Smoke 'em if you got 'em

[Kornman00]

I remember wanting to make this poll a few weeks back...obviously I "forgot" to do it, because A) I'm doing it now and B) I just remembered I had wanted to do it. Or did I? Clearly past tense, but we're now technically in the future so doesn't that mean I may have...*cue dramatic music*

http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/stephen-colbert.jpg

predicted the future...?

OK enough silly games, I just really wanted to use that picture of Mr. Colbert. See the poll? Cast your ballots if you'd as be so kind, they're private for those of you wishing to remain anonymous.

Note on the "If Yes" options. Only use multiple choice if you check off any of the "Yes" answers please. For example, say you are currently a smoker and you started after you became seriously addicted to role playing by day and WoW by night. Then you would check "Yes" and "If Yes: AFTER".

Further more, leave any debate about if\about how smoking is bad for you out of this thread. Not the time nor the place. Just collecting statistics.

This is regarding TOBACCO

Danke'

[randreach454]

Uh I smoke now, have for the past 3 years... Korn I hope you know that this thread will most likely derail with people just lecturing on how bad smoking is and how much of an idiot you are if you smoke..

[Bad Waffle]

smoking what, though? you mean, cigs? yea, no. You know, i'm curious, why did you guys wanna start smoking? i mean, i'm sure you guys had your fair share of "you'll kill your lungs" speeches.

[The_Wraith]

27s

It started out as an experiment as most of friends smoked so I wanted to see if I could get addicted. So far I'm still doing fine 2 years later. I manage to barely have 1-2 cigs a day. Though when I party it's more like 5-7.

My friends cry if they don't have a cig on the hour every hour.

On the soon-to-be-derailment: Essentially every 'awesome' substance or action in this world is highly detrimental to your body. Moderation is key to health.

[Rob Oplawar]

I can't smoke- I have chronic bronchitis, and even second-hand smoke makes my windpipe swell up. It's pretty lame, actually, cause otherwise I wouldn't have any problem with people smoking around me.

[Jelly]

No; smoking is gross.

[deathret]

It started out as an experiment as most of friends smoked so I wanted to see if I could get addicted. So far I'm still doing fine 2 years later.

I like you wraith, but honestly this is dumb. It's like saying, I started to play with lighting gasoline because my friends do and I wanted to see if I could get burned, so far so good, but they get burned all the time.... :raise:

[StankBacon]

been smoking since i was about 12-13.

[The_Wraith]

I like you wraith, but honestly this is dumb. It's like saying, I started to play with lighting gasoline because my friends do and I wanted to see if I could get burned, so far so good, but they get burned all the time.... :raise:I have every bit of confidence in my willpower. If I feel the slightest inkling of addiction I'll quit. I have taken month-long breaks just to see if I could and it was quite easy. I enjoy it so as long as I'm doing because I want to not because I have to, I'll keep on.

[SnaFuBAR]

so smoking 2 cigs a day isn't an addiction?

[The_Wraith]

Most of my friends have like 10-15 cigs a day. I'd say no.

Yesterday and Today I haven't had any though. Some days I just don't.

[leorimolo]

Most of my friends have like 10-15 cigs a day. I'd say no.

Yesterday and Today I haven't had any though. Some days I just don't.

That doesn't mean its fine, it only means your friends are dumber than what you are


Edit: Is this simply cigs, like I smoke just not nearly regularly and not cigs

[Heathen]

No smoke for me.

[Roostervier]

I've never smoked.

[LinkandKvel]

Tried. Overrated.....

[Hotrod]

Never have, and probably never will. I can't stand even being near somebody when they're smoking, and I know what it does to people, and I don't want happening to me.

However, don't get me wrong, I don't hate people that smoke, it's just not my thing. And for the record, none of my friends smoke either, so it's all good.

[The_Wraith]

That doesn't mean its fine, it only means your friends are dumber than what you are


Edit: Is this simply cigs, like I smoke just not nearly regularly and not cigs So you smoke but not cigarettes, and you have no problem telling people they're dumb for their vices? I hope you don't drink either, that goes double for anyone else in here.

[leorimolo]

So you smoke but not cigarettes, and you have no problem telling people they're dumb for their vices? I hope you don't drink either, that goes double for anyone else in here.

Hookah.

[FluffyDucky™]

Never smoked. But hey, you guys must be like soooooooo cool if you smoke. Peer pressure ftw.
What's the fucking point of doing something that really does no good at all, unless killing yourself faster than normal is a good thing to you?
And don't say it calms you down and relieves your stress cause that is so pathetic.
Find another way to control your fucking problems. Smoking is stupid. But, I still love you guys. :)

[LinkandKvel]

It IS a stress reliever.......thats not really an excuse its the truth. Also peer pressure isn't the only reason people start smoking. I tried it just to see what they were sooo addicted to.

[Disaster]

It IS a stress reliever.......thats not really an excuse its the truth. Also peer pressure isn't the only reason people start smoking. I tried it just to see what they were sooo addicted to.
^

[cheezdue]

Does smoking a cig when I was 8 counts? From there, I didnt like cigs at all.

[rossmum]

Never have, never will. Fuck peer pressure and fuck those weak enough to cave into it. If you want to smoke that's fine (just don't do it within my airspace thanks) - but if you started just to impress your friends, you really do need help.

[SnaFuBAR]

It IS a stress reliever.......thats not really an excuse its the truth. Also peer pressure isn't the only reason people start smoking. I tried it just to see what they were sooo addicted to.
It became a stress release after you already started smoking and your body had withdraws. I'm sorry, but anyone that champions cigarettes as stress relief is a clueless dolt. The chemical withdraw from lack of them is a cause of stress, and when you get that chemical your stress response subsides. Holy God please tell me you don't really believe they're stress relievers. gb2health101

[blind]

I usually have a smoke/a lot of smokes when I'm partying or if I get super duper ripped.

[CtrlAltDestroy]

I only smoke when I'm drinking. Even then, I only go through about 2 packs/month.

[Choking Victim]

Tried it in middle school, its less than good. Frankly the act of smoking doesn't bother me, its the companies chuckling away as they profit from the people foolish enough to fall for their schemes. But that's just me.

[Mass]

I answered that I smoked, but only 1-2 times a week and usually only cigars or American Spirits, I really don't care much for cigarette smokers who go through a pack a day--it's really fucking expensive and pretty goddamn dangerous.

It's interesting, I would never have picked up smoking if I didn't smoke pot to start with, even now I only smoke when I get high. I think of it as a mind-altering plant just the same as weed; I think that some people don't understand that not everyone picks up smoking to be a smoker, of course it's pretty quickly mostly feeding an addiction, but humans wouldn't smoke if it wasn't pleasurable to do and if it didn't make you feel better. I think it's pretty grossly inaccurate to say that it "relieves stress" but it definitely produces a very gentle and reassuring high, though in my opinion it's not worth much without the pot.

Honey-dipped spliffs with good tobacco and some fine dope are really nothing to fuck with...I find that it really helps to make it into a commitment by either rolling it yourself or smoking a hookah or cigar...it is really some fucking addictive shit, and cigarettes are just little addiction feeders conveniently packaged so you can blow right through them.

It may be all too much in my character, but I approve this minor vice but not its becoming corporate.

[Corndogman]

27s

It started out as an experiment as most of friends smoked so I wanted to see if I could get addicted. So far I'm still doing fine 2 years later.

Its been 2 years and you're still smoking, so I guess it turns out you did get addicted. You can stop the experiment now, since you have your answer.

E: also, no, don't smoke, never have never will. I get sick anytime anyone smokes around me. I'm sure smoking wouldn't help the whole asthma thing anyways.

[ultama121]

Haven't tried them before, don't plan on it. Health class already scared me shitless. :-3

[LinkandKvel]

It became a stress release after you already started smoking and your body had withdraws. I'm sorry, but anyone that champions cigarettes as stress relief is a clueless dolt. The chemical withdraw from lack of them is a cause of stress, and when you get that chemical your stress response subsides. Holy God please tell me you don't really believe they're stress relievers. gb2health101
Either way it doesn't matter cause I don't smoke, so it doesn't really apply to me. Also my health class never taught us it was a result from smoking in the first place....

[DrunkenSamus]

I only smoke hookah and the occasional blunt. :D Nah, I've never smoked weed but hookah, fer sureeee.

[TeeKup]

Smoking is a disgusting habit.

[CabooseJr]

Never smoked, never plan to.

[Bodzilla]

It IS a stress reliever.......thats not really an excuse its the truth. Also peer pressure isn't the only reason people start smoking. I tried it just to see what they were sooo addicted to.
you know why smokers get calm after they've had their fix?

Because they get to throw the monkey on there back a banana and he calms down and leaves them alone for an hour.

but lol at smoking, i dunno fellas it's just... not a very smart thing to do, you cant plead ignorance OR peer pressure because theres that many anti-smoking adds around it's not funny.
You'd have to force yourself through the first couple of packs of bad coughing and a shit taste before you get to the stage where it actually feels better to smoke.

Alot of my mates smoke, have for years, i dont care it's their choice, but so far i've never heard a good argument for it.

[StankBacon]

there is no good argument for it really, its just a habit for most people.

[m13120]

proud nonsmoker

[Con]

smoking is disgusting

[Timo]

Hate the smell of cig smoke, so i'll never smoke.

[Random]

I don\'t smoke cigs at all. But every once in awhile I will do some hookah because I am drunk. It seems more like flavored air than anything, never made me cough, just calmed me down and was pleasurable.

[Cortexian]

Fuck no, I'd rather not fuck up my lungs, teeth, and throat that you very much. I don't see why the fuck you would want to do it anyways, there's absolutely NOTHING cool about it any more. The only reason to smoke now-a-days is to slowly try and kill yourself, or to try and fit in with all the "cool kids" at school.

l2health.

I understand that all the tools that got addicted to it before it was proven unhealthy can't quit. But if you start smoking now, you're a fucking idiot that's doing it for absolutely no good reason.

[Phobias]

I think he may have been trying to put a youtube vid in spoiler tags and forgot to type in the youtube part, considering he was probably on his lunch break and had limited time, I think we can all just move along...
Some of the anti-smoking tv ads in Australia are very confronting, images of gangrenous feet, advanced mouth cancer, macular (sp?) disease etc, get shown at all hours.
I voted no.
Everyone in my family smokes. The main cause of death for my family is cancer, usually caused by smoking. I've learnt from their mistakes.

[Tweek]

i smoke DRUGS, but not cigarettes.

[n00b1n8R]

I don't see the point. It's detrimental to your health and highly addictive. Where's the benefit :S

[p0lar_bear]

Cigarettes are disgusting. Nicotine is a highly addictive drug that doesn't do anything good for you in the first place and anyone starting the shit now is a retard.

Also, fun fact for you blunt smokers that I learned from an ex-stoner: marijuana burns at a higher temperature than tobacco. And since most people usually hold in the smoke longer when smoking a blunt, they're burning the shit out of their lungs and throat.

If you're going to visit Mary Jane for the weekend, use a water bong.

[leorimolo]

I never decided try Cigs, I decided that if anything pot gives me a much better feeling that cigs and I won't exactly become as easily addicted to it. I limit my self to smoking weed once a month (never buy it, only if some one offers me).

So I only smoke hookah and occasionally weed. Also please don't mix shisha and weed you will space out like never before..

[Kornman00]

Locking thread while I clean out crap posts related to why people shouldn't smoke, as I said to keep that crap out of this thread, not the time nor the place. Handing out infractions to some.

OK, from now on, I'll tolerate some input from users about why they don't, but if you have something to say, PM them instead, do not start an open forum on it.

[t3h m00kz]

This is regarding TOBACCO

Oh shit

Disregard this I suck cocks lol

But tobacco is nasty imo.

[paladin]

Nothing wrong with a victory cigarette or a nice bong hit ever now and then... :)

[Sel]

I have this friend who picks up ciggarettes out of butt stops and off the ground and smokes them.

Pretty nasty :|

[paladin]

A used one?!?!? Now that is disgusting.

[JunkfoodMan]

I sometimes smoke at parties/when I drink, and I'm not addicted. If I have a pack I give it to my one of my friends who smoke.

[Sunray]

Never have, never will. Fuck peer pressure and fuck those weak enough to cave into it. If you want to smoke that's fine (just don't do it within my airspace thanks) - but if you started just to impress your friends, you really do need help.This.

To be honest I've never understood the whole pier pressure thing. I certainly have, and I hope others would have, enough self confidence and a general lack of insecurity to not bother. Yes, I have friends that smoke regularly. Yes, I'll go out with them and chat to them when doing it (keeping a reasonable distance for second hand smoke and I don't particularly like the smell), so I'm not alienating them as it's their choice. But no, I haven't and won't smoke. I see no purpose in smoking to screw up my lungs and arteries thank you very much. I have better ways of relaxing (i.e. going walking or cycling) and therefore feel no inclination to do so. Oh, and also; waste of money. I have better things to spend my money on than cigarettes.

[MastaCheefa]

I started smoking because a cig after some weed feels fantastic. Never cared for cigarettes before I found that out. Been smoking for 3 years now but really dont smoke to much. Maybe like 5-8 a day or 3 packs a week. Which isnt that bad compared to most of my smoker friends who smoke a pack a day. I know its bad but I like it and will probably continue to smoke at least a few more years. :\

[Sel]

3 Packs a week isn't much? :|

[SnaFuBAR]

it really amazes me what stupid things people say.

[paladin]

For example...

[Random]

I would consider not smoking a lot to be once a month. Not 5-8 times a day.

[Bodzilla]

Righto KM whats this about.

discussing reasons why people smoke and why other people dont in a do you smoke thread seems kinda normal to me.

is this just a "if you smoke and like computer games, clap your hands" thing :/

where we going with this?

Edit: or is it because you've seen this video? (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/de-rez/107-Guide-to-Cool)

[Hotrod]

I would consider not smoking a lot to be once a month. Not 5-8 times a day.
Same here.

[LinkandKvel]

1 a week isn't alot either.

[DrunkenSamus]

Hookah is sooooo good and it doesn't "feel" like its bad for you but it really is. :( And there are so many flavors.

[Heathen]

Man. Those numbers :D

[Random]

Hookah is sooooo good and it doesn't "feel" like its bad for you but it really is. :( And there are so many flavors.

I know right :(

[Pooky]

I think the addiction I already have (vidja games) is bad enough.

Fuck smoking and the people who do it around me.

[paladin]

Your just a H8er.

[Limited]

No, never will.

Smoking kills motherfucker, you never see that damn advert fools?? :) JP.

[paladin]

Smoking offsets Parkinson's Disease... Lawl...nj

[Kalub]

Never will, parents do and I hate it.

[Choking Victim]

Never will, parents do and I hate it.
This is interesting, I always thought kids with smoking parents are more likely to become smokers, however I have a friend in the same situation.

[Sel]

It's obviously because nicotine and tobacco have such a godly smell that everyone loves :downs:

[Heathen]

that

[LinkandKvel]

This is interesting, I always thought kids with smoking parents are more likely to become smokers, however I have a friend in the same situation.

My dad, 3 grandpa's, and my uncle smokes. Doesn't affect personal decision as thats just an excuse.

[`CaSs!~]

Nope.

[FluffyDucky™]

Heaps of my family members smoke and pretty much all of my friends. They all like shove them in my face (my friends that is), but... I've never tried, and never will. However, what I'm doing (being around them 24/7 whilst smoking) is even worse than the actual thing being smoked by myself; passive smoking tbh. :( So tbh, even if I did start, I'd be doing less damage than standing around breathing in the left overs. But obviously that will just be an add on to being around them anyway, so I'm pretty much screwed! :D

[Gwunty]

Cigarettes can suck my dick. I would say something about teekup here but the mods would get mad.

[paladin]

My mom has smoked since she was 16 and ive had maybe 10 in my 19 years

[Haloking365]

Fuck cigarettes. Never would smoke, unless its a puff off a Newport after a bowl 9once in a blue moon). Cigs smell disgusting anyway.

[MastaCheefa]

Fuck cigarettes. Never would smoke, unless its a puff off a Newport after a bowl 9once in a blue moon). Cigs smell disgusting anyway.

Yeaaaa this guy knows what Im talking about. :highfive:

[Needles]

I never have, and I'm planning not to.

I can understand drinking (in moderation), but smoking is just plain stupid.