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Date Posted: 01:48:02 07/06/23 Thu
Author: AusNick
Author Host/IP: 49.198.8.5
Subject: So I'll be doing an interview with my smoker bestie…

The last couple of weeks, smoking has come up in conversation with my best mate, and I asked her if she would agree to being interviewed. She has. So I prepared a list of questions to ask, and I present them here for your consideration. I'll give her the list next week so she can decide which ones she wants to answer.

If there are any you think I should add, replies welcome.

Please keep in mind, that I don't want to make it weird, so please no weird questions.

It's a rather long list, and she probably wont answer a few of them, and there are questions that could probably be rolled into a single answer.


Herewith…

So, tell me a little about yourself

When did you start smoking?

Why did you start smoking?

How long did it take you to adjust to smoking?

How long after starting to smoke, when did you start to think of yourself as a smoker?

How many do you smoke a day, and what brand(s)?

How do you reconcile your habit with your job(s)

Has your smoking ever affected you job(s)

If you could smoke without restriction or restraint, would you?

Do you have any regrets about starting?

When did you first ‘come out’ as a smoker, and to whom?

How did your family react to your smoking?

How did your friends react when they found out you were a smoker, and were their reactions mainly positive or negative?

Have you gained or lost any friends because of your smoking?

How would you describe your smoking style?

How does smoking in general make you feel?

Do you binge smoke, how often and under what conditions, and how many in a session?

Have you noticed any health effects from your smoking?

Do you prefer to smoke alone, or in the company of others, and why?

How do you handle the first cigarette of the day, and what advice would you give?

What things do you like to do while smoking?

What is your favourite time of day to smoke?

What is your least favourite time of the day to smoke?

What is your favourite season of the year to smoke?

What is your least favourite season of the year to smoke?

Have you smoked outside in the fog, describe the experience?

What is your favourite type of weather for outdoor smoking?

What is your least favourite type of weather for outdoor smoking?

Describe your best smoking experience.

Describe your worst smoking experience.

Describe your weirdest smoking experience?

Have you ever smoked multiple cigarettes at once?

Has anyone ever complimented you on your smoking, and how did you feel about that, and how did you respond?

Has anyone abused you because of your smoking, and how did you feel about that, and how did you respond?

Have you ever had to defend your choice to be a smoker?

Do you smoke in your car?

Do you smoke in your house?

Do you permit other people to smoke in your car/house?

How smoker-friendly would you describe your home?

Do you have any bad habits associated with your smoking?

What are your thoughts on the bad habits of other smokers?

If you wanted to quit, could you, and what would trigger that?

If you quit, what if anything would tempt you to start again?

Do you consider yourself a smoker for life?

Do you think smoking defines you?

If someone came to you wanting advice about starting, what would you tell them?

If you had children, juvenile or adult, and found out one of them had started smoking, how do you think you would react, and what would you say to them?

What brands have you smoked in the past?

What is your go-to brand and why?

If you cannot get your go-to, what would be your next choice?

What is your least favourite brand, and why?

As a Menthol girl, Have you ever smoked non-menthol brands, if so, what did you think of them?

Have you ever smoked Clove cigarettes, if so which brands, and what did you think of them?

What is your most favourite thing about smoking?

What is your least favourite thing about smoking?

Do you know any tricks, if so, which ones?

Did pro-smoking propaganda have any influence on your decision to start smoking?

Did Anti-smoking propaganda have any influence on your decision to start smoking?

Other than cigarettes, do you smoke Cigars, Pipes, Hookah?

Describe your first Cigar experience?

Describe your first Hookah Experience?

Is there anything you would like to try, but haven’t, what and why.

Have you ever smoked anything non-tobacco, what, when, and why, and describe the experience?

Have you tried Vaping, and what did you think of it?

Given the choice between smoking and Vaping, which would you prefer, and why?

What effect do you think smoking bans have had on your consumption?

Do you think there are bans and restrictions that are unreasonable, or don’t make sense, if so what?

What do you think of the plans of some governments to reduce Nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels?

As a smoker, would you advocate for, and defend the right of others to smoke?

If you quit smoking, would you still be an advocate for, and defend the right of others to smoke?

What are your thoughts on the legalisation of Marijuana, versus the near-criminalisation of tobacco?

Are you aware there are plans to make cigarettes prescription-only, and what are your thoughts on that?

Are you aware that there are web sites for people to make money by smoking, and what are your thoughts?

Are you aware of the smoking fetish, and what are your thoughts?

Do you think social media has had a positive or negative effect on smoking rates and it’s public perception?

When in a relationship, have you ever switched brands to the same as your partner?

When in a relationship, has your partner ever discouraged or encouraged your smoking?

When in a relationship, has your or your partner’s smoking ever played a role in intimacy?

Have you ever used your smoking to get someone’s attention or deflect attention from you?

Have you ever used smoking to seduce anyone?

Would you ever be in a relationship with a non-smoker?

How aware are you of Smoking Etiquette, and what if anything do you practise?

Regarding smoking etiquette, has anyone exercised it for your benefit, such as lighting your cigarette, and what do you think of that?

What do you think of the smoking culture in general, and it’s decline?

Do you think smoking will ever be banned, and if it was, would you still continue to smoke despite that?

Is there anything you want to add?

Thank you kindly for your time and patience.


Reading through this, I do have some adjustments to make, but it's what I've come up with so far.

Nick

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