Do you smoke?

I smoke cigarettes. I do. I'm usually not too happy about it but I do anyways. I'm torn between believing all the media in that cigarettes are REALLY bad for you. On the other hand though, people smoke tons and tons for years and never get cancer. I'm sort of thinking that if I smoke for a little while there is a pretty good chance I'll be fine.

Those of you who do smoke, how long have you smoked for? Why do you? How do you feel about it? Do you want to quit or do you enjoy smoking?

i smoke, i could probably give up (i did for 6 years) but i cant be bothered right now.

Don't smoke, can't stand the smell. My lungs are a little tender towards smoke actually.

I don't smoke. It's a bad habit.

I've been smoking for two years now. But I smoked only 1 cigarette (I roll my own) a day, except for the last few months that I started smoking more (2 cigarettes per day).

I think smoking is ok, but only if you smoke just enough to feel cool, as soon as you smoke because you kinda need to smoke, because you're uset to do it it isn't good anymore. You might even get addicted.

Talk to frank

Ciggarettes no. Only weed...occasionally. And I mean really occasionally, not the hypocritical type lol. I mean like once every month at best, when I'm at home (shit like Amsterdam doesnt count here)... I smoked some last weekend and that was about the first time since early July. But I would definitely do more if I had the money/the supply/more people to do it with.

When you think about it, it's kind of amazing that smoking doesn't kill you instantly. Sucking in smoke over and over, for minutes at a time. Do that in a house fire, and you'd drop dead.

Used to smoke, quit about 7 years ago cold turkey. Walked outside one day with my friends to have a smoke and just said "You know what, I'm done." and that was that. Too many whiners when it comes to quitting. I've never liked the taste, but the smell has certain nostalgic associations so I actually don't mind it at all and even enjoy being the presence of a smoker. On rare occasion when I'm considerably inebriated I'll smoke a half pack in one evening and be back to normal the next day.

The thing is I like the actions involved in smoking, I just can't stand the taste it imparts when you inhale. Some day someone will invent one that tastes like good ganja and I'll be re-enslaved.

i smoke. down to about 1/2 pack a day. I have a weird relationship with smoking, as sometimes I can go hours and hours without even thinking of one, but then later on, chain smoke for a bit, so i don't know.

  On 9/21/2009 at 10:06 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

I'm torn between believing all the media in that cigarettes are REALLY bad for you. On the other hand though, people smoke tons and tons for years and never get cancer...

It's just not cancer people get from smoking: "Tobacco use leads most commonly to diseases affecting the heart and lungs, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and cancer". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_tobacco

I work at a university hospital as a radiographic technician. We mainly have patiens from oncologic and lung disease departments so i see very sick people every day at work. A substantial portion of patients have their illness only because of many years of smoking. Youngest lung cancer and COPD patients have been just over 40 years of age.

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yeah, not being affected by cigarettes makes you the exception, not the rule.

ive smoked off and on for about 4 years now...and i threw my pack away earlier today actually. i started working out, and noticed my heart is in bad fucking shape, so, off they go....if i can last over a week im in the clear....its just not worth it lately...

i'm a "social smoker." i haven't smoked for a while now though. i don't think it'll ruin my lungs if i smoke like eight cigarettes a month (sometimes less, usually not more). what do you guys think?

i realize smoking is a dumb thing to do, but damn it looks cool.

Quit for 2 and a half years, then had a spliff a few months ago and now I smoke cigs every Saturday! It's utterly pointless and it doesn't bother me through the week, but as soon as Saturday comes I want to smoke.

As soon as my head gets out of my bottom, I will knock the weekend smoking on the head.

Sex followed closely by a cigarette is just about as good as getting stoned.

i smoke. for some reason i've always told myself i'd quit before i turn 30, but now that's not even a year away, and suddenly im not so sure anymore.

Lol am I the only real smoker in here? I smoke daily 10+ since I am 15.

Yeah.

i believe tonight at midnight the new ban on all flavored cigarettes, including cloves goes into effect in the US. of course menthol is still legal, for now. what's an african american need to do to get some flava around herr?

  On 9/22/2009 at 12:51 AM, Rubin Farr said:

i believe tonight at midnight the new ban on all flavored cigarettes, including cloves goes into effect in the US. of course menthol is still legal, for now. what's an african american need to do to get some flava around herr?

what are you talking about I haven't heard anything about this.

Yeah, this is new.

I'm quite a smug non-smoker. Which is ill-founded, considering what an unhealthy fucking slob I am in every other aspect of my life.

fuck us i guess

  On 9/22/2009 at 1:04 AM, Rubin Farr said:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113031026

This is stupid. Camel put out some nice flavored cigarettes in '04. Izmir Stingers were great for cocktail parties.

Nah, I don't smoke. And the smell gives me a headache.