What is the purpose of smoking?

[blarghblarghhhhh]

I smoke because I like the feeling of it. Its fun for me. I enjoy going on walks while smoking and listening to music. Also im not addicted. I had a tooth pulled and went three days without smoking. Thats more than long enough to feel any adverse effects from it.

 

[Cliff_m85]

I tried marijuana. I was unimpressed. I tried it again because people told me the first time you smoke it it doesn't do much. I was still unimpressed, so I never tried it again.

I tried a cigarette once because it was flavored. The flavor lasted for one puff. I was unimpressed, so I never tried it again.

Same with cigars and cigarillos, though I love the peach cigarillo taste. If they just made the tips of those I'd buy them.

I guess I'm just a failure of a smoker. Never really dug it. *shrugs* I'd rather have a scotch.

 

[Jark212]

Most of the people know say they started to relieve stress...

And they never quieted because of the withdraw...

 

[Bobzer77]

Smoking is one of the many modern tools natural selection has found to weed out those un-worthy of healthy life.

All we have to do is find a way to speed up the process.

 

[NuclearPenguin]

In before Demented Teddy.

Anyway, soothing, relieves stress and so on.

 

[knhirt]

Smoking is one of the many modern tools natural selection has found to weed out those un-worthy of healthy life.

All we have to do is find a way to speed up the process.

Listen to yourself speaking. Don't be so prejudiced - I'm sure you enjoy something unhealthy yourself. Most people do.

 

[AWAR]

From what I can tell, it does actually calm you down. I don't smoke myself, but I think people should be allowed to. If they want to, they want to, simple as that.

Granted, I smoke...other things, so I'm not the most objective.

I can't wait until PayJ567 gets here, he's the most adamant smoker there is.

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Git yo ass on here, boy.

Does smoking "other things" make you wanna smoke? When I'm all out of "stuff" I get this strange urge.. It could be just me.

O.T.
Yeah it makes you relaxed although often times doesn't make you cool..

 

[Broken Orange]

It des-stress people. Because if they don't have a smoke, they get really f*cking annoying.

 

[AWAR]

Does smoking "other things" make you wanna smoke? When I'm all out of "stuff" I get this strange urge.. It could be just me.

Nope, never. I don't use tobacco though, I just smoke it purely.

Oh yeah that might be the case.. Lucky you

 

[Warped_Ghost]

looks cool.

 

[crazypsyko666]

Because it relaxes people. I'm not sure if it's something they put in the tobacco or if it's because they're addicted to it (and hence satisfying the addiction relaxes them), but that seems to be it. People get into it for different reasons. When people are younger, it makes them look tough, 'hardcore', and not afraid to break the rules.

 

[unoleian]

These days, the only time a cig is enjoyable is immediately upon waking, or immediately after a big, satisfying meal. And, of course, the post-coital smoke is massively cliche for a reason...

Why I do it outside of those three events, I have no real idea. It's not even really that I enjoy it most of the time. It's more just a constant, nagging sensation in my brain that can only be calmed (never completely) by having a cig. Sometimes, it's back within seconds of finishing the smoke.

I also become a raging demon from Hell without one, and have even had two different counselors tell me that I do it as a form of self-corrective medication...

Why I started, I don't know. Growing up around it most of my life probably didn't help. Neither did the fact that I--was-- pressured into it by my peers in school, whether they intended it (or I intended it) or not.

I really want to quit. I've tried. But that damn nagging sensation and this ceaseless..."voice" coming from somewhere in the back of my head constantly convinces me that it's the right thing to do. I hate that nagging "voice." It's the same one that constantly convinces me to make impulse purchases I regret for the rest of forever, as well...

 

[Low Key]

What's the purpose of piercings or tattoos? Both can get infected and cause issues.

People do a lot of dumb shit, but I shouldn't have to tell that to anyone here. I have smoked for over a decade and I am currently in the process of quitting. The reason I started was because it increased my high when I used to do drugs. Now that I have gotten older and wiser, I have been eliminating problems one vice at a time...except caffeine. I will murder someone if I don't get my caffeine.

 

[Bobzer77]

Smoking is one of the many modern tools natural selection has found to weed out those un-worthy of healthy life.

All we have to do is find a way to speed up the process.

Listen to yourself speaking. Don't be so prejudiced - I'm sure you enjoy something unhealthy yourself. Most people do.

I was just trollin ; )

I have to say though it is annoying when your subjected to other peoples smoke. I don't mind people who smoke as long as they don't force the consequences on me.

 

[VivaciousDeimos]

As a child, I used to be prejudiced against smokers. I swallowed the anti-smoking propaganda whole. Now, as a young adult, I realize that all is not as black and white as it seemed when I was younger.

I'll lay it out in a simple-to understand list.
Some of the common reasons for smoking include:
- The taste. Different kinds of tobacco have different flavors, and some people enjoy them.
- The cool-factor. Smoking is cool in our society. There's something about the image of it. Pipes, cigars, cigarettes, they're all considered cool.
- The rush. Nicotine is a stimulant and provides many people with a comfortable feeling.
- Smoking breaks are enjoyed by many people, and provide a widely acceptable excuse to step outside and have a relaxed chat with other smokers.
- The habit. At the end of the day, smoking is a reliable, comforting activity that is safe to expect to be the same every time. Consider the above points, and how they work to de-stress the smoker.

I'm not a smoker myself, but I know plenty and have forced myself to look at the issue from their perspective.
Sure, smoking is bad for your health, but I urge people not to look at people who smoke as idiot. There are many reasons to smoke, and there are many reasons not to smoke.

A final word to the children on here, who would presume to judge (as I have in the past): The world is not as simple as you might think. Remember to look at things from fresh perspectives every once in a while.

Well spoken. I think it's also important for the younger readers to remember that the current generation is the first to really be be hit hard with the anti-smoking propaganda. When my parents were young and started smoking the media was absolutely saturated with cigarette adds. Even after the ads were banned from TV and radio they were still in magazines and on billboards. They didn't know the dangers, and once they did, they were already addicted.

But even today, knowing the dangers, if someone wants to smoke, that's their choice. People do things that are bad for them all the time. The only issue I have with smoking is second-hand smoke. If you want a cigarette, that's fine, but have the courtesy to leave the area if others don't want to be around the smoke.

 

[Stone Wera]

To de-stress... And over a long period of time the average smoker will turn into a magical time traveling gnome.

 

[Aerodyamic]

I smoke because life is going to kill me anyways, and everything I work with is a carcinogen. Well, except the one insulation; it only causes cancer in rats in California.

I'm still confused whether or not the testing proved that rats from California got cancer, or if the rats got cancer in California, though.