Any other non-smokers here?

[jruthledge]

Apparently, federal guidelines for the ACA say that a smoker is someone who has used tobacco four or more times a week within the past 6 months. It's a pretty good week if I get a chance to smoke my pipes three times. I never do four, so I'm a nonsmoker. I mentioned this to a friend of mine who said, "Oh, So I wasn't lying on my insurance forms!"

 

[huntertrw]

jruthledge:
If that is the definition of "a smoker" according to the "Affordable" Care Act, then I do not qualify as one either!

 

[woodsroad]

I stopped smoking after the asbestos treatments.

 

[derfatdutchman]

Well if that's the definition then call me a non-smoker.

 

[joeval]

Another non-smoker! I might get away with 4 bowls a month! 4 a week is unheard of for me (alas!)

 

[aldecaker]

I guess I'm safe either way. I don't lie to them any more than they lie to me, which gives me a lot of latitude.

 

[shaintiques]

I'm just here for the pipes, they are so pretty to look at.

 

[jkrug]

Two or three bowls a day for me so I guess I don't qualify. ::

 

[jruthledge]

Another non-smoker! I might get away with 4 bowls a month! 4 a week is unheard of for me (alas!)

I manage to get more than that in, but I feel ya. If I don't have time to sit still and enjoy a pipe at least once a week, I figure I'm doing something wrong. A couple of years ago, one of my new year's resolutions was to smoke more.

:lol:

 

[warren]

I'm picking up the slack for some of you guys.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

All of my tobacco fell in the river during a fishing trip.

 

[cobguy]

Lol ... beat me to it Cosmic!
Did you also lose your guns and precious metals like I did? :mrgreen:

 

[cosmicfolklore]

"Just the one's on that list there, officer."

 

[phred]

It's rare that I get more than a couple of bowls in a week, so I'm technically still a "non-smoker".

 

[brudnod]

Hmmm. Does that mean AVERAGE 4 smokes a week or 4 smokes every week? Good weeks for me is 7-8 pipes; bad weeks is no pipes. Guess that makes me a non-smoker as well!

 

[ahpui]

Non smoker me is. Maybe a pipe man wannabe.

 

[crazypipe]

All day , every day ::

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

Yay! I get to smoke 50% more now!

(My original estimates for staying out of the "smoker" category were two bowls a week, I'm glad we have some clarification on that, at least by American standards.)

 

[tarak]

A couple bowls a week is an awesome week for me!

 

[cortezattic]

Does "who has used tobacco" mean inhaled? If so, then I'm a non-smoker too!