{"id":2052,"date":"2014-03-29T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T18:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2014-03-29T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T18:35:30","slug":"elaine-benes-lives-being-a-smoker-is-bad-for-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2052","title":{"rendered":"Elaine Benes lives — Being a smoker is bad for dating"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elaine Benes broke up with Keith Hernandez over his smoking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is absolutely not a surprise to me at all.<\/p>\n

According to stats from the dating app Hinge,<\/a> men who self-identify being a smoker are absolutely killing themselves for hooking up with someone.<\/p>\n

According to newly released statistics from the the dating app\u00a0Hinge<\/a>, men who self-identify as smokers are rejected 89 percent of the time. In other words, they’re 61 percent more likely to be rejected than their smoke-free counterparts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Similarly:<\/p>\n

A\u00a0survey published in February<\/a>\u00a0from Match.com and the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer found that 89 percent of people on Match.com preferred to date a non-smoker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remember, the old days when the tobacco companies promoted cigarettes as sexy and alluring. No more. \u00a0Smoking is a major turnoff for a lot of people — the smell, the secondhand smoke, etc. \u00a0Seinfeld was ahead of it’s time!<\/p>\n

I love a couple of the comments on this story (I don’t comment on HuffPost anymore.)<\/p>\n

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I always thought some anti-tobacco ads should emphasize the butt breath people get from smoking. The stank in their hair, clothes, skin, saliva (yes, try kissing a smoker – ugh) is disgusting right along with the yellow fingers and teeth. I always chuckle when I see a smoker put on cologne or perfume – what’s the point? It’s like spraying Fabreeze on a turd.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0I am a smoker and have no complaints with your post. It is a horrible and useless habit.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This is absolutely not a surprise to me at all. According to stats from the dating app Hinge, men who self-identify being a smoker are absolutely killing themselves for hooking up with someone. According to newly released statistics from the the dating app\u00a0Hinge, men who self-identify as smokers are rejected 89 percent of the time. … Continue reading Elaine Benes lives — Being a smoker is bad for dating<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57],"tags":[174],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smoking-2","tag-smoking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/keith-hernandez.jpg?fit=208%2C242&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-x6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3365,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3365","url_meta":{"origin":2052,"position":0},"title":"Study: Risk of heart attack drops to normal 15 years after most smokers quit","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"June 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"An There's an interesting new study out that states that within 15 years of quitting smoking, smokers see their risk of heart attack drop to the same level as non-smokers. 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