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Originally posted by Foam
Occasionally they smoke, but it doesn't bother me since they don't pressure anyone into doing it with them.
I have a couple friends who do smoke, and when I first met them they asked if I wanted to try it. Of course I said "No", and they never asked/bugged me about it since then. If they want to continue to do it...then it's their decision. I don't judge them, or think lower of them, and it doesn't stop me from thinking what good friends they are. :)
I have never smoked. My parents both smoked but when my mother got pregnant with my older sister, they both quit. I'm so proud of them. :) Then my grandfather who was a heavy smoker bought a cigarette holder which makes a recording of someone coughing and coughing each time you'd take a cigarette out. It worked for him and he hasn't smoked since. :D
None of my friends smoke but a few have tried or used to. I hate smoking, the smell is awful, it does nothing for your appearance and its so unattractive. I hate the whole idea of smoking. *shudder*
I'm glad to hear that so many of you don't smoke. :) It's a habit I never want to get into. Best of luck to all of you who wish to quit.
Exactly! Some people think that just because a person smokes, they must be a murderer and want to ruin everyone around them's lives. :rolleyes: It's stupid.Quote:
Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
I have a couple friends who do smoke, and when I first met them they asked if I wanted to try it. Of course I said "No", and they never asked/bugged me about it since then. If they want to continue to do it...then it's their decision. I don't judge them, or think lower of them, and it doesn't stop me from thinking what good friends they are. :)
I have been asked a couple times about it, but they never bugged me about it. They just simply ask, I tell them no thanks, and they shrug it off as I do as well. I love them, no matter how much they smoke. They're great people!
Blech, I don't like stinky people and I certainly don't want to be one! >.<
Edit: I smoked a clove cigarette once. My curiosity was satisfied, and I've never tried since. (Plus, I couldn't stand how I smelled afterwards, so I dove for the shower.)
I've never smoked, and I never will. The smell gags me, and if I'm around it too much, it makes me sick.
Good job to those who are trying to quit or have succeeded! That's a great accomplishment!
I smoked for fifteen years, and quit. It was TERRIBLY hard to do. Nicotine has been scientifically proven to be more addictive, both physically and mentally, than morphine or heroin. There is no such thing as "just" quitting.
For those of you that have never smoked, good for you! That's wonderful! However ... you also don't know what it is like to quit. It is pure hell for some people - like having the flu and a nervous breakdown at the same time ... for weeks or months constantly. Anyone who has smoked and quit has broken one of the most difficult addictions there is to break. It is NOT easy.
And ... EVERYone has a bad habit. No one is perfect, we ALL do something that we shouldn't. Smoking is a horrid, nasty thing to do, no doubt. However, there are things just as bad, or worse. Alcoholism, drug addiction, over-eating, etc. Just because someone smokes does not make them evil. It makes them addicted.
I have never smoked, and I never will. My parents smoke, and I do not like it at all. More the reason to not start!
In my opinion, smoking is one the worst things someone could do to themselves. It's really unhealthy and it makes your breath and your house, clothes, and car smell, and you can develop all these health problems or people/animals around you can get 2nd-hand smoke problems from it, and the list goes on. Plus, isn't an ingredient they use in rat poison used in cigarettes? :confused: I think I heard that somewhere... My step-dad's dad died from smoking, so did my uncle's dad, and my neighbor...She was a smoker, got all these cancers from it, eventually got brain cancer and died. :( It was so sad...she was such a nice lady.
Never have and never will.
Cigarette smoke makes me ill and I have an allergic reaction to certain brand's smoke. I absolutely can't stand to be around it.
The addiction part doesn't bother me. Only when people inflict their addiction on other people, especially children. This goes for other drugs, too. I really do consider nicotine a drug as like was said, nicotine is horribly addicting and legal and easy to get.
If tobacco weren't such a big cash crop in the US I'm sure it would be more controlled.
JMHO
Never have and never will...
I'll second every word catnapper has said, it's all so true...over here in Germany we don't have such a lot of restrictions concerning smokers, at the bookstore we are five colleagues and one is a smoker and she won't stop smoking in our kitchen...it's so ignorant and I hate it so much...
I could never imagine to allow smoking in my home, because I know the smoke would be in my cat's fur also and she would have to lick it away...urgh...:mad:
Smoking...NO WAY!!!
I quit when the were 55 cents a pack. That tells you how long ago that was. Where I work they $8.00 a pack. I've been smoke free well over 30 years, except all the 2nd hand smoke where I work. But thats just a matter of time too. The county south (Pierce) of us is Smoke Free now too. Come on KING Co. get with it.
Katz
I have never smoked, and never will.
Both of my parents smoke but they DO NOT smoke around me. If they did, i'd leave the room or go somewhere far from them. They smoke outside, and do not smoke in the car.
The on exception to that rule was when my dad and I drove to Ohio for the PT meeting -- I let him smoke because I didn't want to stop and get the dogs riled up, since they were settled nicely in the back seat of the truck.
It's so true how the smell stays with you. I don't smoke, but before I moved in with Terry I lived in an apartment building that evidently had a lot of "holes" in it. I think everyone else in the building smoked, and at the very least the guy below me did. I would go to spend the weekend by Terry and as soon as I opened my duffle bag I could smell it. It was awful! I tried to find holes to plug up with the "Great Stuff" stuff, but that never worked. And it's funny because when I walked into the apartment I couldn't smell it, but when I left and got in the fresh air I could just smell it on myself. It wasn't a bad apartment, but I was sooo glad to move out of there.Quote:
Originally posted by Pam
My daughter says she smells smoke on my clothes and things now when I come to visit. The whole time she lived here, before getting married, she never noticed it. Now she says my clothes reek and I am not even the smoker so it really affects everyone in the household.
One of the guys that my boss has doing odd jobs for him must smoke like a chimney. He just reeks of it when he comes in the office. We don't allow smoking in the office, but it's so strong in his clothes that I can smell it for hours afterwards. It's just awful.
And for the record, I don't condemn anyone that smokes. It's an awful habit and I understand it's really quite hard to quit.....just don't do it around me....k? ;) And I'm also so glad that I never smoked so I don't have the stress of quitting hanging over me. I can't imagine being that "controlled" by something.
I have a friend who is an absolute health nut. She only eats vegetarian and doesn't like to take any pills, even aspirin, because it's not natural. A TOTAL natural freak. Treats her body like a temple, works out regularly and all that good stuff....but she smokes. I asked her once how she can justify that and she said that everyone has bad things they do. She does everything else right and this is the one "bad" thing she allows herself. She even tried "natural" cigarettes once. Smelled like she was smoking weeds...that phase didn't last too long. ;)
I'm illergic to cigarette smoke. So I would die. Even if I wasn't, I would never smoke!! Nor will I ever drink.
Tabbaco Facts
Teens- 3000 become regular smokers daily.
13 year olds- The average age start smoking
Smoking one cigarette shortens a life aproximtely 7-14 miniuts
1 pack (20) 280 mins 4.6 hours
1 pack/day/week 1960 mins 32.6 hours
1 pack/day/month 8400min 140 hours
Interesting....
You know, frankly, if that were accurate .... I think I'd already be dead by now. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Amber
Tabbaco Facts
Teens- 3000 become regular smokers daily.
13 year olds- The average age start smoking
Smoking one cigarette shortens a life aproximtely 7-14 miniuts
1 pack (20) 280 mins 4.6 hours
1 pack/day/week 1960 mins 32.6 hours
1 pack/day/month 8400min 140 hours
Interesting....
I would NEVER EVER in my whole entire life smoke. My grandpa died of lung cancer in march, and it was HORRIBLE watching him just waste away, literally. He must have weighed 90 some lbs when he died. :( He could barely talk anymore. It was horrid. Just thinking about it makes me just remember all that pain. :( My grandma (his wife) got breast cancer and kidney cancer from smoking and she still smokes! :eek: Even after watching her husband waste away, an agonizing 6 months of being bedridden. :( So, no I would NEVER EVER EVER smoke.
I took one puff of a cigarette once, and spent the entire night trying to get the taste out of my mouth. I hated it, hated the smell, hated the taste. Blech. I hate smoking and I hate being around those who do (if they do it around me).
I almost broke off my engagement with my fiance once because he wouldn't quit (he was only a social smoker, but still) until I threw an absolute fit (and the ring in his face) and hypervenilated (and then passed out from hypervenilating) so that was what finally made him stop --- and me continue with the wedding plans. Overdramatic? Yes. But he doesn't smoke anymore and that is what is important. I could never be with a smoker, even a social one.
In 2 to 3 weeks the hotel where I have worked ""in smoke ""for the past 23.5 years goes NON SMOKING. I can't wait. I really can't wait to tell people to put out the #$%%^$ cigarettes. And we will break all the ashtrayes :D It's been a long time coming and we in the Restaurant biz are ready ready ready for it to be a NON SMOKING environment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katz
LOL LOL **hugs** This is exactly the same way I feel! Actually, I have become so spoiled since I have moved to california, because I can actually go places and breath! (restaurants, clubs, pubs, bowling alleys!! etc.). Why is it that bad habits seem to be praised by making us folks who want to breath suffer? When I lived in Indiana, it was hard for me to go anywhere, because I react the same way to smoke that you do.Quote:
Originally posted by catnapper
I am so repulsed by smoking! I am also allergic to the second hand smoke it creates. One whiff and I have an instant headache and my lungs start collecting mucus... so incredibly gross. I can't remember the last club or bar I went to... we choose our restaurants carefully so that I don't have to sit in the smoke.
I know I'm going to get bashed over the head for this but... here I go plunging in with both feet:
Since I have to deal with their addiction, shouldn't they be responsible for my asthma inhalers? Pay for the day's work I missed because my lungs were so full that I was hanging over the toilet throwing up mucus? Can I mucus on them since they smoke on me? I know I'm sounding very sarcastic and I mean to. Why do we non-smokers have to deal with their addiction? We should all take cue from California and ban smoking!!! woohooo!
Ok, I'll get back to normal now. I honestly don't know what would possess someone to start! Its expensive. Everyone knows the risk, and most people have a family member die of smoking related diseases. Every smoker I know wishes they could quit. All of them have tried one plan or another and failed because their addiction was that strong. I will not condemn a person for an addiction - they cannot help what their body craves. What I can condemn is that they took that first puff however long ago... there's enough information out there that should have penetrated their brains to be significant enough to have stopped them and made them say "no thanks." I know it did me - long before my allergies.
Whew, steping off my high-horse now. Please understand that I am far from perfect. I have my own weakenesses - though mine never waft over to a stranger's nose and into their bodies.
Plus, people get smoking breaks at work for 15 minutes several times a day. What about us (relatively speaking) healthy people? I don't get praised with several 15 minute breaks throughout my workday because of it! :rolleyes:
Actually, I started going to coffee shops, because if smokers can get all this free time because of their bad habit, why can't I? LOL :rolleyes:
Smokers who throw their damn cigarette butt out the window and cause roadside fires really make me mad too. I've never had a desire to smoke, because there's nothing appealing about it. I've always wondered how people were initally attracted to sticking a stinky flaming hot thing in their mouth to begin with! :eek: LOL LOL
I do have some very dear friends who smoke, so I do know how hard it is to quit. One of my friends from college used to smoke like a chimney every day. After we graduated, I ended up going on a business trip to where he was living and I met up with him and he had quite smoking cold turkey! I was so proud of him! I know it's not easy to do, so kudos to everyone who has been able to quit! I was surprised at how good my friend looked after he quit smoking. Good luck to those of you who are looking to quit! I've heard that the patch thingy seems to help.
**hugs**
Karen
I haven't had a cigarette in 22 years! (23 years come next January 31st.) I started smoking at 14 because of peer pressure. I quit smoking January 31st 1982. It was VERY tough to quit. I did it mainly because I got tired of smelling of smoke, also because the price went to .65 cents a pack! Big money n 1982. I would wheeze walking up hills, and I'd have to sneak my smoking. I tried a puff of one about six weeks after I quit(cold turkey) and I thought I was going to die! I will NEVER go back to smoking Never!!!!
LOL LOL I'm sorry, but this made me chuckle. What a good way to get someone to quit smoking! :eek: ;) :D LOLQuote:
Originally posted by Samantha Puppy
I took one puff of a cigarette once, and spent the entire night trying to get the taste out of my mouth. I hated it, hated the smell, hated the taste. Blech. I hate smoking and I hate being around those who do (if they do it around me).
I almost broke off my engagement with my fiance once because he wouldn't quit (he was only a social smoker, but still) until I threw an absolute fit (and the ring in his face) and hypervenilated (and then passed out from hypervenilating) so that was what finally made him stop --- and me continue with the wedding plans. Overdramatic? Yes. But he doesn't smoke anymore and that is what is important. I could never be with a smoker, even a social one.
Heck no! And I am never planning on it! I hate smoke! It smells really bad and it makes you really unhealthy! (puck!) Some advice for y'all thinkin 'bout smoking: Stop. Think. Don't.