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    Hey,
    Why is it so many dancers seem to smoke when I run into few smokers in other places? Maybe it's just an illusion but it seems that most of the girls where I hang out, first thing they do when they sit down is light a cigarette...which has me thinking I should buy a lighter...

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    Alot of people still smoke. But you want to buy a lighter and start smoking because others do? Back in high school i could see were the pressure was to smoke, you were cool. (yea right). Half quit or ended up with breathing problems. I do not smoke, and proud of it. Today it's just the opposite, smoking is not in anymore. As scientists became more aware of the dangers, of even short term smoking it's just not wise to start in the first place. Do a google search, and type in ingredients in cigs. That may help you. Scary. Pamela

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    Hey,
    Why is it so many dancers seem to smoke when I run into few smokers in other places? Maybe it's just an illusion but it seems that most of the girls where I hang out, first thing they do when they sit down is light a cigarette...which has me thinking I should buy a lighter...
    One thing that I've noticed at clubs is that an unusually high proportion of the patrons and the non-dancer employees smoke too. I would suspect that you see so much of this in nightclubs is because its one of the few public places remaining where smoking is allowed (unless of course you live in a state or locality where even that is a no-no).
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    Don't start smoking. Consider this...the number of customers that will be attracted to you because you smoke versus the number that will be turned off by you because you smoke.

    I think a reason it may seem like a lot of dancers smoke is because it's one of the few jobs where you can smoke while working. Have you ever checked out nurses and doctors? It's crazy, but they seem to smoke like fiends (on their smoke breaks.)

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    Smoking is definitly a NO now days. I think the majority of people are trying to quit and everybody that smokes is the outcast instead of the other way around.I don't smoke anymore but I used too. Then I realized that my health is way more important than a smelly habit.

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    Common line from dancer: "Do you mind if I smoke?"

    Standard response by me: "I'm sorry, I'm pretty sensitive to smoke."

    She puts her cigarettes away, and we've already started off badly. I don't like starting off like that, but I am sensitive to smoke.

    And because I'm sensitive to it, it's a pleasure to find a dancer who doesn't have smoke smell in her clothes or hair or on her skin.

    I don't mean to offend smokers here. It's just how my nose is.

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    This happens to me too, customers I am sitting with will ask if I mind if THEY smoke, and while I have never said "Yes, please don't" I usually just tell them just not to blow their smoke in my direction. At least this way they move their ashtray so that the smoke that travels to me is kept at a minimum. But I can't stand the stuff!

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    Common line from dancer: "Do you mind if I smoke?"


    And because I'm sensitive to it, it's a pleasure to find a dancer who doesn't have smoke smell in her clothes or hair or on her skin.
    The problem here is that you will smell like smoke whether you smoke or not. I worked last night and haven't showered yet and I smell it in my hair right now.

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    I smoke...pretty much a pack a day. Now that I have shared this...don't tell me I need to stop, I know that, and I know how. Somedays I am not sure I want to quit or not. I haven't gotten to the "doing it for me" point yet.

    I do know it effects my work, maybe a lot of girls smoke because traditionally it HAS been seen as a social activity. Now, they are hooked and just can't stop.

    Plus, you smoke more if you are bored, stressed out, have anxiety...Dancers "usually" have a lot of that.

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    The problem here is that you will smell like smoke whether you smoke or not. I worked last night and haven't showered yet and I smell it in my hair right now.
    True enough, Collette, and it makes for an uncomfortable drive home with my twitchy nose. As soon as I get home, the clothes are in the hamper and I'm in the shower. I can tell when someone's been on a smoke break. I can pick up a newspaper and know if the person who had it before me was smoking. Probably most people in a nonsmoking environment are that way.

    My parents both smoked, and they never believed that it could be that bad for me. I'm sorry, but once I left their house, was in smoke-free environments for a while, and then came back, it really is that bad for me.

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    Ooooooops. Some of you misunderstood my meaning about the lighter...My bad. What I meant was I was thinking about getting one so I could light girls' cigarettes for them if THEY choose to smoke. I agree 100 percent with all you anti-smokers, but I guess it's their choice.

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    i think it would be a very gentlemanly gesture to offer a light to a dancer. i know all my guy friends do that when they go out to regular bars. i'm used to seeing scenes like that in old movies... guy meets girl, guy lights girl's cigarette, girl gazes longingly into guys eyes (big violin backup here)... you get the idea.

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    Something I have found is that non-smokers become smokers when in a bar. I do smoke at work (2-3 cigs per shift), but NEVER smoke at home, or when out doing other activities. I restrict my smoking to at work only. I find that when I am having a hard time breaking the ice to get dances, I will sit with a guy who has cigs on his table and ask if he minds if I take my smoke break there? Or I will say that I am out and ask if I can bum one from him. This catches him off guard, as he is expecting me to just ask for the dance and move on. It gives him the opportunity to be chilvrious and light the cig for me, and offer a comfortable place to sit for a few minutes. This is also, a time where he can smoke without feeling like he is offending anyone. Usually we will end up doing private dances after my "smoke break".

    After doing lap dances I usually will go "freshen up" anyway, so that I don't smell like either the man or the smoke I just had. I will wash my hands, use baby wipes on my body and use mouth wash, as well as using body spray in my hair to rid myself of the smoke smell. This only takes a few minutes and allows me to regroup for the next guy, smoker or not.

    I have been a "social smoker" all of my adult life. Not everyone can pull this one off, as I have never found myself addicted to anything. But I believe that more than a few customers never smoke outside of bars either.


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    Smoking is a choice of the individual and soon becoming one of the last forms of discrimination. It's like it turned ffrom the "in" thing to a taboo thing. Now whether you smoke or not is not the issue. SHould those who do be punished for a legal activity. This business is about pleasing the customer and in several businesses we have to do things or put up with people we don't care for or do things we don't like. But, as the nature of business, deal with it. There are plenty of professions where smoking is not allowed, people go out to get away from the pressures of everyday life, including jobs like these. It's your job as owners, managers, dj, entertainers to make them comfortable, not denigrate them. Plus, most smokers are what we call social smokers which means they smoke only when they drink, and several non-smokers fall under this category as well. I've seen people on the street badmouth smokers, only to see these same people in bars/nightclubs light one up. To Each His Own...

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    I am a non smoker and notice that a very high percentage of dancers have taken up this life threatening habit. I think that people who frequent bars get caught up in this addiction more than other people.

    Dancers should at all costs avoid the terrible vices that they are exposed to in the bar environment, tobacco, drugs, and drinking more than 1 or 2 drinks a night.

    this job requires great discipline to avoid jeopardizing your health, especially as you get older.

    I personally have experienced more people than I could count on one hand die from lung cancer in their EARLY 50's, and several in the same age range with throat cancer leaving them with a voice box in their throats requiring them to press a button to speak AND another old neighbor who would cough up so much mucous she would literally choke on it and then light up another smoke. And my fiancees ex mother in law died from lung cancer last year and she was a heavy smoker.

    You dancers who are still young and sexy now will die an early death if you don't leave the tobacco alone. it is very important not to do things to damage our bodies while dancing as our good looks and health can go out the window in a heartbeat.

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    Well, I don't want my nonsmoking statements and sensitivity to smoke being used to call me an "antismoker." I'm not here to try to regulate anyone's behavior.

    I don't like bad body odor and don't like to sit next to a person that has it. That doesn't mean I want to pass a law forcing that person to deodorize.

    (Although I must note that if cigarettes had not been made up to this point, they never would have become legal. Can you image the FDA giving approval to a recreational substance that is a highly addictive carcinogen and emphysematic with no measurable health benefit? Uh-huh.)

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    1)agreed you reek of smoke in a club even if you dont smoke. 2) never smoke on the floor unless a guy you are sitting with does, even then try to be discrete. 3) i too have used the ploy that paris mentioned works and is none threating.
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    Alanna, you got the idea exactly. That's the image I'm striving for. I was brought up to open doors for ladies and all that...Sir Walter Raleigh (i think it was) was held up as an example for putting his coat across a puddle so a lady could walk across it.
    It goes back to what's been said here about dancers being ladies. I know you take a bad rap in some circles outside the club, but as far as I'm concerned you are ladies and should be treated as such.

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