Doing research on smoking; Please answer my poll!

[Benni88]

Aside from my survey response here: there's an awful lot of people giving reasons for stopping smoking when their previous answers say that they do not, and have never smoked.

Perhaps OP, you can mention that. A lot of people have opinions on the detrimental effects of cigarettes, who have a lack of personal experience with them. (I'm not saying cigarettes aren't bad for you btw).

 

[Sande45]

1. Male
2. 19
3. Europe
4. Nope, not even once.
7. Probably. I don't think it's that disgusting.
11. A bit, I suppose
12. Health, or the realization of how ridiculous smoking is

 

[ChadSexington]

1. Gender
Male
2. Age
Nineteen
3. Continent you currently live in
Australia
4. Do you use nicotine-products?
Yes
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?
Cigarettes and the occasional cigar
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?
I would still smoke but far less often.
7. Would you date a smoker?
Yes
8. What age did you start smoking?
I had my first cigarette at fifteen but started properly smoking at seventeen.
9. What age did you stop smoking?
-
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?
-
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?
-
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?
-

I hope this helps.

 

[PatrickXD]

1. Male
2. 17
3. Europe
4. No
5. N/A
6. N/A
7. Yes
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A
11. Based on the quitters I've met, no.
12. Health concerns

 

[Rastien]

1. Gender: Male
2. Age: 23
3. Continent you currently live in: UK
4. Do you use nicotine-products?: Yes
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?: Rolling Tobacco
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?: I'll stop when i decide i want to, currently I'm happy smoking.
7. Would you date a smoker?: Yes
8. What age did you start smoking?: 19
9. What age did you stop smoking?: N/A
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches? N/A
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help? As they release nicotine yes.
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting? Health concerns.

 

[StefanThor]

1. Gender: Male
2. Age: 28
3. Continent you currently live in: Oceania (New Zealand)
4. Do you use nicotine-products? No
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff? Cigars - only on special occasions.
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you? N/A
7. Would you date a smoker? No
8. What age did you start smoking? N/A
9. What age did you stop smoking? N/A
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches? N/A
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help? N/A
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting? N/A, as I've never started.

 

[Mr F.]

1. Gender: Non-Specific
2. Age: 20
3. Continent you currently live in: Europe
4. Do you use nicotine-products? Yes
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff? Cigarettes
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you? Yep
7. Would you date a smoker? Have done, would do again
8. What age did you start smoking? 14
9. What age did you stop smoking? N/A
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches? N/A
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help? Hated gum, got me more addicted.
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting? Currently trying to quit because it is too expensive. Most of the people who are quitting that I know quit for the same reason. Price.

Whelp, that is the questions done. Not much discussion value in this one, is there?

 

[KageFenikkusu]

1. Gender: male
2. Age: 19
3. Continent you currently live in: Australia
4. Do you use nicotine-products?: N/A
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?: Cigarettes
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?: N/A
7. Would you date a smoker?: doesn't matter to me, whether they smoke or not is irrellevant to the realtionship IMO
8. What age did you start smoking?: 18
9. What age did you stop smoking?: N/A
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?:N/A
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?: i think they could help but for some people it might not work
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?: for health and the price

 

[Spitfire]

1. Male
2. 21
3. Europe
4. No
5. -
6. -
7. Yes
8. -
9. -
10. -
11. -
12. I would imagine it's partly because of health concerns, and partly because of costs.

 

[Angie7F]

1. Gender Female
2. Age 26
3. Continent you currently live in Japan
4. Do you use nicotine-products? No
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff? None
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you? Yes
7. Would you date a smoker? No
8. What age did you start smoking? 18
9. What age did you stop smoking? 24
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches? No
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help? No
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting? For me it was the sluggish feeling I got from smoking. I used to only smoke when I drank, but always ended up with a hang over from the alcohol and a sluggish feeling fro the smoking. Ever since I started going to the gym, and one day I just decided that enough was enough and partying got overwritten by keeping fit.

 

[Milanezi]

1. Male
2. 26
3. South America
4. No
5. No
6. I wouldn't smoke, I've tried once, hated it.
7. Yes, my girlfriend used to smoke, but she quit.
8. Does not apply
9. Does not apply
10. Does not apply
11. Does not apply
12. I believe people quit either because they see the damage done to someone CLOSE, or simply because the smell bothers people nearby, or is something against the law/company rule.

 

[Necabo]

1. Gender
male
2. Age
22
3. Continent you currently live in
Europe/The Netherlands
4. Do you use nicotine-products?
No
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?
N/A
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?
N/A
7. Would you date a smoker?
Maybe, it's a point of consideration though
8. What age did you start smoking?
N/A
9. What age did you stop smoking?
N/A
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?
N/A
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?
I don't know any people who have quit with the help of nicotine replacements (that they told me)
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?
Health obviously, and it will save you about 60-80 euro's a month.

 

[Milanezi]

Aside from my survey response here: there's an awful lot of people giving reasons for stopping smoking when their previous answers say that they do not, and have never smoked.

Perhaps OP, you can mention that. A lot of people have opinions on the detrimental effects of cigarettes, who have a lack of personal experience with them. (I'm not saying cigarettes aren't bad for you btw).

Granted, I did answer number 12, because I was in doubt if it applied for non-smokers like me as well, or just smokers, well, I answered what I believe in with no sort of prejudice, better safe than sorry heh?

 

[Jazzmigo]

1. Gender
A: Male
2. Age
A: 30
3. Continent you currently live in
A: Europe (Germany)
4. Do you use nicotine-products?
A: No
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff?
A: No
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you?
A: N/A
7. Would you date a smoker?
A: No
8. What age did you start smoking?
A: N/A
9. What age did you stop smoking?
A: N/A
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches?
A: N/A
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help?
A: N/A
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting?
A: I dont know but agree to CpT_x_Killsteal answer "Stopping your kids from taking up the habit. Be responsible you assholes."

 

[Zombiefish]

1 Female
2. 20
3. England, UK
4. No
5. no
6. N/A
7. No
8. N/A
9. N/A
10.N/A
11. N/A
12. Never have smoked and never will

 

[holy_secret]

1. Male
2. 23
3. Europe
4. Yes
5. Cigarettes
6. No. I want to smoke.
7. Yes
8. 20 years old
9. Have not stopped yet.
10. N/A
11. It probably does.
12. Stop if you don't want to smoke anymore. That's my reason for stopping at least.

 

[Dire Sloth]

1. F
2. 21
3. North America
4. No
5. NA
6. NA
7. No
8. NA
9. NA
10. NA
11. NA
12. Beneficial to own health as well as those around.

That was easy.

 

[Alexias_Sandar]

1. Gender: M
2. Age: 31
3. Continent you currently live in: North America
4. Do you use nicotine-products? No.
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff? None of the above.
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you? N.A.
7. Would you date a smoker? Happily married, so no. Otherwise...maybe.
8. What age did you start smoking? Never.
9. What age did you stop smoking? Never.
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches? N.A.
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help? Don't Know.
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting? Never started. I've got asthma and would like to keep my lungs in as good a shape as I can, thanks.

 

[Zen Toombs]

OP.

1. Male
2. 21
3. America
4. Nope, never smoked.
5. n/a
6. n/a
7. Nope. Kissing smokers is gross.
8. n/a
9. n/a
10. n/a
11. It seems they might for the oral fixation and so forth.
12. Because smoking makes you smelly and cancer sucks.

PS: you know this is really dodgey methodology, right? At least f this is for something above a high school paper.

PPS: Sex and gender are two different things. Make sure the first question asks what you want it to.

 

[Broax]

Hey people!
I am working on a study, report, whatever you want to call it about smoking and a big part of it is collecting answers from different groups of people. All this stuff will be completely anonymous and only the sources (for example, you people will just be listed as escapistmagazine.com) will be mentioned in the actual paper. Please answer the following questions truthfully and I will collect numbers and answers from ye for my paper. You can take part in this 'til 11.4.2012 or sunday next week, that's when I will collect the answers. If you could tell a couple of friends, I would be very thankful. The more there are answers, the better. Please only answer to questions that apply. As in, if you never quit, there is no use answering to questions like number 10, obviously.

1. Gender -> Male
2. Age -> 27
3. Continent you currently live in -> Europe (Portugal)
4. Do you use nicotine-products? Yes
5. Ciqarettes, pipe, ciqars or snuff? -> Cigarettes
6. If you knew you could stop using nicotine-products painlessly without the risk of failing, would you? -> Yes! No doubt about it!
7. Would you date a smoker? -> Yes
8. What age did you start smoking? -> 21
9. What age did you stop smoking? -> TBA
10. Did you quit with the help of products like gum or patches? -> Tried to quit once and used nicotine gum...
11. Would you say outside products like nicotine-gum help? -> Yes.. a bit...
12. What do you say is the main reason for quitting? -> Health risks associated with tobacco products as well as the rising prices...


Thanks in advance, people. You are really helping me out.