Do you care if your partner / GF/ BF Smoke

January 27, 2007 2:57am CST
Do you care if your partner smoke? . I personally mind if my Girl friend smoke and I cannot tolerate the smell not to mention it is bad for health especially inhaling those second hand smoke. What do you think ?.
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@patrice7 (1191)
• United States
29 Jan 07
well i respect you for that because i dont expect people to like smoke either. but for me its ok since i smoke too and i take a long nice puff as im doing it too. anyway i had been smoking when my hubby first met me and he had been smoking too. so before we were together we know and we understand who we are and we accepted who we are and respected each other's choice. we are not blind to the health effects.. its just we chose to do it. so i guess its quite clear that i dont personally mind my hubby smoking.. but id rather that he doesnt smoke..
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29 Jan 07
I do respect people that smoke and infact I have several friend that smoke, I know this is actually a "choice" and people smoke for various reason such as stress, cold, "look cool", loss weight (by losing appetite) and other reason which I haven't come yet. Just that I mind if my "girl friend" smoke and the reason probably is because I don't like the smell of it. I agree with you, It is important to respect each other and that is how relationship should build on.
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
27 Jan 07
Even when I didn't smoke I didn't care if they did. That was their choice. If it does bother you then why would you get invovled with them if you already know they smoke? I can't understand why people do that. Get involved with someone when they know they do something they don't like, be it smoking, eating red meat, drinking what have you, and then complain about it.
27 Jan 07
I guess this is why people say love is blind. When you actually wake up from the love you are starting to see clearly. They will try to influence the partner to give up something they don't like about them. No one is perfect and it is hard to find someone that matches to your preference and that is why allot of people settle for someone that close to thier preference.
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@shellyrios (1212)
• United States
27 Jan 07
Yeah, I use to be a smoker and my boyfriend now wasn't, and at the time he made me an exception, but I felt really bad about it and I wanted to quit anyway, so his non-smoking lifestyle helped a lot for me to quit. It's a really bad, stinky, unhealthy habit, and I feel great after quitting.
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27 Jan 07
congratulation, Being together with each other is natural to be influence by your partner. It is good that you can quit , I do know there are cases where the one influence by other "habits" and it not just refer to smoking alone. From the top of my head, gambling and stealing is the most common.
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@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
29 Jan 07
The first thing is did your girl friend smoke before she was your girlfriend? I think that a ciggeret doesn't make the person. We all have bad habits of some kind. The facts are simple would you want to be judged on who you are or the bad habits that you have. The other thing that I must say is that there is no test that can be given that proves that smoking is going to give you cancer. Ask your doctor if he can give you a blood test or something that can tell you that you will get cancer from smokeing or that you will not he will tell you there is none. There are just tons of studies and I do mean tons. There are tons of articles of facts that there are other causes for cancer. The one possible cause is tabacco use so right away we jump on the band wagon and want everyone in the whole world to stop smoking. Back to the subject if you care for this girl love her for who she is not a habit she has. If this is absolutely a deal breaker for you tell her and move on. I have asmtha and ciggerett smoke doesn't bother me as much as a person with too much perfume or colone on does. However, there is no law against them. It is ok if you reak of perfume and make me sick but it is not ok for someone to smoke around you. This doesn't make sense to me.
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• Indonesia
27 Jan 07
eventhough im a smoker, but i don't want my girlfriend to smoke. I know that's sound selfish and unfair. But i've smoke more than 10 year, i know how bad the effect that caused by smoking. Thus i know also how hard to stop smoking, therefore i put a strict line not to allow my girlfriend to smoke.
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• Indonesia
27 Jan 07
Yes I do care about it, and I really hate it when my boyfriend is smoking. I've tried to make him stop smoking since 4 years ago, but he just can't make it. It makes me so speechless about it, since I've tried all I can, but he still smokes. The best thing is that he never smokes in front of me, because he doesn't want me to be affected by cancer or other disease. But still, I can't receive that he's a smoker. Because I know that smoking is not good for our health. I'm not trying to be a meaned person, but I really want him to be a healthy man, so he can spend his life longer with me.
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@samson1967 (7414)
• India
27 Jan 07
I never mind them smoking, cause I am a smoker and smoking with partner is thrill and good company.
• India
29 Jan 07
passiver smokers suffer for not smoking. i dont allow my husband to smoke when i a and my son are around. i have this strict rules of no smoking and drinking in house. i ask my husband repeadely to quit smoking. he says its due to work pressure and tension he smokes. whtever the reason i hate smoking.
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@niitesh (1653)
• India
29 Jan 07
personally speaking i don't smoke myself and cannot tolerate the bad smell so if i find a partner who smokes then hell will break lose for me and my partner and that might just be the end of everything for it's really no point to ask a smoker to stop smoking
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• Philippines
29 Jan 07
we should. if my girlfriend is a smoker, i much prefer to tell her to stop smoking. Honestly speaking? girls shouldnt smoke... it aint that cool.
29 Jan 07
agree
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@makaira (1158)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
i certainly care if my bf is a smoker. i would definitely ask him to stop smoking. i would let him see documentaries on the disadvantages of being a smoker. and if he really wont stop smoking, i'll probably break up with him. lol
• Australia
27 Jan 07
Yes, I do mind if my partner smoke. Smoking has caused quite a few of the top world diseases such as Lung cancer and other diseases. I can't tolerate smokes and I am extremeley allergic to smokes. Being a very health conscious person, I know how damaging it is the second hand smoke causing us. I know being with a relationship with another person means sharing everything with them and accept who they are and some of you might say that why forcing them to change? One thing Being in a relationship is the partner can mold you into a better person.. since smoking is bad and this is a fact, since they are going to be with me in a long term relationship, it is only fair that they quit their smoking habit since it is bad for long term health and smoking during pregnancy is really a big no no.
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• United States
27 Jan 07
I can't stand smokers. It is the most unattractive thing in the world. I can't stand the smell. Plus, it isn't good for my asthma.
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• Philippines
30 Jan 07
Yes. I don't like someone who smokes. Not to mention, it can also affect my health because I can inhale the smoke. I also hate the smell, so I really can't stand it if my partner smokes.
3 Feb 07
yeah , I can see why. second hand smoke does bring harmful effect on non smoker health. best way is keep a distant if you see someone about to smoke.
@toonatoons (3737)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
if my boyfriend smoked at all, he wouldn't have become my boyfriend in the first place. no offense to all the smokers here, but i really hate smoking, i could never tolerate the smell of it, besides it being bad to everyone's health.
• Pakistan
29 Jan 07
i would hate any one who smokes!! wether he/she be any one i dun like smokers y do one shall hurt oneself by smoking!! thats a bad thing
• Lagos, Nigeria
29 Jan 07
I hate smoke of any kind. I do not like people smoking around me. The smell makes me throw up most times. i rather prefare my wife not smoking at all.
@072006 (1276)
• India
29 Jan 07
Nope!!!...just cant bear at all....that smoke smell brings in mind about all negative and negative things only!!!!....make me feel that like i am smoking!!!...well well...i must say..i also bother about lot health issues so that all together makes me feel to disgusting!!!
@rhowie (3)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
I do mind when my partner smokes because of the obvious reason that it can damage her health and the other person smoking it second hand, plus the fact that it contributes to the air pollution. But of course, I have tried this few times and finds it taste and effect to be unpleasant.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
30 Jan 07
I do because I don't this means I am second hand smoker and my risk is higher plus I'm trying to be pregnant. My spouse smokes but very rare now and only in the morning outside the house. He was trying to get off it slowly and it seems to work well.