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Subject: Re: One can only guess at return to smoking statistics

Author:
Carrie Nations

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Date Posted: 14:15:20 03/01/02 Fri
In reply to: Stan the Stat Man 's message, "One can only guess at return to smoking statistics" on 16:11:17 02/28/02 Thu

In high school it was cool to smoke and did I ever. My parents both smoked and let me smoke at home after I admitted I smoked anyway.
It was fashionable to smoke in college but I kept it to a half a pack a day except for parties and test time. Then it was off to a job. It didn't seem fashionable to smoke so I quit cold turkey. Then I met the man of my dreams and smoking returned. Did it ever. Two packs a day of Marlboro Light 100s, my favorite for life.
When I got pregnant with the first child, we both quit. I expected a return to smoking as soon as I got home from the hospital. My husband decided we were better off not smoking. Suddenly the second child came. Not being a smoker was easier that time.
Between the second and third, I began to smoke socially whether my husband was watching or not. He never joins me these days. My third pregnancy was not perfect in terms of smoking. Not that bad though. I paced out two packs I bought and several I bummed.
Neither my husband or reformed parents had any sympathy for me. Now, I'm back at work with the youngest almost one and the oldest half past four. My mother is the babysitter when I work.
The girls at work and I have a couple of drinks as a Thursday after work tradition. As someone mentioned, the pack to pay 'em back was purchased yesterday. Few wanted to be repaid. So, I have a pack hidden away in my purse waiting until next Thursday unless of course, my husband leaves the boys with my parents and we go somewhere.
They would miss Friday night at McDonald's more than I would miss cigarettes, though. But come Thursday, I plan to be there with them.
So it goes.

I've been lurker for a couple of years and came up
>with a rather dry statistic on smoking that was posted
>on Smoke Signals.
>
>You guys at least talk about smoking and activity is
>picking up. Here's a question. I'm sure no formal
>survey has been made on this. When someone starts
>smoking again after being quit, would you say they are
>more likely to spend a month bumming, bum one and buy
>a pack or just give up and buy a pack?
>
>Once they start back, do you think they are most
>likely to only smoke socially, return to regular
>smoking but not as heavy as before, return to just
>about the same amount as before or significantly
>increase their smoking?

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: One can only guess at return to smoking statistics	BSF	15:02:55 03/01/02 Fri

Re: One can only guess at return to smoking statistics	Stan the Stat Man	15:27:30 03/01/02 Fri

Guess what happened on the to the bar	Carrie Nations	11:58:02 03/08/02 Fri
Re: Guess what happened on the to the bar -- BSF, 13:09:18 03/08/02 Fri Re: Guess what happened on the to the bar -- Past Tempted, 16:15:49 03/08/02 Fri Re: Guess what happened on the way to the bar -- Stan the Stat Man, 18:06:27 03/08/02 Fri Re: Guess what happened on the way to the bar -- Carrie Nations, 12:32:18 03/15/02 Fri