Would you date a smoker?

Minerboh80

@Minerboh80:

Oh, i mind. But it is not about the smelling or the taste. It is because of their health.
I am a nurse and i have saw many patients with obstructive chronic lung disease and lung cancer.
Let me assure you that these patients are suffering a great deal.

My father is a smoker and I made a vow to him never to smoke so I believe I won't because these addictions can be caught from any person if not vigilant enough. This has nothing to do with the person who smokes, I just will not be able to make myself comfortable around him..

If there are geniune and strong feelings, then you will be comfortable and try to make him cut it.

xsweetbum

Occasionally smoking weed for health issues is fine, but cigarettes are unacceptable. I will never ever date a smoker.

agogpry

I would never kiss a smoker so NOT

Ripley

I don't know, I find something really attractive about the act of smoking (visually.) Watching someone such as Louis Garrel or Gaspard Ulliel smoking looks really hot for me. But I don't think I would date someone who smokes too much, because I don't really like the smell. I'm kind of used to it because my mom and my older sister does, but having the smoke closely is kind of annoying. If he's an occasional smoker I think I wouldn't mind, but if he smokes every time, no thanks.

groovedware

I wonder, would I be classified a whore by the morally righteous if I was to date a non-smoker and charge them for the second hand smoke they suck up?

nordicblue

We should lock them up in a room with a 1000 smoke detectors.

vato

I'm a smoker myself so the answer is yes

nordicblue

Someone who smokes obviously doesn't care about their health. Why would I date someone doesn't care if they are going have to use an oxygen tank and die from emphysema. They are all making health care too expensive.

nmd

In my first relationship, we had three rules that would lead to immediately ending the relationship. (It lasted 4 years.)

No Violence
No Smoking
No Cheating

Listed in order of perceived severity.

I grew up in a house of chain smokers where I fled the main rooms as much as possible to try and breath (asthma runs in my family)… I NEVER saw the appeal of a cigarette... and certainly never the second hand smoke...

chatnoire

I'm a non smoker, and I would never date a smoker. I put this requirement in my dating profile as well as I really hate smokers..

A smoker would be more okay to date smokers, but non-smokers tend to not want to date smokers.

eurostud29

@Awari:

I'm not a very judgemental person, so I think I would.

Smoking refers to cigars, cigarettes, & cannabis.

Would be hard for me, as the smell of cold-smike or cigarettes is a turn-off for me.
I have date a few smokers, and kissing a smoker to me felt like kissing an ash-tray.
If the guy is mega-cute and nice, it would be a challenge for me.

yalenxxx

i don't care if i like him..

Louism

Pass. I can't stand kissing them. :-[

nordicblue

Washington, D.C. – The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index is helping to crystallize the relationship between income and smoking in the United States.

While researchers for Gallup and the Centers for Disease Control have previously documented higher smoking rates among lower-income Americans, the current results based on interviews with more than 75,000 individuals across the United States allow for a closer examination of the relationship between household income and smoking behavior.

Nationwide, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that 21% of Americans say they smoke. As the accompanying graph illustrates, the likelihood of smoking generally increases as annual incomes decrease. One exception to this pattern occurs among those making less than $6,000 per year, an income bracket often skewed because many in that bracket are students. Among those making $6,000 to $11,999 per year, 34% say they smoke, while only 13% in the top two income brackets (those with incomes of at least $90,000 per year) say the same – a 21 percentage-point gap.

The Well-Being Index also confirms distinctions in U.S. smoking rates relating to gender and race. Among respondents, 23% of men and 19% of women say they smoke. Blacks are the most likely to smoke (23%) and Asians are least likely to smoke (12%). Hispanics and whites fall in between, at 17% and 20%, respectively.

Interestingly, smoking rates in the United States are similar to those around the world. Across 118 different countries Gallup surveyed in 2006 and 2007, a median percentage of 22% said they smoked the day before the survey. At the high end, 50% of people in Turkey said they smoked. At the low end, 6% in Nigeria said the same.

jay1

nope
not only the smell, and that's a good reason
but the money, smoking is wasting a lot of money

bearhairy

no

quetdi

My partner is a smoker.Thank God he smokes just a few cigarettes a day so its not a big problem for me (im non-smoker). He asked me if I want him to stop smoking.I said him : "If you want to stop smoking you will quit it automatically by yourself."
I just love him so much and dont want to inhibit his life. Yes, I`m an easygoing one and can respect my partner.

nordicblue

@jay1:

nope
not only the smell, and that's a good reason
but the money, smoking is wasting a lot of money

Exactly, the reason why the graph tapers a little at the beginning is because those who make under $6,000 can't afford buy expensive cigarettes. In addition to that, since they are expensive, it decreases your already meager income.

groovedware

Meh. Sure smoking is a waste of money but then so are a lot of other habits. I'd go so far as to wager there are stinkier habits that are a far bigger waste of money.

Would you date a guy who loved eating Durian?

Louism

I like durian, so I don't mind.

I would mind if he eats durian daily or addicts to eating durian, though. :laugh: