People are still smoking despite all we know about the danger.

[FlamingoBlue]

We must really be stupid! It's said that over 400,000 people die in the USA, annually, of smoking related illnesses.

Nicotine addiction is not what kills you. It's all the other shit that goes along with smoking: the carcinogins and deadly gasses that kill us.

In Canada they don't beat around the bush with warnings like they do in the USA. I read a warning on Canadien cigarettes that said "Smoking will kill you". I don't know if Canadiens are smarter or maybe they are just more daring.

Well, they're now talking about selling a smokeless cigarette. I wonder if it will sell?

blue

 

[Angel]

They already have smokeless cigarettes. And I like smoking. Sorry.

 

[Tabby432]

Dammit blue! I'm not stupid... ok, so maybe I am.

 

[Renegade]

Tabby

Do you really want to know the truth about that???

 

[FlamingoBlue]

BTW, I'm one of the fools....

I love to smoke Sherman MCD's. I'm down to about a pack a week. I have tried to quit but I just don't want to.


blue

 

[Starfish]

I don't smoke.....cigarettes, that is...

 

[nasty]

I don't smoke.....cigarettes, that is...

I 2nd that. "Mariguana is bad...M'k."

 

[lickerish]

smoking is bad for you
drinking alcohol is bad for you
eating fried foods is bad for you
driving fast is bad for you
going to bed late is bad for you

jiminy crickets, aren't we allowed to have any fun at all??

next thing you know, the Attorney General will be saying too much sex is bad for you.. what will we all do then? I, for one, am not getting enough.. I think that's bad for me

 

[nasty]

I'm not getting any, so that's HORRIBLE!!!!!!!

 

[Pure_Lust]

Oh my ....your so Right....

" I Smoke More WeeD"....put that in you pipe and smoke it....

 

[shadowsource]

.

 

[MissTaken]

cigarette smoking

In Ottawa, Ont. , smoking in bars and restaurants is now illegal. The business owners are in an uproar.

A smokeless restaurant is managable, for me, anyway. However, a smokeless bar??? Who wants to go out for a few hours, have a few drinks and not smoke?

Some businesses offer terraces or outdoor sites for smokers. Not all are able to do that though.

Several Canadien friends of mine have quit smoking as a result. However, I wouldn't describe their "habit" as being comparable to my "addiction."

Hmm just thought I would throw that in there.

 

[Guest]

Not I. I quit when I became pregnant, and have VERY rarely picked up a cigarette these past three years since.

 

[LedAstray]

It's tough!

It's a tough addiction! I quit for both my pregnancies and even for the two years I breastfed my youngest, but started right back up when I was done. Then I'd quit for a year here and there, but for whatever reason would get started again. I've been smoke-free for almost two years this time, but I could start again at any moment, because it's a craving I'll always have.

I wouldn't say we're stupid. No more so than skydivers or other thrill seekers.

 

[HiJincs]

Stepping up on my soapbox...

I was born into a Southeastern USA family of smokers. Both of my parents as well as my grandparents smoked. I began smoking around 18 and continued until I got married and my wife became pregnant. ( I was 23) I was able to stop pretty easily. I started smoking later and continued until I began getting active in the martial arts. It became a real problem being the only one that smoked and I felt ostracized by my friends. So, I eventually quit and have never smoke again.

Here's why I am telling you this...

My dad stopped smoking after doctors found a benign tumor on his kidney. Even though they told him it was unrelated to smoking, it scared him enough to quit.

My mother continued to smoke until her early sixties, when she developed emphysema and COPD. (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) She now lives on 24 hr oxygen and even with the O2, she can't walk across the house without gasping for breath. She is mostly housebound and absolutely miserable. My father takes care of everything at home and can't leave her for more than a couple of hours for fear she will collapse. She hates the burden she has become and feels terrible guilt.

If you smoke, find a way to stop. If you love someone who smokes, find a way to help them stop. I wish I had been more forceful in getting my mother to stop.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Perhaps I'm one of the stupid ones

But I love to smoke. I quit for both pregnancies, and I only smoke outdoors so my children aren't as affected by it. My mother smokes, my husband smokes, my grandmother smoked for years and years and finally died of lung cancer. But still, I love smoking.

How many people are affected by STD's every year? Gonna stop having sex? How may people die from heart disease? Cross that Big Mac off the list. How about the people who die in child birth? Gonna give up on the idea of having kids?

Why are we so obsessed with the puritanical view that we shouldn't have vices? Something will kill all of us someday, and I for one plan to enjoy the days I'm here.

I ride absolutely psychotic horses and have managed to hurt myself many many times doing it. Including fracturing my spine. Am I going to stop? Not on your life. I'll bet if anyone asked Christopher Reeves if he'd like to ride again, he'd say Hell Yes.

I drink, I smoke, I have sex (and I didn't always use protection), and I eat biscuits and gravy every morning. What's the point in living forever if we never really live?

What are the statistics now anyway? One in ten smokers develops lung cancer? So we should all quit? Do you run right out and buy the toothpaste that 1 in 10 dentists recommends? Or do you use what you like?

And weed... oh, if only it were legal... I'd never buy marlboros again.

 

[Tabby432]

Re: Perhaps I'm one of the stupid ones

What are the statistics now anyway? One in ten smokers develops lung cancer? So we should all quit? Do you run right out and buy the toothpaste that 1 in 10 dentists recommends? Or do you use what you like?

I was with you until this point.

 

[LedAstray]

Re: Perhaps I'm one of the stupid ones

And weed... oh, if only it were legal... I'd never buy marlboros again.

Amen, Sister!!! Or, BB!

 

[Pure_Lust]

Great Post....

I think everyone should smoke a load of the Weeds at least once in there lifes...There would be alot more dope smokes in the world...which would lead to alot less stressed out people....not all the time just when you need to relax...And for these people out there that are all against the weeds and have never tried it....How can you put something down that you never tried??...If the US goverment tell you to jump,,,are you going to Jump with out check things out....The Sorry thing is alot of Americans would..
but thats a hole other thing.....So go find your local drug deal and tell him to hook you up.....

 

[Mischka]

Re: cigarette smoking

Who wants to go out for a few hours, have a few drinks and not smoke?

Me. I was in La Jolla, California, recently, where there is a city-wide ban against smoking in bars and restaurants. We went to a bar before dinner, and when I got back to my hotel room, I didn't need to take a shower or immediately soak my clothes to get the stench out. It was wonderful.

My father smoked five packs a day (back when smoking was permitted in the workplace), and the first time he caught me with candy cigarettes as a child, he gave me the lecture of a lifetime. I've never smoked a real one, and have no plans to ever indulge. I completely support anyone else's right to smoke, but if given the choice between a smoke-free or smoke-filled environment, I will happily patronize the smoke-free place.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Re: Re: Perhaps I'm one of the stupid ones

I was with you until this point.

I know... i was ranting and that was just stupid. But didn't I WARN you I may be stupid?

 

[tigerjen]

smoking is disgusting....bleeaahhhhhh

Hello.....interesting topic I came across on the general
board....thought I would put my 2 cents in here:

I've never picked up a cigarette in my life......my dad
smoked for years, quit twice, and then this year,
finally quit for good after participating in a study
when he took a soon-to-be FDA approved drug to help
quit, plus the patch (the study was done at Yale here
in CT). I am happy to say that my dad has not gone
back to smoking since then......of course, he put on
a little weight, but that tends to happen.
Another person in my life is my grandmother (my mom's
mother) who smoked for years, and finally quit cold
turkey back in the early 1980s----I never liked to hug or
kiss her because of the stank smell of cigarettes on
her, and I remember complaining to my mom about it.
Thank goodness my grandmother never went back to
smoking either.

Another thing that bothers me about smoking is when
I see an individual who is attractive in real life, picks up
a cigarette and smokes, whether it be at a bar or
elsewhere......it bothers me......after all, smoking does
make teeth yellow, it stays on your clothes until you wash
them, and for many, a cough that never really goes away.
My younger sister, who will be 22 next month, smokes
on occasion, and she has that "smoker's cough". I do
hope that soon she'll quit.....but that is her choice to do.

So that is my piece.........

Tigerjen

 

[Gilly Bean]

Never smoked in my life, and never will. The day one of my kids lites up, they are gonna be sorrier then they have ever been in thier lives. My husband is the same, a non-smoker.

 

[sch00lteacher]

If your young, quit now. If you just started, quit now.

I have been smoking for what, 25 years? I started because of peer pressure.

I had a heart attack May 1, 2001. I quit smoking for about 2 months.

I feel like a fucking moron.

I am having surgery November 6th and I hope to try quitting again (not heart surgery, hip replacement). This time who knows maybe I can kick it for good.

The longer you wait to quit, the harder it gets.

 

[Cheyenne]

Expertise hasn't been around for awhile- anyone else wonder how he is doing on his campaign to stop smoking? Anyone know?