Do you smoke tobacco?

[WriterDom]

Someone told me that there are a lot of smokers in the lifestyle. But I don't know. I don't know many subs that smoke other than desertrose and hopefully she has quit now.

 

[catalina_francisco]

I don't smoke....severly allergic to the stuff and can smell a cigarette being smoked on the street at least 200 metres away which has astounded some people. He smokes, though he did give it up for a cxouple of years and is once again attempting to give it up. He did go onto cigars for awhile but now says they are more addictivce and make it much harder for him to quit.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/136532205_c49016b8d5_t.jpg Catalina

 

[RawHumor]

I don't smoke....severly allergic to the stuff and can smell a cigarette being smoked on the street at least 200 metres away which has astounded some people.

Heh... I'm somewhat the same way. Cigars are even worse, IMO.

 

[WriterDom]

I smoked as a teen and quit. The best thing Georgia ever did was ban it from restaurants.

 

[minx1]

No and coming from a family where everyone did quite heavily, I reckon thats quite an achievement lol.

I'm glad we have the smoking ban here now.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Yes, I'm an evil smoker, though I try to minimize the effects of my smoking on others around me, whether they are smokers or non-smokers. I've been a pack-a-day (or more) smoker for more than 45 years <sigh>. Every time I see a cardiologist, he asks if I'm still smoking, and I answer yes. He asks when I'm going to quit and gets the same answer every time: "Three days after I die." Amazing how these cardiologists just have NO sense of humor! None of 'em. I think they have it removed during medical school.

It's about the last discrimination left in our society... they don't make us sit at the back of the bus to smoke - they won't even let us ON the damn bus!

 

[RawHumor]

they won't even let us ON the damn bus!

Sure they will.

They just won't let you smoke while you're on it.

 

[BiBunny]

I'm really allergic, so, no, I don't smoke. I can deal with being around it for short periods time, as long as it's not directly in my face, but being stuck close to a room full of smokers for a while is miserable. For that reason, the only people I spend lots of time with are non-smokers.

 

[catalina_francisco]

I'm glad we have the smoking ban here now.

I was reading awhile ago about someone in an apartment block in Sydney being taken to court by their neighbours because their smoking was so heavy that combined with the air system, it was filling the neighbours apartment as well. The neighbours won and the smokers were told they could no longer smoke in their apartment.

I know some people feel bans on public smoking is discriminatory, but from someone who at the slightest whiff of a cigarette can get a range of problems such as severe cramping in the stomach, difficulty breathing, chest pains to the point of not being able to walk or move, nausea, and severe headache I tend to think the discrimination is warranted. People choose to smoke, I do not choose to be ill on a daily basis. It has gotten so bad that even the walks I do in parks around here become a trial if there are any smokers on the path....I have a lot of instances of either having to move quickly to another path or hold my breathing as long as possible until they are well passed to minimise the effects on my health. F goes outside to smoke when at home, but even when he comes back in I get stomach cramps from the residue...he used to think I was exagerrating until one day I was asleep and woke up gripping my stomach in pain without even knowing he had come home. It is no fun, and I am sure if those who smoked endured it for 5 minutes they would be screaming in agony and demanding their rights be respected.

Catalina

 

[Kierae]

Both D and I smoked for many years but we both quit 17 years ago and never started again. We are thankful that all the public places around here has banned smoking since I really don't care for the smell it leaves on your clothes, hair, etc...


~kierae

 

[WriterDom]

Winston, looks like you are going to have your own smoking section here. Maybe another will show up later.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

I never have nor will I smoke or chew tobacco.

I grew up with living with my grandparents and both of them smoked and I watched the two of them cough their lungs out with emphysema so I saw the negative impact of it at an early age.

I know that one of the tenants of this forum is acceptance of others for who they are (and I readily embrace that) but I have to say that I rather limit my contacts with smokers simply because I can't stand the smell and aura of it that surrounds them. Even if the smoker's clothes are "clean" they still reek of the tobacco smell and in my mind can never truly be clean.

Do I think people who smoke are bad? No, but I sort of wonder with amazement if they would put a six-shooter to their head, with a loaded chamber and play Russian Roulette. I really am amazed by health care professionals; doctors, nurses, etc who have seen the affects of smoking and go light up.

/serman

 

[ShyGuy68]

Avid no smoker here.

 

[Emmalee]

I've been a smoker going on six years now after having started at the tender age of 16. Been a pack-a-day smoker of Reds for about four of those. Tried quitting a couple of times but my heart's just not in it yet, although hopefully someday it will be. (Especially since they're $4.97 a pack!)

I do try to be very respectful of others, despite the fact that South Dakota doesn't have a very strict smoking ban. Anywhere that serves alcohol is still allowed to have a smoking section so many restaraunts and bars still do allow it. I prefer, for the sake of others, to smoke only outside and try to at least keep it away from people I might be with. I also do not throw the butts on the ground - smokers that do that bother me to no end!

 

[GentleSub_Ivy]

Nonsmoker here. I have indulged socially at times in the past but no more. I've never been addicted to the stuff thankfully.

Ivy

 

[Chicklet]

i'm not a smoker.

i've *dated* a smoker, however, and honestly it wasn't as bad as I was afraid of. I used to be a total prude about cigarette smokers, but lately I've just decided that some people are discourteous whether they smoke or not, and I shouldn't discriminate.

 

[JMohegan]

No, I have never smoked tobacco products of any kind. Never dated a smoker, either.

Do I think people who smoke are bad? No, but I sort of wonder with amazement if they would put a six-shooter to their head, with a loaded chamber and play Russian Roulette.

This from the guy with a bottle of bourbon for an av!

 

[Netzach]

Nerp, not I.

I am watching what my husband is going through in repeated attempts to quit and it's just insane. He started at 28 too. Wish I had a time machine to slap him up.

I wouldn't mind learning HOW to smoke a cigar though, at a bear smoker, just for the visual and the once in a blue moon event. I strongly doubt that I would find this addictive.

 

[RawHumor]

I wouldn't mind learning HOW to smoke a cigar though, at a bear smoker, just for the visual and the once in a blue moon event. I strongly doubt that I would find this addictive.

Ugh.

That thread made me shudder. LOL

 

[JMohegan]

Ugh.

There's a certain type of arrogance that I associate with cigars. Fat Cats in private clubs, or Churchill in the Cabinet War Room. The aura of privilege, entitlement, and the One In Charge.

To me, the visual of a Domme with a cigar fits perfectly. I don't find it arousing, but I do appreciate the image in the sense that it fits so well.

 

[naxalite0906]

Firstly, why is the title "do you smoke tobacco" and not "do you smoke.?" Are you implying that other forms of smokig are ok etc? Just wondering, thats all

Yes, I am a smoker.. and I agree with the current smoking ban too. I heard a smoker the other day say its taking away civil liberty because he is not allowed to smoke in a public place and it really annoyed me. Im all for the fact people can choose to smoke, whether it is passive or not so banning it is really the only way. Maybe one method would of been to have smoking and non smoking pubs so people choose where they want to go, might keep some of the smokers happy etc. I don't mind going out for a cig now, I never did. It sucks a bit when I am the only smoker, but thats the price I have to pay and I am more than happy to be courteous to others and accept it.

However.... I am a bit dubious as to what the government do when they lose out on the billions in tax they make from the tax on cigs as more people quit. Even with the NHS dealing with/paying for treatment of the illnesses caused by it now, they still make over 3 billion in tax from it (whoever said $4.97 is expensive, it is almost $10 here!) so this figure will go down a lot - in my opinion it will anyway. Maybe they will introduce a fat tax on fatty foods etc because obesity is now a bigger drain on the health service than smoking related illnesses (so I've heard) and obviously they don't get as much revenue as they would from tax on cigs.

One thing that has annoyed me though are the people who complain about the fact smokers are badly affecting others, when they clearly affect me in ways too. Sure, it may not be immediate cancer etc, but by driving a 10mpg gas guzzler and contributing to the environmental problems in other ways, they are are also affecting the health of people in the short term (asthma etc) as well as fucking up the entire planet. This is not aimed at anyone on here as no one has said anything like this, but there are many people who do fuck the planet up in this way too, yet have no problem complaining because someone lights up. I'll go outside and smoke away from everyone else without complaining, so maybe they can stop driving that big fucking gas guzzling 4x4 and stop wasting energy etc so my kids and grandkids have a world that is nice to live in. Sorry if it sounds like a rant, it is just a pet hate of mine and I think it is justified too.

 

[the captians wench]

I'm a non smoker, and when I'm around it too much i get very very bad head aches.

Jounar smokes a pack a day, and my play mate is about the same. The friends that I've met of my play mate all smoke as well. But they do not smoke in my apt, he makes his friends go out on the porch and smoke, and so does he.

 

[eastern sun]

no. I smoked for twenty years, but quit twelve years ago. It's been good to replace deadly vice with . . . . what? healthy vice?

 

[myinnerslut]

i dont smoke anything. cigerettes, pot, etc

i considered joining in with my friends at a hookah bar, but A would have been very upset with me since he hates smoking of any type, so i didnt

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

Oh my , guess few on this thread are interested in purchasing an excellent pre-loved humidor : smiles: