Poll: Do you smoke ?
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i very much so smoke cigarettes and am very aware of the consequences.
i just enjoy it, i cant break down why i enjoy it.
i'm rather addicted and a buzz is rare but i still love to do it.
i just enjoy it, i cant break down why i enjoy it.
i'm rather addicted and a buzz is rare but i still love to do it.
I'm a social smoker: I smoke if others are smoking, and never more than once a week, else I feel sick. Being a lightweight has never been so beneficial. Dreams are my cigs of choice, and I'm sad to see them discontinued... at least I've still got hookah.
Yes: Judging happens and so forth, but that doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it.I don't enjoy the whole archetype of a "gangsta rappa" and the stereotypes that go with, but I'm not telling people off because of it, and encouraging people to go crush their bling if their parents are doing it because it annoys/offends me.
Crushing cigarettes would be a good way to get smacked yourself. Almost every smoker I've ever known has been fairly defensive about their cigs, especially if they've been at it for a long time. Crushing their cigarettes is often akin to throwing away one's antidepressant medication just because you don't like it. Stupid, senseless, and just plain invasive...
I do agree that smokers shouldn't smoke in enclosed areas, however. Always keep a window open and so forth, that way if there is people who are bothered by it, you don't have to deal with it. Understandable, really, but you shouldn't just kick them out for no reason. If that's the case, kick out anybody drinking or wearing too strong of cologne/perfume, because that, too, could be horribly offensive and might even result in health problems.
Honestly, many people who haven't smoked will use the arguments you've put forth: the "there's no benefit, it's just killing you slowly and painfully" bits. If you've smoked, you know why people do it. You get a buzz from the nicotine. This works as a synthetic dopamine (or was it seratonin... crap, always get those two confused) and makes you feel happy. Heavy smokers tend to be grouchy when they don't get their smokes because their body doesn't want to make more dopamine (seratonin?) when a cigarette is a quick, easy way to get the same effect, and even a nice smell to go with it.
Furthermore, I remain skeptical on the effects of second-hand smoke, especially when I hear BS like "Secondhand is just as deadly indoors as it is outdoors," because that's just flat out illogical. In a closed room, it will get stuck and hang in the air. In the outdoors, or even with a window open, it will dissipate and not be nearly as concentrated.
Your words remind me of the popular insurgence of the "straight edge" kids (WARNING: MORE GENERALIZATIONS) who (at least around where I am) act like stuck up pricks because they don't drink, smoke, party, have sex, et cetera... yet quite a few are more than happy to go beat the shit out of someone instead. Methinks that straight-edge is just another name for "person who doesn't want to take a risk now and then", but that's just my humble opinion.
In closing: I smoke, I enjoy it when I do, but I follow the key rule for everything in life; moderation. Besides, if I want to kill myself faster, leave me to it and go on with your merry life. I don't need to hear you whine and spew statistics about how I'm killing myself.
Just... lopping all your posts together here, because I'm going to make a sweeping generalization of what you've stated so far.Acrisius said:
Yes: Judging happens and so forth, but that doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it.I don't enjoy the whole archetype of a "gangsta rappa" and the stereotypes that go with, but I'm not telling people off because of it, and encouraging people to go crush their bling if their parents are doing it because it annoys/offends me.
Crushing cigarettes would be a good way to get smacked yourself. Almost every smoker I've ever known has been fairly defensive about their cigs, especially if they've been at it for a long time. Crushing their cigarettes is often akin to throwing away one's antidepressant medication just because you don't like it. Stupid, senseless, and just plain invasive...
I do agree that smokers shouldn't smoke in enclosed areas, however. Always keep a window open and so forth, that way if there is people who are bothered by it, you don't have to deal with it. Understandable, really, but you shouldn't just kick them out for no reason. If that's the case, kick out anybody drinking or wearing too strong of cologne/perfume, because that, too, could be horribly offensive and might even result in health problems.
Honestly, many people who haven't smoked will use the arguments you've put forth: the "there's no benefit, it's just killing you slowly and painfully" bits. If you've smoked, you know why people do it. You get a buzz from the nicotine. This works as a synthetic dopamine (or was it seratonin... crap, always get those two confused) and makes you feel happy. Heavy smokers tend to be grouchy when they don't get their smokes because their body doesn't want to make more dopamine (seratonin?) when a cigarette is a quick, easy way to get the same effect, and even a nice smell to go with it.
Furthermore, I remain skeptical on the effects of second-hand smoke, especially when I hear BS like "Secondhand is just as deadly indoors as it is outdoors," because that's just flat out illogical. In a closed room, it will get stuck and hang in the air. In the outdoors, or even with a window open, it will dissipate and not be nearly as concentrated.
Your words remind me of the popular insurgence of the "straight edge" kids (WARNING: MORE GENERALIZATIONS) who (at least around where I am) act like stuck up pricks because they don't drink, smoke, party, have sex, et cetera... yet quite a few are more than happy to go beat the shit out of someone instead. Methinks that straight-edge is just another name for "person who doesn't want to take a risk now and then", but that's just my humble opinion.
In closing: I smoke, I enjoy it when I do, but I follow the key rule for everything in life; moderation. Besides, if I want to kill myself faster, leave me to it and go on with your merry life. I don't need to hear you whine and spew statistics about how I'm killing myself.
Thanks you....so so so much. I couldn't have said it better. Really kudos.Suikun said:
Also it has been proven that smoking allows you to concentrate better :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1034701/Smoking-good-memory-concentration.html
The negatives do greatly outweigh the benefits though.
I do smoke cloves. And a few nights a week my buddy and I like to get super stoned and play Street Fighter 4. It's quite the experience.
I smoke alot of pot, but only socially.
I will smoke a cig with a friend, but never more than 1 or 2
I will smoke a cig with a friend, but never more than 1 or 2
Nah, me and cigarettes don't agree with each other. I'm not allergic to cigarette smoke, but it definitely affects me negatively, to the point where I have to leave the room for some of the stronger brands of cigarette. But I refuse to be one of those conceited "I don't smoke so I'm better than you" types. Those people piss me right the fuck off.
As funny as that was supposed to be, I once ended up in the hospital because of a smoker like him.Continuum said:
Asthmatics exist, you know!
Its kind of sad because at my high school (In Canada) everybody smokes cigarettes, and started at grade 7 or 8. I see the convenient store near my school sell cigarettes as well to clearly underage kids. Oh well, I guess its the Darwin theory in effect.
I do smoke, though I have my rules about it. You don't be a jackass to me about it, and I'll be respectful and not smoke around you. I never smoke around kids, in other people's cars or homes, and generally keep it to myself. I'll smoke at home, or at work I'll suck one down on a break, as long as I'm caught up on everything. Basically, I try to be the only one affected by my habit, since it's such a hot topic.
I smoked for about 7 years, before I quit. I used Patches for a while before I went cold turkey.
A few months back I moved into my friends house who also smokes, so I picked it up again for a while.
I dropped it again a few weeks ago, straight cold turkey this time and so far I've stuck too it. A few times I've been tempted by my friends who smoke around me but it's easy to keep your mouth shut.
Moments pass.
A few months back I moved into my friends house who also smokes, so I picked it up again for a while.
I dropped it again a few weeks ago, straight cold turkey this time and so far I've stuck too it. A few times I've been tempted by my friends who smoke around me but it's easy to keep your mouth shut.
Moments pass.
I smoke because I enjoy smoking. Getting up for a good coffee and a cigarette followed by some pancakes and eggs just makes my morning. Then grabbing a smoke or two at work just to say 'I'm sitting down for five minutes, and these are MY five minutes' is soooo relaxing. Then I get home, have dinner, go for a smoke walk and rest after a hard days work. THATS why I smoke.