The non-smokers of 'After Hours'

Paddy_Smith

I'm a non-smoker and have never smoked before in my life(never will either). I have no problem with smokers at all, as long as they stay a good 2 metres away from me.

All of my friends are non-smokers strangely enough, and have never smoked before also.


Just wondering, who here are also non-smokers and have never smoked a cigarette before? ...And were you ever on the verge of becoming a smoker from stress?

Doc

Ive never smoked and so I dont understand why I would because of stress?

stupidusername

I'm a non smoker. I have never tried one. I'd be a little curious as to what it's like, but surely you couldn't want the release from stress by smoking one, unless you'd tried one? I get stressed. I get very stressed, but no never occurs to me to want to have a smoke or drugs of any kind. don't really get it tbh.

I might've been more curious to try them when I was younger, just cause everyone else is doing it, and my mam smoked. but never did. and two years ago my mam died as a direct result of smoking for 30 years, so no I never will.

Ye're all missing out.

stupidusername

stupidusername wrote: »

two years ago my mam died as a direct result of smoking for 30 years, so no I never will.

Deleted User wrote: »

Ye're all missing out.

on dying before I'm 50? yeah sure I am. but that's not something I want to miss out on.

Coriolanus

Tried it once or twice. Never saw the attraction.

Biggins

Smoked twice. Once to try it out and another time when I was young and drunk. Both times didn't do anything for me.
Never personally saw the point in sticking leaves in my mouth and burning them.
With the price they were/are also, I always thought one might as well be sticking a rolled up Punt/Euro in the mouth and lighting it.
...But that was just me.

FatherLen

Biggins wrote: »

sticking leaves in my mouth and burning them.

you were doing it wrong

I tried it once and felt smoke clogging my lungs, gross, never again thanks.

Naikon

Never bothered with smoking. I would not scorn people for doing it though. Everyone has their vice.

Biggins

FatherLen wrote: »

you were doing it wrong

Wouldn't be the first thing I've done wrong. :pac:

GavRedKing

Never smoked, dont plan on it either neevr had an urge. Mother and 2 sisters smoke only myself and the father in my direct family dont smoke.

**Timbuk2**

Never have, never will. Both my parents do smoke, and some of my friends smoke on a "I only smoke when I drink" basis (which sometimes becomes a proper addiction in my experience - you can't be a little bit pregnant, similarly you can't be a little bit addicted to cigarettes - there are obviously exceptions though), but most of my friends don't.

Gallant_JJ

Don't smoke, never have but do hang round with smokers quite a bit. Absolutely love the smell of a freshly lit cigarette.

Blazer

ah smoking...you love the cigs and hate them at the same time.
love them for the work breaks, the chance to step outside the rat race for 10 mins while you chat about the weather, soccer etc ...it's even better when your boss smokes.
You hate them for the smell, their price and health implications.

I tell you now...if someone invents a nicotine replacement for cigarettes that you can smoke and get the exact same feeling without any of the negatives that man will become a billionaire a thousand times over:)
It would be like Synthehol from Star Trek etc, alcohol without any of the bad things


ps..off them now for 12 weeks
Hypnosis...it's the easiest way to give up cigarettes without any pain whatsoever
So easy in fact every few years I go back on them for a year or so and once sick of them trot back to my hypnotist to get me back off them
God forbid he ever dies :eek:

I always thought it might be funny to follow some of the people in work out on their smoke break and stand there pretending to smoke saying "hey, what I'm doing is actually way smarter!".

But then I realised I'd look like such a douche.

I Love Cheese

Smoke when I drink, not addicted blah blah blah

Vicxas

Smoked one when i was 12, got very sick and never did it again.

Dravokivich

I don't understand how people equate smoking to stress relieve. Addiction to it and withdrawal from an addiction leads to anxiety / tension, taking part in the addiction will relieve you of the anxiety / tension caused from not doing it.

If you don't smoke, you won't get the anxiety / tension that smoking "relieves".

Anyhow, I smoke cigars myself... mainly cigarillos and half coranas when I can afford'em...

Been thinking of taking up a pipe, but no point while in rented accomodation that's got no smoking stipulations... or no fireplace for one to perch oneself over and ponder...

pragmatic1

They're horrible the first few times you smoke them. Its like your first few pints. After that they're so good.

The people I know who smoke picked up the habit either at a young age, from smoking hash or from smoking when drinking.

Dravokivich

pragmatic1 wrote: »

They're horrible the first few times you smoke them. Its like your first few pints. After that they're so good.

The people I know who smoke picked up the habit either at a young age, from smoking hash or from smoking when drinking.

I found it hilarious once when a young'un I used to work with "quit smoking" but talked about how she was going to have a joint later...

:pac:

TanG411

I remember trying one at 15. I lit it, took one drag and thought, "F*ck this", and put it out.

I have nothing against smokers either. I don't care about second hand smoke. Not a complainer if people smoke close to any entrances.

seamus

I've smoked a few over my lifetime. It's never really appealed to me. I'd have half a cigarette then feel lightheaded for 3 minutes and then have a horrible taste in my mouth and sore lungs for about an hour. Not appealing in the slightest.

When I was 13 or 14 I recall smoking 5 or 10 over the space of 48 hours in order to fit in, and I remember feeling cravings to some degree for a few days afterward, but I never actually enjoyed the smoking itself.

My parents smoked quite a lot when I was younger. Some of my earliest memories are of lipstick-marked cigarette butts in ashtrays and the smell of a freshly lit Rothmans. My eldest brother started smoking around 12 or 13 and still smokes. Another brother started at 21 :eek: while on the J1 but managed to quit for the second time a few months back. My mum quit about 15 years ago and my Dad quit (cold turkey after 40 years of smoking) about five years ago now.

So I've been around smoking a lot, but I've come to really, really hate everything about it; the anti-socialness of it, the horrible smell that it leaves all over everything that comes within fifty feet of a smoker, the dirt it leaves behind in the form of ash and butts.

Angron

Don't smoke, primarily cause I just don't see the point of it.

bnt

My mother died of smoking-related cancer when I was 12, just about the time I might have started smoking. I can't remember whether I actually made the mental association at the time, but since I'd hated the smell anyway, I was pretty much inoculated against smoking. Even if I might have been tempted to be a "cool" teenager, the smell kept me away.

Now it just bemuses me. Not just the smoking per se, but the near-infinite capacity for human self-delusion, for disassociating actions from consequences. If you deliberately inhale smoke in to your lungs, and keep on doing it for years, do you even need a doctor to tell you that's a bad idea? It hardly even matters what produces the smoke: if you smoked that much weed, you'd also be begging for trouble.

A friend's mother gave up smoking a year ago, after smoking for fifty years: a month ago she died, of cancer, and we learned an important lesson: it can be too late to give it up.

_feedback_

Used to smoke quite a bit, gave them up last July and don't miss them.

One thing I promised myself was I wouldn't become an annoying ex-smoker who goes on about how great I am for giving up etc.

So . . . . .

[Derek Mooney Voice] Byyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !! [/Derek Mooney Voice]

chin_grin

Paddy_Smith wrote: »

I have no problem with smokers at all, as long as they stay a good 2 metres away from me.

HAHAHAHAHA. I hate to be the one who breaks this to you. But yes. According to this sentence you do.

Was nearly a smoker though. I used to do that very f*cking annoying thing of asking for smokes off my mates when they went out (so I could head out and continue our riveting chats).

So it got to the stage where I bought my mate a pack back. Worst thing is he said "nah man keep it". Was walking for a sh!telink home and some guy comes up to me asking for a smoke. I gave him the pack. He looked at me like I was Santa. Bless.

hondasam

I am trying to be a non smoker. It's just not working out the way I had planned.

I smoked, actually quite heavily, when I was 15-16, had a part time job and everyone else smoked in the canteen in work etc. When I started going out with my boyfriend, non of his friends smoked so it was weird that I did. So I stopped. Thank god! The thoughts of it makes me retch!

Monty Burnz

The idea of starting to smoke is just utterly pointless. You have a few basic needs - food, warmth, going to the jacks (and sex, but we won't talk about that).

If you are hungry, cold or bursting, relieving any of these issues feels good. If you are a smoker, not only are you going to burn 2.5 grand or whatever of your after-tax income (so 5 grand of your pay, if you are a higher rate tax-payer) and see it literally go up in smoke, but you are only doing so to relieve a need that you artificially created yourself.

Tip to smokers: you can get the same sweet relief that you get from cigarettes for free by drinking double your usual amount of water and doubling the gap between your toilet breaks.

And you won't get cancer or heart disease either.

dlofnep

I quit 7 years ago. Haven't looked back since.

stargazer 68

These 'social' smokers make me laugh. Its not very social if you have to get up from the table at the pub and go and stand outside - a lot of the time by yourself especially among my friends as only 1 smokes. She says she smokes much less when she is out with us!

Biggins

Just wait till we copy the new Australian laws on smoking!
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12994787)

W.Shakes-Beer

I'm a non smoker, I see it as a huge waste of money to be honest.

However, I dont hold anything against smokers and will be honest and say that I've had the odd cigar at a celebration or on holidays or something.

Social smoking on nights out is a bit odd to me, is it a fitting in thing or what?

Snakeblood

I smoked from 21 (I needed something to do in the pub and I didn't drink) to about 28 (stopped as a girl I was into was violently anti smoking. She was a bit of a wagon, but stopping did me the world of good.

holystungun9

Never smoked and never will but I have to say I do like it when I get a slight whiff of a ciggy when someone lights up. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't sit beside someone that is smoking, but if some one is lighting up as I walk past and I just get a hint of it, I'm happy. I guess it's like the smell of coffee to some people.

seamus

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Tip to smokers: you can get the same sweet relief that you get from cigarettes for free by drinking double your usual amount of water and doubling the gap between your toilet breaks.

And you won't get cancer or heart disease either.

No, but you'll probably be incontinent by the time you're 50.

jokettle

Never really smoked, Tried it once or twice because I loved the smell (both my parents smoked so it was a familiar smell!) but the act of smoking wasn't for me.

Monty Burnz

seamus wrote: »

No, but you'll probably be incontinent by the time you're 50.

I'm waaay ahead of you.

Orando Broom

stupidusername wrote: »

on dying before I'm 50? yeah sure I am. but that's not something I want to miss out on.

My Grandad smoked sixty a day and lived until 84. Lived well until 84.

Of course my oul fella said the ciggies killed him!

problemchimp

Gave them up 14 years ago and didn't miss them really. Now I have the odd doobie (maybe 2 or 3 times a year). I still love the smell of the smoke but not the smell of the smokers. Each to their own.

Monty Burnz

Orando Broom wrote: »

My Grandad smoked sixty a day and lived until 84. Lived well until 84.

Of course my oul fella said the ciggies killed him!

Your sample size of one indicates smoking to be totally harmless. Hurray!

gazmc18

Overall smoking is a curse and a very hard habit to kick, but for the smokers here is some upsides to smoking.

Smoking is for winners! Churhill smoked, Roosevelt smoked, Hitler didnt.

Since Airlines banned smoking on all airplanes, the airconditioning systems recycle the used air a lot less, which makes you more prone to airbourne viruses such as TB.

Cowboys smoke, so it must be cool.

Smoking can make you one of the best footballers of all time. (amongst others) both Johan Cruyff and Zidane Smoked.

sidneykidney

I smoked for the best part of 20yrs, Finally made the decision to go off them last Saturday, so far so good. I hope this time I can really kick them

stupidusername

Orando Broom wrote: »

My Grandad smoked sixty a day and lived until 84. Lived well until 84.

Of course my oul fella said the ciggies killed him!

great news! well sure how about we all take up smoking so and we'll all live until we're 84!

:rolleyes:

Orando Broom

stupidusername wrote: »

great news! well sure how about we all take up smoking so and we'll all live until we're 84!

:rolleyes:

That's my ambition.

SeaFields

My 'favorite' uncle died at 42 from smoking when I was about 13. Lung cancer. Was fairly p!ssed off at that as you would be so swore to myself that I would never smoke after that and I never will.

Monty Burnz

dlofnep wrote: »

I quit 7 years ago. Haven't looked back since.

Somebody might be following you.

stupidusername

dlofnep wrote: »

I quit 7 years ago. Haven't looked back since.

:eek: quitting causes neck paralisis?

SeaFields wrote: »

My 'favorite' uncle died at 42 from smoking when I was about 13. Lung cancer. Was fairly p!ssed off at that as you would be so swore to myself that I would never smoke after that and I never will.

why have you put favorite in commas? was there something special about him? :pac:

Gunsfortoys

Usually have a few smokes with a drink or two, winning combination.

Never ask for them though and have never bought fags in my life.

Chairman Meow

Never smoked and never plan on it. The smell off smokers is enough to churn my stomach. Nothing worse than when some smoke happy asshole sits beside you on the bus a 8am reeking of smoke. Its 8am for ****s sake, did you really have to smoke your ****ing head off this early? The stale, pungent, tangy smell of smoke is jsut ****ing vile. I wonder if smokers knew how god awful they smell would they quit?