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Baconator

(1,459 posts) Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:18 AM Oct 2017

How many people in your personal circle still smoke? [View all]

I was listening to a Sam Harris podcast and he talked about how limited his social circles are. He made a joke that Christopher Hitchens was the last person he knew who smoked regularly.

Made me think...

I'm an Army guy and I don't know one officer who smokes regularly and maybe 1 or 2 above specialist who still smoke ...

(Copenhagen doesn't count)

Is your experience similar? Some? Many? none?

Is your social circle diverse or limited?

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How many people in your personal circle still smoke? [View all] Baconator Oct 2017 OP

I can't think of anybody. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #1

Does vaping count? If so, two. 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2017 #2

Yeah I know cig smokers but that vaping is a real irritant . I'm glad no one close to me does that lunasun Oct 2017 #6

I had one client who would sit and vape while I worked with his kids (early intervention speech phylny Oct 2017 #32

Whenever I see vaping in public I am always reminded tymorial Oct 2017 #33

You gave me a good belly laugh! "Cumulus nimbus" indeed! phylny Oct 2017 #35

Probably not in the way I'm not counting Copenhagen... Baconator Oct 2017 #52

Only one woman in her late 70s unc70 Oct 2017 #3

Too many, about half , and that's just the cigarettes lunasun Oct 2017 #4

My brother smoked for a short spell when he was about 20. Doreen Oct 2017 #5

Far too many. Odd too, cuz most are hippies! ghostsinthemachine Oct 2017 #7

A couple three of my coworkers smoke tobacco... Rollo Oct 2017 #8

2: my brother and a friend's wife. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2017 #12

I can't think of even one, either my social circle or my professional circle. Nope. Not one. Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #10

Everyone in Indiana where I've been tavernier Oct 2017 #11

My brother-in-law TDale313 Oct 2017 #13

I guess that depends on the size of my personal circle DFW Oct 2017 #14

Cigarettes? All 3 of my sisters. My brother quit about 15 years ago. Still does Nicorette. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2017 #15

Of 6, including me, one does. Age 62. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #16

Some of my co-workers do. area51 Oct 2017 #17

It surprises me when I meet someone who smokes cigarettes, because I see it less and less. C Moon Oct 2017 #18

It might very well be a California thing. hunter Oct 2017 #65

Lots and lots. I didn't quit myself til I was 60. Midnight Writer Oct 2017 #19

Only 3. Duppers Oct 2017 #20

Out of five direct family, none smoke now. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #21

None, no one in the family and no acquaintances Raine Oct 2017 #22

I know at least 6 teenage girls (15-16 years old) that smoke cigarettes, and of course pot Not Ruth Oct 2017 #23

I am surprised to see a lot of young people smoking. Willie Pep Oct 2017 #58

I have one co-worker who smokes but octoberlib Oct 2017 #24

zero or maybe one Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #25

In my fairly diverse social circle, none. Dale Neiburg Oct 2017 #26

Almost all of my coworkers. It's easier to count the nonsmokers than the smokers. n/t Decoy of Fenris Oct 2017 #27

EMS? ileus Oct 2017 #48

Casino dealer. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2017 #66

I don't regularly see anyone who smokes, which on reflection is kind of weird, because... NNadir Oct 2017 #28

Not a single person. madaboutharry Oct 2017 #29

My son Freddie Oct 2017 #30

More than I like Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #31

None. Everyone I know thinks it's disgusting. Vinca Oct 2017 #34

No one. Mendocino Oct 2017 #36

One friend and two family members Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #37

No one in my circle smokes anymore, including me. I used to be a chain smoker 40 years ago. haveahart Oct 2017 #38

I know someone who uses cigars regularly, all the while ecstatic Oct 2017 #39

So it's not going in his lungs. It's still going in his mouth. Iggo Oct 2017 #42

None of my friends. Two of my coworkers. Iggo Oct 2017 #40

Sadly, both my daughters. I never smoked. AJT Oct 2017 #41

I am the lone smoker but, Delmette2.0 Oct 2017 #43

Good luck! I am so glad to hear that Medicare is covering your Chantrix! Tanuki Oct 2017 #53

Assuming you are talking about tobacco, none. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #44

Not a single friend smokes. Codeine Oct 2017 #45

Zero. One backslider still has a cig once in a while. L. Coyote Oct 2017 #46

Zero ileus Oct 2017 #47

Our son still smokes, and a niece vapes. Greybnk48 Oct 2017 #49

A few of my friends do crazycatlady Oct 2017 #50

Just one: my husband. He doesn't smoke around me, and he's cut way back. femmedem Oct 2017 #51

None -- several vape MMJ obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #54

My husband Bayard Oct 2017 #55

Smoking is a huge class marker. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #56

None anymore. Willie Pep Oct 2017 #57

My mom smokes. My brother had quit but took it back up when his wife died. Not sure if Luciferous Oct 2017 #59

Most of the people who I knew that smoked tobacco are dead csziggy Oct 2017 #60

No one in our social circle still smokes Danmel Oct 2017 #61

6 of 7 of us began in 1984 LanternWaste Oct 2017 #62

My brother does shanti Oct 2017 #63

I smoked for a few years in my 20s and don't miss it... Baconator Oct 2017 #68

One mvd Oct 2017 #64

None. Although I still smoke one of my pipes once every two months or so... VOX Oct 2017 #67