Poll: Smoking
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I can't stand smoking. I don't smoke, and I'll never smoke. If there's one thing that drives me absolutly batty is being stuck walking behing someone who's smoking while on my way to class. I spend the entire time silently coughing trying not to offend them.
*stands on soap box*
Its a disgusting habit, and it sucks even worse for the people who are around you. I can't even yawn on my college campus without someone walking by and getting a nausiating puff of smoke in my lungs, and having the taste stuck in my mouth for the next half hour.
It smells bad, it makes you smell bad, and despite how its portrayed in movies it makes you look like a pompus ass. Being actually ALERGIC to cigarette smoke it makes my situation even worse. I actually have trouble breathing when around someone smoking. I wish I could simply get away from them, but they're everywhere on the campus so avoiding them would mean just not showing up to class. In my state at least, I'm glad there's a law that got rid of smoking sections in restaurants. (Cont.) To continue what I was raging on about earlier.
Now I'm not going to sit here and lecture you about the health risks, I'm sure you're already well aware of them. What I don't think the majority of smokers are aware of is how inconsiderate the habit is. You want to lecture us about your rights to smoke and if we don't like it to take a hike, well I have news for you, we have rights as well. We don't have to put up with your one man smog factory bit everywhere we go, and the fact that its becomming more and more common for places to not allow smoking inside shows that the non-smokers are finally standing up to you.
For to long have I walked in a perpetual cloud of ash as I walk the streets. For to long I have a sat down at restaurants only to have breathing cut short by the a-hole 2 booths over lighting up. To long I have been given the stink eye by smokers when their habit causes me to cough. I say to you I will no longer live with this stank, subjgated upon us by those with no considerartion for others. Therefore I submit to you, the semi-sane community members, Improve the smell, or go to hell!
*steps down off soap box*
I'll have to finish this rant later, my class is over and I need to see a man about some RAM.
*stands on soap box*
Its a disgusting habit, and it sucks even worse for the people who are around you. I can't even yawn on my college campus without someone walking by and getting a nausiating puff of smoke in my lungs, and having the taste stuck in my mouth for the next half hour.
It smells bad, it makes you smell bad, and despite how its portrayed in movies it makes you look like a pompus ass. Being actually ALERGIC to cigarette smoke it makes my situation even worse. I actually have trouble breathing when around someone smoking. I wish I could simply get away from them, but they're everywhere on the campus so avoiding them would mean just not showing up to class. In my state at least, I'm glad there's a law that got rid of smoking sections in restaurants. (Cont.) To continue what I was raging on about earlier.
Now I'm not going to sit here and lecture you about the health risks, I'm sure you're already well aware of them. What I don't think the majority of smokers are aware of is how inconsiderate the habit is. You want to lecture us about your rights to smoke and if we don't like it to take a hike, well I have news for you, we have rights as well. We don't have to put up with your one man smog factory bit everywhere we go, and the fact that its becomming more and more common for places to not allow smoking inside shows that the non-smokers are finally standing up to you.
For to long have I walked in a perpetual cloud of ash as I walk the streets. For to long I have a sat down at restaurants only to have breathing cut short by the a-hole 2 booths over lighting up. To long I have been given the stink eye by smokers when their habit causes me to cough. I say to you I will no longer live with this stank, subjgated upon us by those with no considerartion for others. Therefore I submit to you, the semi-sane community members, Improve the smell, or go to hell!
*steps down off soap box*
I love smoking. It's...very nostalgic for me. My Moms a smoker, ditto with Dad, and I picked it up out of sheer boredom more than anything. See, in a town of about 300 odd people, sometimes there just was plain nothin' to do. So, you'd russle up a pack of smokes offa' whomever was absent minded enough to leave em' on the table, and go sit on the bank of a creek smoking and throwing rocks at whatever moved. Smoking is something I grew up with, and kind of like videogames, I can't be told anything bad about it. Not saying I don't recognize it, that'd be stupid, but I just don't care. To me, risk beats reward, and that calming effect, and ability for smokes to bring you right back to a moment in time you mightve thought long forgotten, is awesome.
That being said, Emphysema runs in the family, and those who don't die from smokes, die from the drink. But I have a feeling that I'm just gonna have to go down with the ship, whether I like it or not.
Like, did anyone tell you these things were ADDICTIVE? hehe.
That being said, Emphysema runs in the family, and those who don't die from smokes, die from the drink. But I have a feeling that I'm just gonna have to go down with the ship, whether I like it or not.
Like, did anyone tell you these things were ADDICTIVE? hehe.
I'm 19 and been smoking for about 6 months now.
Several reasons for starting, all as stupid as the rest:
1) I started working in a shop that sold smokes. Since I believe in "Don't knock it 'till you've tried it" I thought I'd see what the rage was about.
2) I had a very, very bad split-up with a (now ex-) long-term girlfriend. She, and me too at the time, never saw the point in (using the exact phrase) "putting a stick in your mouth and setting fire to it". I became an alcoholic and violent, and naturally smoked because she used to hate it (this is all once we separated).
3) It curbed my violence a little. I found that when I stormed off (to stop me smashing in the faces of my friends who, honestly, had done absolutely nothing to deserve my rage, I was an alcoholic with issues) being able to sit on a motorway bridge and have a smoke calmed me right down (not in the sense of jumping off a bridge, I just find watcihng the cars go by on a dark night is really relaxing [this bridge is in the middle of nowhere, it's pitch black, so the lights from the cars are quite theraputic]), and stopped me doing anything stupid that I knew I would later regret.
I basically smoked whenever I was out drinking (once or twice a week). I still do, as it is something quite nice to sit around outside on a nice evening having a smoke and a chat with some close friends. Also, in many clubs these days, you can't go into the outdoors smoking area *unless* you are smoking, so it's an wxcuse to get outside to cool down a little.
However, I've recently started smoking on the way back from work, to the tune of 1-3 a night (sometimes Superkings). This is really affecting my running performance, so I'm trying to stop this altogether. I took part in some clinical trials at university (I needed the money) and they found that although I am receptive to high-doses of nicotine, I do not suffer from any typical signs of addiction.
Speaking of the nicotine - the high you *can* get off a cigarette (or for me half a pack) is something to try once, if you are so inclined. Your heart races, your senses are sharpened and you feel like you could kick the world in the bollocks and get away laughing (or maybe that's just the eventual effect on me, I dunno). That's why I some after a bad day at work, socially I only smoke one or two, so don't get any sort of buzz at all.
Now, me stopping smoking on the way back from work is harder than it sounds, even though I am not addicted - I have about 12 packs of various types of ciggies, and I feel like I would be wasting my money to just throw them away - so the "smart" thing to do would be to smoke them all as soon as possible...
...once I have dealt with that stupidity, I can get back to only smoking one or two ciggies every week/fortnight when out at the pub with friends.
Oh wow, wordy. I really should learn to be concise!
Several reasons for starting, all as stupid as the rest:
1) I started working in a shop that sold smokes. Since I believe in "Don't knock it 'till you've tried it" I thought I'd see what the rage was about.
2) I had a very, very bad split-up with a (now ex-) long-term girlfriend. She, and me too at the time, never saw the point in (using the exact phrase) "putting a stick in your mouth and setting fire to it". I became an alcoholic and violent, and naturally smoked because she used to hate it (this is all once we separated).
3) It curbed my violence a little. I found that when I stormed off (to stop me smashing in the faces of my friends who, honestly, had done absolutely nothing to deserve my rage, I was an alcoholic with issues) being able to sit on a motorway bridge and have a smoke calmed me right down (not in the sense of jumping off a bridge, I just find watcihng the cars go by on a dark night is really relaxing [this bridge is in the middle of nowhere, it's pitch black, so the lights from the cars are quite theraputic]), and stopped me doing anything stupid that I knew I would later regret.
I basically smoked whenever I was out drinking (once or twice a week). I still do, as it is something quite nice to sit around outside on a nice evening having a smoke and a chat with some close friends. Also, in many clubs these days, you can't go into the outdoors smoking area *unless* you are smoking, so it's an wxcuse to get outside to cool down a little.
However, I've recently started smoking on the way back from work, to the tune of 1-3 a night (sometimes Superkings). This is really affecting my running performance, so I'm trying to stop this altogether. I took part in some clinical trials at university (I needed the money) and they found that although I am receptive to high-doses of nicotine, I do not suffer from any typical signs of addiction.
Speaking of the nicotine - the high you *can* get off a cigarette (or for me half a pack) is something to try once, if you are so inclined. Your heart races, your senses are sharpened and you feel like you could kick the world in the bollocks and get away laughing (or maybe that's just the eventual effect on me, I dunno). That's why I some after a bad day at work, socially I only smoke one or two, so don't get any sort of buzz at all.
Now, me stopping smoking on the way back from work is harder than it sounds, even though I am not addicted - I have about 12 packs of various types of ciggies, and I feel like I would be wasting my money to just throw them away - so the "smart" thing to do would be to smoke them all as soon as possible...
...once I have dealt with that stupidity, I can get back to only smoking one or two ciggies every week/fortnight when out at the pub with friends.
Oh wow, wordy. I really should learn to be concise!
My sentiments exactly!Anarchemitis said:
I know what you mean, I have a friend who smokes both cigarettes and pot, and even though he tries to filter it through a empty bottle stuff with bounce sheets, it ends up still stinking horribly a few minutes later.Moonmover said:
I second that (even if it is not finished). Also, when there is a smoker im walking behind, I will purposley start haveing a coughing fit, even though I dont feel like I need to cough, just to get them pissed off and/or maybe put it out. They deserve it.KeyMaster45 said:
P.S: cool avetar.
IMO, smoking is one of the stupidest things to try, let alone keep doing, because you know it will kill you.
Sometimes with friends. If my parents catch me doing it they would kill me since I'm under aged.
I've been smoking for about a year and a half now, starting at 16. I actually did it with my own free will because...
A)As odd as it sounds, I very much like the smell of cigs and most other flammable odors. If you like the taste of an apple and you have easy access to said apples, you're going to try the apple. It amazes me how people despise the 'horrid' smell of tobacco/ganja smoke.
B)A test of sorts, as at the time the docs said I had asthma. So I thought to myself, "How do I kick this asthma thing? I know!" It worked. I guess putting my lungs under so much stress made it go away.
A)As odd as it sounds, I very much like the smell of cigs and most other flammable odors. If you like the taste of an apple and you have easy access to said apples, you're going to try the apple. It amazes me how people despise the 'horrid' smell of tobacco/ganja smoke.
B)A test of sorts, as at the time the docs said I had asthma. So I thought to myself, "How do I kick this asthma thing? I know!" It worked. I guess putting my lungs under so much stress made it go away.
I smoke when i'm incredibly drunk, that's about it, really. Only two occasions have i smoked tobacco sober. Once to try it, and the other time to calm my nerves after i was nearly trampled to death at leeds festival.
I'm obviously not a militant anti-smoker, i do think it should be banned though.
I'm obviously not a militant anti-smoker, i do think it should be banned though.
Pretty mucm my thoughts.Wasder said:
I might have a cigar at a bucks party, or to celebrate when I become super rich and take over the world (image is everything). But for the most part, it just doesn't do anything for me, even ignoring the health risks I wouldn't pay $10 on a pack of smokes.
