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Do you smoke?

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  • 29-01-2017 11:04pm
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    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭


    www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/TobaccoControl/Research/smokinginireland2014.pdf wrote:
    The overall prevalence of cigarette smoking in 2014 was 19.5%. This compares to 21.5% for 2013. This equates to over 70,000 fewer smokers in 2014 compared to 2013. A higher percentage of men (21.6%) reported being smokers than women (17.6%).

    According to this, almost 1 in 5 Irish adults smoke. I'd struggle to think that 1 in every 5 people I know smoke. Is is really that high? Do you smoke or are you a former smoker?

    Do you smoke? 233 votes

    I am a smoker (rollies)
    0%
    I am a smoker (cigarettes)
    8%
    ScumLordpq0n1ct4ve8zf5beertonsmookishboyLukker-SetOverSetStab*City3hn2givr7mx1scUndertowMyStubbleItchesplay4fun1GerB40brembo26SteoLTemptamperuUmekichiWhatsisnameeoinzy2000Anesthetize 19 votes
    I am a smoker (pipe)
    20%
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    I am a smoker (cigars / cigarillos)
    0%
    fizzypish 1 vote
    I am a smoker (mixture of above)
    1%
    Bobby42aj89ultra violet 5 3 votes
    I smoke only when drinking
    2%
    readyletsgoPretzillJ Mysterioanon71gitzy16v 5 votes
    I am a former smoker
    18%
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    I've never smoked
    49%
    VenomZascarbytethe_sycoBorderfoxdazberrychakothastimpsonknipexCinaPrivate JokerCanis Lupusconor222Knasher_feedback_jimbob_jonesMr.PloughokedokeamsHoagy 116 votes


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    #2
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    No.


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    #3
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,025 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    I am a smoker (pipe)
    I'm smoking right now


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    wally1990
    Registered Users Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭wally1990


    I'm 26 social smoked from 17-21 smoke about 10 a day from 22-25 then stop altogether and now use a vape when drinking only to stop me reaching for a fag don't smoke at all otherwise


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    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    I am a former smoker
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    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    I am a former smoker
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    #7
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    dfeo wrote: »
    According to this, almost 1 in 5 Irish adults smoke. I'd struggle to think that 1 in every 5 people I know smoke. Is is really that high? Do you smoke or are you a former smoker?
    You obviously don't know a lot of people then :)


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    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    I've never smoked
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4GHHeAUDs


    Had to be done.


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    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    I am a former smoker
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    #10
    KingBrian2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,363 ✭✭✭KingBrian2


    Deedsie wrote: »
    20% of the population responsible for littering our streets and countryside with theirs filthy butts. Should put a litter tax on it.

    Dog ****ting is a lot worse than cigarette buds.


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    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    I've never smoked
    Bollocks ! I knew I was leaving out something !! Never-smokers will either have to abstain from the poll ... or failing that maybe a mod will kindly edit ... if possible :P


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    #12
    stimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 7,815 ✭✭✭stimpson


    I've never smoked
    No option for spliffs?


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    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Deedsie wrote: »
    20% of the population responsible for littering our streets and countryside with theirs filthy butts. Should put a litter tax on it.
    That could have a double meaning to a yank :eek:


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    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    I don't smoke. I know six smokers. Used to be many more but the majority gave it up around 10-12 years ago. Only one current smoker I know is under 50.

    I feel so excluded by your poll. Is this a sneaky ploy to pressure people into smoking so we fit in?:pac:


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    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    Deedsie wrote: »
    20% of the population responsible for littering our streets and countryside with theirs filthy butts. Should put a litter tax on it.

    I like big butts and I cannot lie!


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    #16
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Do you smoke? Then he adds a poll with no option for non smokers :rolleyes:


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    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Nope, gave up about 8 or 9 years ago and delighted I did. The smell of stale smoke turns my stomach


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    #18
    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    I've never smoked
    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Nope, gave up about 8 or 9 years ago and delighted I did. The smell of stale smoke turns my stomach

    Any chance you can add the option ?? please and thank you ?? :)


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    #19
    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    I quit 6 years ago.


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    #20
    Stravos Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 279 ✭✭Stravos Murphy


    Smoked turf back in the day when money was tight.


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    #21
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    I regularly smoke about 2 rollies a month.
    Just to remind myself that I'm not a smoker.


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    #22
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Stravos Murphy wrote: »
    Smoked turf back in the day when money was tight.

    Moss was cheaper


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    #23
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    I like big butts and I cannot lie!

    J Lo :)


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    #24
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Patww79 wrote: »
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    407797.jpg


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    #25
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 16,998 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    Never have and never will


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    #26
    joejoe87
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭joejoe87


    Nearly 30 and been smoking half my life, just ordered a vaping kit so hopefully will be off the tasty little bast*rds soon. Gonna spark one now, all this talk of smokes has got the best of me


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    #27
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,306 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    dfeo wrote: »
    According to this, almost 1 in 5 Irish adults smoke. I'd struggle to think that 1 in every 5 people I know smoke. Is is really that high? Do you smoke or are you a former smoker?

    "I only smoke cigarettes after making love. So back in England I'm a 20-a-day man"


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    #28
    TheBody
    Registered Users Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭TheBody


    I had to watch both my parents die horrible deaths as a result of cancers from my fathers chain smoking.

    I never have and never will smoke. I hate them with a passion.


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    #29
    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    I've never smoked
    TheBody wrote: »
    I had to watch both my parents die horrible deaths as a result of cancers from my fathers chain smoking.

    I never have and never will smoke. I hate them with a passion.

    Terribly sorry for what happened, I genuinely am. I hope you don't see the thread as insensitive.


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    #30
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    Former smoker. Still miss them despite being off the things since November 2014, bar one slip up.


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    #31
    TheBody
    Registered Users Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭TheBody


    dfeo wrote: »
    Terribly sorry for what happened, I genuinely am. I hope you don't see the thread as insensitive.

    No, you're fine. People are free to do as they wish. I don't shove my opinion down anyone's throat!!

    Not everybody will die as a result of smoking but the studies say that many do. I often thought if smokers had to see what I had, they would stop in a heartbeat.

    Both my parents were riddled with tumours caused by smoking. They died less than a year apart. They were on morphine to ease their pain in the last few weeks of their lives.

    I'm a grown man but those images will haunt me until the day I die.


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