Smokers who say they're skint

foxer3640 · 13-12-2012 12:24AM #1

What do you think? It really annoys me to hear people complain about being skint and then to see them light up. I know its hard to give them up i smoked for years. I know people in my locality that really struggle to make ends meet but probaby smoke 100 euro a week. How hard up would you get before you'd kick the habit?

donvito99 · 13-12-2012 12:28AM

smoke 100 euro a week

Well there's your problem.

Rothmans · 13-12-2012 12:28AM

So what?
People should be allowed spend their money whatever way they like, without being judged imo.

franktheplank · 13-12-2012 12:28AM

As an ex-smoker I say leave them alone, look at all the taxes they pay, plus from what I've read they're not the health cost liability they're made out to be.

Smokers die younger and quickly so less cost on the state. So really they're paying for our age-related health costs.

Keep puffin away lads.

Fr_Dougal · 13-12-2012 12:28AM

Yeah and what the hell is it with homeless people taking heroin, I mean surely their first priority should be to save for a house. :mad:

dxhound2005 · 13-12-2012 12:29AM

foxer3640 wrote: »

What do you think? It really annoys me to hear people complain about being skint and then to see them light up. I know its hard to give them up i smoked for years. I know people in my locality that really struggle to make ends meet but probaby smoke 100 euro a week. How hard up would you get before you'd kick the habit?

There was an anti austerity protest in Dundalk recently focussing on the Child Benefit cuts. A good few of the women protesting are well known for spending most of their time in the pub drinking or at the door of the pub smoking.

saiint · 13-12-2012 12:30AM

foxer3640 wrote: »

What do you think? It really annoys me to hear people complain about being skint and then to see them light up. I know its hard to give them up i smoked for years. I know people in my locality that really struggle to make ends meet but probaby smoke 100 euro a week. How hard up would you get before you'd kick the habit?

im broke and i smoke
whats your point? when some people say their skint
their basicly saying is , i can afford food, bills and the bear minimum but i have nothing left for what i want as in go cinema or drinking

so ya im skint and i smoke , get me drift?

Tom_Cruise · 13-12-2012 12:30AM

In the OPs perfect world, only the rich smoke would dare smoke a cigarette.

MadYaker · 13-12-2012 12:32AM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Yeah and what the hell is it with homeless people taking heroin, I mean surely their first priority should be to save for a house. :mad:

Good point. Wtf are they thinking???

admiralofthefleet · 13-12-2012 12:33AM

/lights benson

Furious_George · 13-12-2012 12:33AM

It is hard to quit, took me years of trying (almost 2 years off them) and I was skint a lot...had no real responsibilities though. Quitting does free up a lot of cash especially if you are on the 20 boxes. I couldnt smoke rollies as they killed my lungs. Anyway back on point, its easier said than done but perhaps those e cigs could help those who really cant quit or dont want to have a cheaper nicotine hit. I hear they arent a bad substitute and are a hell of a lot cheaper per week

pawrick · 13-12-2012 12:38AM

If you are going to complain about being broke and still smoke 100 euro a week well then just deal with people who say you're taking the piss but get over yourself. There's being skint and spending that much a week and then there's not being able to afford to feed your children and keep a roof over your head.

Comparing heroin to cigs though? really? lol

M cebee · 13-12-2012 12:39AM

100 euro is a lot on smokes
i spend 30 minimum on cheap alcohol per week to function somewhat normally
couldn't get by otherwise

El Guapo! · 13-12-2012 12:40AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

/lights benson

Poor aul Benson.
What did he ever do to you?
Racist! :mad:

Senna · 13-12-2012 12:42AM

So the same must apply to fat people when they eat??

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 13-12-2012 12:42AM

They should learn to make rollies.

Stavro Mueller · 13-12-2012 12:42AM

Their skint what??? :eek:

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-12-2012 12:46AM

The black market probably draws a lot of people who can't afford to support their habit buying legal smokes.

Fr_Dougal · 13-12-2012 12:48AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

/lights benson

Dean09 wrote: »

Poor aul Benson.
What did he ever do to you?
Racist! :mad:

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The black market probably draws a lot of people who can't afford to support their habit buying legal smokes.

:eek:

Max Power · 13-12-2012 12:49AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The black market probably draws a lot of people who can't afford to support their habit buying legal smokes.

And sell the drawings?

foxer3640 · 13-12-2012 12:51AM

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

In the OPs perfect world, only the rich smoke would dare smoke a cigarette.

Did i hit a nerve there bud? :rolleyes:

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-12-2012 12:52AM

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

And sell the drawings?

Very good.

Rayne Wooney · 13-12-2012 12:55AM

Well it doesn't annoy me.

Do you know what annoys me? When people don't know the difference between there, their and they're, that's what annoys me.

marcsignal · 13-12-2012 12:56AM

I used to be skint when I smoked industrial cigs, but I went on to roll ups, and now buy my tobacco overseas, whenever possible.

You can legally bring in 1KG at a time for personal use.

Chuck Stone · 13-12-2012 01:05AM

Summary:

Addiction is complicated.

Poverty and addiction is even more complicated.

El Guapo! · 13-12-2012 01:06AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Summary:

Addiction is complicated.

Poverty and addiction is even more complicated.

Don't forget algebra.
That shít is really complicated too.

gustafo · 13-12-2012 01:19AM

i goes to lanzarote every few months and bring back a suitcase of them..cheap as fcuk that way.

Fromthetrees · 13-12-2012 01:39AM

Into camps, all the smokers into camps,

and fat people, all fat people into camps,

and heroin addicts, camps for them too but with a gas chamber to cull them,

and foxy people, all the foxy people into camps,

and women who can't conceive, we'll put them into camps too,

and people with cancer, into camps,

I'll come back with a more detailed list of who's going into camps later after a cup of tea and a slice of toast, who's going to be killed off and who won't be put into camps for the time being will be decided at the weekend.

areyawell · 13-12-2012 01:48AM

I hear that if you shove small amounts of tobacco up your anus that the nicotine is so intense that you won't need to smoke for a week. Cuts down on the cost!

CrazyRabbit · 13-12-2012 03:14AM

I've no problem with smokers complaining about being skint. I do have an issue with them then asking to borrow money from me, then spending money on more cigs before paying me back.

justaskin likeyakno · 13-12-2012 03:56AM

foxer3640 wrote: »

Did i hit a nerve there bud? :rolleyes:

It's Tom Cruise, he's easily unnerved, what with having to choose scientology or family. Also..he's rich out.:)

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Summary:

Addiction is complicated.

Poverty and addiction is even more complicated.

Yes addiction is complicated and people get addicted to all sorts of crap, but smoking is one of the things that you don't have to spend money on, therefore, if you're skint, smoke less, that's not complicated.

Fromthetrees wrote: »

Into camps, all the smokers into camps,

and fat people, all fat people into camps,

and heroin addicts, camps for them too but with a gas chamber to cull them,

and foxy people, all the foxy people into camps,

and women who can't conceive, we'll put them into camps too,

and people with cancer, into camps,

I'll come back with a more detailed list of who's going into camps later after a cup of tea and a slice of toast, who's going to be killed off and who won't be put into camps for the time being will be decided at the weekend.

Seriously, drama queen alert maybe..it is only a thread about whinging, not a mass population cleanse.

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

I've no problem with smokers complaining about being skint. I do have an issue with them then asking to borrow money from me, then spending money on more cigs before paying me back.

This is what I agree with. I have a friend who smokes 40 a day, so that's about 140 euro a week, but she moans about money all the time and about not having monsy for her kids. If she cut down to half, she'd have 70 euro more a week...

Senna wrote: »

So the same must apply to fat people when they eat??

I don't agree, people have to eat whether they are thin or fat and you can't live without food, you can however live...and probably a much healthier and longer life without cigarettes.

Having smoked for 10 years myself I always said i'd never pay anymore than 5 pounds(I know, I gave up a long time ago) for cigarettes. I gave up when they were 4.85, maybe i'm too mean, but whatever, the point is you can give up if you want to save money.

Of course now I'm a fat bastard and would welcome a fat tax on junk food as it's make me think twice about buying it. Untill then, I won't whinge about being able to afford to maintain my belly:p

Smokers who say they're skint

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