Smoking

[SinaJolene]

Do you smoke or not? And what about the rest of your family?
We're an all smokers family...

It was the only thing i was really over zealous about.I had a smoke free house 21 years ago when eldest was born.And i have a smoke free house now.I dont let anyone smoke in my house.They all know.Even my sil who smokes stopped someone coming in with a cigarette,she knows the rules.

Dad smoked( just 2-3 at home,and gave up 12 yrs ago) mum didn't.
I smoke,OH smokes. I think his parents did too.
No plans to quit.

I do get irrationally annoyed that many of my family would never smoke in front of a child given when I complained about the smell I was told 'children should be seen and not heard' in a car with the windows up, by the same family members. FWIW I'm asthmatic. My DM isn't. Oddly DM as the biggest offender but gave up; DF would never smoke in the car with me.

I'm 48 ands H nearer 50, we've never smoked and none of our extended family has, it's never been seen in our house, ever.

My two older ds's started smoking at university , I'm still pissed off and annoyed with both of them.

They insist that it's an informed choice and know the risk involved.

I think when you know of people who carry on smoking even after they've lost a loved one to a smoking disease, or when you see nurses/doctors smoke, or terminally ill patients still having a fag, it drives home how deeply it grips onto people. I don't judge anyone who smokes.. I judge rich tobacco companies who used to glorify smoking!

I judge rich tobacco companies who used to glorify smoking!

As I said, drug pushers.

Does anyone remember Philip Morris telling the Czech government that smoking was good for their economy because it would kill people off for them before they reached old age?

Neither myself or DH smoke and DD (15) thinks it's a disgusting habit.
Very few of our friends smoke.

DM used to smoke like a chimney for 20 odd years until she had a stroke aged 40, and then being in a coma for months made her go cold turkey (I was 12 at the time).
Apparently when I was born (at home) both DM and the midwife were smoking so much the bedroom was in a thick fog. .
DF used to smoke about 4 cigarettes on a Saturday night with a pint or the occasional cigar but stopped when he was about 50.
DMil never smoked but DFiL used to smoke a pipe.

None of my family or friends smoke. It's disgusting.

Years ago when you could still smoke on planes we flew back from New York on a Tristar. The back part of the plane was curtained off for the smokers. There were a couple of sky cots with small babies in. I had to pass through there to use the loo and the air was thick with cigarette smoke.

I admit that I judged the parents for making their babies breathe in the stinky smoke for 7 or so hours.

Both my parents smoked & my mother smoked through both her pregnancies. I smoked from age 18 to 28 - I've been off the fags for 11 years after going cold turkey. My DH smoked on and off for about 10 years and stopped when I did. My father eventually quit with the help of some fairly hardcore stop-smoking drugs; my mother still smokes.

I'm glad I don't smoke anymore, and proud of myself for quitting (I can honestly say it's he hardest thing I've ever done) but God do I miss it sometimes. I also waited for ages for all the wonderful things to happen that people say will happen as soon as you stop smoking - your skin's meant to improve, your senses of taste and smell come back, the world becomes a brighter and more joyful place, etc etc. All that happened to me was I gained about a stone that I've never been able to shift. Still, glad I've done it and will never go back as it was so fucking hard to quit I don't think I could do it a second time.

Ex smoker, aged 18-33. Still terrified of getting lung cancer wish I could have given up sooner.

I was a social smoker, couldn't stand the smell so didn't take it up 'full time'. Gave up properly when I fell pregnant and haven't smoked since- don't miss it.
No other close family members smoke. My dad smoked a pipe - bleugh.
Have lost two extended family members to cancer in the last couple of years due to smoking. I'm hoping my DD never starts- she's v anti smoking now but I was too at her age!!

Bipbipp- remember though, some of the upsides of stopping being a smoker will undoubtedly be apparent to other people, even if not to you. One thing that strikes me about smokers is they usually aren't aware of the smell on their breath and clothes after they've had a fag. I have a colleague who used to smoke who was actually self aware enough to ask if people could smell that she'd just been out for a fag (and this was after popping a mint and spraying perfume) We work in a school and she was conscious that pupils would smell stale smoke on her. Sadly the answer was that yes she did still smell of it (mint and perfume just mingle with it!) But the fact is, she genuinely had no idea - much the same as people with body odour don't know.
So- even if you're not aware of all the upsides, I'm sure you smell sweeter to others

my mum died when i was 23 from smoking. i wouldn't want that for my own children although I must admit i did start smoking again after DS was born, the whole pregnancy with him I craved it (never had one) gave up again now I'm pregnant with DD and the thought of it makes me feel sick and I hope I never get the urge to start again. I can't say I will never have one again, but I feel so much healthier when I don'.t

My mum was in denial about how much it was affecting her and then she died suddenly aged 64. she smoked about 20+ a day since she was 19.

smoked for 28yrs 30 plus per day found it easy to stop i did it about 15 times,finely stopped 6 months ago well i hope i have.Really loved a smoke and still fancy one but dont think i could vape but good luck to those that do.

My dad smoked a pipe throughout my childhood, but gave up about 10 years ago. No one else in my family has ever smoked, including partners of siblings. DP has never smoked. I had smoked since my mid teens, but quit 2 years ago. Nearly all my friends smoke.

My parents have always smoked, but my sister and I never have. DH's parents also smoked. DH did for a time as a student and for a short while after that but gave up a couple of years before DD1 was born. She is 21 now and he hasn't smoked since.

His mother smoked for what must have been 50 years or more. She died of smoking related lung cancer which spread throughout her body. She still smoked right up until 3 or 4 days before she died when she just became totally unable to do anything at all.

That is addiction. Horrible to have to watch, like a train crash in slow motion.

My parents are in their eighties and still smoking with no desire at all to stop. I wish they would, but I can do nothing about it.

Nobody is allowed to smoke in my house. They have to go outside to the garden or drive. None of our DDs have ever smoked.

Why do you want to know?

With today's knowledge and education I can't understand why young people take up smoking in the first place.

In relation to health advice it has been known it kills you for long enough to have registered with anyone under about 60. So this doesn't just apply to young people. No one apart from SIL and BIL in my family.

But people who started before the dangers were well known have the "I'm a helpless drug addict" excuse. People who start nowadays should know what they're getting into.

I had a few as a teenager and the odd one on a drunk night out, I loathe it now.

DF smoked for 50+ years, stopped after getting COPD and has stopped for 2 years now.

DM smokes heavily and now has terminal lung cancer. Still smoking.

DSis and me loathe it. Always around us growing up, smoked in the car etc etc. I didn't notice the smell too much until I moved out, the smell hits me immediately now when I visit.

I didn't smoke for 20 years.
Until my marriage fell apart.
Then I started.
That was 7 years ago and I still smoke now.
Not loads but too many.
My little sister smokes.
My 2 older sisters are social smokers.
My mum and dad do not smoke.
They gave up 46 years ago.
My OH doesn't smoke.
My DD smokes (which I hate but I can't be a hypocrite!)

No. Could not be with a partner who smoked. Nothing would put me off an otherwise attractive woman more.

Out of all of my immediate family of 13 people (folks, step parents, husband, in laws, sisters) only one person smokes - my younger sister.

I've smoked for over 20 years, my DP the same. My dad smoked until he was in his 20s (so before I was born), my mum was a life-long non-smoker. My sister has never smoked.
Oddly enough, the non-smokers in the family are the ones who died of cancer in their mid-60s (my mum and my dad's mum).