Would you date a smoker?
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Pass. I can't stand kissing them. :-[
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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.
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nope
not only the smell, and that's a good reason
but the money, smoking is wasting a lot of money -
no
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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. -
nope
not only the smell, and that's a good reason
but the money, smoking is wasting a lot of moneyExactly, 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.
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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?
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I like durian, so I don't mind.
I would mind if he eats durian daily or addicts to eating durian, though. :laugh:
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Durians wont kill you and cigarettes will. However, be my guest if you wish to do that. It will make more room for the rest of us.
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I've married one
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I would date someone who vapes pot/tobacco etc. But smoking pipes hookahs bongs etc, does too much damage to the body and kissing them feels like kissing an ashtray usually so no smoking.
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If it was weed, hell yeah, light me up a J :hug2: If he did it casually I'd be fine, but
if he was a hardcore stoner then no.
If it was cigarettes then absolutely not… -
If it was weed, hell yeah, light me up a J :hug2: If he did it casually I'd be fine, but
if he was a hardcore stoner then no.
If it was cigarettes then absolutely not…I here you I once dated a guy who smoked an ounce a week NEVER AGAIN.
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I say keep it up because it culls the herd. Vape on my friends, waste your money. $$$
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No :afr2:
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Fortunately none of the non-smokers here will have to worry about dating the smoker in me because I tend to not date guys who have set up boundaries for themselves. Excluding yourself from possibilities be they based on smoking, age, race or any other wild generalizations only limits you.
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On the other hand there is no point pretending that you will fancy everyone you meet. So know your limits to start with, per haps
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No smokers for me ; (
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Fortunately none of the non-smokers here will have to worry about dating the smoker in me because I tend to not date guys who have set up boundaries for themselves. Excluding yourself from possibilities be they based on smoking, age, race or any other wild generalizations only limits you.
I don't think avoiding second hand smoke or smoking has limited my life. That would be rather tragic to believe that not dating an 80 year old man or smoking has limited you in some way. Then again, I don't know people's current state of affairs, this could perhaps be an improvement for them.
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On the other hand there is no point pretending that you will fancy everyone you meet. So know your limits to start with, per haps
True but limiting yourself by putting barriers of exclusion up means you might miss out. Perhaps it's my inner slut but I cast a wide net, fish can always be thrown back.
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