully, because by all accounts, pot is way easier to quit.

To add, though, both should be legal, regulated, taxed, and available for consenting adults to enjoy if they so choose.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 03:04 AM
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25. No, I don't smoke anything. nt
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kimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 04:59 AM
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26. I started smoking as a 12 year old kid
Gave it up each time I got pregnant, and finally lost the habit for good.

But honestly, even though I feel absolutely no cravings anymore - and I am around people who smoke regularly - I still have dreams about lighting up a cigarette. It's weird.
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 10:43 AM
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28. After smoking for 29 years, I quit on 7-7-97. That was the day I was told I had a cancerous tonsil.
(Although if you have to have cancer, a tonsil is probably the way to go. I had a tonsillectomy followed by six weeks of radiation therapy and here I am, 13 years later, still ticking along.)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:41 AM
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31. Good for you. Glad it's worked out so well.
To all who still insist on smoking: Quit. It is a killer.
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KansasVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:42 AM
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33. Congrats!!!
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muffin1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:42 AM
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32. I smoke
a LOT of both. Probably always will. Oh well...
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:45 AM
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35. Non-smoker here.
As a child, there were a lot of adults that smoked around me, so I guess I got turned off to it at an early age. I have never once had a desire to try smoking tobacco or cannabis.

No judgments about others here, it's just not for me. :hi:
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Terra Alta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:48 AM
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36. Non-smoker
Tried tobacco once, didn't like it. Might try pot if/when it becomes legal.
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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 12:53 PM
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39. Stopped 6 months ago, started winding down on the nicotine gum this weekend.
Went down from 4mg pieces to 2mg and have 2 packs of 60 pieces left before I finally quit it all together. I stopped drinking at the same time as that was what always ended previous attempts to give up smoking. I'll probably keep off the wine and beer for at least a couple of years to keep the willpower strong.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 01:29 PM
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41. I used to smoke cigarettes now and then,
but I was never addicted and haven't had one now since about 2002. I do smoke pot, though.
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 01:35 PM
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42. I quit 2 months ago...
so far so good. Hubby had a heart attack about a month after I quit, and I didn't even want a cigarette (stress) yay me. Hoping I never go back.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 01:35 PM
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43. Fuck no, never touched the shit.
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