Smoking.

[Mikeus Caesar]

So, i've taken up smoking at the ripe old age and have become another statistic of the teenagers in Britain who smoke. So, it set me wondering, what is the opinion on smoking here at the .Org?

EDIT: *insert expletive here*! I accidentally hit enter and posted my poll without finishing it.

The last 4 options were meant to be:

I don't smoke and think it's okay
I don't smoke and think it's disgusting
I couldn't care less
GAH!

Could a mod kindly add them in?

[Lemur]

I used to smoke, but I don't think it's disgusting. People should have the right to pollute their bodies however they like. It's just that I heard a rumor that you're not supposed to smoke around children, so I don't.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I couldn't care less, as long as you don't do it around me.

People who force their children to breath in their smoke until they leave home disgust me.

[Dutch_guy]

I have no problem with smokers, couple of my friends smoke and I really don't mind. Haven't ever thought of smoking myself, just don't see the point of it..

The only problem I have with smokers is when they smoke while you're eating, think restaurant's.As Lemur said, if one wants to pollute his or her own body be my guest, just don't pollute mine.

PS : how much does a regular pack of smokes cost you in Britain ?

[ShadesWolf]

I don't smoke and think it's okay


Its down to the individual.

Its like any other habit. For some people once they start they find it hard to give up.

[English assassin]

I'm very happy I never started smoking myself, and I hope that anyone who I care about who does smokes stops.

Other than that I don't have much of an opinion.

[Reverend Joe]

Smoke what? There's a lot out there to smoke.

Voted "yes", because I smoke cigars. I don't mind cigarette smokers, but I also don't understand why they do it. Cigar smoking is relaxing, and it tastes good. Cigarette smoking... not so much. It is really a socially learned habit.

(Also, I will assume that this is restricted to Tobacco.)

[English assassin]

Oh, do cigars count? I've been known to have the odd cigar. Very civilised.

I thought it was just about cancer sticks for some reason

[GiantMonkeyMan]

i don't smoke and don't particually like it... but i don't see why they should ban smoking in public places (in england) on the pretence that the people around you die from passive smoking when 7 hours in a smoke filled room does technically what 2 (or three) cigarettes would do... a statistic our government kindly left out for us

[Dutch_guy]

I thought it was just about cancer sticks for some reason

Well I think that was the initial poster's intention to discuss the cancer sticks.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Well I think that was the initial poster's intention to discuss the cancer sticks.

Well, it's mostly 'cancer sticks', but you can discuss any smokable tobacco product. I personally don't like cigars as much, although i do have one just everynow and then.

[Ser Clegane]

Could a mod kindly add them in?

Done

On topic:
I don't smoke but don't have a major problem with others smoking as long as they show a basic level of respect to non-smokers (i.e. not smoking while others on the table are still eating).

[yesdachi]

I smoke sometimes (less lately, maybe one or two cigarettes a week) but I think there is a time and place for smoking, like at parties and drinking with the “boys”, you know times when you are doing so many other bad things to your body that a smoke wouldn’t matter (one of those nights I could burn thru a pak). Smoking is kind of a social thing, who likes to smoke alone, not to say that I haven’t before but it is always more fun to have a smoke and catch up on some gossip with a buddy than to smoke alone.

I think smoking while eating is disgusting and smoking around kids is shameful (thanks mom and dad).

[master of the puppets]

i think its disgusting but as long as you don't bother me with it i don't give a damn (same thing with homosexuals and the chinese ).

[Tachikaze]

Smoking not only affects the health of people in the immediate vicinity, it is a health drain on society as a whole. Ill health is damaging to a society.

Overeating also fits this category.

About my personal beliefs about smoking? The only way I can think of to say this politely is: it is terribly unwise.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Smoking not only affects the health of people in the immediate vicinity, it is a health drain on society as a whole. Ill health is damaging to a society.

Overeating also fits this category.

About my personal beliefs about smoking? The only way I can think of to say this politely is: it is terribly unwise.

Don't worry, if my bad habit ever results in me needing medical attention, i'll refuse that medical attention, as i brought the problem on myself, and there are more needy people out there.

[Kagemusha]

Im a smoker.Ive been smoking for over 15 years.A nasty habit but hard to end. I think that before my time is up smoking will be banned.And thinking on health issues i guess it will be good for the people,but personally i dont like how in many places the legistlation is turning into discrimination of smokers.If i cant poison myself with tobacco,why shouldnt booze also then be banned. Why cant people themselves decide what they want to do to their health.

[Craterus]

Smoking cigarettes is kinda pointless in my eyes. If you have to smoke something, smoke weed.

A dirty habit and I don't like it. It should be banned.

currywurry: What were your motives for starting?

[Kralizec]

I smoke. More of a social habit then an addiction, really. When I smoke I make sure it's not bothersome to people around me (particulary in restaurants that can be very annoying, wich is why I don't smoke in them)

[A.Saturnus]

I don't smoke and I find it disgusting. Especially attractive girls that smoke. Brrr

[Avicenna]

MoP you don't have anything against the Chinese have you?

Anyway, smoking. I think it's

• Putrid
• Incredibly expensive
• Very unhealthy, potentially lethal
• I've also heard that it doesn't even taste good.

So what exactly makes someone want to smoke?

[Kralizec]

True on all 4 points.

More social behaviour then anything else if you ask me.

[Byzantine Prince]

I smoke on occasion. I find it attractive and cool.

[BHCWarman88]

I used to smoke, but I don't think it's disgusting. People should have the right to pollute their bodies however they like. It's just that I heard a rumor that you're not supposed to smoke around children, so I don't.

you should not Smoke around Non-Smokers At All,Period! Second Hand SMoke is just as Serious then smoking that Trash.


"I smoke on occasion. I find it attractive and cool."


it surely not cool, and it Surely Hell not Attractive. oh the hell wants to smell like Smoke and have Yellow Teeth and get Lung Cancer,eh?? is that cool and attractive when you get Lung Cancer or something and Die??

[Kanamori]

Occasionally, I smoke cigars or from a pipe. More than anything, it is a mixer, like pot. A day after I do some really intense baking, it can be nice to bring it back w/ a big cigar and mix the two.

Cigarettes, I think are generally a bad habbit. (Cigarettes taste like awful sawdust, IMO) All that they do is feed addiction. I surely understand how some can be repulsed by pugnent smoke, so I tend to only smoke by myself on walks through the forest on our property. I don't really care what you think of me after that.

[Strike For The South]

gah smokeless tobacco is the only way. A yankee perversion cancer sticks. No lung cancer and no 2nd hand smoke.

[yesdachi]

it surely not cool, and it Surely Hell not Attractive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I would have to slightly agree with BP, there is something cool and sexy about a hot babe smoking, Plus, I think chicks that smoke put-out more often than non-smokers.

[LeftEyeNine]

I don't smoke and avoid like the plague. Because I know that if I somehow start I'll be consuming at least one pack a day.

On the other hand, that stuff rips the hell out of your lungs -pics of smokers' lungs are disgusting, while I also know that a smoker can/does not give a darn about how healthy that is: "Nicotine relieves, right ? No probs, then.."

And I think it's nonsense trying to persuade someone to quit smoking, because they can't

[BHCWarman88]

gah smokeless tobacco is the only way. A yankee perversion cancer sticks. No lung cancer and no 2nd hand smoke.

you still Get Cancer.. My Uncle did chewing tobacco ad got Mouth Cancer. a Friend of my Dad did Smokeless and got Cancer aslo..

[Csargo]

I smoke every once in a while and I'm a teenager I dont think its that bad I just do it cause I want to.