How old are you and how long did you smoke

[Shizzle]

46
female
pack a day for a total of 20 years, as i "quit" for 10 years once...i know, what an idiot to start up again. first tried cigs at age 10 (yikes)...wasn't peer pressure at all, nor was it rebellion. i just always LOVED the smell of cigarettes, and spent a lot of time with my grandparents, who smoked like chimneys...oddly enough, they were both *pharmacists*. :/

 

[Rosa]

39 Female
+/- 25 years hard smoking

..but smoked my first at 8 years old and dabbled in them off and on until about 14 or 15 years old when I started full time.

 

[chainsaw1904]

29 male
smoked for 10 years
have been vaping for 17 days and see no reason or want to go back to the death sticks

 

[pfaber11]

43 years old male . Been smoking for 30 years. What a waste. Been vaping for 10 weeks this time. Hope i can make it last this time. Tried a couple of times before. We'll see.

 

[scalewiz]

55 Years Old
Male
Smoked analogs for 39 years
Smoke-free for 1 month

 

[br5495]

39

male

28 years


Started at 10-1/2 or 11, smoking 2-3 analogs a day. By age 16, and ever since its been a pack plus per day.

Ain't it funny? This thread went dead on my birthday back in July. Now you bring it back and it's going like crazy again.

 

[~BeeBee~]

Good Post!

Just turned 31 (WOOHOO)
Female
Started at 12 smoked a 1 1/2 by 16 continued until the age of 19. Then started up again at 26 and just quit about 3wks ago.

 

[lookin2quit]

45

Female

28 years Started my first year of college, though I knew better. Had to prove I wasn't the "goody-two-shoes" everyone thought I was. Really bright, wasn't it.

 

[Freaky_1]

Male
last was my 21st anniversary of my 18th birthday

Started smoking @ 7 or 8 and full-time smoker by 13.
Was handed a written direct order from my base C O in 1993 to stop smoking. Still have it somewhere. At that point, a carton of pall mall n/f would last me a day and a half to 2 days.

Tried to slack off and went to Marlboro reds. Got Dow to 2 packs a day and was right proud of myself.

Then in August of the same year, I got my MEB order and pretty much fell like a stone.
One hand rolling bugle boy with a lit hanging from the corner of my mouth.

After a few scares, got it back down to liggett lights, @ about a pack a day.
Then moved to Winston ULs in hopes that not dealing with all the chemicals that mfgrs add to their mix would make it easier to quit.

Then fuel went nuts and cigarette prices already were, so asked what the cheapest brand was...... back to pall malls ULs, then fulls and half way through a pack of nons, I grabbed a disposable e-cig.

1 week and half a day with vaping only ..... till about an hour ago :-( out of juice and only 1 cheapie carto left.
Can't wait to get a decent PV and full kit. I like vaping more than cigarettes (ok, so I hate cigarettes and have for years, but not sure how I'm gonna leave my pipes alone).

If you actually read all that, you've got way TMI, but well, I'm bored and antsy. Lol

 

[Freaky_1]

lookin2quit, my wife actually started smoking to show her ex how stupid it looked (they were still married at the time).

None of us started by using our good sense.

 

[Hogwart]

35
Male
Started at 15 was at 2 packs a day
Switched to Vaping last week

 

[knoxguru]

32 smoked or dipped since 6th grade. Started to vap as of this weekend.

 

[lucentVap]

37; male; 20 years on analogs

 

[mfraz25]

20
female
started at 12(wow) stopped for a few years
started again at 16
finally had my last real one on Dec 26, 2010

 

[MsTick]

55 next month
female
started smoking at 13
Two weeks tomorrow since my 510 starter kit arrived in the mail
3 days without an analog

 

[Laszlo]

50
male
started smoking at 18, not much for firsf 20 years, but lately escalated to 35+ rollies per day
analog free for 5 weeks

 

[bmwjen]

35
female
started smoking at 15
quit smoking & started vaping 2 days before my 35th birthday!

 

[quiva2011]

I'll be 52 in April and in total I smoked for about 25 years. I quit for 7 years when I was 32 but was stupid enough to pick it up again with a vengeance!!
I've only been vaping for 11 days but this is the first time after years that I don't touch a cigarette, so I'm beyond happy about it.

 

[pandatera]

35 female, smoked 19 years. Just started vaping New year 2011. Used to smoke a pack and 1/2 a day now still smoking but down to 5-10 cigs a day.

 

[julie78]

32 female
Smoked 17 years
Started when i was 15 because I felt "left out" when hanging out with friends who all smoked. Was a pack-a-day smoker and just started vaping, as you can tell from my signature. Would love to stay analog-free!