Poll: Smoking, attractive or disgusting?

[Czargent Sane]

I see it as a useless thing that makes the area smell bad. I dont really like it

EDIT: the action, that is. someone smelling bad is not exactly a terrible offense to me, one can smell however they wish.

 

[AWDMANOUT]

False advertisment! I see no poll.

Sure, I think it looks cool. Classy. But the disadvantages (bad teeth, lung cancer) outweigh the advantages.

*snip*

*snippity snip*

*snippy snippin snipperheimer*

Also, I don't like it when people make a big deal out of smoking. Either defending it or condemning it. A thousand rousing posts on a thread on the internet won't change what you're complaining about. If you have a problem with life, grab it by the balls and change it.

So calm down, guys. ;D
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LigS6z64iiM/SxSJQhzbqKI/AAAAAAAAAIU/vgRft3pvCxY/s1600/vader_thumbs_up.jpg

 

[Julianking93]

I'm all for letting people smoke if they want, just don't do it around me as I am allergic to it, but on a personal level, I find it rather gross.

Take this for example (and I know I'll probably get shit for this but it's just the way I am); if I see a girl who I think is cute and she starts smoking, I'll lose any and all attraction for that person and that goes for both sexes.

 

[TraderJimmy]

What are your opinions on smoking? Many people I know do this mostly because I'm a teenager and I guess a lot of teenagers smoke but I find it to be pretty gross what are your opinions?

I love the smell of smoke, and I love how women look when they smoke. So attractive, I guess.

I don't smoke myself (at least, not often - and not usually tobacco), but when people say it's "disgusting" I tend to feel a little on edge, and I can't help but suspect the people saying it just don't like "that type" of person.

False advertisment! I see no poll.

Sure, I think it looks cool. Classy. But the disadvantages (bad teeth, lung cancer) outweigh the advantages.

Never before have I seen "bad teeth" and "lung cancer" listed together like that.

Priorities are win.

 

[Mechalemmiwinks]

All the young people I know who smoke are assholes and all the old people I know who smoke are assholes who say they wish they could quit. I don't know any "cool" people who smoke. They've been replaced in society by "cool" people who don't.

 

[Betancore]

A few of my friends smoke, and that's their choice, but when it comes to attraction, smoking is a bit of a turn off for me. Depends on the person though. I've found that smokers don't taste very nice.

 

[bam13302]

no smoking, my dad smokes, my mother used to before i was born, i avoid it like the plague

 

[Haunted Serenity]

Eh i used to smoke heavily then my wife put her foot down so it killed that. I liked smoking because i had this one coat that actualy made it look bad ass. Watch grease and you know what i'm talking about.

I think some people can look good doing it but it destroys you in the long run so it's better to not do it or do it for 30seconds for a photo.

 

[TraderJimmy]

I am a total hypocrite when it comes to this. I hate smoking. Like someone who's lost someone close to the foul habit only could. However, I do find certain men and women with cigerettes quite attractive (I'm not sure why).

Sort of the same here. I hate smoking, but I can't help but think that some characters look better doing it. For the Buffy fans like myself, who would have Spike not smoke? Not me, that's for sure.

Oh god no.

No!

Although I didn't want anything about Spike to change. Driving outta sunnydale with some punk version of "My Way" in his crudely blacked-out rustmobile, smokin' drinkin' and singin' along...that was when he was the best person ever. Fictional or not.

 

[spinFX]

This is one time I would have liked to have seen a poll >.< Disgusting IMO. The smell and health effects put me off.

 

[AWDMANOUT]

False advertisment! I see no poll.

Sure, I think it looks cool. Classy. But the disadvantages (bad teeth, lung cancer) outweigh the advantages.

Never before have I seen "bad teeth" and "lung cancer" listed together like that.

[sarcasm]Priorities are win.[/sarcasm]

I think you were missing that. ^

 

[Dxz5roxg]

I hate smoking. It smells terrible and that smell follows you around. I think it's really unattractive.

 

[spinFX]

Can we please stop having threads on smoking?

First thread I've seen on it. Seems it has struck a nerve with you though, so maybe it feels like it comes up more often than it really does.

This is one of the more different threads I've seen in a long time. Thank god it isn't another:
"You're favourite pokemon?"
"Do u like CoD?!"
"What TF2 class do you play?"
"Do you believe in God?"
"What ur fave movie/game?"
"What ur fave movie/game character?"
"What ur least fave movie/game character?"
"Halo amirite?"
"Do you like X?"
"What is better X or Y?
"Ask a X"
"Worst final boss evar"
"Best quote ever"
"What are you doing/listening to right now?"
"Is X any good?"

That is just a tiny list of the crap that gets recycled non-stop on the Escapist. Frankly this is a breath of fresh air (OMGPUN?!).

 

[CK76]

Deal Breaker. total deal breaker.

-m

Certainly one of the big ones for me. There is nothing I like about smoking.

 

[Syndarr]

I hate pretty much everything about smoking. That includes marijuana; it smells like skunks to me (plus I hate stoner humor, but that's neither here nor there). The smell of cigarette smoke makes me sick to my stomach. I don't mind clove cigarettes quite as much, but it gives me cognitive dissonance, because my brain goes "smoking = ew!" while my nose goes "cloves = yum!" XD

I'm not gonna get up on a high horse about how OMG SMOKING IS BAD AND YOU ARE BAD FOR SMOKING. Yes, you have the right to live your life the way you want, but so do I, and I want my life to involve breathing air that doesn't stink. Smoke if you want, just please do it somewhere far away from me. I won't necessarily think any less of you if you do smoke (I do have friends who are smokers), as long as you are considerate about it. And obviously, I won't date anyone who smokes.

Anecdote: I'm standing at a bus stop. It's raining. There are a bunch of other people at the bus stop, many of them crowded in close under the bus stop shelter to stay out of the rain. A guy right next to me lights up a cigarette. (It is, by the way, illegal to smoke at a bus stop.) Legality aside, I don't particularly want to breathe in his smoke, and I'm guessing at least some of the other people waiting for the bus don't want to, either. So I ask him, "Could you please take that somewhere else?" His response: "Fuck off."

...yeah.

 

[Double A]

Not disgusting, just why the hell would you do it in this age.

Why the hell would you want to do it EVER? If you ever plan on living to see your grandkids, anyway.

On top of that, it smells horrible and makes everything hard to breathe.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

I hate pretty much everything about smoking. That includes marijuana; it smells like skunks to me (plus I hate stoner humor, but that's neither here nor there). The smell of cigarette smoke makes me sick to my stomach. I don't mind clove cigarettes quite as much, but it gives me cognitive dissonance, because my brain goes "smoking = ew!" while my nose goes "cloves = yum!" XD

I'm not gonna get up on a high horse about how OMG SMOKING IS BAD AND YOU ARE BAD FOR SMOKING. Yes, you have the right to live your life the way you want, but so do I, and I want my life to involve breathing air that doesn't stink. Smoke if you want, just please do it somewhere far away from me. I won't necessarily think any less of you if you do smoke (I do have friends who are smokers), as long as you are considerate about it. And obviously, I won't date anyone who smokes.

Anecdote: I'm standing at a bus stop. It's raining. There are a bunch of other people at the bus stop, many of them crowded in close under the bus stop shelter to stay out of the rain. A guy right next to me lights up a cigarette. (It is, by the way, illegal to smoke at a bus stop.) Legality aside, I don't particularly want to breathe in his smoke, and I'm guessing at least some of the other people waiting for the bus don't want to, either. So I ask him, "Could you please take that somewhere else?" His response: "Fuck off."

...yeah.

Pretty much my exact sentiments on the issue.

Smoking is not attractive to me at all. I wouldn't go as far as disgusting, but it really isn't something I want to be around.

 

[meticadpa]

Dislike it intensely.

 

[Quesa]

These are the people who think that curbs, lawns, sidewalks and just about everything that isn't the floor of their home or their car is a trash can, right? Yeah, it's really attractive.

 

[Aux]

I smoked for about a month, I was going through a very difficult time in my life. I gave it up and I felt the cravings for a cigarette and I told myself never again.

That being said I know it makes me sound like a dick but I would rather date someone who is a none smoker. If they smoke I am fine with that, just as long as they don't push it on me. I let people smoke in my car all the time but when it comes to my place I rather they step outside.

Do I find it disgusting, no. Attractive, no. It is their life and I cannot hold that against someone, or simply pass them by because of that habit.