Smoking

[Skeptisk]

dxg said:

Tango13 said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

vixen1700 said:

How much is a box of 20 these days?

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/310...

£17 bloody quid for my old poison.

So 20 a day plus a few more at the weekend and you're looking at something like £7,000 a year

When I worked in a petrol station as a kid and used to sell ciggies, they varied between £2.20 to £2.60 for 20...

When I started they were 69p for 20…that is only £2.80 as an inflation adjusted amount so you can see how much is extra tax

[ARHarh]

I gave up and started vaping about 10 years ago. after about 6 months I was driving home from work and realised I had been vaping constantly for the whole trip, about 30 minutes. Decided to leave the vape in the car and never touched it again. Except to remove it from the car and throw it away.

I only ever smoked roll ups, so the cost was always less. Not sure how people afford to smoke these days. I did see someone smoking a proper cig the other day and thought to myself , "i would quite like a smoke". I guess the addiction will always be there

[Muzzer79]

JackJarvis said:

I've never been a smoker. I think it's a disgusting habit and I've got no idea why some people still do it... however, weirdly I quite like the smell of it. I think it's a nostalgia thing, memories of relatives smoking when I was a kid.

I don’t miss the cost, health implications and hassle of smoking. Giving up is the best thing I did.

However, there are two occasions when I am wistful for my smoking days:

1. Pub garden, summer’s day, with a cold pint.

2. On holiday, outside on a warm evening with a nice drink.

But neither of these scenarios compel me to level think about lighting up.

[markymarkthree]

nuyorican said:

markymarkthree said:

Loved smoking and would start again tomorrow, it is only the price that stopped me.

I swear I was smarter when I used to smoke.

I switched to rollies in the later years so the price wasn’t too bad. What did it for me was the ban in pubs etc. I held on for another few years but having to stand outside in the cold really made it obvious that it was a pointless addiction.

I never went down the rollie road always stuck with tailor made. Players no 6, then onto JPS as i thought i would be supporting the racing, eventually settling for Silk cut.
I saw the writing on the wall and gave up (cold turkey) a month before the "pub ban".

[bodhi]

Good lord am I the first to actually admit to being a smoker? My how things have changed.

Smoked 15 to 20 a day for 23 years now, somehow managed to avoid starting in school only to start when I was 19 at uni. No real regrets if I'm honest - I've met most of those nearest to me whilst outside having a smoke, had some good laughs and been lucky enough to go for a smoke break in some pretty incredible places (watching the sunset in Fiji and on top of a boat in the South Thailand Sea come to mind).

It is getting expensive - although Marlboro are "only" 14 quid a packet - and I'm not getting any younger, so quitting is something I'm considering. I've got a trip to the US at the end of the month and smoking helps with jet lag, so once I've smoked the inevitable duty free I bring back I'll quit.

Which I've said for the last 15 trips to the US.....

[CanAm]

Tango13 said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

vixen1700 said:

How much is a box of 20 these days?

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/310...

£17 bloody quid for my old poison.

So 20 a day plus a few more at the weekend and you're looking at something like £7,000 a year

My father-in-law used to smoke up to 80 a day, on working days, but probably only 20 at weekends. So that's about £20k a year these days.. He died of lung cancer at the age of 59.

[Vasco]

I've never smoked and never really understood why so many others did.

Now that I'm much older, any medical questions usually start with 'Have you ever smoked?'. I'm very happy to not be one of the many who appear to have shortened their lives, or given themselves severe problems in old age.

For anyone still smoking, giving up now will probably save you having some serious health problems later in age.

[basherX]

Do people still smoke pipes?

Seemed to be very common when I was growing up. Our headmaster at primary school used to puff away in his office and I have quite fond memories of the smell.

On a rugby tour about 15-20 years ago a pipe was listed as a tour item and it was easy (and cheap) to get one IIRC but I genuinely can’t remember the last time I saw someone actually smoking one.

[Biker's Nemesis]

If Smoking had not been a thing, would we have missed out on some great Inventions or idea's?

[Mr Magooagain]

What I am noticing on tv soaps and dramas is the amount of alcohol related scenes is vastly on the increase along with many of the actors smoking.

[smifffymoto]

Used to smoke 20-40 a day.We booked a holiday to Thailand,Christmas 2006.

Mrs S said to me,if you smoke on this holiday you will ruin it for me and kids.We got to the airport and I had my last ciggy before putting the fags and lighter in the bin.

I haven’t smoked or vaped since,my only regret is that I didn’t stop earlier.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Biker's Nemesis said:

If Smoking had not been a thing, would we have missed out on some great Inventions or idea's?

I'm sure if pipes never existed there be nothing to take a puff on and point quizzically at something.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Sheets Tabuer said:

I'm sure if pipes never existed there be nothing to take a puff on and point quizzically at something.

[daqinggregg]

How many say they never smoke, but have a joint?

[Cotty]

Sheets Tabuer said:

I'm sure if pipes never existed there be nothing to take a puff on and point quizzically at something.

I had a vape in the shape of a pipe, long gone now and wasn't used very often

[Colonel Cupcake]

I have never smoked a cigarette but I did used to have a cigar or two with my VAT when I ventured down to my local on a Saturday night. I was 19 but by 20, I had finished with the booze and smokes as I met someone. Never got started with either again after we broke up.

[Nethybridge]

I went through a period of making and smoking roll ups, maybe an hour at most..

What an effing faff, I don't recal David Niven or Lauren Bacall smoking rollies.
it's so inelegant.

[Muzzer79]

I met a truck driver many years who had recently quit. He had armfuls of Polo mints.

He claimed to have been on 100 a day before he quit.

We worked out that was something like a cigarette every 10 mins during the time he was awake in a day. Madness.

[Krhuangbin]

I do and average about 7-8 a day. Easily a 20 pack on a night out, 5pm to 1am.

I really like the relatively recent new Marlboro “Touch,” a Marlboro gold/light but about 30% narrower gauge. Normal fags feel massive now.

Didn’t start till about 19 and am 34 now approaching 35... I’ve heard a few times that if you quit before 35ish you can largely mitigate the DNA mutations that cause lung cancer in later life.... probably bks though

I am certain i’m greyer at this age than I otherwise would have been because of it though.

Love it on a hot day with a pint, but I can feel my smoking career coming to an end. Feel increasingly guilty now.

[richhead]

im a smoker, have been for most of my life, im in my 50s now, and seriously trying to stop, its not easy, i switched to rollups years ago due to the price.
In my 30s i stopped for about 6 months, just woke up one morning and didnt want one, lasted until i want on a stag weekend and was given a cigar, next thing i know i was smoking again, but after having bad covid, ive noticed my lungs arent the same, so stopping can only help, down to just a couple a day now, fingers crossed soome will be tobacco free.