Do you smoke? Why?

[quote name='Kendal']I guess you haven't heard about M.A.D.D.[/quote]

M.A.D.D. isn't what I'd call a big power in crusading for prohibition. They're spotlight died a long time ago and is now replaced by those idiots with the "truth" commercials.
 
No. I'm 28, and have never even tried smoking. Never saw the appeal of inhaling smoke, and paying lots of money to do it.
 
Yeah...If i were to do it now, I think I would be making myself quit. I was at an Indian casino a few weeks back, and maybe that had an effect, and it might have been the state, but they wanted 10-12 bucks a pack. A pack. Fifty cents a smoke. And of course any tax part that goes to the government, who has sued the makers of cigarettes, and says they want people to quit, but if everyone quit smoking, they'd be out billions in tax "revenue". I used to sell packs for 1.65 including state POS sales tax. There is no way in hell I could make myself pay 10 bucks for a pack of cigarettes.

Those truth commercials annoy me. Maybe they would have been more useful forty years ago, but they basically boil down to:
*Cigarettes are really bad for your health, and can be very addictive.
*Companies will sometimes "stretch the truth" to sell you things.
If you don't know those two things by now, you should stay in your bubble and be safe.
 
[quote name='The Mana Knight']I came very close to smoking in H.S., due to my friends doing it. Thankfully I resisted the urge, and never did it.

I played football with friends, and my entire team took a smoke before the game except me. You better bet I was tempted to (some were friends I didn't even know who smoked).[/quote]lol, my team did that too.
 
I smoke from time to time, maybe once every moth or two, but I tend to smoke cigars or take some hits off of a hookah pipe with friends. To me it is not disgusting, although beer is, or rather people who drink it on a weekly basis are to me.
 
I'll bum cigs off you, but I can't justify the costs of buying 'em myself.

I'm a big fan of hookahs, but I grew up doing that with the family.
 
Yes, just hookah. My dad has smoked hookah and cigs since I don't know when. I used to smoke cigs, but I now prefer good shisha at home. It's funny how hookah's have gotten popular with the kiddies now.
 
I used to smoke for about 5 years on and off, and quit cold turkey about a year and a half ago. Haven't had one since, and with Wisconsin raising their taxes on cigarettes, it REALLY seems like a waste of money now.
 
Both the missus and I agree that smoking would fit with my overall "image", but that's a stupid reason for starting. I do want a pipe though.
 
[quote name='joe2187']I asked this question to a friend of mine today. I dont understand the compulsion. he couldn't give me a straight answer.

So I ask. Do you smoke? and why do you smoke?

(Not talking about Marijuana)[/QUOTE]

but where is the vote for the chronic? I say I smoke (mary) cuz it makes me sane, and my sanity has left the building (damn probation)
 
i guess its personal opinion whether or not smoking is disgusting. anywho, it certainly isnt WRONG. anything done in excess is harmful to your body and if you cant handle smoking it will get to you.

with that said, no i dont smoke but i dont call those that do disgusting.
 
No. Never have. Not even tried. Had the chance and then I remembered the fact that it is disgusting and it put me off.

Here is my opinion:

-Disgusting
-Cancer and disease
-Very Expensive. Why very if it is only a few cents a cig? A few cents down the drain that add up to hundreds a year.
-Everything you own will be tainted by smoke smell sooner or later.
-Supports asshole tobacco companies.

IMO, cigars, in moderation, are ok. Mainly because you don't really inhale much of the smoke.
 
I do smoke, and have since I was 14. Ill give you my list of reasons:
1.-I have had sex with a woman
2.-I come from a place where you drink to have fun, its called earth, its populated with people that like to unwind.
3.-Im not some ridiculous kid who got rolled around in a friggin garbage can in high school, I just happen to like videogames.
4.-After ten years of not smoking your lungs regenerate their presmoking state, so as long as I dont smoke til im 60 (im 25) I feel pretty ok about it
5.-Smoking is relaxing and goes dangerously well with sex, drinking, and is incredible after eating.

Im sure youre glasses just fell off your face, try not to cry about it too hard
 
Cigarettes don't cost much at all if you make them yourself. $11 for a carton's worth versus $50+, and you smoke less for some reason, which might be because of the following point. I've found after smoking the homemade ones, when you try a "brand name" cigarette a few months later it has a "chemical" taste to it. You can literally taste the garbage companies put in there that have no business being there. Some real The Insider kind of stuff.

It kinda sucks being a smoker because you get treated like a fucking leper. Even if you are a considerate smoker that goes off alone to smoke. But once all of us are driven into the sea, you assholes that yap on cellphones in public are next. ;)
 
[quote name='genomachino2002']I do smoke, and have since I was 14. Ill give you my list of reasons:
1.-I have had sex with a woman
2.-I come from a place where you drink to have fun, its called earth, its populated with people that like to unwind.
3.-Im not some ridiculous kid who got rolled around in a friggin garbage can in high school, I just happen to like videogames.
4.-After ten years of not smoking your lungs regenerate their presmoking state, so as long as I dont smoke til im 60 (im 25) I feel pretty ok about it
5.-Smoking is relaxing and goes dangerously well with sex, drinking, and is incredible after eating.

Im sure youre glasses just fell off your face, try not to cry about it too hard[/QUOTE]:cool::cool::cool:

[quote name='crunchb3rry']Cigarettes don't cost much at all if you make them yourself. $11 for a carton's worth versus $50+, and you smoke less for some reason, which might be because of the following point. I've found after smoking the homemade ones, when you try a "brand name" cigarette a few months later it has a "chemical" taste to it. You can literally taste the garbage companies put in there that have no business being there. Some real The Insider kind of stuff.

It kinda sucks being a smoker because you get treated like a fucking leper. Even if you are a considerate smoker that goes off alone to smoke. But once all of us are driven into the sea, you assholes that yap on cellphones in public are next. ;)[/QUOTE]
I'll agree with this post.
 
[quote name='genomachino2002']I do smoke, and have since I was 14. Ill give you my list of reasons:
1.-I have had sex with a woman
2.-I come from a place where you drink to have fun, its called earth, its populated with people that like to unwind.
3.-Im not some ridiculous kid who got rolled around in a friggin garbage can in high school, I just happen to like videogames.
4.-After ten years of not smoking your lungs regenerate their presmoking state, so as long as I dont smoke til im 60 (im 25) I feel pretty ok about it
5.-Smoking is relaxing and goes dangerously well with sex, drinking, and is incredible after eating.

Im sure youre glasses just fell off your face, try not to cry about it too hard[/quote]

:applause:

Post of the YEAR
 
[quote name='joe2187']I asked this question to a friend of mine today. I dont understand the compulsion. he couldn't give me a straight answer.

So I ask. Do you smoke? and why do you smoke?

(Not talking about Marijuana)[/QUOTE]

Because he enjoys it?

Probably the same reason you drink alcohol or soda or eat junk food.
 
Full Disclosure: I smoked a pack of Black N' Milds a day for roughly four years but have since quit all together.

Health benefits of smoking:

Smoking and Parkinson's
Health Benefits of Smoking
Nicotine and Inflammation
Tobacco and Atopic Disorders
Tobacco and Preeclampsia

I'm not going to pretend that there are no unhealthy effects to smoking, nor am I advocating the actual act of smoking, however what I am asking of my fellow man is to do some research before you make any rash judgments because apparently there are some, albeit small, health benefits of smoking. I am not going to pretend like I know what preeclampsia is either because I definitely had to look that one up. It has something to do with hypertension and pregnancy. Let's be honest too, there are other ways to decrease blood pressure like healthy diet and exercise but I guess if you are smoking and are pregnant I can't accuse you of having high blood pressure, however there is a laundry list of other things I can accuse you of.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']Because he enjoys it?

Probably the same reason you drink alcohol or soda or eat junk food.[/quote]

I havent had soda in 5 years, and I cook all the food I eat.


I myself have never touched a Cigarette. however I do enjoy some fine cigars once in a blue moon, always topped off with a glass of patron.;)
 
[quote name='JohnnyFoxDarko']Dude, Joe, you are so pure.[/QUOTE]

Pure? I think the word you're looking for is smooth. Like steely dan.
 
[quote name='millerjm2']Full Disclosure: I smoked a pack of Black N' Milds a day for roughly four years but have since quit all together.

Health benefits of smoking:

Smoking and Parkinson's
Health Benefits of Smoking
Nicotine and Inflammation
Tobacco and Atopic Disorders
Tobacco and Preeclampsia

I'm not going to pretend that there are no unhealthy effects to smoking, nor am I advocating the actual act of smoking, however what I am asking of my fellow man is to do some research before you make any rash judgments because apparently there are some, albeit small, health benefits of smoking. I am not going to pretend like I know what preeclampsia is either because I definitely had to look that one up. It has something to do with hypertension and pregnancy. Let's be honest too, there are other ways to decrease blood pressure like healthy diet and exercise but I guess if you are smoking and are pregnant I can't accuse you of having high blood pressure, however there is a laundry list of other things I can accuse you of.[/quote]

LOL! Health benefits of smoking!!! I love the internet.
 
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