are you, smoker or non smoker?

[Bibio]

just wondering how many fag puffers there are on the org

i'll start

smoker

[injury_ian]

nope

[Dangerous Dave]

Non-smoker

[shonadoll]

Smoker.

[Mr Speirs]

I choose life :)

[Grinch]

I haven't smoked for 7 years now, was on about 10-20 a day. The money I saved from not smoking paid for me to get to Oz for a month, had a great time, much better way to spend me cash.

[Biker Biggles]

Only when I open the throttle quickly after idling.I think the valves need looking at.

[pencil shavings]

yuck, non-smoker

[kitkat]

non smoker. Bibio you will be in good company on ecosse rideouts as they are always stopping for a fag (cigarette) break.

[Bibio]

non smoker. Bibio you will be in good company on ecosse rideouts as they are always stopping for a fag (cigarette) break.

coooool ... cant wait to go on first rideout...

[tigersaw]

The smoking ban in pubs has actually made me become a smoker again after over 10 years free. All the best social groups now congregate outside the pub instead of mixing inside, so I've joined them.

[Lissa]

Smoker, and have no intention of giving up.:p

[SuzukiNess]

:smt025

[Bibio]

whooo hoo .. smokers are catching up..

[Warthog]

The smoking ban in pubs has actually made me become a smoker again after over 10 years free. All the best social groups now congregate outside the pub instead of mixing inside, so I've joined them.

That's sad.


I'm a non-smoker. Paying to kill yourself in a horrible and protracted way is not my idea of fun.

[Lissa]

Paying to kill yourself in a horrible and protracted way is not my idea of fun.


Ah, but without smoking I'd be killing other people in a horrible and protracted way:D

[SuzukiNess]

very good lissa... and so true (well in my case defo :)

[Dangerous Dave]

Paying to kill yourself in a horrible and protracted way is not my idea of fun.
You can get paid to do the same!

[Bibio]

if i dont smoke i get veeeeerrrry nippy .. i get the 'ants in my pants' and cant sit still for one minuet, i also turn into a practical joker... i drive everyone nuts... so i smoke.. seems to keep me sedated as such..

[hovis]

non smoker

[shonadoll]

It's never too late to start;)

[timwilky]

The worst sort. an ex smoker. 20 years fag free and wish I had never started.


I saw my mother going through hell a few years ago. She had not smoked for over 40 years and they decided she had lung cancer. Removed a 1/3rd of her left lung and the path labs then said it was clear. So a mis diagnosis, thank god

[hovis]

It's never too late to start;)

never............cant stand the smoke

[Richie]

The worst sort. I'm an Ex-smoker don't you know. 8 years fag free, Gave up on the 4 January 2000, as I'd had some fags bought for me for xmas.
45 a day for 16 years... man and boy.

[missyburd]

The smoking ban in pubs has actually made me become a smoker again after over 10 years free. All the best social groups now congregate outside the pub instead of mixing inside, so I've joined them.

Non- smoker me but I do see what you mean Tigersaw. If I go out for a drink or few with YC I'd probably not see him for most of the night if I didn't venture out into the cold with him occasionally, although admittedly I don't go out every time he wants a puff (ooooh errr), sometimes I prefer to stay indoors and leave him to it. :mrgreen:

There's nowt worse than going out with a load of smokers and then suddenly finding there's no one left in the pub cos they've gone out for a communal fag, so might as well go out too. However, and then I might as well be smoking, passively and all that :rolleyes: Thankfully a lot of my mates don't smoke so tis alright really.

[fizzwheel]

I like to spontaneously combust now and again. But I can quit anytime I want to...

[Girth]

Nein

[Stig]

Jo and I have dabbled with stopping smoking several times.

We are both now non-smokers. Anyone that ever catches me with a fag in my hand again has free range to punch me in the face.

Jo's mum has just been diagnosed terminally ill with double lung cancer. She's not reached 60.

For those that smoke and have no intention of quitting. I'd suggest you double up so you can make the most of it now. You know, just in case. :wink:

I wish you all good health.

[tanis34]

i dont except wen im burning lol

[tinpants]

Smoker since the age of 12. I'm now 38 and don't have any intention of giving up. I enjoy it and its about the only vice I have these days. Don't drink very often, and as for the other, well, I'm married so, well, nothing doing!!!

[Skip]

I like to smoke when Im out on the bike and pull over for a breather but I dont smoke at any other time - I am a "take it or leave it" smoker which suits me :)

[Tiger 55]

I'm 11 years off the fags now. Looking forward to the day when I no longer want one...

Still enjoy the odd poor quality cigar though, although for some reason they make me start quoting Sgt Apone from Aliens.

"Another day in the Corps!"

[dissuade]

yes, i hang my head in shame

[stevie]

i dont except wen im burning lol
+1 :smt046

[Ed]

Nope:cheers: i couldn't afford to anyway

[Lozzo]

Smoker of roll-ups - max 5 a day now.

[Lozzo]

The smoking ban in pubs has actually made me become a smoker again after over 10 years free. All the best social groups now congregate outside the pub instead of mixing inside, so I've joined them.

The Snoutcasts, as I call them

[dizzyblonde]

Last roll up was 4.5 yrs ago. Im Indoors smokes them like no tomorrow, sounds like a bloody 70 yr old in a morning. I never used to be bothered about other peoples fag smoke, even in the beginning when i stopped, but recently I hate it, it chokes me, and Im Indoors smells gawd awful after hes just had one. He has no intention of stopping. Even when he was supposed to stop for his op, he didn't....horrid.
Make him smoke outside, even in the rain and cold!

[Stig]

Nope:cheers: i couldn't afford to anyway

That's the other thing. The extra money. The kids have extra things and non smelling parents.

[Sally]

Not a habit, but i enjoy it nown again..
Some days i wont, others i will..

College is depressing, and so is work..
Helps to pass the time..

Always have a fag when am out on the bike, and drinking..
Seems to go hand in hand..

Can quit anytime i want, not got a habit, its if i want to or not.
The social aspect is another reason.

[Jayneflakes]

I am a non smoker, but Wifey Carol was a roll up smoker. She quit two weeks ago when a nasty cold turned serious and left her unable to breath. It was scary hearing her wheeze and pant and her Doctor gave me permission to beat her if she starts again.

It worries me that she smoked for so long, but she is very strong willed and know the consequences of fags, so there was no way I could have stopped her just by objecting to it. While she was smoking though I asked that she smoked outside in the garden, come rain or shine.

I hate the smell of fag smoke and find that it triggers migraines in me, which is why I am an ex smoker too. Smoked at Uni for a couple of months, but not a lot.

[davepreston]

smoke like a train mrs doesnt tried to recently turned into a moody git so started again ( i know im week but no one likes a quiter)

[chris8886]

definately not.

[BanannaMan]

:smt025
Yup.....Fire it up!

[Rog]

packed in 5 years now and wish I never smoked.

Money saved in first 6 months paid for my bike lessons and my first bike.

Wish I had never smoked as I developed asthma through my habit.

[chasey]

Yep. Sad to say but I enjoy it.

[STRAMASHER]

Ex.

Unless a few "shandies" in then, mostly OP's. (Bought a couple of 10 deck poverty-packs, out of sheer poncing 'Weegie bastid embarrassment on proper sessions:rolleyes:)

[tonyt]

Never have smoked and never will....!!!!!!!

[yorkie_chris]

Smoked for 5 years. For last couple of days have had 3 a day. Had 1 today ... been out for a night out too. You're all w4nkers.

[krhall]

I gave up 6.5 years ago, from smoking 20 bensons a day. Saved the money and bought a Porsche 944 s2 (always wanted one)...........don't know where the money goes now though, just disappears. The biggest thing I noticed was that my legs stopped aching for no reason, well that is until I started running.

[krhall]

I'm not a typical ex-smoker though - I actually like the smell of someone lighting up.

I gave up for a number of reasons, but wasn't enjoying it anymore anyway.

[missyburd]

Smoked for 5 years. For last couple of days have had 3 a day. Had 1 today ... been out for a night out too. You're all w4nkers.

lol, why we all w4ankers?



(well done on the one fag though ;))

[Interceptor]

HATE the smell of the Filthy things.......

Old man died of lung cancer at 59, when I was only 21 a slow wasting lingering undignified death, for big strong guy who served on a destroyer out of Gibralter in WW2......a bloody waste.

know 2 guys who've recently had to have BOTH legs amputated due to blood circulation problems caused by smokin' bacca's.... and a friend of the wife's was told the same would happen to her unless she stopped as she was heading the same way (40 year old)

NO THANK YOU.

[sv-robo]

Around 5/6 very skinny roll-ups a day,people often ask me if i've been in the nick due to the lack of baccy in them...lol.

[Stig]

Looking at the poll results so far. It would have been only a few short years ago the figures would have been reversed.

[Tara]

Non smoker

[Dappa D]

smoker, enjoy it...lots...especially when drinking....

must say tho...wish i never started....

myself and partner are hoping the docs can give me some help now we have a son (i say me as if i didnt smoke she could give up much easier than i could)

[Samnooshka]

Nope don't smoke :)

Used to on and off, when it suited (or not suited)

[Mogs]

I don't smoke, never tried either, but oddly I like the smell of some pipe tobacco.

[melody]

Non smoker.

Never tried it.

Wouldn't like the way the smell lingers on your clothes and in your hair for a start. ;)

[slark01]

Yep i've got the dirty habit as well.
Been smoking since I was 14 and tried stopping only once.

[stewie]

I packed in about 5 or 6 years ago, could get through 20 marlboro reds in 3 hrs if I was bored at work, got sick of smelling like an ashtray though, and me clothes stank and me hair etc, but mostly packed in cos I didnt want to get cancer, saying that, I did enjoy me fags,dont think I could afford them now anyway

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

non-smoker.

Never have smoked and never will. Its a nasty habit. Why puff away on something that is going to eventually kill you :confused: Went to the Body Exhibition at the 02 arena which showed a smoker (white) vs non-smokers lung. The smokers lung was a lovely shade of black...

Id much rather spend my money on better things and keep my health intact ta very much :-D None of my friends smoke so I dont have the problem of being left behind in the pub while they congregate outside

Maria

[Bibio]

non smokers are wining by a mile ...

[sinbad]

Never took it up because, whilst I understand that people find them addictive and can't stop, I cannot get my head around why anyone would start. Must be a serious moment of weakness.

[Ceri JC]

Odd, I thought smokers were supposed to be over-represented amongst motorcyclists, but 27% smoking is almost exactly what you'd expect in the general population.

[Bibio]

Odd, I thought smokers were supposed to be over-represented amongst motorcyclists, but 27% smoking is almost exactly what you'd expect in the general population.

yup but if you think of it .. bikers are part of the general population... so if bikers are 5% of population and 27% smoke ... then that's a lot of bikers that smoke...

i'm no good at percentages so i'm not even going to do the sums... :rolleyes:

[missyburd]

non smokers are wining by a mile ...
did you mean to say whining? :lol:

[seedy100]

Never have.
Never will.

[Bibio]

did you mean to say whining? :lol:

yes but my mum says i'm alowed to missspell...:smt040

ohhh wait a munet... i dont know .. i'm cofused now .. :confused:

[sinbad]

yup but if you think of it .. bikers are part of the general population... so if bikers are 5% of population and 27% smoke ... then that's a lot of bikers that smoke...

i'm no good at percentages so i'm not even going to do the sums... :rolleyes:

Not that many really.
Based on your numbers above 1.35% of the entire population are bikers who also smoke, 3.65% being bikers who do not.
If we take the population as 60million then it's 3million bikers. 810,000 of whom smoke, 2,190,000 who do not. 16,200,000 smokers overall the UK
15,390,000 of whom do not ride a motorcycle. :)

[Bibio]

knew some smart **** would post the answers...:smt019

[sinbad]

knew some smart **** would post the answers...:smt019
Hahahahahehehee! :)

[philbut]

I quit a few years back. still have the odd fag if I'm out with mates who still indulge but normally regret it the next day. all of my house mates and my Mrs smoke though so it's really hard sometimes not to start again - plus I have the joy of my house stinking like an ash tray :-( Ah well, they have to put up with my welder sat in the dining room and various bike parts round the lounge :p

[joshmac]

I do. Been smoking for just over 2 years.
More so when I drink

Don't even want to think about how much that's cost me!! :shock:

[Ed]

I do. Been smoking for just over 2 years.
More so when I drink

Don't even want to think about how much that's cost me!! :shock:

Depends how many you smoke, no?

If average 20 a day = £5.50/pkg

= 2 X 365 X 5.50 = £4,015.

Or, if you prefer, enough for a new SV.

Puts it in perspective...

What you can't calculate - and sorry to sound preachy - is the cost to your health.

[ThEGr33k]

None smoker. Cant stand the smell :(

Depends how many you smoke, no?

If average 20 a day = £5.50/pkg

= 2 X 365 X 5.50 = £4,015.

Or, if you prefer, enough for a new SV.

Puts it in perspective...

What you can't calculate - and sorry to sound preachy - is the cost to your health.

WOW! And some people do way more than 20! :confused:

[chris8886]

I don't smoke, never tried either, but oddly I like the smell of some pipe tobacco.

i know what you mean, for some strange reason, despite nhating it at any other time :confused:

[joshmac]

Depends how many you smoke, no?

If average 20 a day = £5.50/pkg

= 2 X 365 X 5.50 = £4,015.

Or, if you prefer, enough for a new SV.

Puts it in perspective...

What you can't calculate - and sorry to sound preachy - is the cost to your health.
I don't smoke anywhere near 20 a day though..

So :smt019

:-D

[mister c]

Smoked since I was 12, then had my accident, thought to myself that I hadn't had one for 2 weeks while in hospital, so didn't need one & haven't smoked since. That was in January this year.
Dont get me wrong - there are times when I could still murder one, but resist.

[Stig]

Jo used to be close to 40 a day and me 20. That's a whole lot of cash turning into ash.

[kitkat]

as I'd had some fags bought for me for xmas
45 a day for 16 years... man and boy.


ooer Mr;)

[wheelnut]

Im a non smoker from 40 a day. It is amazing how much more money is in my wallet

[newts924]

Nope and never will :takeabow:

[zsv650]

never smoked never will cant think of a worse waste of money tbh.

[MoDaddy]

"fag puffers"

LOL!!
Wow that sure means something else here in the States!:laughat:

[Giggsy]

Never have never will but i don't condone anyone who does, just don't do it near me and don't go crying when you get cancer!!!

[Ed]

LOL!!
Wow that sure means something else here in the States!:laughat:

We're just stupid limeys, go on tell us what it means...

Never have never will but i don't condone anyone who does, just don't do it near me and don't go crying when you get cancer!!!

A bit harsh...

[Giggsy]

Sounds harsh ye your right until you know someone who's never done anything wrong and gets cancer then you see someone puffing away at 40 a day thats harsh!!!!

[Ablazze]

First the smoking ban, now there talking about baning bikes, be feck all left in this world i like thats legal.

Jas...

[hang man]

Smoker here too, used to go to the lengths of figuring out how to get the cigarette around the chin guard of my flight helmet (not easy to do but with some practice......)

The worst is while in a bar (pub)with friends , drinking and smoking go hand in hand but now they banned smoking in any public building so i no longer go to bars and thinking of giving smoking up too.

I do Love a Good Macanudo once in a while.

[Paul the 6th]

just wondering how many fag puffers there are on the org

i'll start

smoker

Not sure about whether I'm a fag puffer but I don't smoke

[joshmac]

Not sure about whether I'm a fag puffer but I don't smoke
:smt043

[keithd]

i'm left handed

what?

[keithd]

sorry, wrong thread

[keithd]

14. i can tap dance

15. i have a scar on my lip from head butting a can of lager in error

[keithd]

wrong thread

[Heed]

I don't smoke but I have recently got a thing for snuff.

[Paul the 6th]

that crack is REALLY MOREISH

[G]

I dont smoke, although my mum, dad, sister do (and therefore my nephew may aswell do)