I came across this statistic and was curious to hear everyone's experiences.

I'm a non-smoker and my XW stop smoking when she met me. This lasted for 4 years until the OM got her smoking again. Her smoking has gradually increased ever since.

To me her cigarettes were more important than I was and she would get mad at me because I did not want to sit on the back porch and talk with her while she puffed away.

LOL, my wife quit smoking 16 years ago when she was pregnant with our oldest.....

When she started going out for ladies night with her sister, she miracously started smoking again!!!!

Reason being...... men would offer to light her cigarette.... a conversation starter!!!!

I'm a nonsmoker. STBXH and MOW are both smokers...and not just cigarettes <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" /> .

Interesting, I Did it Again.

My STBX started smoking when he met OW#2, not just an occasional puff here and there, but chain smoking. And it surely shows on him, looks aged and pale. OW#2 , of course, smokes.
I am a non smoker. STBX has smoked before, but stopped a year after we met, mainly smoking when out having drinks. Oh yes, and he started smoking too when he met OW#1, she was a non smoker, so he just smoked occasionally. Smoking seems to be always associated with his relationship problems, and acts as a dummy for a baby.
OW#2 is separated from her 1st H, and if the D with me and STBX goes through, it will be his 3rd.
Now, if statistics say this about smokers divorcing, STBX and OW#2's relationship is so very likely to be doomed, it's so suprising it even got started!!! 128% chance of it failing, wow.
In the future, I would be cautious to start a relationship with a smoker, they tend to have issues...
If STBX comes crawling to my doorstep, the first thing said will be: "Ditch the rollies."

stbxH and I were both smokers when we met. Actually, I only just quit a year ago (March 5th was my one year anniversary! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> ).

Smoking was a HUGE issue that caused a heck of a lot of turbulence in my M. One of the main issues, was the money involved. We went without a LOT of things, so that we could have our smokes. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />

H recognized the problems too, and HE was always the one saying we should quit. I wasn't ready, and he used me as his excuse not to quit. Well, I did, and he didn't have the ba!!s to do it! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> Our relationship worsened all the more after that (granted, there were far more serious problems than smoking going on).

I know that H's current OW (the one who was with him at xmastime, IF she's still with him now, I do not know).. she smokes. I had to clean up her butts around the house when the boys and I moved back in there last December. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/mad.gif" />

I'm not sure on the stats on smokers being more likely to D, but I would bet that the numbers are even greater when you have one partner quit the nasty habit! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Karen