Question for the Smokers here...

[cambsno]

If anyone can give me some answers on the below by tonight that would be most helpful:

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?
- Why?
- What would get you to change brands?
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns.

Thanks

 

[faddius]

If anyone can give me some answers on the below by tonight that would be most helpful:

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?
- Why?
- What would get you to change brands?
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns.

Thanks

1, I normally stick with a brand for a while but I do drift. For example I may stick with lambert & butler for 6 months or so but for what ever reason if I end up smoking Richmond for a few days, ill probably end up on nothing but Richmond for a few months. Why? I suppose I just get used to a brands qualities so stick with what I'm used to till something causes me to change over. Also some brands just don't suit some people, for example B&H, both gold and silver give me really bad headaches if I smoke more than a couple, which has caught me out many times on a night out when I've been nicking smokes off friends.

2, pricing, colourful pretty packets, free toy in every pack.

3, tried electronic cigs, whilst they are a substitute I don't like them overly much. The smoke / vapour is too light to make it really seem like I'm smoking, I end up missing the heaviness of real cigarettes. I sometimes don't even feel like I've smoked after using an electronic one for a few mins. Also there's no easy way to tell when the capsules in them are running out so you're either part wasting capsules or not getting the nicotine fix when you're out and about leading to the temptation to get regular cigarettes.

4, I wouldn't care if my brand launched its own electric dooberry, I'd probably give it a try at some point if I saw it to see if its any improvement over whats available, but I wouldn't be rushing out to get one if you know what I mean.

5, no, most shops now hide the display by law but it makes no difference, I know, and so does everyone else, that the supply is still readily available. Plain packaging is mostly irrelevant if the display is hidden but if I really disliked the packaging I'd just take the cigarettes out and put them in something else. There's loads of nice cigarette cases out there.

Hope this helps in some way.

 

[u8myufo]

If anyone can give me some answers on the below by tonight that would be most helpful:

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?
- Why?
- What would get you to change brands?
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns.

Thanks

1. Not anymore
2. When I did, because I was happy with the flavour
3.Yup!!
4. They had their chance, but decided to poison us instead.
5. Makes no difference imo Simon, you either want to buy tobacco if you smoke or you dont.

 

[norters]

If anyone can give me some answers on the below by tonight that would be most helpful:

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?
- Why?
- What would get you to change brands?
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns.

Thanks

Yes. Rolling tobacco.
Because I like it.
I have tried an ecig and they do work.
Not bothered about packaging etc. if you smoke you're going to buy them regardless.

 

[MartynK]

1. Yes.
2. Because I 'enjoy' them.
3. I'm not interested in changing, unless I can find Camel Filter Classic in the UK.
4. Never really thought about electronic cigarettes.
5. No.
6. No.

 

[Yves Geza]

I'm a pipe smoker and your questions have made me think, because cigarette smoking is being driven towards being an obscure "hobby" too

[1] Yes, but other tobaccos for different occasions
[2] Flavour
[3] Recommendation and reviews
[4] N/A
[5] N/A
[6] Already the norm in the pipe world. I buy most of my tobacco mail order but when I go into an old-fashioned tobacconist and ask for pipe tobacco, the vendors are always very chatty and enthusiastic and we have a shared "guilty pleasure"

 

[Jan K.]

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?
Yes. Cecil and Red Orlik. Occasional Royal Yacht...
- Why?
Taste. Like the unfiltered cigarette Cecil and haven't found better tasting pipe tobacco, than the two mentioned...
- What would get you to change brands?
Nothing.
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?
No! That's just plain sick... foresee major issues later on...
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes
See above....
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns
Don't smoke - or buy for that matter - anything based on packaging.

So... you're planning on selling e-cigs? :nuts:

 

[Slaphead]

1 - Yes, generally. I only switch if my preferred brand is not in stock. (Rolling tobacco)
2 - I'm happy with the taste
3 - Nothing, other than my preferred brand ceasing to be produced
4 - Yes
5 - Not bothered really
6 - Makes no difference to me.

 

[cambsno]

Cheers guys... doing a quick bit of research before I meet a tobacco company tomorrow.

 

[Yv]

If anyone can give me some answers on the below by tonight that would be most helpful:

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?
Yes - well one of two as preferred brand isn't stocked everywhere
- Why?
Taste & 'strength'
- What would get you to change brands?
Nothing really
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?
Have used them, very clever, need to be lighter weight
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes
Not really, plenty of choice around
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns.
Not at all, why on earth would it... nor do I think the same would reduce the number of people taking up the habit

Thanks

another answer set for you

 

[magicaxeman]

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time? - Yes
- Why? - I like the taste
- What would get you to change brands? - Nothing
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes? - No
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes - Not interested
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns. - Not in the slightest, packaging is the least of a smokers concerns

 

[LASTOLITE]

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time? - Yes
- Why? - I like the taste
- What would get you to change brands? - Nothing
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes? - No
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes - Not interested
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns. - Not in the slightest, packaging is the least of a smokers concerns

Your not wrong - hope you dont get anything else wrong with you that needs surgery - risks are ten fold as a result of smoking.

Saw a chap in hospital - went in for an angiogram and the reduced blood flow to his lower leg was sufficient for a none smoker to be fine - but as his blood was so poor at delivering oxygen his toes went black - then gangrene set in and after antibiotics did nowt - only other route was amputation

At 58 that was a massive shock for him.

 

[Bawbee]

If anyone can give me some answers on the below by tonight that would be most helpful:

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time? Yes
- Why? I like them
- What would get you to change brands? Only if they were withdrawn
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes? Possibly
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes Yes
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns. No

Responses in Bold Red above.

 

[Yves Geza]

At 58 that was a massive shock for him.

I'm 56 [going on 12] and I've only recently started smoking but as Aldous Huxley said "Drug taking is debilitating. Do you want a short life but a good one?"

 

[Bondy]

If anyone can give me some answers on the below by tonight that would be most helpful:

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?
No swap occasionally
- Why?
I buy the cheapest
- What would get you to change brands?
Lower the god damm price
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?
No, tried them and didn't get on with them
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes
As above
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns.
Only if it makes them cheaper
Thanks

 

[specialman]

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time? Not always, but mainly Drum Yellow baccy
- Why? It's mellow and is generally easy to roll straight from the pack
- What would get you to change brands? The shop running out of Drum Yellow
- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes? Yes
- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes not bothered
- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns. Not sure

 

[Johnd2000]

- Do you smoke the same brand all the time?

I smoked the same brand for most of the 34 years I smoked.

- Why? - What would get you to change brands?

Just what I was used to. If they'd stopped making them I'd have found an alternative.

- Are you tempted by electronic cigarettes?

Been smoke-free on ecigs (well, personal vaporisers would be more accurate term) since early march this year. Make my own e juice and have stock of nicotine to last about a year, ready for the clampdown.

- Would you prefer 'your brand' to launch their own range of electronic cigarettes

No. I don't want anything from the tobacco industry if at all possible (except the Nic, I guess). I don't even like tobacco-flavoured ejuice these days.

- Would something like plain packaging and no visable display change your behavior or buying patterns.

Not in the slightest. They could put them in boxes marked "kiddy fiddlers" and I'd still have bought them.

 

[phil8139]

Saw a chap in hospital - went in for an angiogram and the reduced blood flow to his lower leg was sufficient for a none smoker to be fine - but as his blood was so poor at delivering oxygen his toes went black - then gangrene set in and after antibiotics did nowt - only other route was amputation

At 58 that was a massive shock for him.

I pulled my mate out from under a truck, his head was crushed by the wheel. It hasn't stopped me from being around trucks everyday.

Stop the scare mongering - smokers know it's bad, we are adults with a choice.

My wife shown me the picture the other day (good lung - smokers lung) I shown her my BMI and then hers. Guess who is ready for a heart attack on paper?
Phil.

 

[Johnd2000]

3, tried electronic cigs, whilst they are a substitute I don't like them overly much. The smoke / vapour is too light to make it really seem like I'm smoking, I end up missing the heaviness of real cigarettes. I sometimes don't even feel like I've smoked after using an electronic one for a few mins. Also there's no easy way to tell when the capsules in them are running out so you're either part wasting capsules or not getting the nicotine fix when you're out and about leading to the temptation to get regular cigarettes.

If you're interested, better kit would solve those problems. Cig-alikes are the "point & shoots" of Vaping. They do a basic job, not very well. There's a whole world of much better solutions available.

 

[faddius]

If you're interested, better kit would solve those problems. Cig-alikes are the "point & shoots" of Vaping. They do a basic job, not very well. There's a whole world of much better solutions available.

There's better versions of e cigs? Where could I find them? I'd definitely be interested in looking into them.

 

[Johnd2000]

There's better versions of e cigs? Where could I find them? I'd definitely be interested in looking into them.

Get yourself over to the UK Vapers forum or, closer to home, the e-cig thread here in Out of Focus.

 

[LASTOLITE]

I'm 56 [going on 12] and I've only recently started smoking but as Aldous Huxley said "Drug taking is debilitating. Do you want a short life but a good one?"

Funny that you should quote AH

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
Aldous Huxley

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Aldous Huxley

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.
Aldous Huxley

I would encourage anyone I can to try and stop using cigarettes. The health implications in later life are numerous. I know its difficult - but anything that can help is worth doing imho.

Good luck quitting

 

[u8myufo]

I would encourage anyone I can to try and stop using cigarettes. The health implications in later life are numerous. I know its difficult - but anything that can help is worth doing imho.

Good luck quitting

I found this to be a great help just over a couple of weeks back Bill. Yes I was one of the it wont happen to me brigade, each to their own though. As John points out there are some great devices out there for vaping nowadays, and with the choice of mouth watering flavours it has never been so much fun imo to quit. Within those short couple of weeks, my breathing has definately improved, I can feel my lungs filling up with much more air. Feeling lethargic has gone completely, and overall I feel much better in myself.

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[f1charlie]

I'm 56 [going on 12] and I've only recently started smoking but as Aldous Huxley said "Drug taking is debilitating. Do you want a short life but a good one?"

Why? I can understand those who started years ago before the risks were fully understood and are now hooked and can't give up, but why take up something that is proven to cause all sorts of health problems (as well as being expensive and smell disgusting).

 

[Johnd2000]

Why? I can understand those who started years ago before the risks were fully understood and are now hooked and can't give up, but why take up something that is proven to cause all sorts of health problems (as well as being expensive and smell disgusting).

Same reason anyone does anything potentially dangerous. For fun and in the hope that "it won't happen to me".

Nicotine has upsides, you know.

 

[LASTOLITE]

I found this to be a great help just over a couple of weeks back Bill. Yes I was one of the it wont happen to me brigade, each to their own though. As John points out there are some great devices out there for vaping nowadays, and with the choice of mouth watering flavours it has never been so much fun imo to quit. Within those short couple of weeks, my breathing has definately improved, I can feel my lungs filling up with much more air. Feeling lethargic has gone completely, and overall I feel much better in myself.

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TOP MAN Rich for being honest - life is precious - we all take it for granted at times. Great that you are still here and have quit!

I lost my mum to a illness that was accelerated because she had been a smoker in early life. I sympathise with those who have smoked from an early age when the implications were not fully understood or kept from the end user:nono: But as Rich says its never been easier to stop, with all the help available and the alternatives.

Go for it

 

[Yves Geza]

Same reason anyone does anything potentially dangerous. For fun and in the hope that "it won't happen to me".

Nicotine has upsides, you know.

Why have I chosen to start smoking a pipe? Because I enjoy it enormously and I choose to. I am an adult and I am quite happy to make my own decisions about my own life.

Incidentally I don't quite agree about dangerous sports. I used to drive racing cars rather than spectating. I wasn't brilliant; my eyesight wasn't as good as my friends' who had major professional careers but as a graduate psychologist I was told very early on not "it won't happen to you" but "you have to want to die!" - you have to suspend your disbelief! At 120mph+ in pouring rain with the car lifting and aquaplaning I can clearly remember having time to think "this is dangerous and is going to hurt!" and then "but I still want to do it!"

Another thing. At 56, I grew up in the libertarian 1970s when we derided those such as Mary Whitehouse who screamed blasphemy and opposed sexuality. Now the prejudices have changed - they have completely reversed - but the sanctimonious and the self-righteous in society have triumphed: they condemn everything they disagree with to the point of seeking to close down unfashionable "unacceptable" views.

One thing I chose not to do, is to tell other people how to live their lives!

 

[Nod]

You? "Grew up"? Nah - you just put on years!!!

When I smoked, I used to smoke the brand that tasted least foul. When I started, I smoked Marlboro but changed soon after since they tasted more of chemical than burning. If I still smoked, I would try e-cigs and would try several brands/types to find the best taste. I'm the sort who tends to remove branding rather than buy stuff because it's branded (used to use a cigarette case rather than the pack - less likely to get crushed in a pocket!)

 

[Col]

Why have I chosen to start smoking a pipe? Because I enjoy it enormously and I choose to. I am an adult and I am quite happy to make my own decisions about my own life.

Incidentally I don't quite agree about dangerous sports. I used to drive racing cars rather than spectating. I wasn't brilliant; my eyesight wasn't as good as my friends' who had major professional careers but as a graduate psychologist I was told very early on not "it won't happen to you" but "you have to want to die!" - you have to suspend your disbelief! At 120mph+ in pouring rain with the car lifting and aquaplaning I can clearly remember having time to think "this is dangerous and is going to hurt!" and then "but I still want to do it!"

Another thing. At 56, I grew up in the libertarian 1970s when we derided those such as Mary Whitehouse who screamed blasphemy and opposed sexuality. Now the prejudices have changed - they have completely reversed - but the sanctimonious and the self-righteous in society have triumphed: they condemn everything they disagree with to the point of seeking to close down unfashionable "unacceptable" views.

One thing I chose not to do, is to tell other people how to live their lives!

I often think there should be more with this philosophy. Here here!

 

[WelshNoob]

I'm 56 [going on 12] and I've only recently started smoking but as Aldous Huxley said "Drug taking is debilitating. Do you want a short life but a good one?"

That's crazy. I can understand you maybe wanting to let go and do drugs but cigarettes?