To all smokers :)

[MDowdey]

no.

 

[Artemis]

I see how your playing this....yes?

 

[MDowdey]

 

[Artemis]

I feel insulted, yet somehow enlightend at the same time...

 

[Nikon Fan]

Tell you what my grandma is dying from throat cancer most likely because she lived with a smoker all her life, and not like I want to see her go but she has lived a long and happy life. At the very least she can say she has lived her life to the fullest.
On the other hand my dad who is very young is also dying from cancer melanoma to be precise and I do blame the lack of ozone on that. I also do blame the lack of ozone on the fact the world is heavily polluted by senseless car exhaust. I understand there needs to be fire trucks and ambulances and such, but all together the “essential” vehicles probably make up 000,000,000,000,000,001 of the total cars on earth as for the rest of em them you can say we do need cars yes, but do we need SUV’s, Hummers, and muscle cars?
Although now that I think about it I would have to agree that my analogy on cars vs cigarettes isn’t very accurate because the reality is cars are way worse. They polluting the earth faster than anything we know, they are destroying our ozone which is killing the planet through global warming, cancer, and killing off thousands of species of plant and animal life. There are wars all over the world due to the value of oil. The oil is being spilt in our oceans and making it inhospitable for fish, birds, whales…
In short cars are the direct cause of millions of people (including children) that will die at a very early age due to cancer, the world is being left a ruin, and soon it will be the direct cause of the earth warming up and completely wiping out any existence of life on earth as we know it.
Let me put forth this question, if we could go back in time 100 years and choose to eliminate either the car or the cigarette what would you choose?

*note* If you think walking past a smoker and breathing in a bit of smoke is bad try biking to work on a “SMOG WARNING” day gasping for air and only being able to inhale polluted air from thousands people sitting in cars that are most likely driving a short distance that could have walked.
*note* I am in Canada not the states and belive it or not our air quality is worse here, and also I too go over the top so dont take it too personally as well

Must be tough trying to pedal your bike and smoke your cigarettes at teh same time...or at least I assume your ride a bike or walk, b/c heaven forbid you drive a car AND smoke or you're killing us all

Couldn't resist, DON'T SCREW WITH TPF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mygrain]

WHAHAHA!!! the phantom spammer strikes again!!!

 

[Nikon Fan]

Are you callin me a spammer mygrain??? Cuz if so read the title

 

[mygrain]

Are you callin me a spammer mygrain??? Cuz if so read the title

No mam'!! ...err...(clearing his throat) I was just posting spam. It was directed not at one person in particular but rather in a splattering manner that was aimed at page two of this thread...I think I was successful at hitting almost everyone in here with it's meaty jello. It will come off in soap and water. Shout will work on those tough stains.

oh wait I think I missed a spot...

officailly spammed by the people's front of spammary...not to be confused with the spammarian's people's front.:mrgreen:

 

[fadingaway1986]

Not to mention the fact that smokes will soon be well over $4.00 a pack.

[/flaming mad rant][/b]

:O only $4? Here in australia they are over $10 (depending what size packet you get of course). I don't smoke, but my mum does. Congrats on the baby, by the way.

 

[cameraguy54]

hahaha stupid idiot going to the shops for cigarettes makes you more friends haha yeah right

 

[DReali]

Wow... just reading this gave me the biggest craving

I (ex-smoker), like others have mentioned, can't stand non-smokers that go to bars and complain about smoke....or those who generally look down on smokers: the type of person that moves closer to you while you're having a cig at a bus stop just to look at you reproachfully and give you that fake cough. I've noticed this especially in the states where smokers are generally viewed as positively as lepers who infect healthy bystanders for fun.

We all know that smoking is a choice, albeit a very stupid one, but this gives us no reason to demonise those who do it...unless they are in fact undermining the health of those aorund them. The lady that walks up to me and coughs should just keep her distance...and if shes really concerned about the air shes breathing she should go cough at the city council. I'm sure a day in L.A. is worse for your lungs than some second-hand.

Those who smoke are fully aware of the risks they incur on themselves and an inability to quit is just a lack of will or character. However, the same applies to obese people and alcholics who are generally seen with more compasion by the public. This is because even though alcoholics and obese people "suffer" from the same disfunction (addiction) as smokers these two conditions are modernly considered "diseases". If the cure is to stop eating fast food or to put the bottle down it shouldn't be called a disease, even if genetic predispositions are likely to aid the development of these conditions.

Smokers continue smoking because, whether or not you believe it, they enjoy it and therefore they see something positive in it.
Not only have I made friends thanks to smoking but "have you got a spare smoke?" or "do you have a light?" are great ways to approach those of the opposite sex

 

[lostprophet]

hahaha stupid idiot going to the shops for cigarettes makes you more friends haha yeah right

and it took you 3 and a half years to come up with that did it?
whats with bumping of all these 3 year old threads?

 

[monkeykoder]

ZOMBIE THREAD!!!

 

[Jaszek]

Ok, I stareted this thread so I feel responsible for adding my own opinion.

1. In PL the cost of a pach is about $1.5 US only.
2. I smoke only 3-4 cigarettes a day, and as I said earlier I can give it up any day. I don't see problems in "not smoking". Today I want to smoke - ok I smoke, the other day I just don't want to, so I don't - this is a strange kind of addiction.

Hey I just noticed Mentos is from Poland too lol...i'm not the only one. Which ones do you smoke? When I'm in Poland it's L&M for be. Best cigs ever ....yes I am 17 lol

 

[AlexColeman]

Personally I can't stand smoking. As it is now, I work in a very small office with a 70 year old man that smokes cigar after cigar. I am SO sick of breathing that crap in, and sick of my clothes smelling like it. I was so happy to move out of my parents house cuz I got away from that, and now it's like it's even worse than it was then!!!

Give him a practical joke exploding cigar!