Doing research on smoking; Please answer my poll!

[gertmenkel]

1. Gender
Male

2. Age
17 (18 in a few weeks)

3. Continent you currently live in
Europe

4. Do you use nicotine-products?
No

5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?
No

6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?
Yes (that is, if I would smoke)

7. Would you date a smoker?
Not very likely, but if I would I'd try to make her stop.

8. What age did you start smoking?
-

9. What age did you stop smoking?
-

10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?
-

11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?
I think so, but I don't think they help a lot.

12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?
I think the main reason for most smokers to stop smoking is because of health issues. But I know some smokers who stopped because of financial reasons.


I hope this helps!


Funny how somebody answered "USA" at question 3. USA = United States of America. The continent itself is called North America. Learn the difference people!

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

1. Male.
2. 31.
3. Europe, UK.
4. Yep.
5. Hand rolled cigs.
6. Nope.
7. Yep.
8. 14.
9. I haven't. I drastically cut down when I was 26 though (from 40 a day to 5).
10. Kinda N/A, but my cut-back was done on willpower.
11. Nope, at least not in my case.
12. Not wanting to catch pneumonia again from having to smoke outside in the winter months.

Hope that helps.

 

[necromanzer52]

1. Male
2. 19
3. Europe
4. No
5. Well pipes definitely look the coolest
6. N/A
7. Probably not
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. My grandmother's actually been chewing nicotine gum for 40 years, so technically she's stopped smoking, but has never lost the addiction.
12. To not die of lung cancer, and to save money.

 

[Th37thTrump3t]

1. Male
2. 17
3. North America
4. No
7. No
11. Depends on the person.
12. It's expensive.

I hope this helps out and good luck on your paper.

 

[squidface]

1. Gender
Female
2. Age
18
3. Continent you currently live in
Europe
4. Do you use nicotine-products?
No
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?
No
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?
Yes, if I used them.
7. Would you date a smoker?
Yes
8. What age did you start smoking?
N/A
9. What age did you stop smoking?
N/A
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?
N/A
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?
N/A
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?
Wanting to.

 

[MetalMagpie]

1. Female
2. 24
3. Europe
4. No
5. No
7. No

 

[Xariat]

1. Gender
Male

2. Age
16

3. Continent you currently live in
Europe

4. Do you use nicotine-products?
no

5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?
no

6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?
N/A

7. Would you date a smoker?
yes

8. What age did you start smoking?
N/A

9. What age did you stop smoking?
N/A

10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?
N/A

11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?
N/A

12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?
It's expensive

 

[Roggen Bread]

1. Gender: Male
2. Age: 22
3. Continent you currently live in: Europe
4. Do you use nicotine-products?: Nah.
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?: Nah.
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?: Well, yes, but I don't use them.
7. Would you date a smoker?: Never tried to. Don't intend to. (Count this as no.)
8. What age did you start smoking?: /
9. What age did you stop smoking?: /
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?: /
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?: Against the nicotine-addiction, yes.
But as far as I'm concerned, that's not what smoking is about (something in your hands, looking cool and relaxed, belonging to this "exclusive" club, the taste (yeah.. keep telling yourself...))
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?: Money.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

1. Male.
2. 19.
3. Europe (UK).
4. Yes, infrequently.
5. Cigarettes and cigars.
6. If my smoking ever became habitual, yes.
7. I have done in the past. Assuming they didn't smell bad I would again.
8. 17, although I had plenty of opportunity to start from the age of 14.
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. N/A
12. Health reasons, Cost.

 

[Saregon]

1. Male.
2. 23.
3. Europe.
4. Yes.
5. Snus, since technically snuff is something different, and used to smoke cigarettes. A cigar once or twice a year.
6. Yes.
7. Yes, on the condition they don't smoke inside.
8. 18.
9. 21 for cigarettes, still using snus.
10. No, but the snus helped, even though I used that before cigarettes.
11. Wouldn't use them, I don't think they're such a big help, and they're almost as expensive here.
12. Money. Way too expensive here.

 

[LazarusLongNL]

1. Male
2. 25
3. Europe, Netherlands
4. No
5. None.
6. If i was addicted and aware of the problem, i would imagine so, though i would be able to kick it regardless.
7. I have dated a slight smoker, but did have trouble with a few heavier smokers due to odor and.. 'taste'
8. I had a few smokes when i was younger but didn't enjoy it.
9. say 14-15 ish, i may have smoked half a pack in my entire life.
10. No just stopped
11. Can't answer.
12. Money, time, and it was nasty.

 

[CpT_x_Killsteal]

1. Male
2. 17
3. Australia (Oceania)
4. Nope
5. None
6. N/A
7. Depends on the smell and how often they smoke and where
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. N/A
12. Stopping your kids from taking up the habit. Be responsible you assholes.

 

[Starik20X6]

1. Male
2. 22
3. Australia
4. Never
5. N/A
6. N/A
7. No
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. N/A
12. Sudden clarity of mind.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

the taste (yeah.. keep telling yourself...))

Cigarettes I can take or leave but Cigars actually taste pretty good, not that I'd encourage smoking them frequently given how unhealthy they are.

12. Stopping your kids from taking up the habit. Be responsible you assholes.

It's funny you should say that, while I do agree with the sentiment, it was actually my parents being smokers that put me off of smoking for the longest time.

 

[Vegetunks9000]

1. Male
2. 26
3. Europe
4. Yes
5. Rolling Tobacco
6. No
7. Yes
8. 14
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. N/A
12. N/A

 

[RaphaelsRedemption]

1. Female
2. 25
3. Australia
4. Yes
5. Ciqarettes, cigars
6. possibly
7. Yes
8. 23
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. N/A
12. Health, social reasons, financial constraints

 

[Living Contradiction]

Good luck on your project!

Answers: 1. Male
2. Thirty-eight
3. North America
4. Nope. Used 'em twice though.
5. Cigarettes when I had my encounters.
6. Not really, no. Cigs are way too expensive to consider using, even if there was a pain free way to get rid of 'em.
7. Married one. She didn't coax me into starting and even tried to quit.
8. Ate my first cigarette at three. Yes, I ate it. It did not endear them to me.
9. Last held a lit cigarette at twenty-three. Was using it as a character prop in a play. I did my best not to inhale.
10. Vomiting did the trick the first time out. The role ended and I tossed the pack the second time.
11. It truly depends. Smoking cessation programs are quite effective provided there's a method employed to help break the habit of using nicotine as well as gradual removal of the substance. Most replacement items, like gum or patches, don't work because there's no behavioural aspect accompanying the nicotine step-down. Then again, personal willpower is a big factor in quitting too. There are folks who drop narcotics cold turkey and that kind of steel in the spine makes me stand in awe.
12. Again, it depends. Some quit for lack of money, some out of self-preservation (being in an oxygen tent can work wonders for motivation), others out of sheer cussedness. I've known folks who quit because their nicotine hit a certain price level and they said, "Screw it. I'm done." If I had to give a most prevelant reason, I'd say relationship influence, as in people you know asking you to quit and being willing to help.

 

[Flatfrog]

Well, if it's for *research*...

1. Male
2. 39
3. Europe
4. Rarely
5. Ciqarettes - kinda... Wink wink 'n all that.
6. No
7. I guess so, but married a long time so hard to answer sensibly!
8. 20 or so. But I've never smoked a plain cigarette.
9. I haven't stopped exactly, but I haven't smoked in about a year and a half. I'd smoke again, though.
10. No, I just ran out of... er... mixers, and didn't get any more in.
11. They never helped my Mum, who smoked for years and tried everything. I wouldn't use them myself.
12. Health, obviously. And it's nice not to stink.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

1. Male
2. 19
3. Australia (we are our own continent. :3)
4. No
5. No
6. N/A
7. Yes
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. N/A
12. To live.

I can't help but feel I'm not being too helpful. If anything you're probably getting skewed results by asking only Escapists, if that's what you're doing.

 

[Ryank1908]

1. Gender
Male

2. Age
21

3. Continent you currently live in
Europe, UK

4. Do you use nicotine-products?
By 'nicotine products' I assume you mean nicorette patches, gum, e.t.c, in which case no, not at the moment.

5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?
10 a day cigarette habit.

6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?
Yes, probably.

7. Would you date a smoker?
Sure.

8. What age did you start smoking?
19

9. What age did you stop smoking?
Still smoking.

10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?
N/A

11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?
Yeah, from people I know who have quit using them, patches in particular are very helpful.

12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?
Everyone shouting at them to stop it, probably.