Do you smoke?

[ZOS23xy]

I quit tobacco after doing it on and off for a few years. I'm one of these folks who didn't have withdrawel symptoms. I just got tired of the smell.

I gave up other smokes too.

As for one previous post suggesting cocaine be legalised, I'd think not: it is like speed, and it's a drug that doesn't say stop until you collapse, lose part of your mind, friends, bank account and social standing.

 

[B_Nick8]

Wish I could say I didn't but I do and love it. Of the three long term relationships I've had only one of them smoked. The last guy who was a nonsmoker and who hated smoking said he thought I'd taste like an ashtray but that I never did and always tasted great. Must be the scotch.

 

[simcha]

Yeah, OK, I smoke cigarettes very rarely. That's progress for me. When I was in my early twenties I smoked two packs a day (Camel - no filters).

These days, I've been starting to smoke cigars. I smoke one per week, never more. I'm too poor to afford more. I don't buy cigarettes anymore. I'll have maybe one per week when I'm around my friends, of whom about 1/2 smoke (even in anti-tobacco California).

 

[8dot75]

Yes, I'm a smoker. I'm sure I'll quit someday, but at this point in my life, I'm loving it. :smile:

...EVERY smoker quits "someday".

...it's the HOW that scares me.

(so far, I'me made it a week! Wish me luck!):biggrin1:

 

[handcuffsfan4]

i smoke. realy we all die and if i die because i smoke then be it. im even worse and smoke clove cigarettes. yeah. in the line of work im going to be in smoking is usualy a regular thing anyways. i hate how selfish people are wanting a longer life. i believe in fate, if im destined to die early then guess what? thats whats going to happen. some people never smoke and get depressed and go and kill themselves at 18. well that wasnt me and now im 19 and a smoker.

 

[findfirefox]

Everyone where I work smokes, and they get as many smoke breaks as they want, but if I get up and get screamed at, I think I'm going to start smoking.

 

[frizzle]

frizzle, while I agree that it shouldn't be banned, what you described about revenue isn't a good reason to allow it.

They should allow it because it's a civil right to smoke. I do agree with the smoking ban, but people can make their own decisions to harm themselves, plus the added bonus of the money is just great for the NHS, it does help it out alot.

They'd probably double that if they legalised cannabis or better still cocaine!!!

Well cannabis is already decriminalised, I think it should be legal, I mean it's not like it's dangerous to your health compared to tobacco or alchohol, yet their legal.

 

[SteveHd]

handcuffsfan4, your opinion might change if you watch a family member go down with small cell sarcoma, a lung cancer. Almost all such diagnoses are among smokers. It's often metastatic (stage III or IV) before its detected. A good thing about it is that it's fast: does it's deed in about 2-4 months.

 

[jfrsndvs]

yes I smoke, I have smoked for almost 30 years, my mother smokes, my father smoked when he was alive (killed in a car accident), 4 or my brothers smoke and my sister smokes too.

I will smoke in my home, and in my old truck, however, I do not smoke in my new truck and will not smoke in it, I do not allow others to smoke in my new truck.

I hear all this preaching about this that and the other when it comes to smoking, and yet those are the same people who go to McDonald's or other fast food joints and load up on all the fat from those places which is in fact just as harmful as a cigarette, why doesn't the govenment put on a special fat tax on fast food joints, they could get even more revenue from that.

I also think that the govenment "Do Gooders" should highly attack alcohol too, to me alcohol is by far more damaging than a cigarette, there are people who are injured or killed by drunk drivers, why not sue the alcohol industy.

I chose to start smoking, and I choose to continue to smoke, when the time comes that I wish to quit smoking, I will either do that by cold turkey or get the aid of nicorette or a patch or whatever, but in the mean time, I will continue to enjoy my cigarette, if somebody does not wish to have anything to do with me because of that, then it's their loss, they are the ones who are too judgemental.

 

[AlteredEgo]

I used to routinely hand smokers back their inapropriately discarded butts and tell them to try again. It's a wonder I never got my ass kicked.

 

[B_RedDude]

I hear all this preaching about this that and the other when it comes to smoking, and yet those are the same people who go to McDonald's or other fast food joints and load up on all the fat from those places which is in fact just as harmful as a cigarette, why doesn't the govenment put on a special fat tax on fast food joints, they could get even more revenue from that.

I also think that the govenment "Do Gooders" should highly attack alcohol too, to me alcohol is by far more damaging than a cigarette, there are people who are injured or killed by drunk drivers, why not sue the alcohol industy.

Because people who eat fast food or drink alcohol are not literally shoving their habits down SOMEONE ELSE'S throat (or into their lungs), and people don't have to choose to drink AND drive; one does not necessarily lead to the other.

 

[B_RedDude]

They should allow it because it's a civil right to smoke.

Civil right, MY ARSE! You or anyone else does not have a civil right to risk bringing harm to another human being with your practices.

 

[B_RedDude]

i smoke. realy we all die and if i die because i smoke then be it. im even worse and smoke clove cigarettes. yeah. in the line of work im going to be in smoking is usualy a regular thing anyways. i hate how selfish people are wanting a longer life. i believe in fate, if im destined to die early then guess what? thats whats going to happen. some people never smoke and get depressed and go and kill themselves at 18. well that wasnt me and now im 19 and a smoker.

You can choose to die whenever you wish, but you do not have the right to kill someone else or diminish their health and well-being with your habit!

 

[findfirefox]

Civil right, MY ARSE! You or anyone else does not have a civil right to risk bringing harm to another human being with your practices.

Oh your not going to get a damn thing from walking through a cloud of smoke, jeez overact will you. Maybe if you sat in room with someone blowing smoke at you for 40 years, maybe. They arent harming you when you walk by it anymore then when you walk behind a truck/bus.

I think we should get rid of anything with alch. because that can give off like smell and I think that its harming me, and cars should be outlawed cause they puff out bad stuff too.

 

[frizzle]

Because people who eat fast food or drink alcohol are not literally shoving their habits down SOMEONE ELSE'S throat (or into their lungs), and people don't have to choose to drink AND drive; one does not necessarily lead to the other.

Civil right, MY ARSE! You or anyone else does not have a civil right to risk bringing harm to another human being with your practices.

I don't see how me smoking effects you? Are you walking straight behind smokers with your mouth agap, hoping to fill your lungs with cigarette smoker?

Here's a tip, don't stand next to a smoker. He isn't effecting you unless you're right next to him, and trust me they're easy to spot and avoid.

(Hint: They're the ones smoking.)

 

[ganja4me]

I'm working on quitting cigarettes. It's hard though. I'm down to 5-10 cigarettes a day and I was smoking a pack a day for about 3 years. I smoke Newport 100's.

 

[ZOS23xy]

Smoking can often lead to impotence, and wanting to smoke and have poor circulation to your glands doesn't make much sense.

It stinks and isn't a turn on.

Smoking is your right? No, you're an addict making excuses.

 

[frizzle]

Of course it's a right, it's not harming anyone else is a have a cigarette in my own home, just like it's someone elses right to have a drink.

 

[SteveHd]

Ganga, good for you!

I've never smoked but I'm totally convinced it's a bitch to quit. If you need any encouragement from a militant anti-smoker, let me know. :smile:

 

[AlteredEgo]

Of course it's a right, it's not harming anyone else is a have a cigarette in my own home, just like it's someone elses right to have a drink.

If it was a right, they wouldn't tax it. It's a privelige. It can be taken away. You are cheapening the word 'right'. You have a right to challenge your government. You have a right to walk down the street unmolested. You have the privelige of driving. You have the privelige of drinking alcoholic beverages when you are of legal age. See the difference?

Do you always smoke only in your house? Of course you don't.