Smoking

**Changrules** · 08-04-2008, 12:55 AM

What is your favorite brand... Are you a smoker or are you a social smoker or are you a non smoker share your thoughts here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**winterborn86** · 08-04-2008, 01:24 AM

I haven't smoked for 5 years now, but when i did, i was a social smoker always in the pub with a cigarette in one hand and and a glass of whisky in the other lol.

I was only smoking for about a year but i had to stop cos smoking made me feel sick all the time, as for the brands i just smoked what i could get, i didn't have ID back then so i gave money to other people to get cigarettes for me, and just had whatever they came back with.

**Jesus Christ** · 08-04-2008, 01:29 AM

I've been smoking since I was 16. Pretty heavily.

Favorite brand is Players, or the illegal smokes you get off the native reserves in bags of 200 for $25 bucks if you know the right people.

**Violet** · 08-04-2008, 04:02 AM

I'm against smoking. If someone wants to smoke, fine, but I'd prefer not around me as I'd be second-hand smoking. If any of my friends or people I loved and cared about smoked, I'd try to get them off it as well. See, it's not an urban myth that you can die from Cancer if you smoke. It's happened, and it's happened a lot. Some may be immune to that, but not everyone is that lucky.. you can get it in the later years of your life if you haven't gotten it yet.

**chocozilla** · 08-04-2008, 04:46 AM

I dont smoke and never will if I can help it

My mum used to smoke and so did my older sister, but they both quit ages ago. My dad still smokes, but he's trying to give up too, so Ive been encouraged not to start for my whole life XD

**Chez Daja** · 08-04-2008, 07:59 AM

My dad smokes and the smell of it makes me utterly sick. Not only that, but female smokers look even tackier than male smokers do, and I don't really want to embarrass myself like that... I'd be ashamed to see people I know smoking and would probably pretend not to know them until they chucked that cancerstick away.
Call it childish, but I don't need anymore health difficulties.

The smell and second hand smoking is disgusting, and death via smoking runs down both sides of my family. (Mothers' mum, fathers' brother, fathers' sister is currently dying due to smoking.)

**Unknown Entity** · 08-04-2008, 09:10 AM

I can't stand smoking. Lots of people at school used to smoke around the back of the PE block at break and lunch, and they'd always stink of it. No matter how much perfume or gum they chewed would stop them from stinking like fags. I don't know what brand they smoked, but it stunck worse than most brands too. My friend has a few a day - maybe one or two. But its still very bad for you, no matter how much you smoke.

My mum and step-dad both smoke. Its... sad that they need to smoke to be relaxed, or in a sociable mood. Yeah, your relaxed and sociable, but is it worth it if you know its going to kill you? Ha, my mum smokes and really shouts at me if I only joke about the idea of me smoking. I don't get it: if its THAT bad, then why do you do it in the first place?

My mums friends mum smokes more than a few packets a day, and... Well. She just looks so tiny, and ill. Smoking has pretty much taken her already - shes been in and out more times than I've had hot dinners in the last few years. She says she doesn't care, which to me is a little selfish - think of all the people you are going to leave and upset. No one wants to die by that kind of choice.

**Meier Link** · 08-04-2008, 10:13 AM

Yes I smoke and I smoke way more then I should. Right now I have cut back to 3/4 of a pack a day. Heck its better then the pack and a half I was smoking a few months ago and the 2 packs a year ago. So yes I want to say "I am a social smoker" but there I do not fit. So in turn to your second question (actually your first) Malboro Red 100s, the ultimant cowboy killer...

**Cearo** · 08-04-2008, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Meier Link

Yes I smoke and I smoke way more then I should. Right now I have cut back to 3/4 of a pack a day. Heck its better then the pack and a half I was smoking a few months ago and the 2 packs a year ago. So yes I want to say "I am a social smoker" but there I do not fit. So in turn to your second question (actually your first) Malboro Red 100s, the ultimant cowboy killer...

Ahhhh..... a guy after my own heart... or should a say with the same lungs as me? Either way, Yes, I smoke, bout half to 3/4 a pack a day, sometimes less, sometimes more... depends on if I'm drunk or in the process of getting there.... Marlboro 100's baby... that's flavor country... and coincidentally, my arch-nemisis in the FF realms.... damn over grown plants with bad breath...

**Sinister** · 08-04-2008, 11:58 AM

I quit smoking about two months ago. But see, saying something like that poses a problem... Saying I've quit implies that I will not smoke in the future. I generally smoke perhaps a pack of cigarettes once a year. I tend to quit for large periods of time until I feel compelled, either by a fit of ill humor or by fancy, to buy a packet and enjoy.

Smoking is something that should be practiced lightly if at all. For people who inhale those noxious fumes day in and day out for as long as a year, are cutting their lives down by pieces.

BUT, I do LOVE a tin of Latakia Turkish Rollcake tobacco with a little hint of Perique stuffed into pipe and smoked. A cigar once every two or three years isn't bad. But the bread and butter of this bad habit of mine is just a pack of Djarum Blacks. Light them in frustrating or trying times and they breeze you right through with a nice spicy taste that doesn't smell like a Men's bathroom.

-Sin

**Sinister** · 04-09-2009, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by Sinister

I quit smoking about two months ago. But see, saying something like that poses a problem... Saying I've quit implies that I will not smoke in the future. I generally smoke perhaps a pack of cigarettes once a year. I tend to quit for large periods of time until I feel compelled, either by a fit of ill humor or by fancy, to buy a packet and enjoy.

Smoking is something that should be practiced lightly if at all. For people who inhale those noxious fumes day in and day out for as long as a year, are cutting their lives down by pieces.

BUT, I do LOVE a tin of Latakia Turkish Rollcake tobacco with a little hint of Perique stuffed into pipe and smoked. A cigar once every two or three years isn't bad. But the bread and butter of this bad habit of mine is just a pack of Djarum Blacks. Light them in frustrating or trying times and they breeze you right through with a nice spicy taste that doesn't smell like a Men's bathroom.

-Sin

Went back to smoking Djarum Blacks...A pack of Pall Mall. And a half pouch of Latakia Shag with a dash of perique. Plus one cigar. That's it for me for at least a year if not three or four.

I really don't like smoking, it just seems that I get worked into it for some reason.

-Sin

**Sarah** · 04-11-2009, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Sinister

.... I tend to quit for large periods of time until I feel compelled, either by a fit of ill humor or by fancy, to buy a packet and enjoy.

Smoking is something that should be practiced lightly if at all .....

..... A cigar once every two or three years isn't bad. But the bread and butter of this bad habit of mine is just a pack of Djarum Blacks. ...

-Sin

You sound a bit like me. I was never addicted to them either and had them very sparingly. A pack would last me several weeks to months. Djarum Blacks are my weakness. I just love the smell and taste of clove. You know, chai tea is heavy in cloves. Good for when you crave that taste but don't want to start wheezing.

It's been almost a year since I smoked any cigs. Last time I did, I had some Newports and my gums swelled up in response. It was not fun. If I do smoke again, I'm sticking to the Djarum Blacks. I'm sure I'll find them somewhere around here.

I think smoking has appealed to me because I have this bizarre oral fixation. When I was a kid, I used to suck my thumb. Then I chewed on pens and pencils. Then I chewed on my mouth. Then I was introduced to pot, but most of the time, I would just let the pipe sit on my lips. I was never a fan of the way cigarettes smelled until I tried Djarum Blacks. Did that for a bit, and now I am back to chewing on my mouth/lips.

Interesting... Before I stopped here I just read an article and watched a video on electronic cigarettes. It was kinda cool. It uses water vapor rather than smoke.

**Sinister** · 05-19-2009, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by Sarah

You sound a bit like me. I was never addicted to them either and had them very sparingly. A pack would last me several weeks to months. Djarum Blacks are my weakness. I just love the smell and taste of clove. You know, chai tea is heavy in cloves. Good for when you crave that taste but don't want to start wheezing.

It's been almost a year since I smoked any cigs. Last time I did, I had some Newports and my gums swelled up in response. It was not fun. If I do smoke again, I'm sticking to the Djarum Blacks. I'm sure I'll find them somewhere around here.

I think smoking has appealed to me because I have this bizarre oral fixation. When I was a kid, I used to suck my thumb. Then I chewed on pens and pencils. Then I chewed on my mouth. Then I was introduced to pot, but most of the time, I would just let the pipe sit on my lips. I was never a fan of the way cigarettes smelled until I tried Djarum Blacks. Did that for a bit, and now I am back to chewing on my mouth/lips.

Interesting... Before I stopped here I just read an article and watched a video on electronic cigarettes. It was kinda cool. It uses water vapor rather than smoke.

I've seen those electronic cigarettes and have always been interested to see/try them. But I doubt they would taste as enjoyable as Djarum Blacks. Cloves are heads above regular cigarettes and common joe coffin-nails. The smell, particularly. I never have enjoyed the smell that cigarette's leave on you. And Blacks taste cleaner in some respect, not to say that they are.

I imagine I have the same oral fixation as I have to be constantly occupying my fingers and mouth. Cloves accomplish both with a nice spicy taste. But I never was big on the physiological or so called "Calming" properties of nicotine and quite often never inhaled as smokers do.

-Sin

**Calvan** · 08-04-2008, 10:22 AM

Well. I quit smoking at the start of this year and have been tobacco free for 7 months now.

But back when i did i used to chain smoke Marlboros(Yay cowboy killers!). Smooth shorts and Red 100s. usually back to back or a the same time.

(I feel healthier since i quit.

)

**Fate** · 08-04-2008, 10:57 AM

I'm still young, but I will never smoke. Not only is it bad for you, but the smell is just horrible! Thankfully, no one in my family smokes because they're all against it. I don't know how people can put up with that awful smell! When someone around me smokes, I get far away as possible!

**Chez Daja** · 08-04-2008, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Thief

I'm still young, but I will never smoke. Not only is it bad for you, but the smell is just horrible! Thankfully, no one in my family smokes because they're all against it. I don't know how people can put up with that awful smell! When someone around me smokes, I get far away as possible!

Yeah, my mum banned my dad from smoking in the house, which I'm grateful for! He smokes about tweleve a day and he always stinks! Not only that, but his teeth were brown from tar and long-term alcohol use. After he gave up alcohol, he's taken more care of his teeth, but he still needs them bleached if he wants to get rid of the yellow/browny tar crap jammed up them. Yuuuck!

Smoking is banned in a lot of places here, thankfully.

**Calvan** · 08-04-2008, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Thief

I'm still young, but I will never smoke. Not only is it bad for you, but the smell is just horrible! Thankfully, no one in my family smokes because they're all against it. I don't know how people can put up with that awful smell! When someone around me smokes, I get far away as possible!

I never noticed said smell till after i quit. I agree. And you can smell it from the other end of the house.

Oh yes i forgot to mention my current brand is mary jaynes. They make you float. ;3

**Cearo** · 08-04-2008, 12:04 PM

The things you notice without the scent present eh? Kinda understand, we don't smoke in the house anymore, but my grandmother occasionally walks through with one, and it does kinda reek...

**Pete** · 08-04-2008, 01:24 PM

I don't touch cigarettes. Not a fan of the smell at all. Plus, with the whole inhaling deal, not so much my thing.

Cigars on the other hand; I'm a big fan of cigars, especially after a fine night of drinking. We usually go cheap and get Phillies or some Black n Mild's. We'll light em up and walk around Central Park South, by the Plaza Hotel, looking like assholes. It's good fun.

One other thing that's just great is hookah/ shisha. It's flavored tobacco smoked through a filtered water pipe. It's delicious, but probably worse for you than cigarettes, tobacco-wise. However, compared to cigs, you're getting only flavor- cured tobacco and no rat poison or arsenic or whatever's in cigs. It's incredibly relaxing and gives you a little headrush, which is pretty nice once in a blue moon.

**Polk** · 08-04-2008, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Pete

I don't touch cigarettes. Not a fan of the smell at all. Plus, with the whole inhaling deal, not so much my thing.

Cigars on the other hand; I'm a big fan of cigars, especially after a fine night of drinking. We usually go cheap and get Phillies or some Black n Mild's. We'll light em up and walk around Central Park South, by the Plaza Hotel, looking like assholes. It's good fun.

One other thing that's just great is hookah/ shisha. It's flavored tobacco smoked through a filtered water pipe. It's delicious, but probably worse for you than cigarettes, tobacco-wise. However, compared to cigs, you're getting only flavor- cured tobacco and no rat poison or arsenic or whatever's in cigs. It's incredibly relaxing and gives you a little headrush, which is pretty nice once in a blue moon.

Have you tried the Black n Mild Creams? I swear to god, like smoking a pint of half and half. Which is nicer than it sounds. And hookahs are great. The only time I've ever been to a hookah bar though (there's one right by my school), we got this strawberry stuff, and for some reason it messed me up pretty bad. I felt pretty shitty for the rest of the night and basically passed out in my bed when I got home. I enjoyed it while it was happening though.

But back to cigarettes. I don't smoke. I enjoy the occasional cigar, though. I also have a corn cob pipe that I bought at a Pharmacy a while back. I bought it then so I could chew on it and say classy things like "Indubitably". Then a couple of friends and I decided to have a pipe night, where we just sit around and be super classy. Maybe poker. Maybe Spongebob. It depends on where the wind takes us. Aw yeahz.

**WTFspin** · 08-04-2008, 01:48 PM

Unfortunately.
I'm a chain smoker.
I only smoke Kool XL Milds.
I've been smoking for about 3 years now.
And I've tried to quit multiple times.
Never seems to work.
>.>
But I've come to realize that I was only trying to quit because other people wanted me to.
But smoking is something that I wanna do.
It passes the time.
And gives me something to do when I'm bored.

**Changrules** · 08-04-2008, 02:37 PM

right o my friend...Right o

I smoke not alot but not a little i like lucky strike unfiltered or camel unfiltered that gets my gears going..

Take a break from work.. smoke...

Beat a part in a game or keep on dying what do ya do...smoke...
Drink all night and smoke some herb what do you do after that...smoke...

Its a great way to pass the time like my friend above me says and i don't mind it much.. I like the smell... man i wish i could smoke in resturants... Damn hippy Arcata...CA

MMMM nevada is nice smoking sections...man i would love to blow smoke into some poor saps face while he's eating I would say SUCKKAAAA!!!

**Omega Weapon** · 08-04-2008, 03:10 PM

I have nothing against smokers but I always hated being around cigarette smoke as a child so I am one of those who don't smoke and always will be. Can someone please tell me how does smoking will benefit me? Ruin my health? Have bad breath? Burn my lungs? Cancer? No thanks! I want to live a long and healthy life.

Originally Posted by Changrules

Its a great way to pass the time like my friend above me says and i don't mind it much.. I like the smell... man i wish i could smoke in resturants... Damn hippy Arcata...CA

Haha, and a great way to kill yourself slowly!

EDIT:
V @Changrules: Will you please shut up and get a life, already?

EDIT 2:
V @Jesus Christ: Who the **** cares if you believe me or not? You think I am lying? Fine, I am ok with that, Now beat it.

**Changrules** · 08-04-2008, 03:13 PM

Atleast i will die doing something i enjoy right??

I'm not shoving fags in your face right???

haha I thought so you chocobo brush

**Jesus Christ** · 08-04-2008, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Demon Hunter

V @Changrules: Will you please shut up and get a life, already?

Sounds like you do have a problem with smokers. Liar.

**RamesesII** · 03-27-2009, 03:45 PM

Although my parents were big smokers most of my life i have never been addicted to smoking, i have tried it but didn't see the need in it although the odd cigar back in the days didn't hurt lol.

**Fate** · 08-04-2008, 05:55 PM

Well, most people are against smoking after all. It's bad for your health and bad for the people who are around you. What about you, JC?

**Jesus Christ** · 08-04-2008, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Thief

Well, most people are against smoking after all. It's bad for your health and bad for the people who are around you. What about you, JC?

I already posted in this thread. Like, the second or third post. So go read it if you want to know.

I just found it funny how people go "Oh, I don't really have a problem with smokers themselves" when that's exactly what they have a problem with. I could care less if they do, but come on, at least ****ing admit it without trying to be all "progressive" and accepting through lying about it.

**Cearo** · 08-04-2008, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Jesus Christ

I already posted in this thread. Like, the second or third post. So go read it if you want to know.

I just found it funny how people go "Oh, I don't really have a problem with smokers themselves" when that's exactly what they have a problem with. I could care less if they do, but come on, at least ****ing admit it without trying to be all "progressive" and accepting through lying about it.

Nobody should ever have to lie to seem cool, but it happens, and alot... what can be said. You gotta get over it and realize that as long as there is free will, people will be "progressive" and act as such.