smoking

[adidasss]

i'm a smoker, have been for about 10 years now ( i'm 24 so do the math )...i know it's supposed to be a disgusting habbit, i realized that much when i briefly quit and i fully grasped the stench of cigarette smoke, but when i smoke i don't smell anything so i don't really care...

as far as the health concerns, despite all the warning i have to say i don't take them seriously enough ( obviously, otherwise i would have quit by now ). to me "smoking causes cancer and heart problems" says, it MAY cause them if you're already viable ( that's the word right? ), family history and all, which means you could also be a non smoker and get cancer or die of a heart attack...it's all chance...


so i was wondering, what's your position on smoking and smokers?

[Yoda]

I've hung out with friends in bars who smoked more or less non-stop, and it's never bothered me that much. As long as there isn't any smoke flying right in my face, I'm fine with it. Actually, if the smoke is drifting away from me, and therefore just vaguely near me, I rather enjoy the smell.

I dated a heavy smoker at one point, too, and I couldn't even really tell, though I suspect it'd be different if we were both older. I presume it'd be more noticable (and less pleasant) after a decade or two.

[Sleezy]

I don't smoke, never have, and never will. I don't particularly care to be around those who do, especially in bars and restaurants. It just becomes so overwhelming that it eventually impairs my ability to enjoy myself.

For me, though, I think it has a lot to do with positive and negative association. None of my friends smoke, my parents quit smoking several years before they had me, and my brother - a veteran firefighter - told me that he'd beat the snot out of me if he ever saw me smoking, having seen the kinds of things that fires started from dropped or non-stubbed cigarettes can do.

I dated someone who actually started smoking while we were together, and I hated that she did that. A year or two later, after having broken up with the previous woman, I met someone at work with whom I 'got along with' pretty well. Though we never dated, we probably would have. She smoked quite a bit, but it never bothered me, and I think it's because she was already a smoker when I met her, and because she was a really great person.

[7thson]

We ALL have our vices, and while smoking is not one of mine I understand the need. Food, alcohol, smoking, sex, gambling, etc..., addictions are a part of life, even: exercise, yoga, education, etc...
My Father indirectly died from smoking, but I do not blame anyone or anything for it. life is life, who am I to tell someone not to smoke? All good all good.:)

[shirble]

It's silly and clearly kills you.

I offer nicorettes as christmas gifts for my smoker friends.

[Naisy]

Dont smoke, not interested in smoking and never will take up smoking. I can handle being around it in moderation (eg a pub, club, bar, etc) but not right in my face. If one of my mates is lighting up they know the rule, if they blow smoke in my face, im allowed to throw my fist into their's ;) asides from that it doesnt really bother me.

People know the risks and dangers of smoking, and they can do what they want.

[The Taxi Driver]

Yea cigs are disgusting to me, I don't like the smell or the taste I would rather light up a doobie

[adidasss]

yeah, but ,at least when you're in Croatia, you smoke them european style right? doesn't bother you then ?

[Ash_Lee]

I don't smoke, but I love the smell of tobacco burning in a pipe. The only thing that pissed me off was when my dad used to smoke in the car when I was a little kid, but refused to let me open my window.

He did have his window open by the way, but all that did was blow it back in my face. It was really unpleasant, and yet he wouldn't let me open a window if I was feeling car sick :rolleyes:

I resent those kind of selfish attitudes.

[EDIT]
Sorry, I should clarify. I don't mind smoking, one day I may even do it myself, I just can't stand it when some smokers are so inconsiderate of others. Pubs and clubs are fine, cars or public transport with children = nuh uh.

[diamondgeeza]

I smoke although i am trying to give up at the mo, Its a hard thing to do though, especially when i am on my own at work (I'm a lorry driver) and then nearly all the people i see in the depot in the morning all smoke, most of the storemen i deliver too smoke and when i come home i'm surrounded by it, I live above a pub, So when i do attempt to quit everyone else seems to want to make it harder for me to do so, they start smoking more and keep offering them to me and there is only so many times you can say no before you end up giving in! I'll manage it one day though!

[shirble]

It still doesn't bother me nearly as much as it does some people. I'd still happily date someone who smoked, and so on. And I'm not too worried about it giving cancer to others because it seems very likely that you're getting it anyway. Honestly, what bothers me most about the image is how bloody unclassy it looks. I know it's meant to make you look inherently cool, but I must have missed that one somehow.

Of course it doesn't help that my mother had the great idea recently to start smoking cigarellos AND chew nicorettes. True class.

[Piddzilla]

I've been a smoker but quit 5-6 years ago. That was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I hate addictions, I'm even annoyed by the fact that I need coffee every day. It's like once you're hooked on something most of the joy of doing it goes away. I quite because I felt like every cigarette felt like such a huge disappointment. It didn't match the my need for it. But when I quit it was really hard to do certain things in the beginning, especially go out for a coffee or a beer and I was depressed every time I had had a meal and realized I couldn't have my after dinner cigarette.

One or two years ago smoking was banned in all public places in Sweden, like cafés, bars, clubs, restaurants and so on, and I love it. Even when I was a smoker I avoided some places that I knew were smoky although it was a nice club or whatever. Now it's so much fresher - you can even wear the same sweater the next day without feeling like an ashtray.

I do enjoy a joint now and then though. ;)

[gummo]

I smoke(13 years now). But I hate being around cigarette smoke indoors...figure that one out.

[The Taxi Driver]

yeah, but ,at least when you're in Croatia, you smoke them european style right? doesn't bother you then ?

It actualy does kinda bother me but not enough to not do it at all but I would perfer a straight reefer joint however the tobacco is tolerable

[Golgot]

One or two years ago smoking was banned in all public places in Sweden, like cafés, bars, clubs, restaurants and so on, and I love it.

Bah, they're going to do that in the UK too, some time next year (i think). Not really a fan of the idea - bit nanny state. Sounds like it'll help next time i try and give up tho ;)

as far as the health concerns, despite all the warning i have to say i don't take them seriously enough ( obviously, otherwise i would have quit by now ). to me "smoking causes cancer and heart problems" says, it MAY cause them if you're already viable ( that's the word right? ), family history and all, which means you could also be a non smoker and get cancer or die of a heart attack...it's all chance...

Heh, well, IF that's the case, i hope i take after my Aussie grandad. He smoked like a chimney and lived til 80. My other grandad got taken out by the cigs at 50 tho.

(liable's the word you're thinking of btw - but with an infinitive after - like 'you're more liable to get cancer' etc ;))

I'm pretty sure cigs increase your overall chances of getting something nasty no matter what your susceptibility etc tho. And they can cause other probs besides cancer (as a doc friend of mine loves to point out).

I've been told there's a medical 'rule of thumb' that says if you quit by about 30 you're statistically much more likely to avoid the long-term effects. (But i don't know if they take ganj into account when calculating that ;))

[adidasss]

[QUOTE]Bah, they're going to do that in the UK too, some time next year (i think). Not really a fan of the idea - bit nanny state. Sounds like it'll help next time i try and give up tho ;)
thankfully, Croatia is still a backward country...and i can smoke freely nearly everywhere...yay for smokers! ( but seriously, can you imagine going out for a pint and not being able to light one up? *shudders* )



Heh, well, IF that's the case, i hope i take after my Aussie grandad. He smoked like a chimney and lived til 80. My other grandad got taken out by the cigs at 50. (liable's the word btw ;)) ah, damn, so close...thanks ;)
one of my grandads was a long time smoker, quit after about 40 years of smoking, and died at the age of 94...my other grandad died of heart failure at about 60, never smoked a cig in his life....*shrugs*

I've been told there's a medical 'rule of thumb' that says if you quit by about 30 you're statistically much more likely to avoid the long-term effects. (But i don't know if they take ganj into acoount when calculating that ;))
well, one minute they're saying weed is better for you than smoking cigarettes, the other they're saying it's just as bad...i've really stopped following....a joint every once in a while will hardly do any damage methinks...

[Golgot]

...a joint every once in a while will hardly do any damage methinks...

Yeah, that's my logic on the subject too ;). (There definitely haven't been any definitive studies done on that stuff - other than mental effects from massive use etc).

[Godsend]

Cigars actually.

For my pathetic attempts at the smoke rings.

Peach cigars rock.

:)

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Smokings retarded. I am retarded too. I don't like it when I'm sober and people smell like an ashtray. I smoke cigarettes when I'm drunk.

[Tacitus]

I've been told there's a medical 'rule of thumb' that says if you quit by about 30 you're statistically much more likely to avoid the long-term effects

I may as well keep going then...

Incidentally, I tried some nicotine-replacement chewing gum the other day.

I was physically sick within 10 minutes. :)

[Escape]

I don't smoke and never will. Not a big fan of tar in the lungs.

[adidasss]

What, not even ganja??;)

[Monkeypunch]

I don't like smoking, and I don't really hang out with people who do smoke, but I can understand the addiction.

I want to punch pot smokers in the face, however. I mean we all look the other way on it, but then when I go to Dairy Queen and some chucklehead can't even get my order right cause he's too high, thats the end of the line, people.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I experimented with smoking during the summer of 2000. It was not for me. I smoked 3 cigarettes at a time and got sick. I also didn't really enjoy the act of smoking - holding the cigarette, puffing, everything about it. Someone bought me a pack of cigarettes, I smoked a few of them (at my job, everyone smoked at that job) and I remember that when I was down to only 13 left, I threw them all away. That was it - haven't had a cigarette since. I wouldn't want to smoke now, I believe they can kill you... but I don't mind the smell, or being around people who smoke, even though I've heard second hand smoke is more dangerous than actually smoking.

[Sedai]

I smoked cigs for about 6 years back in my teen years and early 20s, then I gave it up. Occassionally, when I am quite drunk, I will have a cig, and it makes me feel terrible. Silly, me.

[Kitsune Castle]

Well I started smoking cigs when I was 15. Very small at first, but now 17 I probably smoke a whole pack in the span of 2 hours. Yes sad I know. The only one I smoke cigarettes (aside from the kids at school, We're aloud to smoke cigarettes on the property) with is well my best friend. He started before me and him being 18 now he buys like 2 packs every 2 weeks or so. Also each time a different brand.
I want to quit just dont see it happing anytime soon But this doesn't really bother me much at all, forgive me for being a sucker for a cigarette while I do some project for school and Model United Nation positions papers, BLah blah blah. Its a stress reliever. Besides Ive done worser things than smoke a cigarette, and all my friends have there own vices as well: Sex, Drugs, Gambling, Alcohol, especially drugs, I believe they're no big deal

Also ganja's better :p and every pot smoker is not mentally retarded. I know kids who smoke pot more than I do, and there going to colleges, have straight A's the whole 9 yards.

Alcohol is a far more worse killer than cigarettes and weed.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Blah-blah-blah, we all know of other people who can smoke weed, drink every night, and walk on tight ropes over the grand canyon, but why in the hell would that mean you or I could do that? The percentage of people who can be productive while doing drugs is very small. I'm comfortable saying anyone reading this isn't in that small percentage. If you don't believe me, set the steamroller down and lay off the bong for 6 months and then try to tell me you aren't more productive. Stupid clowns.

I still think smoking is retarded unless I'm drunk.

[Britbrat19]

I dont smoke but i have tried a few times its not for me. It doesn't bother me that much though my brother and alot of his friends smoke so im used to being around it. I actually kind of like the smell a little I dont know why.

[Monkeypunch]

every pot smoker is not mentally retarded. I know kids who smoke pot more than I do, and there going to colleges, have straight A's the whole 9 yards.

Alcohol is a far more worse killer than cigarettes and weed.

All the ones I've ever met are. I'd much rather be able to think and not need a crutch like weed to deal with life.

[adidasss]

^^You must not know a lot of people then. I smoke pot and I'm going to law school. Saying you smoke pot doesn't make you a pot-head, some of us do it occasionally.

[blibblobblib]

I'm an occasional smoker. Took it up at UNi as everyone was doing it and it was nice to have a roll up and a cup of tea. Do you guys have loose tobacco in the States? When i was over there last, the only kind i could see was chewing tobacco. YUK.
I sometimes get a packet of baccy and might have a few roll ups when im stressed or relaxing. I see it as a guilty pleasure more than a habit. For example, i havnt had a ciggarette for about 5 weeks as of today as i havnt been stressed or felt like i need one. but i'm sure i'll have some more soon. As for passive smoking, i know this will make me sound like a hypocrite, but i HATE breathing in other peoples smoke. I HATE smokey clubs. i cannot wait for the smoking ban to take affect over here this July.

And as for the green. I smoke it about once or twice every two weeks, but i do make sure i smoke a day before i havnt got anything big to do as it wipes me out for the next day.

[Kitsune Castle]

All the ones I've ever met are. I'd much rather be able to think and not need a crutch like weed to deal with life.
A crutch you say. One does not need weed to live. I think you've got your drugs mixed up. Were talking about pot a simple weed that grows in the ground. You must not know to much people, to only know shmucks, who dick around, and have no purpose in life.

Blah-blah-blah, we all know of other people who can smoke weed, drink every night, and walk on tight ropes over the grand canyon, but why in the hell would that mean you or I could do that? The percentage of people who can be productive while doing drugs is very small. I'm comfortable saying anyone reading this isn't in that small percentage. If you don't believe me, set the steamroller down and lay off the bong for 6 months and then try to tell me you aren't more productive. Stupid clowns.

I still think smoking is retarded unless I'm drunk.

Unless I'm drunk? Alchol causes more deaths per year than cigs do, my fathers an aclholic, but also I have had my own problems with it aswell. How exactly do you know for sure every productive pot smoker? Listen to yourself.How about this smart ass, I have straight A's. You all look down on people who smoke pot, because you really don't know what your talking ABOUT. First off merely waitng a week or so I can feel normal. Even so when I smoke pot with my friends we converse on philosophy, music and life. Not abunch of dudes just blazing up a telling eachother dick and fart jokes. Thats what the general misconeption of pot smokers are people who cant even count to five, and sit in there rooms doing nothing productive with their life.
You dont know me, so dont tell me. I read, exercise, and other numerous things while high and sober. Infact I have straight A's, attend Model United Nations, and I'm the leader of my schools Spanish club. Now you tell me I dont do anything productive. I am able to think function and go about my day without smoking pot.

[Yoda]

You dont know me, so dont tell me. I read, exercise, and other numerous things while high and sober. Infact I have straight A's, attend Model United Nations, and I'm the leader of my schools Spanish club. Now you tell me I dont do anything productive. I am able to think function and go about my day without smoking pot.
I daresay you do these things in spite of smoking pot, and certainly not because of them, which is what I think the "crutch" comment was meant to infer. Any sort of high is going to create hurdles of some kind. The fact that you have apparently managed to jump those hurdles (so far) doesn't mean they don't exist.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Infact I have straight A's, attend Model United Nations, and I'm the leader of my schools Spanish club.

I remember hearing about Model U.N. over the announcements at my high school. I thought it had something to do with modeling... I often wondered where my invitation was.

[The Taxi Driver]

All the ones I've ever met are. I'd much rather be able to think and not need a crutch like weed to deal with life.

Yea my brother is 29 and has been smoking weed since he was 16 and he does so everyday and he is three years away from becoming a college professor. I also have been smoking for about two years and I do very well in school I run for the school track team and am all around the same person I was befor I started. People just look at pot smoking stereotypes and assume we are all worthless lazy morons. Please you shouldn't judge people you do not know and just because you probobly think too highly of you're self to befriend a pot smoker and learn a thing or too about something you clearly have no idea about

[adidasss]

I daresay you do these things in spite of smoking pot, and certainly not because of them, which is what I think the "crutch" comment was meant to infer. Any sort of high is going to create hurdles of some kind. The fact that you have apparently managed to jump those hurdles (so far) doesn't mean they don't exist. Lol!! What kind of hurdles does smoking a joint in the evening create?

[Kitsune Castle]

I daresay you do these things in spite of smoking pot, and certainly not because of them, which is what I think the "crutch" comment was meant to infer. Any sort of high is going to create hurdles of some kind. The fact that you have apparently managed to jump those hurdles (so far) doesn't mean they don't exist.


Its a plant used for it's recreational value. It would be different if I were talking about Cocaine, or Herione. If you arent able to act or control yourself after smoking a joint. You shouldn't be doing it in the first place. But then again no two people have the same reaction to the same substance. Its either for you or it isn't.
I felt like an idiot when I drank, and now that I dont I choose to smoke pot instead, and there is nothing wrong with that. Because its my decision. If someone doesnt have the common sense to see and counteract with lifes "hurdles" (as you say) under the influence of these substances then they had no business experimenting in the first place. Yet I am not one of those individuals.
If you dont like weed, or ciggs more power to you. Like I said its your own choice. Thats the kind of society we live in. Everyone makes their own choices.
"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. "

[Yoda]

Lol!! What kind of hurdles does smoking a joint in the evening create?
The same kind created by getting drunk. It involves spending time and money in exchange for a dulled reaction time, less coherent thought, and a severe lack of judgement as to what is and is not funny. If that's what you want, hey, that's your choice (as Kitsune pointed out). But don't delude yourself into thinking it doesn't mess with you. If it didn't, you wouldn't want to do it.

Trying to justify pot is like trying to justify candy bars. Both are entirely unnecessary and, from a strictly logical standpoint, pointless. That's not to say either is evil, or even much of a problem. But it's nonsensical to pretend that either has any genuine, redeeming value.

This should all go without saying, but seeing as how I only had a sarcastic reply (complete with superfluous exclamation mark) to go on, I felt the need to spell things out.

[adidasss]

The same kind created by getting drunk. It involves spending time and money in exchange for a dulled reaction time, less coherent thought, and a severe lack of judgement as to what is and is not funny. If that's what you want, hey, that's your choice (as Kitsune pointed out). But don't delude yourself into thinking it doesn't mess with you. If it didn't, you wouldn't want to do it.

Trying to justify pot is like trying to justify candy bars. Both are entirely unnecessary and, from a strictly logical standpoint, pointless. That's not to say either is evil, or even much of a problem. But it's nonsensical to pretend that either has any genuine, redeeming value.

This should all go without saying, but seeing as how I only had a sarcastic reply (complete with superfluous exclamation mark) to go on, I felt the need to spell things out. Well, why do we do anything in life then, aside from things that ensure we make it 'till tomorrow? Pot's redeeming value is that it relaxes some people, makes them laugh a bit, and in some instances, makes you think, which to you seems like a paradox, but that's just because, and this is just a presumptuous assumption, you haven't tried it. From a strictly logical standpoint, I'd hardly call those things pointless. That's like saying watching films is pointless, but it's not, we do it because we want to be entertained. Same with pot.

[Yoda]

Well, why do we do anything in life then, aside from things that ensure we make it 'till tomorrow?
What I'm saying does not exclude anything unrelated to basic survival. I believe in knowledge for its own sake, and it's quite obvious that there's more to life than things which directly increase your likelihood for living. But there are some things which feel good that people seek out for comfort, but that they would probably be better off without, overall. I group things like junk food and recreational drugs in this category.

Pot's redeeming value is that it relaxes some people, makes them laugh a bit, and in some instances, makes you think, which to you seems like a paradox, but that's just because, and this is just a presumptuous assumption, you haven't tried it. From a strictly logical standpoint, I'd hardly call those things pointless. That's like saying watching films is pointless, but it's not, we do it because we want to be entertained. Same with pot.
Again, I don't really have much of anything against pot. I think it should be legal and couldn't care much less who smokes it or why. But I think it's a huge stretch to pretend it has as much value as cinema, or any other art form, for that matter.

This next paragraph may come out convoluted, but let me try to elaborate on why I think it's incomparable: it seems to entertain by dumbing down. You can make someone laugh with a clever joke, or you can slow down their thoughts and lower the bar of what they consider clever. Getting high, with pot or alcohol, does the former. Cinema (hopefully) does the latter.

[SpoOkY]

Blah-blah-blah, we all know of other people who can smoke weed, drink every night, and walk on tight ropes over the grand canyon, but why in the hell would that mean you or I could do that? The percentage of people who can be productive while doing drugs is very small. I'm comfortable saying anyone reading this isn't in that small percentage. If you don't believe me, set the steamroller down and lay off the bong for 6 months and then try to tell me you aren't more productive. Stupid clowns.

I still think smoking is retarded unless I'm drunk.

ha I'm with you pimp....well sort of. Funny posts always seem to convince me more :P

Well to be honest everyone's body is different and to say 'because this works for me' then 'it must work for all people' is never gonna work. I've seen weed do some terrible things to people over time (schizophrenia and all!), but then i know people who use it occasionally and seem to be fine. It's all up to what's suited to your body and why you're doing it.

I'm not really into putting anything into my body that will change me from my normal state in any way; I don't smoke, drink coffee, do drugs and never get drunk. I just know so many people that come to 'need' these things to function normally. I'm fine now dealing with stress and I don't need to drink to have a good time (but I love the taste of course....mmm I could go for a Becks right now). I never want to have that 'need' in my life though, so I just avoid them altogether. It's a personal choice but what's most important is that I don't disrespect people who do choose to do that. To each there own.

Incidentally I don't mind cig smoke for the most part but if I worked at a pub or a club and I had smoke in all my clothes, smoke in my eyes and in my hair every time I worked and I don't even smoke, is that fair?

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Dude, seriously, like, what if the world, was like, not actually moving in a circle, but like, instead, everything else was moving. Like, when my clothes, are like, in the drier, what if their just sitting there, and I'm like, the one going in circles. That totally blows my mind. And you know, like, it's gotta be true, cause, like, nobody can prove that wrong.

[Yoda]

Dude, seriously, like, what if the world, was like, not actually moving in a circle, but like, instead, everything else was moving. Like, when my clothes, are like, in the drier, what if their just sitting there, and I'm like, the one going in circles. That totally blows my mind. And you know, like, it's gotta be true, cause, like, nobody can prove that wrong.
Best. Post. Ever.

I nearly hurt myself with the speed at which I tried to give it positive rep.

[Ginny Weasley]

I don't smoke and never have, and have no close family members that smoke. So I don't have to be around it.

[undercoverlover]

my parents smoked wen i grew up and still do. I gave up smoking a couple of weeks ago and i honestly do feel better for it.

[Ginny Weasley]

my parents smoked wen i grew up and still do. I gave up smoking a couple of weeks ago and i honestly do feel better for it.
Congrats on quiting.

[undercoverlover]

cheers, wasnt a full timers, a pack maybe once a weekish but its still hard sometimes

[WooblesWobble]

No I don't smoke, but I do know people who do and it really don't bother me either way.

[Funeral]

been smokin cigs since i was 15.

[undercoverlover]

really starting to feel the strain of quitting, bit down at the mo and last night at 2 in the morning i was so close to caving and having my emergency cigarette

[Princess j.t.]

I just started smoking after 4 yrs of quitting.
I am so pissed at myself.:bawling:

[Thursday Next]

Smoking Ban has been going for a year in Scotland now. Can't wait for it to start here in July. Yesterday I was sat at a table in a cafe with my baby and someone sat down at the next table, lit up and smoke started blowing in our direction. I think it is really inconsiderate, especially around children.

[Sir Toose]

As of this moment my dad is in ICU at the hospital as he had a triple bypass due to the after effects of smoking. He hasn't touched a cigarette in 19 years but the damage was done. He smoked for 30 years.

It is day 3 post surgery and he is stillin ICU because he has pulmonary obstructive disease directly related to smoking. Watching him try to catch his breath is something that breaks my heart and something I wish I could show to you young guys who insist that smoking related illnesses won't happen to YOU.

My dad always said that too as his family never suffered from it despite being smokers.

Please try to quit.

[adidasss]

I'm sorry to hear that man. Hope he gets better...

[undercoverlover]

i caved an had my emergency cig. I got really stressed and just caved completely.

[hippinhippie]

This is another one of those bad habits that I had before I became pregnant and I stopped cold turkey when I found out that I was pregnant. The problem is am I going to continue to be able stop after I have my baby. During the pregnancy I have had some cravings for a smoke, but for the sake of the baby I refrained. Now that I am coming to the end of my pregnancy and this child is going to out of me will I no longer have that excuse to not light up again. I really want to continue to stay smoke free, but will it be harder after I have the baby?

[Caitlyn]

This is another one of those bad habits that I had before I became pregnant and I stopped cold turkey when I found out that I was pregnant. The problem is am I going to continue to be able stop after I have my baby. During the pregnancy I have had some cravings for a smoke, but for the sake of the baby I refrained. Now that I am coming to the end of my pregnancy and this child is going to out of me will I no longer have that excuse to not light up again. I really want to continue to stay smoke free, but will it be harder after I have the baby?


I've been told by people who stopped smoking years ago that they still have cravings once in a while... but that they just get their mind on something else and don't give in. I hope for your sake and your baby's that you continue to stay smoke free....

[hippinhippie]

I've been told by people who stopped smoking years ago that they still have cravings once in a while... but that they just get their mind on something else and don't give in. I hope for your sake and your baby's that you continue to stay smoke free....
Thank You, I am going to give it everything I have to stay smoke free. I really think I can do it. I have done it for tghis long. So one day at a time. :)

[Sir Toose]

I've been told by people who stopped smoking years ago that they still have cravings once in a while... but that they just get their mind on something else and don't give in. I hope for your sake and your baby's that you continue to stay smoke free....

Once a smoker, always a smoker.

I haven't touched a cigarette in years but sometimes the desire to do so almost outweighs reason.

[Sci-Fi-Guy]

I smoked for 10 years but quit cold turkey about 4 years ago and haven't craved it since the first month or so after.
I can't even stand being near people who are smoking now. Even when someone finishes their cig and then I see them I can still smell it on them.
The worst is girls who smoke and I have no problems telling any woman that. Making them aware of it is a step in the right direction.
So yes, ladies, no matter how good you look or what heavenly perfumes you wear, you still taste like a dirty ashtray if you don't go brush your teeth or gargle first! :sick:

I'm really looking forward to the new anti-smoking laws coming out here in Canada soon. Smoking in bars and restaraunts have been limited to people going into designated smoking areas for the last 5 years or so but at the end of this year no one will be able to do even that. Completely banned from all bars & restaraunts is a great step to me especially since at my work everyone has to pass through the 'smoking room' to get from the lobby to the bar or vice versa.
The higher prices new regulations and disturbing anti-smoking ads were mainly what got me to quit smoking in the first place so hopefully now more people will decide to quit as well.

Sorry if I'm offending any smokers here but these are only my own observations. :modest:

[SamsoniteDelilah]

... How exactly do you know for sure every productive pot smoker? Listen to yourself.:D

[MadMan_731]

Only ganja man ;) Although I haven't smoked any in months.

[jrs]

every pot smoker is not mentally retarded. I know kids who smoke pot more than I do, and there going to colleges, have straight A's the whole 9 yards.

Alcohol is a far more worse killer than cigarettes and weed..



All the ones I've ever met are. I'd much rather be able to think and not need a crutch like weed to deal with life.


I don't like smoking, and I don't really hang out with people who do smoke, but I can understand the addiction.

I want to punch pot smokers in the face, however. I mean we all look the other way on it, but then when I go to Dairy Queen and some chucklehead can't even get my order right cause he's too high, thats the end of the line, people.


I like your thinking Monkeypunch. I myself DO NOT smoke. The smell of it on strong smokers when they pass by, just makes me wanna puke. I never sit next to or close to any smoker cause of second hand smoking. May hell freeze over before I even so touch a ciggarette.

[adidasss]

I quit 3 months ago...yay! Still smoke pot though....:D

[Tacitus]

I quit 3 months ago...yay! Still smoke pot though....:D

I wish I had your resolve, adi, I really do.

I gave up for a few years when I was in my 20s but fell off the wagon after one particularly nightmarish week which began with a car accident and ended with me coming home from work to find my suitcase packed and sitting outside the front door.

I probably started again for the worst of reasons - a big '**** you' to someone - and it has been smooth sailing from there.

Yeah, I'm weak but y'know what MoFo? Being able to resist temptation was never one of my strong points and if ciggies are the only thing I'm addicted to these days I consider it a minor triumph...

I'd be a really crap counsellor, wouldn't I? :D

[adidasss]

Well I quit once before for 2 years but took it up again after my first driving lesson on the highway...:laugh: You never know what's gonna happen but fingers crossed that I never pick it up again...I'd still like to light up once in a while but it's a lot easier to pass on that now...

Now I'm just addicted to the interwebz...<3 :D

[hippinhippie]

Much better to be addicted to the interwebz than cigs. :)

[Xui Wan]

smoker... sorta... I have smoked since i was 12 however I only smoke when I am drinking or very high stressed. when I was 12 I thought it was cool, so there was much more smoking back then. I was in my teens when I stopped smoking for maybe around five years. Nowadays, I will have one maybe once a week or so... unless I am drinking then I will have any where from 2 to 10 cigs in one night... bah the feeling that causes in the morning erg...
On any day of the week I cannot stand the smell of smoke in the morning! or if it is too early in the day, after the sun is down I barely notice 'em.

[thmilin]

smell of smoke sucks. mom was a smoker, used to sit beside a window or do it in the car with the windows down as if that helped.

i get headaches, dizzy, me no likey man, me no likey.

if i go to a location where smoke is happening (Vegas) then it's on me, not the smokers.

but as long as a person is clean, doesn't smoke CONSTANTLY and doesn't do it in their home then i can hang out in their home and around them.

living in california the way of things is if i have friends who smoke, they're outside smoking and I'm cool. :)

[jamaine12]

Yeah I do smoke..But I'm not a chain smoker..^_^

[Lockheed Martin]

I'm a smoker, have been for 6-odd years now. I've made multiple attempts to quit, usually after I get through 40 the night before and wake up with an erratic heartbeat and a voice like a serial rapist.

The problem is, I'm the sort of person that needs a vice. If I stop smoking, I start drinking, if I stop drinking, I start eating, if I stop eating I start humming Christmas carols non-stop. Of everything I could be doing as a displacement activity smoking is perhaps the most socially acceptable.

Unfortuantely, it means I'm definitely on the wrong side of the line that divides normal, decent taxpayers from degenerates. If I spark up at the bus stop someone 12' away from me coughs pointedly, people are allowed to glare at you, give you unrequested medical advice and (in one case) grab your cancerstick from your mouth, dunk it in your beer and piously proclaim they're only trying to help you.

Good thing I like rubbing those sort of people the wrong way, but it can get tiresome.

[Little Miss Diva]

I am only 13 going to be 14 in a few weeks and I have smoked one cigarette with my friends before and that is all I have ever smoked. Both of my parents are smokers ans my older sister is also a smoker so I guess I am used to it. I know that it is not healthy for you though.

[Powdered Water]

Yes I smoke and yes I realize its not good for me. I've quit before and plan to quit again.

[hippinhippie]

Just an update: Since the baby being born on the 14th I have had some severe cravings for a ciggy, but have not fallen back yet.

[sreeja]

I don't smoke.Because smoking is injurious to people nearby also.

[Holden Pike]

I don't smoke. Never have...other than a few odd butts as a drunken lad, and it never took. But I really have no problem with it, either. In interest of full disclosure my Special Lady Friend is a lifelong smoker, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest. And while I do agree smoking should definitely and obviously remain banned in spaces like airplanes (hard to believe now there was ever a time when you could smoke on a plane, it seems like so very long ago) I think it's absolutely ridiculous to ban smoking in bars and pubs, which has become the norm here in America. You can't frippin' smoke in a bar?!? What's the point? Next will you not be able to drink alcohol in them either? It's what one does in a bar, and surely nobody goes into one thinking they're going to avoid smoke. Or at least, they shouldn't. Same thing for areas such as outdoor stadiums, which generally all ban smoking in the seats now. Ridiculous. Though I also think if smoking is allowed in a stadium, if it's bothering the people around you and they request you put it out the smoker shouldn't be a dick about it. There's a two-way street when it comes to smoking in public.

And I say all that as a non-smoker. I'm a staunch non-smoker and can't ever imagine doing it myself, but I'm not a Nazi about it when it comes to others. It seems to me there's a way to graft some common sense into the second-hand smoke hysteria. Not that I discount the science on second-hand smoke, I'm inclined to go with it, but to me it doesn't then follow that you can't smoke at a bar or a baseball game. That's extreme and silly.

I think.

[bella rose]

I do smoke. I know it is nasty habit, but have been doing since age 14.

[nebbit]

Don't http://bestsmileys.com/smoking/6.gif never have :nope: I consider myself lucky as I have seen many people trying to give it up and they go through hell :yup:
My best friend had bowel cancer a few years ago, she gave up http://bestsmileys.com/smoking/6.gif the day she found out and took it back up the day all her treatment had finished and was given the all clear :eek: 4 years down the track she is still trying to give up, she seems to last a few months, then back into it, I feel sorry for her and again glad it isn't me :yup:

[Becs]

I have never smoked in my life and if I did and my parents would catch me they would kill me. So it would be death either way. Death by cig smoke or death by Mom or Dad. :) I will choose stay alive and stay away from cigs.

[Overdriver]

I have smoked over two years and never addicted x) I think I have some kind of immunism to addiction.

[Caitlyn]

I have smoked over two years and never addicted x) I think I have some kind of immunism to addiction.



So.... Sparky.... how long during those two years have you not smoked?

[Overdriver]

So.... Sparky.... how long during those two years have you not smoked?
Three weeks.

[Lennon]

hey I dance in bars, so it is cool with me

[Caitlyn]

Three weeks.


But you're not addicted?

[gummo]

I am trying to quit smoking for a project for my Health Psychology class. I have got my baseline measure, now this week I am supposed to start the change....I have only smoked one less cigarette per day so far. It is hard! To be fair though, the average amount of cigarettes I smoked each day is 7. So really 6 ciggies per day is pretty darn good compared to many people I know.

[Overdriver]

But you're not addicted?Yeah, I am not addicted. I could be without smoking as many days as I want. I am planning to skip smoking just before going to army.

[McMuffin]

I have never smoked before and really don't like the smell of cigarette smoke. I have asthma so being around it really bothers me.

[Gorguts]

I've smoked since I was 11 off and on. I currently smoke, and I don't really see a problem with it. I enjoy it and it relaxes me, though I try not to smoke around my friends who don't or around other people. But I'm frequently in bars full of smoke anyway so if I didn't I'd still be getting some insane levels of second hand smoke because those bars are insane. I never smoke inside though even if it's allowed. I feel weird about doing that.

[Sedai]

Where do you live where you can smoke in a bar? In Massachusetts it's illegal to smoke in bars.

[QueenMovie]

I can't stand the smell of the things. I live in California and in some spots you could get a fine for smoking in certain areas. I don't think you can smoke on certain beaches. I swear as I walk the streets I can still smell the stinch of the ciggy even if nobody is around. The smoke hovers in the air like Los Angeles smog.

[Gorguts]

Where do you live where you can smoke in a bar? In Massachusetts it's illegal to smoke in bars.

Tennessee. They just passed a law here where you can't smoke in any business or anything. Just in bars, and bars are all now 21 and up if they allow smoking. So basically the only place indoors you can smoke in Tennessee is a bar.

[QueenMovie]

As a matter of fact...I think California is trying to pass a law where you can't smoke in your apartment (doubt it will pass) and they are trying to build apartment buildings that are envirornment friendly where smoking won't be allowed.

[Ijkky]

Up here in British Columbia you aren't able to smoke indoors or doorways of any public place. Don't know about the rest of Canada but I think it's pretty strict as well.

Personally I don't mind cigarette smoke (in fact it smells good) but I would never smoke myself; lung cancer sucks.

[aarathi]

I don't smoke. I also hate smokers. In my opinion, smoking is dangerous to our health. Be careful smokers.............................

[nebbit]

I don't smoke. I also hate smokers. In my opinion, smoking is dangerous to our health. Be careful smokers.............................
Don't hate them :nope: they have a very strong addiction :yup: feel grateful it isn't you http://bestsmileys.com/smoking/7.gif

[Ðèstîñy]

Tennessee. They just passed a law here where you can't smoke in any business or anything. Just in bars, and bars are all now 21 and up if they allow smoking. So basically the only place indoors you can smoke in Tennessee is a bar.

I'm in TN. I had no clue it was illegal to smoke in a bar, in certain states. That sounds so ignorant. They haven't even won the battle on drunk driving, but they want to worry about that. It's a bar! Yeah, OK!
No, I don't smoke. I haven't been to a bar in a few years, and I didn't go but a few times. I haven't done the bar/club scene, since I was 21-22. I did however, expect to be around smokers, and that was that. Again, it's a bar. You're going to leave, smelling like an ashtray.

[Movie_watcher_18]

my grandpa died from lung cancer...

[Holden Pike]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_a8XLrgLE6FAKM:http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/34/MPW-17311 http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ZfAW6QkwX4skoM:http://images.movieeye.com/store/images/thank-you-for-smoking-dvd-poster.jpg

LITTLE GIRL
My Mommy says cigarettes kill.

NICK NAYLOR
Oh, is your Mommy a doctor?

LITTLE GIRL
No.

NICK NAYLOR
A scientific researcher of some kind?

LITTLE GIRL
No.

NICK NAYLOR
Well, she doesn't exactly sound
like a credible expert now, does she?

[Scout]

Yes, I sure do and I have been since I took my first puff with my girlfriends at the age of 14 after getting off the school bus. I almost choked, but I came back to it and now have been smoking at least 1 pack a day for almost 7 years now.

[CaptHowdy]

i cant believe more people dont puff pot on this forum!! its movies man!!! that goes hand and hand for me atleast

[nebbit]

i cant believe more people dont puff pot on this forum!! its movies man!!! that goes hand and hand for me atleast
So does brain damage :rolleyes:

[CaptHowdy]

So does brain damage :rolleyes:
.....what were we talking about...:shrug:

[nebbit]

.....what were we talking about...:shrug:
Brain damage goes hand in hand with pot smoking :yup:

[CaptHowdy]

Brain damage goes hand in hand with pot smoking :yup:
lol:D

[daib0y]

Only smoke ciggies when drunk or messed up on other substances

Used to be a heavy smoker!

But i do smoke weed almost everyday

LOL- at weed gives brain damage *shakes head*

[nebbit]

LOL- at weed gives brain damage *shakes head*
It does http://bestsmileys.com/smoking/6.gif it just takes a lot longer than alcohol http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/16.gif glad you have given up smoking ciggies :yup:

[daib0y]

It does http://bestsmileys.com/smoking/6.gif it just takes a lot longer than alcohol http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/16.gif glad you have given up smoking ciggies :yup:


Me to!

[Hattori_Hanzo]

how do you guys afford it... id rather spend the money getting fat

[nebbit]

how do you guys afford it... id rather spend the money getting fat
Me too http://bestsmileys.com/eating1/10.gif

[jrs]

are you a smoker?

Dear god no!

[Sexy Celebrity]

I smoked two cigarettes a few weeks ago... first time in eight years (no, I wasn't a regular who quit). I had TERRIBLE breath afterwards... TERRIBLE!

[Sedai]

SMOKING > FASCISM

'nuff said.

[CrazyBlonde]

I voted that I wasn't a smoker, because I guess I really am not one. The only time a ever have maybe 1 or 2 cigs is when I am drinking or at a party, but that is it. I do have friends that do smoke regularly and it doesn't bother me much at all. I don't though allow them to smoke in the same room when my little boy is present.

[Tacitus]

SMOKING > FASCISM

'nuff said.

Yer arse! Smoking never made the trains run on time!

[pixie-mixie]

Nah, I don't smoke and have only tried it when I was 14 years old and smoked about 1 and a half cigarettes before I said the Hell with this. I am a singer in a band so I don't think they would be the best for my voice. I however am around cigarette smoke a lot when performing so it isn't like I am choking to death from the smoke around me.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Coffee and Cigarettes :up: :up:
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t4/76/t47612ldryo.jpg

[pixie-mixie]

Coffee and Cigarettes :up: :up:
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t4/76/t47612ldryo.jpg Coffee YES, Cigarettes NO;)

[The Spirit]

i dont personally smoke but alot of ppl do at coffee breaks on set at breaks, etc. and it doesn't bother me at all.

[Anybodys]

Nope never had and never will. I can't stand the smell so being around people who do smoke doesn't attract me.

[LTIZZY]

Smoking.....yes I do smoke and well its a love hate habbit. I know its no good, smells, and blah blah.....quitting is a bitch but, if I'm being judged cause I smoke thats lame!

[These Filthy Hands]

I smoke. I started about three months ago out of stress from school, working three jobs and breaking up with the girl that I had been dating for 4.5 years. I'm going to quit soon. It's going to be tough with work and my father is a smoker and I live at home and I work for him. I just need to ease some of the stress in my life. My enjoyment from smoking is not as important as say running is to me.

[nebbit]

I smoke. I started about three months ago
I just need to ease some of the stress in my life.
You have to find a healthier way to ease the stress :yup: http://bestsmileys.com/undersun/5.gif

[Powdered Water]

You have to find a healthier way to ease the stress :yup: http://bestsmileys.com/undersun/5.gif

I hear smoking crack is pretty relaxing... :p

[undercoverlover]

I havent had a cigarette in over a month and id love to say its because im trying to quit but its cause moneys tight and its a luxury ive cut down on.

I'm gonna crack any day now. I'm seeing a friend who smokes tomorrow so ill bum cigs from him.

[Justin]

I do it mostly when I want to relax or when I'm drinking. Thats it, for the most part at least.

[Camiflage]

I am not a smoker , but I do have several friends who do smoke and they don't bother me with it. I mean I wouldn't want them puffing it in my face , but they would never do that anyway.

[king_of_movies_316]

I don't realy care if people smoke around me. I don't see the point of smoking other than the taste.

[Justin]

It's relaxing.

[Ðèstîñy]

Yep, the most people I know that smoke/smoked, did it to relieve stress. I did, way back when!

[Justin]

It also goes amazingly well with alcohol and coffee.

[Ðèstîñy]

It also goes amazingly well with alcohol.

Yep!

I've tried coffee once, but my boyfriend killed it with sugar, so I have yet to try it again. That was a good 18 years ago.
I love coffee ice cream, coffee candy, and many other coffee flavored foods. You would think I'd try it again, by now.

[king_of_movies_316]

It's relaxing.

true that

[KateHeburn12]

Im not a smoker, but my friends do smoke and it doesnt bother me that much.

[These Filthy Hands]

I want a cigarette. That's all.

I've found that if I truly want to relax while smoking, I'll smoke a cigar. It's really hard to do anything with a cigar, so I just sit around for almost two hours and ponder the sky and the grass.

[Tacitus]

An old memory has popped into my head and I thought I'd better jot it down before it pops out again forever. ;)

The Ex Mrs T was actively encouraged to have a few ciggies a day by her vocal coach. It improved her breathing apparently.

If that were actually true then I'd be Pavarotti...

[Lucifer Prometheus]

Only ganja- sweet sweet ganja. And I generally prefer not to be around people while they are smoking tobacco.

[BadaBing]

I tried it once and threw up after my first drag. It was the absolute worst feeling I have ever felt. My whole family smokes, so I've been around it all my life, I just don't know how people can continue after that terrible feeling from their first cigarette.

[Lucifer Prometheus]

Now that I think about it, I have smoked tobacco on a few occasions. Most these involved spliffs and blunts. I found that the tobacco did nothing to improve the experience. Quite to the contrary- it actually made smoking the weed less pleasant.

On two occasions however, I've taken drags from clove cigarettes. Oddly enough I found these quite pleasant. I have also enjoyed a visit to a hookah bar.

[king_of_movies_316]

I smoke ocasionaly like once every two weeks. I want to know if im smoking properly though.

If you get light headed does that mean i'm doing it properly?

Also why does that happen and has it happend to you in the past?

[Sedai]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e302/intersesserx/SmokingIsHealthierThanFascism800x60.preview.gif

[Swedish Chef]

I used to smoke half a pack to a pack a day, but then it got too expensive and it made my mouth too stale so I more or less stopped. All my smoker friends now hate me because of my innate ability to have one or two cigarettes and then not smoke for a month. Nicotine's got nothing on my sheer flippin force of will.

[king_of_movies_316]

I smoke ocasionaly like once every two weeks. I want to know if im smoking properly though.

If you get light headed does that mean i'm doing it properly?

Also why does that happen and has it happend to you in the past?

Does any one know if this is a sign of doing it properly?

[Tacitus]

If you only smoke every 2 weeks the, yes, you're 'doing it properly'.

This begs the question - why do you even smoke at all? You're obviously not a hopeless addict like me and that's the only reason I still smoke. Please don't say that you think it's cool or something...

I remember, years ago, a friend of mine informed me that people who smoked "looked cool" and asked me for one of mine (in those glorious bygone days when you could smoke in bars and the said premises weren't all closing down through lack of trade...hmmmm). He stuck it in his mouth and motioned me to light it up...

...A good 30 seconds later the damn ciggie still hadn't begun its incineration process and he eventually asked "I have to suck in while you're lighting it?"

Needless to say, once he did actually 'suck in' he experienced his first and last cigarette. ;)

Don't start kids, unless you want to end up like me: Out of pocket, an addict and really really cool. :(

[Used Future]

I quit smoking completely seven weeks ago, I feel great and now go running for an hour three times a week. I can taste my food again, and hence don't need to add unhealthy levels of salt anymore. I've also started working out with weights again (I used to work out four times a week three years ago) and am considering resuming my Wing Chun training (I also took up Kung Fu for a year at the same time). Essentially I'm getting really fit again, I've lost a few pounds (my jeans aren't tight anymore) and my outlook on life has steadily become more positive. Quitting smoking proved to be the catalyst for all this and I never want to go back to it.

[adidasss]

But tight jeans are nice...I've never been able to fill mine...:(

Anyhoo, I've quit smoking last year. Two months after I quit I lit a cigarette and felt like I've never smoked in my life. It was disgusting. Only two months after I quit for God's sake, and I used to smoke a pack a day. Curiously though, I still don't mind inhaling other people's smoke...I don't even notice it...:|

[Sedai]

You still smoke the good stuff, though... eh?

[king_of_movies_316]

Also why do i sometimes get light headed when ever i try?

[Tacitus]

Also why do i sometimes get light headed when ever i try?

Change down, man. Find your neutral space. You gotta rush. It'll pass. Be seated.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/greenspagbol/danny04.jpg

You have done something to your brain. You have made it high.

Danny speaks the truth, be it legal inhaled substances or otherwise. Either that or momentary lack of oxygen... ;)

[Lucifer Prometheus]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e302/intersesserx/SmokingIsHealthierThanFascism800x60.preview.gifhttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/exitjmouse/GodwinsLaw_CatPoster.jpg

[adidasss]

You still smoke the good stuff, though... eh?

Oh yeah, when I can get it, which isn't very often...I'm seriously considering growing my own...:(

[Sexy Celebrity]

My new boyfriend is a smoker and because of this I have been experimenting again... somebody tsk me.

[Brother Blue]

I used to smoke. I quit when I was 18, strange age to quit as most people tend to smoke for 20+ years before they decide to quit, but I felt it was the right time to do so as I had started at about 14. Now, thats not to say that when I have had a few to many alcoholic beverages I wont light one up for "old times sake" but when sober and have full control of all of my senses I wouldnt touch them ... however much I might want to ;).

My girlfriend is a pretty heavy smoker and being that I'm an "ex" smoker the smell and taste really dont bother me and nor do other people around me who smoke.

Now, if we're talking about the "evil green", that's a completely different story :D

[mark f]

The "evil green"? Whatchoo talkin' about? Tomatoes? :cool:

[SoulInside]

I´m a smoker, but I looking forward to arrive the "only ganja, dude" section till 2010.

[nebbit]

My new boyfriend is a smoker and because of this I have been experimenting again... somebody tsk me.
Tsk http://bestsmileys.com/nono/2.gif

[king_of_movies_316]

I´m a smoker, but I looking forward to arrive the "only ganja, dude" section till 2010.

Why not sooner?

[king_of_movies_316]

Although i hardly smoke (minus weed) i have been getting anoyed at anti-smoking campainers and people who get right in your face about smoking.

Like here in Australia anti-smoking adds are pretty intense. When i watch i think, can't they just let smokers be? We all have vices in life and smoking could be one for some people.

I also hate when someone says that they are a smoker and someone directly gets in their face about it. I know they mean well, but i find it rude when people say the ol "it's discusting". Like give the smoker a break and mind your own dam buisness.

Finaly i hate the ol' coughing extremly loudly when ever someone is smoking near you. It's so rude and it would make the poor smoker feel realy akward. I think you should only do that if the smoker is smoking near your kids or you actualy have a health problem. If thats not the case, then people who do that should get the balls to actualy say something to the smoker if they realy have a problem with it.

I feel i needed to rant on there.

[Harvey Dent]

Yep.

Dont really care about cancer. Why? Because I dont want to be miserable for 20 years(Age 50-70)

[Sexy Celebrity]

I smoke ocasionaly like once every two weeks. I want to know if im smoking properly though.

If you get light headed does that mean i'm doing it properly?

Also why does that happen and has it happend to you in the past?

I thought I was gonna pass out and die the first time I smoked again a couple of weeks ago. I felt really, really relaxed... and also... HORNY! I became super turned on and got all over my hairy beast of a boyfriend.

Yeah, you're doing it properly. You're getting a high.

[spudracer]

After taking a break from smoking, then lighting up again, I got light-headed, almost threw the cigarette down and walked away. Of course, that was a long time ago, I've been smoke free (with the exception of two cigarettes) since November of 2008.

[SoulInside]

Why not sooner?

I have to finish a job right now and I like the idea of leaving some of my bad habits behind, when I moving forward to the next chapter. It has to be a serious, clean cut. But we all know, that old habits die hard ... especially when you stay in the same old area.

[honeykid]

Smoke free since 18th of February 2007 and, yeah, I still want one. :yup:

[Caitlyn]

Smoke free since 18th of February 2007 and, yeah, I still want one. :yup:

:cool: :up: :)

[honeykid]

Thank you Caitlyn.

[Spikez]

I would rather light up a doobie

That's the spirit :D

Greets
Spikez

[regnif]

Marlboro reds...a pack a day...:D

[honeykid]

That used to be me. :yup:

[regnif]

...old habits die hard :p

[Classicqueen13]

A lot of people in my family smoke including my mother who smoked around me all through childhood, so it really doesn't bother me. I don't want to or plan to ever start though because it has no real positive effects. It's like lighting money on fire.

[Miss Vicky]

I've never so much as taken a puff off a cigarette in my life. Between my two parents, I had enough second hand smoke to last a lifetime. I seriously can't stand it. And it's not just the health factors that turn me off about cigarettes. People who are heavy smokers smell like cigarettes, it gets into their clothes and their hair, and they also taste like cigarettes. :sick:

And it's not just tobacco that bothers me. I can't stand marijuana smoke either. I went to a concert on Monday night and had a sore throat for 3 days after because of the thick haze of smoke in the venue.

Call me a goody-goody or whatever, but I just can't stand the stuff.

[king_of_movies_316]

At my brothers school, each term (a term is a half of a semester, so there are two terms in one semester) his year level (he is in the 5th grade) spends about two hours a week studying a specific topic. Last term it was about racism. He has just told what this terms topic will be. It's tobacco.

Im very angry about this. Because i can garantee you that he and his classmates will not be taught the history of the plant, or the science of the plant, but instead just plainly about the dangers of smoking and how cigarettes are bad.

His classmates may not smoke in the the future, but they will leave the class with a closeminded opinion of smoking. I have seen how some of my brothers fellow class mates react when people smoke around them and its pretty lame.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I'm gonna try to stop for now. I smoked all day yesterday and when I looked at myself in the mirror last night, I had these really dark circles under my eyes... cigarettes will take my sexy crown away if I continue.

[TONGO]

Theyre too expensive, and my lungs are shot. I smoke weed and actually consider quitting cigarrettes first. You get nothing from smoking a cig! Nothing! You smell, your breathes shot, your house n clothes will have a slight shade of yellow, and dont forget to hack! Truly the tobacco companies mustve put something in cigarrettes. Studies have actually determined cigarrettes have a higher relapse rate over any drug except heroin, and that included cocaine.

[king_of_movies_316]

I'm gonna try to stop for now. I smoked all day yesterday and when I looked at myself in the mirror last night, I had these really dark circles under my eyes... cigarettes will take my sexy crown away if I continue.

Did you start recently?

[Sexy Celebrity]

I started smoking (from 1 to a few cigarettes a day) only a month ago... well, actually, less than a month ago... and... kinda want one right now, but, no no no, WRINKLES!

[honeykid]

I started smoking (from 1 to a few cigarettes a day) only a month ago... well, actually, less than a month ago... and... kinda want one right now, but, no no no, WRINKLES!

It also affects your erection. :yup:

[king_of_movies_316]

I started smoking (from 1 to a few cigarettes a day) only a month ago... well, actually, less than a month ago... and... kinda want one right now, but, no no no, WRINKLES!

Why'd you start?

[SammyJ88]

Na i don't really smoke because my grandad died of throat cancer at 50 and was smoking since 14, never met him and thats always in the back of my mind. But i'll have a few puffs rarely when i'm drinking/drunk because pretty much all my mates smoke, and a couple of spliffs now and then.

And when you weigh up the pros and cons it's pointless.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I started smoking because my new boyfriend is a smoker, but, TODAY, I SWEAR, I'm done for good. They are making me feel sick now. I don't like the way I feel mentally after I've smoked.

Or maybe Marlboro's just aren't my cigarette, I dunno.

[KasperKristensen]

I've hung out with friends in bars who smoked more or less non-stop, and it's never bothered me that much. As long as there isn't any smoke flying right in my face, I'm fine with it. Actually, if the smoke is drifting away from me, and therefore just vaguely near me, I rather enjoy the smell.

I dated a heavy smoker at one point, too, and I couldn't even really tell, though I suspect it'd be different if we were both older. I presume it'd be more noticable (and less pleasant) after a decade or two.

Did you grow up with cigarette smoke? I did and I kinda like the smell too.

[John McClane]

Why, oh why, did I inhale?!