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Message started by Heart Of Stone on May 27th, 2008 at 12:32pm

Title: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Heart Of Stone on May 27th, 2008 at 12:32pm
Just curious, with smoking being a big no no in society, I quit for 4 years back in the 80's, but started again, & been smoking since.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Sioux on May 27th, 2008 at 12:35pm
Nope. Never have, never will. I try to do everything I can to ensure good health. And even with all that, I still got cancer. :( But I feel that I just want to do whatever I can do.....ya know?

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by TenThousandMotels on May 27th, 2008 at 12:52pm
Smoking and Cool are the two sides of the same coin.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by lotsajizz on May 27th, 2008 at 1:21pm
My mother and her mother in turn are in Stage 4 cancer because of smoking.  I vaporize exclusively since September 2005.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Pdog on May 27th, 2008 at 1:40pm
I quit, again, back in February.
When I see people smoking, I think they look stupid... I thought this for a ong time... Myself included.

Nowadays when i see my glamourous friends lite up, I imagine a really hot woman, naked and telling me to jump on, perfect breasts and ass, beautuful face... and a vagina with herpes, yeast infection and AIDS...

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 27th, 2008 at 2:11pm
Been smoking for almost a decade now and despite ban in public enclosed areas last July here in England, I have no intention of giving up until that moment when I truly want to of my own accord. I'm personally sick of the health Nazis portraying us smokers as pariahs to be honest.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by FotiniD on May 27th, 2008 at 3:17pm

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 2:11pm:
Been smoking for almost a decade now and despite ban in public enclosed areas last July here in England, I have no intention of giving up until that moment when I truly want to of my own accord. I'm personally sick of the health Nazis portraying us smokers as pariahs to be honest.


I don't smoke, but I agree with you on the massive hysteria people are on about smoking. Very hypocritical and fake.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by gimmekeef on May 27th, 2008 at 3:23pm
Other than a few cigars a year I have never smoked tobacco but indulge in weed frequently.My lungs are very clean and healthy.Now my liver on the other hand deserves its own thread!

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by TomL on May 27th, 2008 at 4:02pm
guilty

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by GotToRollMe on May 27th, 2008 at 4:05pm
Yes, I smoke. Sometimes I even boin.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by lotsajizz on May 27th, 2008 at 5:35pm

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 2:11pm:
Been smoking for almost a decade now and despite ban in public enclosed areas last July here in England, I have no intention of giving up until that moment when I truly want to of my own accord. I'm personally sick of the health Nazis portraying us smokers as pariahs to be honest.


Cigarette smokers are pariahs.  Smokers toss their butts everwhere, thinking the World is their ash tray.  the sides of most roads are littered with butts that will not decay for years.  It is a disgusting habit that harms those who have to work in those few (backward) places where it is tolerated.  You want to light up?  Do it home.  Smokers lose their sympathy from me when I see them flicking their butts any old place.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Some Guy on May 27th, 2008 at 5:39pm

gimmekeef wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 3:23pm:
Other than a few cigars a year I have never smoked tobacco but indulge in weed frequently.My lungs are very clean and healthy.Now my liver on the other hand deserves its own thread!

my nizzle!

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Billy on May 27th, 2008 at 5:53pm
i've never smoked in my life and i'm an ex professional footballer.i recently had a heart attack at 54 so you just never know !

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by stonedinaustralia on May 27th, 2008 at 6:10pm
apart fromthe odd bout of abstinence (lasting 4 - 8 months) i smoked for over 30 years

finally stopped about 14 months ago thanks to hypnosis - never felt better - save heaps of $$ -   i don't stink - my teeeth are nice and white

speaking from experience tobacco would have to be the most useless drug on the planet

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by cabledogg2 on May 27th, 2008 at 6:47pm
I was a 3 pack a day smoker for about 10 years.........it got so bad before i quit ( its been 10 years since i quit ) i was waking up multiple times during the night to get a quick drag. I don't miss it at all any more.......................

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by steeldrivinghammer on May 27th, 2008 at 6:56pm
How Can I Stop?



Baby Don't Stop!

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Holden on May 27th, 2008 at 7:37pm
I started to smoke cigarettes when I was 16 but quit when I realized I didn't have enough money left over for grass.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by open-g on May 27th, 2008 at 7:55pm
's a bad habit indeed  and a useless drug - damn,  I should quit  :smoking


maybe with Bill Wymans Super Smoker?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=werg0Zjw3dA

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by jdlaw on May 27th, 2008 at 8:00pm
Quit three years ago for good.  Lungs and wallet are much better for it, too.  Herbal Jazz Cigarettes, however, are another matter entirely!  

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by steeldrivinghammer on May 27th, 2008 at 8:18pm
I figure w/ wine and music so good, you gotta smoke!

Hand in Hand, Cheek to Cheek, Lip to Lip, Hip to Hip, Tongue to Tongue and Riff to Riff...

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Some Guy on May 27th, 2008 at 8:24pm
back in the day our school bus went through a predominantly black neighborhood to pick up the school children. They were always picked up last in the morning, one of the children used to have a saying that he always said on an almost daily basis, "we smoke more dope because we have more dope to smoke".

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Edith Grove on May 27th, 2008 at 8:33pm
Filthy, disgusting habit.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by steeldrivinghammer on May 27th, 2008 at 8:38pm

Edith Grove wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 8:33pm:
Filthy, disgusting habit.


:funny

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by lotsajizz on May 27th, 2008 at 8:39pm

wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 8:18pm:
I figure w/ wine and music so good, you gotta smoke!



And I hope you keep smoking SDH...inhale deep....again and again

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by steeldrivinghammer on May 27th, 2008 at 8:42pm

lotsajizz wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 8:39pm:

wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 8:18pm:
I figure w/ wine and music so good, you gotta smoke!



And I hope you keep smoking SDH...inhale deep....again and again

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by CrazyDadda on May 27th, 2008 at 10:44pm
Marb Red 100's And Camel Lights

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Glimmer Twin on May 27th, 2008 at 11:08pm
I hate to moralize and it's your f'n life, but they will take ten years off your life.  My father, who was a regular smoker from his teens, died at seventy.  He should easily have made eighty.  

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Marty on May 28th, 2008 at 3:24am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 2:11pm:
Been smoking for almost a decade now and despite ban in public enclosed areas last July here in England, I have no intention of giving up until that moment when I truly want to of my own accord. I'm personally sick of the health Nazis portraying us smokers as pariahs to be honest.


Totally agree with that...
I smoke a pack a day and I don't see no reason to stop so far...
Smoking kills? Right, drinking kills, eating fat kills, driving kills, sex kills, drug kills, not eating enough vegetables kills, not being in shape kills, bacteries kill, lazyness kills...
Freedom kills.
Freedom must be prohibited, so we'll all die healthy and bored.
Healthyness is the 21st century fascism, any law will be approved by the majority as long as it is supposed to make people healthier, whether they want it or not.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by lotsajizz on May 28th, 2008 at 4:23am
Yeah, keep telling yourself you have a right to be a slob and inflict noxious gasses on those around you.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Marty on May 28th, 2008 at 4:37am

lotsajizz wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 4:23am:
Yeah, keep telling yourself you have a right to be a slob and inflict noxious gasses on those around you.


Talking about "noxious gasses", if you wanna stop inflicting them to those around you, begin with stop driving.
I have the feeling that shitty air quality in cities such as LA, Paris, Beijing, Delhi, Moscow or Mexico has nothing to do with cigarettes.
Oh, I may be wrong of course.

I guess it's much easier to blame smokers.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 28th, 2008 at 7:36am

lotsajizz wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 5:35pm:

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 2:11pm:
Been smoking for almost a decade now and despite ban in public enclosed areas last July here in England, I have no intention of giving up until that moment when I truly want to of my own accord. I'm personally sick of the health Nazis portraying us smokers as pariahs to be honest.


Cigarette smokers are pariahs.  Smokers toss their butts everwhere, thinking the World is their ash tray.  the sides of most roads are littered with butts that will not decay for years.  It is a disgusting habit that harms those who have to work in those few (backward) places where it is tolerated.  You want to light up?  Do it home.  Smokers lose their sympathy from me when I see them flicking their butts any old place.



As an intelligent being, I feel capable of making informed decisions. I made the decision to continue smoking. I don't see why I should be persecuted for it.

The smoking ban was originally all about preventing the dangers of 'passive smoking' That is fair enough, but it is becoming an intolerable morality issue.

Your point about butts being 'everywhere' is a result of the smoking ban. Just where are smokers meant to flick them when there isn't adequate provisions made?

You’re an ex-smoker. The most intolerable jumped-up bunch of the lot.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by lotsajizz on May 28th, 2008 at 8:12am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 7:36am:
[quote author=lotsajizz link=1211909542/0#10 date=1211927749][quote author=Honky Tonk Man link=1211909542/0#5 date=1211915470]

You’re an ex-smoker. The most intolerable jumped-up bunch of the lot.


Wrong.  I've never smoked cigarettes in my life.  A lot of weed and a few dozen cigars, but NEVER cigarettes.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Nasty Habits on May 28th, 2008 at 8:19am
I smoke a couple a day unless I'm at a bar, in which case my consumption goes up dramatically, or if I'm DJ'ing at a bar, in which case my consumption goes up megadramatically, as I am usually drinking free.  Booze makes me smoke.

A friend of mine has one of those vaporizers - amazing machine - clean and mighty.  He calls it "The Ridiculator".  If I ever divest myself of my Nasty Habits I'll probably invest in one.  But then again NOTHING makes me want to smoke cigarettes like  :weed does.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 28th, 2008 at 8:54am

Nasty Habits wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 8:19am:
I smoke a couple a day unless I'm at a bar, in which case my consumption goes up dramatically, or if I'm DJ'ing at a bar, in which case my consumption goes up megadramatically, as I am usually drinking free.  Booze makes me smoke.

A friend of mine has one of those vaporizers - amazing machine - clean and mighty.  He calls it "The Ridiculator".  If I ever divest myself of my Nasty Habits I'll probably invest in one.  But then again NOTHING makes me want to smoke cigarettes like  :weed does.



You can still smoke in your State? Is it likely to change?

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 28th, 2008 at 8:57am

lotsajizz wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 8:12am:

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 7:36am:
[quote author=lotsajizz link=1211909542/0#10 date=1211927749][quote author=Honky Tonk Man link=1211909542/0#5 date=1211915470]

You’re an ex-smoker. The most intolerable jumped-up bunch of the lot.


Wrong.  I've never smoked cigarettes in my life.  A lot of weed and a few dozen cigars, but NEVER cigarettes.


A lot of weed and a few dozen cigars? Oh, so thats OK then  ::)

lotsajizz, we are just going to have to agree to disagree with this one. I have a close friend who has very, very similar views to you. I choose to just smoke well away from him. Saves the arguments!  ;)

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Nasty Habits on May 28th, 2008 at 9:26am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 8:54am:

Nasty Habits wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 8:19am:
I smoke a couple a day unless I'm at a bar, in which case my consumption goes up dramatically, or if I'm DJ'ing at a bar, in which case my consumption goes up megadramatically, as I am usually drinking free.  Booze makes me smoke.

A friend of mine has one of those vaporizers - amazing machine - clean and mighty.  He calls it "The Ridiculator".  If I ever divest myself of my Nasty Habits I'll probably invest in one.  But then again NOTHING makes me want to smoke cigarettes like  :weed does.



You can still smoke in your State? Is it likely to change?



I live in North Carolina - the heart of tobacco country.  It's going to take more than science and a bunch of crybaby health nuts to universally wipe out indoor smoking here! :wtf1

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Holden on May 28th, 2008 at 12:33pm

Glimmer Twin wrote on May 27th, 2008 at 11:08pm:
I hate to moralize and it's your f'n life, but they will take ten years off your life.  My father, who was a regular smoker from his teens, died at seventy.  He should easily have made eighty.  


it all depends on the person and their lifestyle. My grandma smoked since she was 9(!) and she's turning 91 in October. She still smokes more than a pack a day. And in the old days she rolled them herself so no filter. Then again my mom started smoking at 15, stopped at 40, and got lung cancer when she was 48.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 28th, 2008 at 12:56pm
Ive always thought of Vegas as being a town which will always accept smoking.

So, North Carolina it is then!  :booze

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by lotsajizz on May 28th, 2008 at 1:22pm
North Carolina will probably be the last State to come to its senses.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Egon on May 28th, 2008 at 1:43pm
i smoke only when i drink...

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by lotsajizz on May 28th, 2008 at 1:58pm
the drink bone is connected to the smoke bone...or so I've heard

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 28th, 2008 at 2:10pm

lotsajizz wrote on May 28th, 2008 at 1:58pm:
the drink bone is connected to the smoke bone...or so I've heard


Well they certainly go well together. I'm actually pretty good when it comes to smoking and drinking. Since the ban, I've trained myself well to go without a cigarette for the first 2-3 pints.

I may still smoke, but I'm not sad enough to spend the whole evening outside smoking in the freezing cold - as plenty do.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by Heart Of Stone on May 30th, 2008 at 4:15pm
30 who don't smoke, compared to 15 who do, you certainly don't follow Keith's lifestyle?? I guess being a rolling stone fan is not being like your heroes?? your big Keith fans, how do you feel about his smoking?? I guess when it gets down to it, it's the music that counts, it's funny the day it was posted Ronnie had a cigarette in his mouth.

Title: Re: How many of us smoke cigarettes?
Post by GhostofBrianJones on May 30th, 2008 at 6:17pm
I have been smoking since I was 17 and still going on. Guess I will quit when I decide to. Anyone who has quit or has
never smoked deserves a round of applause. Keep going.

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