POLL: do you smoke? if so, why?

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Zee

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where's the option that would say: I smoke cuz im fcking addicted.
 

Turkish

Lifer
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I am a social smoker, and I don't give a fvck about other people's health. All can go to hell. I enjoy life.

 

Dutchmaster420

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i hate this ban ish everywhere in new york...can smoke at public parks(like there really going to enforce this)
 

Jzero

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Pipes and cigars. I honestly don't have time to smoke as much as I'd like to.
 

Shanteli

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Originally posted by: PHiuR
Originally posted by: Shanteli
I smoke cloves but becasue they last so long I usually take a few puffs and store it away thus one clove lasts me for around 3 days.

I smoke becasue boy is it a great short-term stress reliever. The effects of weed and other drugs last too long.

mmmm im bout to do that...but after u lite a cigg putting it out for another time is kinda nasty unless its for only a quickie.


and cloves arent WAY worse for you...its worse because they burn twice/3x as long...they probably take about 10-20minutes to smoke one. while ciggs are a couple of minutes.


know what i mean!?

yum yum clove...

what kind do you smoke man?

Yes they are supposed to be way worse but my lungs feel better the following day after I go out with a pack of cloves vs. a pack of cigs. So I dunno if that is just a fluke or something. I smoke the djarum vanilla's....I find that they taste the most decent out of all. Yeah it still "smells" like most thing you smoke do but yeah.

But I do just have one statement "There is nothing like having a cig after just bombing a test...nothing can top that immediantly afterwards...not even alcohol."

 

Nanotech

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Started smoking when I was 15 successfully quite when I was 20. :D It has been slightly over a year and a half and still have occassional cravings when I am around friends who smoke the brand I did. It's odd but I don't get the cravings unless it is a friend who has Marlboro Milds, doesn't occur if a stranger is next to me with them. Maybe it is just that I know they would give me one if I asked? Strange isn't it...

I'll never be one to give other people hard time about smoking though, except maybe my Mother. However, I could never date someone who smokes either.
 

moshquerade

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*hi Nano* :)

i don't smoke, never will, and if you do i don't want to smell it.

i know a 29 year old guy who smokes and already has the mucous-rattley smoker's cough going. yuck.
 

DannyBoy

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Originally posted by: fumbduck
Originally posted by: Lifer
Originally posted by: fumbduck
Originally posted by: Lifer
Originally posted by: fumbduck
Originally posted by: ElFenix
calms the nerves, helps short term memory, prevents alzheimers, meet people, tell the world you don't give a damn, etc.

This man said it better than anyone else.

Tobacco was originally used for medical purposes, but it became addictive and everyone wanted the effects.

I smoke because I enjoy the feeling of the smoke through my lungs, because I can take deeper breathes of smoke than I ever could of air, because I hate people, and because of what ElFenix said.

you hate ppl so your damaging your own body.
makes sense.

I hate people like you that try to tell me what to do. What do you care if I am damaging my body? I just gave you many other reasons why I smoked, because I hate people is just one of them.

And since you want to be a cockhole about it, I'll go smoke one just for you, an unfiltered lucky strike. Mmmm I can feel the tar in my lungs now.

bwahahah, u just smoked away another year of your life
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Oh yeah? so if I smoke 20 of these fvckers right now, I'm dying in 20 less years?
So if I smoke a pack a day for the next week, I'll be dead?
Get your sh!t straight, douchebag.

Remember, just 20 years ago smoking was common place, everyone did it. Even today, 1/3 of the working class in Britain are regular smokers.

Makes me feel proud to be british.

I :heart: you for that wonderfully put sentence
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Deeko

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I don't smoke, never have, never will.

Guys can smoke all they want. I don't care if you don't care, and I can tolerate your smoke(usually).

Girls, however, should not smoke. Its a huge turnoff. Girls that are heavy smokers taste bad.
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
calms the nerves, helps short term memory, prevents alzheimers, meet people, tell the world you don't give a damn, etc.

most quoted post of mine evar!
 
Oct 9, 1999
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I don't smoke... Why you ask?

Because it smells like sh1t
Because it is another way to kill yourself(like there isnt enough ways already)
Because it cost $


Would I date a girl who smokes? Doubt it.. but I can handle it
Do I like walking out of buildings and a smoke cloud almost knocks me down? hell no, do me a favor and walk 15 feet further away please
Do I like people who don't give a fck about smoking around others who dont care for it? no but to each his own



Oh yea- Do I care if people smoke? I sure as hell don't, they don't care for me making fumes,spitting in public, pissing in public when needed to, etc. They have their right as much as I do mine. Only thing that gets on my nerves is smoking right in front of doors but I can get over it.




flame me if ya want



gg


Like I said, to each his own...
 

MadPeriot

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It relaxes me while I drive, on the phone, breaks at work, after dinner, gaming, drinking, hanging out with friends, etc. Not that I'm always tense, but I guess its a habit that I build up over the years of smoking. But to be honest I wish I never started. Maybe when the time comes I'll quit eventually.
 

PingSpike

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Originally posted by: Lifer
Originally posted by: fumbduck
Originally posted by: ElFenix
calms the nerves, helps short term memory, prevents alzheimers, meet people, tell the world you don't give a damn, etc.

This man said it better than anyone else.

Tobacco was originally used for medical purposes, but it became addictive and everyone wanted the effects.

I smoke because I enjoy the feeling of the smoke through my lungs, because I can take deeper breathes of smoke than I ever could of air, because I hate people, and because of what ElFenix said.

you hate ppl so your damaging your own body.
makes sense.

What's the big deal then? If he likes smoking them, then by all means...smoke away.

I used to smoke socially sometimes, and I smoked pretty often through a very stressful year of college. Cigs do have their positives, despite what the TV box says. They take a bite out of stress, and always helped me relax a bit when the going got rough.

I believe the short term memory thing, I ended up doing very well that year...I smoked while studying and before tests.

I never really NEEDED a cig though, I didn't smoke them enough to really get addicted to them.

Plus, smoking is SOOOO cool! All the older kids do it! :p
 

azazyel

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Oct 6, 2000
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Let me give a little insight to what nic addiction feels like.

Imagine if you have the new half-life that hasn't been released yet. Now, it is all set up and you are just sitting there looking at the start menu on your new 50" plasma HDTV and your surround sound is on. The controls are in your lap, you have a hoagie and a big glass of your favorite soft drink on the table and you have nothing that needs to be done all day. It's just you and one of the most eagerly anticipated games of the year and you have the only copy.


Now, don't play it.


nic addiction = 1,000,000 x that

It is easy to tell people to quit but in reality they really have to want to. It is not a choice that can be made for you.
 

PanzerIV

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I feel that smoking is a disgusting, vile habit and I am glad I never had any inclination to start. I am happy that I no longer have to put up with it in public any more either since it's been banned in so many places. Second hand smoke triggers headaches for me and makes me feel nauseous.

At work we have several 50 something women smokers who advertise their lifelong addiction to cigarettes by persistent hacking coughing. Sooo attractive.
 

spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
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smoke.

Like it.

Probably quit someday, just don't know when. I've quit before but always started up again.
 

stev0

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
calms the nerves, helps short term memory, prevents alzheimers, meet people, tell the world you don't give a damn, etc.

in college especially.

monday will be 6 weeks that i haven't smoked a cig, 5 for smoking weed. the past two weeks of constant coughing, hacking up lumps of brown junk, ect, makes me realize that starting to smoke in the first place was probably a bad idea ;)
 

Chu

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Jan 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: Lifer
there's no benefits, it's all detriments.
do you like cancer, bad breath, smelly clothes, shortness of breath, heart disease?
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break the habit and quit smoking, it doesn't look cool.
and most of all, i don't need to inhale all the secondhand smoke

I probably have a different reason for smoking then anyone else. If I really need to stay up and I'm dead tired, one cigar will keep me up for about 10 hours. I get huge niccotine cravings for about a week after, but I fight them and I'm good. Caffiene in drink form just does not work for me, and caffene in pill form scares the hell out of me because the last (and only) time I've done it, I could feel my heart beating through my chest and could hear the beat in my ears. I thought I was going around scared that I was about to have a heart attack.

-Chu
 

thrashev

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Jan 3, 2003
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i don't smoke cigs

i do smoke the occassional cigar, about 1 a week if that just on special occasions

one thing that does piss me off about cigarette smokers is that just because you smoke doesn't mean you can throw your butts on the ground, in the grass, out of your car window, etc. it's garbage, and should go into a garbage recepticle
 

fumbduck

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
*hi Nano* :)

i don't smoke, never will, and if you do i don't want to smell it.

i know a 29 year old guy who smokes and already has the mucous-rattley smoker's cough going. yuck.

What's up, baby?:heart:
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