Smoking

BOFH_139 wrote: »

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

Oof, that was a really disturbing ad.

I smoke when I'm out. I like the nicotine buzz, especially when alcohol is mixed in. It's my decision, i don't feel guilty about it, that said, my mammy doesn't know :eek:

Just as a side note, my grandmother had tb in her 20s and had pretty mech half of each lung removed. She also had asthma. She smoked a lot, I dunno exactly how much, maybe 10-20 a day, yet she lived to 81. Cigarettes didn't kill her, arthritis did. It's funny the way that worked out...

How it starts: Usually in the teens. Lads trying to impress women or their friends, probably both. About age 13/14. Seriously, you must never have been a teen not to know this.
Some try to give it up after a year when they realise how stupid they've been, but they give in every now and then, and like a snowball getting bigger as it rolls they eventually are fully addicted.

How it ends: A slowish death. Decreased breathing capacity, coughing/spluttering until eventually one gets lung cancer/heart disease/another smoking-related disease.
Either that, or one gets so unhealthy in their late 30's/early 40's and decides to give them up, either fails or succeeds.


I don't smoke and mostly I don't mind smokers. A load of my friends are smokers. You only smell like ****e after a cigarette if you hold it close/downwind to your cloths so they get the full whack of smoke for a while. That's a horrible smell btw, like wet dog.
What I do mind is inconsiderate arsehole second-hand smokers that smoke in the house, in public, crowded areas, or in enclosed spaces like a car. Bastards. I don't smoke, but I think I get atleast a fag a day with the second-handers.

If you've gotten through your early teens and never smoked then smoking is a mystery that's probably not particularly interesting and you probably think there are better things to be doing with your time and health.

If, likeme you did fall into the trap then whilst smoking you think they are: Initially fun/rebellious but eventually it leads to.... I dunno.... a mental crutch. I'm in an uncomfortable social situation? I'll just nip out for a fag. I'm bored? I'll just nip out for a fag and so on and so forth.

Now, as an ex smoker for I dunno.... 2 years or so I suppose I hate cigarettes with a vengence. I alway used to roll my eyes at born again non smokers but it's not till you throw the smokes away that you truely realise what ****ty things they are from so many perspectives. They slowly kill you, they drain your finances, they act as that forementioned mental crutch. They make you SMELL SO ****ING BAD!!!!!!!!!! (I mean fuuuuuuuuck I never really appreciated just how foul a smoker smells when he/she is just back from a smoke).

One thing since giving up that drives me utterly mad is when one of my smoking friends tries to give up and every last one of the smokers will go out of their way to offer a cigarette to the person. I used to do it myself and I think back now and wonder why, if I have a friend, would I be so intent on trying to keep them hooked on such a nasty ****ty thing and yet I did it and see monthly other smokers doing the same thing to people they call friends.

Anyway, my uncle is currently dying of lung cancer after smoking most his (now shortened) life. He's now in a wheel chair and has the prospect of a ****ty ****ing end. **** SMOKING!! It's a ****ty,horrible ****ing addiction and I thank my lucky stars that I fought through those crappy weeks to get off them.

If you watch a lot of movies, you get the romantic idea of smoking. It's cool, it creates character and charisma, so you do it in social situations because it helps you feel more comfortable in uncomfortable situations. Especially when you're drunk or on your way to being drunk.

Unfortunately smoking only leads to character and charisma in films, and smoking in real life is viewed as unattractive by most people. It's all an illusion.

Indeed they're not. Unless you mean the ones in the morgue?

By the way...was that really a *sigh* or just a gasp for breath?

Lmao. *clap clap*
I find the 'indeed they're not' makes it even more patronsing.

Karsini wrote: »

Smoking completely disgusts me. I posted this earlier in the Phobias forum but it's relevant here too:

I have what I'd say is a phobia of smoking and anything to do with it. I'm not alone, my siblings are all the same. I feel disgusted by the word "cigarette" - I avoid saying it if at all possible and if I have to then I feel disgusted by it. I won't even touch a pack of them and will feel physically sick if one (and/or an ashtray) is even within my vicinity. I've often felt myself gagging if I inhale too much smoke.

Holy ****:eek: get a grip for fúck's sake.