Smoking

mufc4lfe · 17-10-2009 08:02PM #1

Why do people smoke?Is it actually bad for your health or is it exagerated just to stop people paying over to these huge companies?I have a smoke the odd time when I'm out and enjoy it.Couldnt see myself smoking 20 a day though.What are peoples opinions.Please contribute in meaningful manner and don,t post s!"T like "smoking will kill you" etc.

AlmightyCushion · 17-10-2009 08:05PM

It's a pointless waste of money, I'm glad I don't do it.

MagicMarker · 17-10-2009 08:06PM

People who smoke 20 a day are stupid.

People who smoke one or two every now and again when out are even stupider. Like, wtf is the point?

wudangclan · 17-10-2009 08:08PM

when you comes out of your mothers womb the first place you draw comfort and sustenance is sucking on your mothers teats.as a baby practicaly all life and happiness is contained in this act and this is heavily imprinted on the human mind.
even though everyone knows that smoking is very bad for you,hundreds millions of people,worldwide, continue to draw comfort from sucking on cigarettes. (the same could be said for sucking alcohol from straws,biting your nails,chewing on a pencil end etc etc)

DancingQueen:) · 17-10-2009 08:09PM

I think it's disgusting : ( couldn't even imagine doing it,i hate it when i even walk past someone who's smoking.

Abi · 17-10-2009 08:15PM

mufc4lfe wrote: »

Please contribute in meaningful manner and don,t post s!"T like "smoking will kill you" etc.

So you don't want us to shed a negative light on smoking? What exactly do you want to hear? That smoking is great for your health, and it makes no difference to your finances whatsoever?

I actually think less of a social smoker, whats the point?!

bertie4evr · 17-10-2009 08:15PM

The feckers smoking at the bus stop are the worst.Blowing smoke at everyone around them.

ScumLord · 17-10-2009 08:16PM

I've tried to stop smoking but it's like I'm addicted or something.

Being someone who's tried all kinds of drugs I hate my tobacco addiction I get nothing from it. It's purely an addiction and nothing more.

mikom · 17-10-2009 08:17PM

If smoking is bad for you, how come it cures bacon and salmon?

Insect Overlord · 17-10-2009 08:19PM

mikom wrote: »

If smoking is bad for you, how come it cures bacon and salmon?

You truly are the master of the AH one-liner. Bravo!

Jet Black · 17-10-2009 08:20PM

mufc4lfe wrote: »

Why do people smoke?

mufc4lfe wrote: »

I have a smoke the odd time when I'm out and enjoy it.

lol

robbie_998 · 17-10-2009 08:21PM

at the bus stop the other day and 3 of us on the bench, me out the right, woman in middle and a gentle man reading a book on the left.

typically the old cranky woman in the middle whips out a smoke and dosent have the decency to move to behind the side of the bus stop where there is glass so others dont get smoke in their face but nooooo she wouldnt budge (miserable bitch), myself and the other dude that was reading had to get up and walk away from her and long and behold there were others smoking !!! :mad::mad::mad:

/rant

admiralofthefleet · 17-10-2009 08:31PM

i love my gaspers, benson and hedges ftw!

WindSock · 17-10-2009 08:35PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i love my gaspers, benson and hedges ftw!

Gaspers is word of the day.

My name is URL · 17-10-2009 08:37PM

I like the nicotene

Sofiztikated · 17-10-2009 08:38PM

I smoke. Why did I start? It was "cool."
Why do I continue to smoke? I'm addicted and I enjoy it.

WindSock · 17-10-2009 08:42PM

After 6 years of not smokinhg and spluttering at the mere thought, I bought some slim menthols. A couple of months ago. And some more since. I think they are neat. And I enjoy the ritual and the having something to do, and the fun of hiding from the anti smoking nazis and the nice nicotene buzz. And it makes standing around waiting for things easier. And above all else, it's cool.

Dartz · 17-10-2009 08:45PM

I like cigars. Though I hate cigarrettes with a passion. I dunno how that works.

irish horse · 17-10-2009 08:46PM

every heavy smoker starts out on just one or two.its to big a risk to take.i curse the day i ever put one in my gob.says he pulling on a big but .

Tellox · 17-10-2009 08:47PM

Helps me relax during work
Helps me keep slim without having to do any exercise
Great excuse to get away from the crowds in a pub/club and have a chat with someone over one
Alongside a sugary cup of tea it's the best start possible to a day
Decent way to help yourself keep awake
All the cool kids are doing it.

Gran Hermano · 17-10-2009 08:49PM

One of the joys of smoking is just knowing how much it winds up certain non-smokers.

Poor Uncle Tom · 17-10-2009 08:54PM

irish horse wrote: »

every heavy smoker starts out on just one or two.its to big a risk to take.i curse the day i ever put one in my gob.says he pulling on a big but .

There's the proof, smoking sucks ass....

I do it because I like the buzz....

Elliemental · 17-10-2009 08:55PM

I quit smoking for a year, and got drunk the night before my A Level results came out and decided to have just one cig to calm my nerves. I was straight back on the full 10 cigs a day.

Bandit12 · 17-10-2009 08:59PM

Smoking is for losers. Simples

Davidius · 17-10-2009 09:00PM

I've come to think of smoking as something that teenage girls do, just because most smokers I see are females aged around 16.

Now I always subsconsciously think of smokers as immature and effeminate. :pac:

Riddle101 · 17-10-2009 09:03PM

DancingQueen:) wrote: »

I think it's disgusting : ( couldn't even imagine doing it,i hate it when i even walk past someone who's smoking.

Then you'd really hate my college. There's small open area that connects the college to the canteen and all the smokers seem to congegate in this small area, despite the fact that there's a perfectly good smoking area at the back of the canteen. So you have to walk through the pollution of smoke in order to have your lunch in the canteen.

TheZohanS · 17-10-2009 09:08PM

Bandit12 wrote: »

Smoking is for losers. Simples

So now we're going to have a bash the smokers thread rather than why do people smoke?

I smoke when I drink and I enjoy it. I only smoke in designated smoking areas, I pay tax on every box of cigarettes I buy and this goes into the governments coffers.

I smoke because I like nicotine and have dated anti-smokers that never knew I smoked.

It's my health, I can do with it as I choose, my own health insurance will cover me incase of illness, I will not be a burden on the state.

BaconZombie · 17-10-2009 09:09PM

But the ad said Smoking is good for me.....

Midnight_EG · 17-10-2009 09:13PM

mufc4lfe wrote: »

Why do people smoke?Is it actually bad for your health or is it exagerated just to stop people paying over to these huge companies?I have a smoke the odd time when I'm out and enjoy it.Couldnt see myself smoking 20 a day though.What are peoples opinions.Please contribute in meaningful manner and don,t post s!"T like "smoking will kill you" etc.

Nice contradiction

whatdoicare · 17-10-2009 09:14PM

have dated anti-smokers that never knew I smoked.

I seriously doubt that- the smell of cigarettes on clothes and hair is just stomach churning and kissing a smoker is really awful.

InkSlinger67 · 17-10-2009 09:15PM

I smoke because I know no other way. When I was 4 years old my mother made me smoke. She said I couldn't "enjoy" a can of beer without a smoke and called me a ******

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