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Greybnk48

(10,405 posts)
49. Our son still smokes, and a niece vapes.
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 08:56 AM
Oct 2017

The rest of us quit.

My sister quit 20 years ago with the beginnings of COPD (2-3 pks a day).

My husband and I quit 10 years ago last March. He was 1 pk a day for 40 years, I smoked 2 pks a day for the better part of 45 years. I got uterine cancer, and we both freaked out and quit, me with the help of 5 days of morphine. I'm 10 years cancer free now too!

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
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