A question for the cigarette smokers....

Cigar = win.

You cannot argue with this logic.
 
My mom recently beat a long and painful fight with small cell lung cancer caused by smoking.

I think its safe to say i'll never start smoking.
 
My mom smokes and she is really quite unhealthy. She has gotten better recently and is smoking less, but the damage has pretty much been done. I remember when my dad smoked too, and I can remember him quitting when I was a child. There is a clear difference in the health of my parents, and I am sure that smoking vs not smoking played a large part in it.
 
Ennui said:
I'm glad you "get" LSD, because I sure don't. It's an existential kick in the nuts.

Believe it or not, people, cigarettes do have noticeable psychological effects - there is a subtle nicotine high, albeit it's mild and fleeting. They do reduce anxiety temporarily.

Smoking habitually is a bad idea. However, it does have merits, and I can understand someone doing it. I personally am not comfortable enough with the health risks to be able to smoke regularly, but I don't knock people who do.

Also, for those of you who have never been addicted to anything, you are not in a position to comment on addiction itself (I'm not trying to call anyone out here). It's a vastly more powerful force than you could imagine, particularly for certain people.
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Luls, I remember a friend gave me a pack of cloves once, and I started going through them one or two a day for like, a week.

I started getting addicted, and in my free time would think "oh boy, this'd be better with a smoke", so I tossed the ****ers somewhere in my room and hoped i'd never find 'em again.

I never did :P

Smoke said:
Cigar = win.

You cannot argue with this logic.
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It's true.
 
I find smoking Cigs extremely satisfying and enjoyable. In fact, I'm smoking a cigarette right now and it tastes delightful. I haven't had any trouble kicking the habit for months at a time, and I don't go overboard with the amount I smoke either. I find PC games to be more addictive to me than cigarettes.

I didn't start smoking because it was "cool", and frankly anyone who believes that claim is simply moronic. I am aware of the health risks, and the consequences of my actions, but I enjoy this activity and will continue to do so as long as I desire to do so. And when I get sick of it, I'll quit. I plan on quitting during the school year anyways. It's just wiser to save my money.
 
Are you saying it's moronic to claim someone started because it was cool, or it's moronic to believe someone that says that. Or that it's moronic for someone to thing you started because you thought it was cool.
 
I love the smell of cigars. I've never smoked one, but my dad/siblings will occasionally, and the smell is just made of win. I just thought you all should know.
 
Cigars are made of win in general. It's hard to look at them in a way that says anything other than win.
 
My dad has smoked every day for the past 26 years. He has told me himself that he hates the habit, and hates that it is making his health deteriorate, but that his addiction is too strong to quit. Our house always smells like tobacco, and my dad can't stand to get on planes or go for long drives because it requires him to sit in one place without smoking. He now has emphysema and refuses to go to the doctor because he fears they'll find cancer or some other smoking related illness. On a side note, I just went to the funeral of someone close to me who died of smoking-related lung cancer.

Look, I can understand the addiction, I can understand why people do it, but I'll never do it because I don't want the people around me to suffer if it were to overcome me or give me cancer or some other disease. I don't want my children to have to come home every day to the smell of their father burning his lungs away, and I don't want to risk dying of lung cancer or some other smoking related disease.
 
I smoked. I started out of curiosity (Why is it so popular, what does it taste/feel like etc). I liked it. A year later I stopped, again out of curiosity (Wonder how hard it is to stop, wonder if I'll miss it etc) And I like it.

As far as passive smoking is concerned .. Im not so sure. Ive lived with two smokers all my life, my mum smoked when pregnant. The only way this has affected me is that I was born at a lighter weight than average .. and I havent grown that tall ..

If I get any smoking-related ilnesses then I'll know for sure I guess.
 
Ennui said:
Cigars are made of win in general. It's hard to look at them in a way that says anything other than win.
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Cigars should only ever be smoked if they are Cuban. Everything else is fail.
 
Nothing to back that up? Have you ever smoked a Cuban?
 
I could never smoke cigars without inhaling deeply - probably a reflex action caused by years of smoking. Not inhaling just makes your mouth taste like, well, cigars.
 
We should legally kill anyone who wants to legally kill anyone who smokes.
 
We should legally kill anyone who wants to legally kill anyone who wants to legally kill anyone who smokes.
 
At least with the bans on smoking in public, and the raising of the legal age to buy cigs, England is stepping in the right direction.
 
Kester^ said:
At least with the bans on smoking in public, and the raising of the legal age to buy cigs, England is stepping in the right direction.
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A step towards totalitarian conservatism?
 
Dan said:
I only smoke to be polite if everyone else is and someone is offering me a cigarette or cigar
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Here, check out my drugs. Remember, it's not polite to simply say "No thanks".

The Monkey said:
It's an advantage in many social situations to smoke, that's one of the reasons people start.

It also looks better to stand around and smoking than standing around doing nothing.
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I totally respect all those gangsters standing there in the corner inhaling toxic smoke. It looks so cool. I want to be like them.

Why is it an advantage to join a group of health-deteriorating addicts?

So it's not cool enough to just stand there? You gotta be cool and smoke cigarettes right?

Jesus F****** Christ.
 
Cuz we all know that the only people who smoke cigarettes are gangsters.

I'm sure you didn't mean that as a compliment, but I'll take it as one any way.
 
Exploder said:
Why is it an advantage to join a group of health-deteriorating addicts?

So it's not cool enough to just stand there? You gotta be cool and smoke cigarettes right?

Jesus F****** Christ.
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I've smoked in public once. Every other time has been either by myself, just for either the nicotine high, or with a friend in their house, and i'm usually stoned then.
 
Smoking is still the one vice I will never ever engage in, and I will punch myself in the face if I do.
 
I've seen enough with relatives of mine to never, ever start smoking.

Yes, I can't comment on the addiction (do MMORPGS count?) but I have seen it first hand and I have seen how detrimental it can be to people.

Example: One of my Grandmas. Once on a holiday visit I thought I'd be a smart alec and take her packet of cigarettes and hide them in my pocket. She got anxious and pretty nervous (ie extreme shaking) and was in a pretty hideous state (she is normally akin to Mrs. Santa Claus and a wonderful person). After a period of her desperately searching for them I pulled them out. After revealing them to her I then stated she couldn't have them for an hour.

This is when even I got creeped out. What followed next was like Biblo Baggins after the ring in LotR (it's the only analogy I could think of and I am not kidding). It turned to anger and extreme desperation for the packet, her reaching for them like a little kid. I gave them back to her and she was fine afterwards... but for the rest of my visit I tried to persuade her to cut down on how many she took (normally 10 a day) down to three daily. She seemed more fit and energized than I have seen her in my lifetime.

I don't hate most smokers, just the ones who find it ideal to smoke while pregnant or in a confined space with children (or any inappropriate places... smoking near the bench during my lacrosse game). The ****ing shit gives me migraines and that's when I tend to get up smokers for doing it.
 
Absinthe said:
Cuz we all know that the only people who smoke cigarettes are gangsters.

I'm sure you didn't mean that as a compliment, but I'll take it as one any way.
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Nah. I'm not quite sure why I said gangsters.
 
a question xcellerate, are you always this intolerant about other peoples business? go enjoy your green tea, yoga and **** off.
 
I've noticed that this thread's density of self-righteous asshats seems to be somewhat higher than usual.

Anyone smoke a tobacco pipe? It's a lot of fun.
 
I've changed my views on this. I absolutely abhor cigarettes and the act of smoking them, and I very much want cigarettes to disappear forever, but it's not my place to tell others what they can and cannot put in their body. If you want to start smoking, or you don't want to stop smoking, I'll consider you an asshat in that regard, but I cannot and will not stop you from doing it.
 
thats fine stigmata, i dont have to like you either :) as for the rest of you geniuses, how the hell do you manage to avoid getting the shit kicked out of you in public? go do something about global pollution, then tell me to stop smoking.
 
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