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do you smoke?

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by SHANDYHOLMES

if so, why?

SHANDYHOLMES | 22 Jul '08, 14:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

No


i don't smoke


Yes

Cos I hate life.


sometimes

passes the time


Only on a friday

as my week at work is "stressful" and smoking calms my mind down alot


only fish

and assorted charcuterie


No

smells, don't like eating tar


Yeah

cos it's fun and something to do when you go out walking a lot and are bored of having two hands in your pockets the whole time. And it makes people give you bad looks and makes me look a bit older which is always appreciated. And I like dependancy.


actually, scrap that

I SMOKE COS I'M HOPING FOR AN EARLY DEATH
AND I NEED TO CLING TO SOMETHING


smoking gives you cancer

rhythm is dancer (8)


no but I did

because it makes you look super cool, hott and sophisticated...


yeah

because it's a cool way to kill yourself


sometimes

because there's nothing better to do - to pass the time, like Klaire says.

and to look totally fucking cool


i do

because i enjoy it


yep

why? Because I want to.

Cheers


you smoke?

you really actually smoke? as in biscuity jack smokes? how curious


Yes

Why? I like it.


why?


Fills in those irritating 'waiting for something' gaps.

Gives me five-minute relaxy breaks from being indoors.
Looks cool.


hardly ever now!

i'm "cutting down" but it's only been a few weeks.


sellout


i know :(

don't worry though. come saturday i'll be puffin away again


Nope

though people always think I do.


?


For some reason people will offer me a cigarette and I'll decline

and they'll say don't you smoke?
And I'll say I never have and they always respond with 'I thought you did, you look someone who would smoke.'


hell no


yes

it's quite pleasant, and regulates my day nicely.


yes

because i can't smoke a spliff in public.


yes

i enjoy it and hope it makes me appear more interesting. maybe.


Yes

I smoke because there is nothing better than a fortuna and a cup of coffee in the garden on a sunny morning.


yes

why? 5 failed attempts at quitting


yes

I smoke because I'm addicted and I enjoy it


exactly


Good


Nope

but I have a cigar that needs smoking.


No

it kills you, is expensive and doesn't even get you high


It doesn't kill you

cancer and other diseases related with it kill you.


only the odd spliff

never fags though. Don't see the attraction really.


i didn't realise there were so many smokers

i thought lots were anti-smoking here


Some smoke, some don't like smoking

The lunar ballet goes on


between 25 and 33% of the population

apparently, depending on which statistics you read.

which begs the question, why don't we stand up for ourselves more?


i do. i wanna quit though.

but i do enjoy it. and it passes the time. and you meet people through smoking, some of whom are pretty girls. plus you look well cool, until you die anyway.


I just quit

it's been a week. Feeling pretty good.


Yes,

it's a way to pass the time like Klaire says and I'm probably addicted to it even though I don't want to admit it. Anyhow I'm cutting down now.


used to ALOT (like, 40ish per day)

Now i only do it if drinking, but not very occasionally


yeah; it wasn't very nice.

Then i got down to 30, then 20, then 10, then got rid of all cigs bar the morning and drinking ones, then cut the morning ones and most of the drinking ones out.


No

and I hate everyone that does


...

smoking looks so cool, but Ive never got around to doing it.

Intrestingly, due to the flux and repair of cells, which does not slow down until mid-late thirties, you can smoke (moderatly), give up before you are thirty and do little or no damage to you life expectancy.


only when drinking

because it's lovely


I do not smoke


I smoked for 15 years

I quit 10 weeks ago now and feel bloody brilliant for it.

It's not easy, but am doing it with zero patches and £100% will power....it's worked so far.....not a single fag in 70 days...get in!

It can be done....you just need to concentrate.


yeah thats the way i did it too!

and going on for about 10 weeks too i think. complete willpower, yeah no point in patches. if you need them, you clearly aren't ready to quit.
Anyways, well done!!


Cheers bsoucek

and to you!

Yay for the non smokers hehehe.

I'm not smug.


i am a bit.

:D


No,

I have recently gone cold turkey.

Yes, I would quite like a cigarette right now.


^

I to went cold turkey on fri..defo could smoke now though :(


I'm thinking it may be the worst way to quit.

Gradually getting it out of your system is probably far better than going from all to nothing.


Well this is the thing though

you end up treating addiction by feeding yourself with ther drug you are trying to wean yourself off of....yeah I read the Alan Carr book and it does make a lot of sense.

Cold turkey is the only way but you have to really concentrate......at times when drunk I think....ahhhh...lovely fags but haven't given in yet......waking up the next morning and not feeling as crap as I normally would do after a heavy night and knowing that I didn't smoke is a good feeling.


NO

NO, NEVER, NO. IT'S A DISGUSTING HABIT


No

hate the smell & I don't like cancer apparantly it's not very good for you


Yes.......

not very much though.

Except at festivals where I am a chaining MACHINE.


Nope


the reason for smoking as it passes the time

is probably one of the worst reasons for anthing ever


worse

because regrettingly even though i do hate smoking it can look slightly cool


and being cool can get you pretty girls

which is better than passing the time


yeah

i limit myself to about 5-6 a day. however, if i'm drinking/at a festival i can happily smoke my way through 20 packs.
i do it because i really like it. i'm pretty healthy otherwise so i don't see it as a problem.


what

.


you think it's fine to smoke because

you're "pretty healthy otherwise"?

Dude, srsly, how can that make any sense?


IMO

smokers should fuck off somewhere else. i don't want to breath in your smelly deadly fumes, and i don't want to pay for your damaged to lungs to be held together that little bit longer until you slowly die, thanks.


^ argh

there's so much wrong with this post. so much...


well

1.passive smoking has been massively hyped up, to the brink of mass hysteria, to be something far far greater than there is any reasonable evidence to say that it is. yes, it's bad, but there are far worse things for your health that you encounter on a daily basis, and you don't get all puffed up (no pun intended) and self righteous about.

2.if the smell bothers you, tough shit. your dress sense probably bothers people. you wouldn't stand for someone whinging about taking it elsewhere. if that became mass opinion though, you'd have to. bet you wouln't be too pleased.

3.you're not paying a penny. how many times does this argument need repeating before a single anti-smoker takes note? all the medical treatment that you or anyone you know have ever received has been more than covered in taxes from cigarettes. about five times over in fact.

4.you're mean.