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No, I care about my body, mind, and life.

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Who needs drugs when you're insane?;) But with all seriousness, no I don't smoke anything.

No. Never have, never will. I'm a singer; for me to smoke would be beyond stupid.

I sure don't!

I've got my share of secondhand smoke, and it's not a god damned myth.

Does anyone here smoke? If you do smoke, what do you smoke?

I smoke a pipe, a cigar about once a month, and about a pack of cigarettes a week (Camel Turkish Royals and Maralbro Virginia Blends). However, Im currently quiting the cigarettes because theyre too expensive (yes, Im really quiting, I refuse to be one of those people who says they are and than doesnt).

No, but for some reason, people always think I'm smokin'.

The occasional high end cigar.

Occasional meaning once or twice a year.

i smoke weed , it's like a medication not a recreational thing

Does anyone here smoke? If you do smoke, what do you smoke?

Do I smoke? Only when I'm on fire. :eek:

BTW, I voted all the poll options, just to skew the poll results. :D

No one's checked crack yet even in jest. Im disappointed.

I smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes, weed, and salvia.

I smoke about twenty cigarettes a day, maybe one cigar, I only smoke a pipe during sunset or when I want to think about something for a while. I love smoking weed and salvia, but ever since I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar I'm afraid I can't.

There's nothing wrong with smoking, provide you respect others if they do not wish for you to smoke around them. That being said, in canada and especially alberta the laws they are making regarding those who smoke are discriminatory. Just make them illegal already. But they can't do that, because they have to respect peoples rights to do it. It's ridiculous. You should be able to smoke in a bar, because the reason you're there is to drink a damn poison. Businesses should be able to have sealed smoking and nonsmoking sections. If there was a valid reason to not have a second dining area, with a door and an extra ventilation system so that people don't have to breath your smoke, then please tell me. Oh, and the amount of pollution from cars is far worse for your health than the second hand smoke from cigarettes, you can just look down on people who smoke and take away their cigarettes because only a percentage of the population smokes, whereas everyone drives a car. Bloody hypocrites.

"Things I learned in college" trivia time:

Did you know that when somebody asks "Do you smoke?" you can almost always tell whether they're talking about marijuana or regular cigarettes just by the way they articulate the question? An overly subtle tone, or an emphasis on the articulation of the word "smoke" usually indicates that the speaker is referring to reefer!

Weed. Purely recreational. I don't do it too often, so it really shouldn't affect me until I acquire decent health insurance anyway.

No, I care about my body, mind, and life.

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I love that anti-smoking statement.


I smoke because I am filled with self loathing;)

I smoke Pall Mall non-filter.

Oh, and the amount of pollution from cars is far worse for your health than the second hand smoke from cigarettes, you can just look down on people who smoke and take away their cigarettes because only a percentage of the population smokes, whereas everyone drives a car. Bloody hypocrites.It's a matter of convenience. In most cases driving a car is more economical than cleaner modes of transportation because it saves time. Driving a car is also safer than riding a bike in a city that is not very well designed for bikes. Smoking is expensive and dangerous.

Maybe it's irrational of me to be resentful of all cigarettes because a few smokers annoy me, but I kind of am. I see smokers in the stairway all the time and they also like to stand around doors. There's a campus rule against smoking in places everyone has to walk by, but smokers seem to deliberately choose to smoke in those places and the security never enforces any rules.

The only thing that fills these lungs is sweet, glorious freedom.

The only thing that fills these lungs is sweet, glorious freedom.



So cheesey. Oh so cheesey.

There are cooler ways to die than smoking.

Bungee jumping, snowboarding down Mt. Everest, swallow a sword without any prior experience, find a really big muscular guy and challenge him to a duel, old age, death by shotgun, etc.

No, I don't out of personal preference and the fact that I believe it is detrimental to peoples health. I believe people would be better off if they didn't smoke.

And yet, I am vehemently opposed to smoking bans. People have the right to damage their own bodies.

There are cooler ways to die than smoking.

Bungee jumping, snowboarding down Mr. Everest, swallow a sword without any prior experience, find a really big muscular guy and challenge him to a duel, old age, death by shotgun, etc.

Who is Mr. Everest, and how did you convince him to let you snowboard down him?

smoking to me is financlly unsound.

You wanna buy some death sticks?

You wanna buy some death sticks?

[waves hand] u dont want to sell me death sticks

u dont want to sell me death sticks
"I don't want to sell you deathsticks."
(You) "You want to go home and rethink your life"
"I want to go home and rethink my life."
And thats how I became a Libertarian!:p

Yes. I smoke cigarettes (4-8 a day on average), a cigar about 2-3 times a year, and my pipe a couple times a month.

I usually smoke Marlboro Reds, Pall Mall Reds (I love the Ukrainian pall malls!), or L&M Reds.

I smoke weed, but I don’t buy it.;)
Bad form Peter, bad form...

smoking to me is financlly unsound.

Pfft, what else are you going to spend the money on? An extra few double cheeseburger's at McDonald's, fatty? ;)

smoking to me is financlly unsound.

I smoke weed, but I don't buy it.;)

No, I'm a non-smoker. There are cooler ways to die, in my opinion.
I find chewing tobacco more disgusting than smoking. Actually, they're both disgusting, but chewing tobacco is somehow so much worse ...

There are cooler ways to die, in my opinion.
Sure, but heroin is harder to source.

Sure, but heroin is harder to source.

Good point. :cool:

Sure, but heroin is harder to source.

I already know how I'm going to die.

Godsmack (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Godsmack&defid=1031207)

I saw a report from Philip Morris that showed they were saving the Czech Republic money by selling tobacco. I want to save my government money, too, which is why I smoke. (I'm still not exactly sure how it works, though.)

I already know how I’m going to die.

Godsmack (“http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Godsmack&defid=1031207”)
Why not try the new legal drug from the Czech Republic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0GxUxKZdHk).

I smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes, weed, and salvia.

Anyone else misread that as "saliva" on first glance? :p

Anyone else misread that as "saliva" on first glance? :p

no i understood. watabemas.

Refraining from smoking is essential to purity. Those who smoke pollute the mind and soul.

Why not try the new legal drug from the Czech Republic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0GxUxKZdHk).

I wanna try Jenkem. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkem)

Refraining from smoking is essential to purity. Those who smoke pollute the mind and soul.


According to you I already do that because I have sex. According to the Christians taht inhabit every cornor of where I live I do that because I have been having premarital sex since I was a teenager.


So, if I already pollute the mind and soul, why should I care if I smoke, eh?

Pfft, what else are you going to spend the money on? An extra few double cheeseburger's at McDonald's, fatty? ;)

On yo mama, which is what I smoke.

In all seriousness, I don't smoke anything. I do vocals for my band in a style that would tear my throat to shreds if I did. Besides, I can spend the money on music stuff and bills and crap instead of something useless that kills me.

According to you I already do that because I have sex. According to the Christians taht inhabit every cornor of where I live I do that because I have been having premarital sex since I was a teenager.


So, if I already pollute the mind and soul, why should I care if I smoke, eh?

Amen brother. :D

I am filled with self loathing;)
Don't be so selfish! There's loads of random, anonymous internet posters that would probably dig takin' a few smacks at your esteem :p

Cigars once in a while if I am in the mood.

American Spirit cigarettes, if I am on vacation or driving long distance. I have managed to cut down a lot. I could not completely quit though.

Forget the mind and soul. Smoking fills your lungs with tar. Why not just take a nicotine patch? Same drug, no asthma.

Having apnea, i like as much sleep as i can get ... as long as it's not interfering with my internet time.
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I don't smoke; I have better things to do with my money. Besides, cigarette smoke really irritates my throat.

I don't smoke. I have more interesting ways of shortening my lifespan; like my children. :D

I have helped a number of friends quit smoking. If I see one smoking, I assume he is on fire and beat him out with a rug. I'm way more effective than hypnosis or gum. :D

I assume he is on fire and beat him out with a rug.Like Ruffy's wig?
http://www.passionateamerica.com/pictures/Giuliani_Drag.jpg
I'm way more effective than hypnosis or gum. :D
When this post is "creatively edited", there's an awful lot of possible correlations to this statement. :p

Like Ruffy's wig?
http://www.passionateamerica.com/pictures/Giuliani_Drag.jpg

Ruffy Giuliani?!? :eek:

Ruffy Giuliani?!? :eek:

Erm, maybe not that one.
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No smoking for me~ I have enough trouble keeping my breath in kendo. No need to make that even worse. Though... everyone but my brother smokes in my family and the smell gets into my clothes, so everyone thinks I smoke v.v

Yep. I smoke cigarettes.

Not a fan of weed however. I'd rather spend the money on coke to be honest.

only if i'm on fire. i smoked a little 'erb' back in the 70s: and yes, i inhailed, but none of that ever became a way of life for me. i mean the layed back and creative trip yes, but not the recreational consumption of neurotropic substances bit.

ghah, i'm glad i never got hooked on subsidising the tobacco industry and what THEY subsidize.

the one thing i've always 'rebelled' against, perhapse ironicly, is peer pressure itself. which is why i never got hooked on tobacco when everyone else was doing so.

i explored some of the other substances when i was curious about them, but when i found they did nothing to gratify what intrests me, i couldn't see the point.

=^^=
.../\...

Never touched a cigarette in my life.

I don't. There's nothing cool, mature, or sexy about doing it. It not only slowly kills you, it makes you unsexy. Only a smoker would like kissing a fellow smoker because of the ashtray aftertaste.

If I need to calm down, I either listen to music (Led Zeppelin or early Metallica), do some Bhuddist breathing (where your belly swells when you inhale), or play some video games, preferably classic Nintendo games on my NES and SNES. I don't need poisons to calm me down.

Plus, it really ages you. I have two grandmothers less than five years apart and the one that used to smoke looks at least twenty years older than the one who never smoked.

If I need to calm down, I either listen to music (Led Zeppelin or early Metallica), do some Bhuddist breathing (where your belly swells when you inhale), or play some video games, preferably classic Nintendo games on my NES and SNES. I don't need poisons to calm me down.

Old school FTW! :D

I don't. There's nothing cool, mature, or sexy about doing it. It not only slowly kills you, it makes you unsexy. Only a smoker would like kissing a fellow smoker because of the ashtray aftertaste.

If I need to calm down, I either listen to music (Led Zeppelin or early Metallica), do some Bhuddist breathing (where your belly swells when you inhale), or play some video games, preferably classic Nintendo games on my NES and SNES. I don't need poisons to calm me down.

Plus, it really ages you. I have two grandmothers less than five years apart and the one that used to smoke looks at least twenty years older than the one who never smoked.

Well you sound fun. Shall I play SuperMario or do some Buddhist breathing today? Gosh, choices choices...

Haven't smoked tobacco for three years, weed for about ten years, and smack for about twenty.

Does anyone here smoke? If you do smoke, what do you smoke?

I smoke a pipe, a cigar about once a month, and about a pack of cigarettes a week (Camel Turkish Royals and Maralbro Virginia Blends). However, Im currently quiting the cigarettes because theyre too expensive (yes, Im really quiting, I refuse to be one of those people who says they are and than doesnt).
I'm a social smoker. For whatever reason, smoking never hooked me. I enjoy a cig when I'm out at the pub, and I generally will join smokers if they take one of their smoke breaks, but I've never felt the desire to routinely smoke on my own.

In college, smoking was great for socializing. I usually carried a pack of cigarettes for the specific purpose of giving them out to people. Whenever I was early for class (or so late as to decide not to bother) I could light up and loiter around and not look out of place. Other smokers would frequently engage in conversation with me. It was a nice way to meet people, and giving a fella a smoke is a nice way to start off a conversation on a friendly note.

Himself smoked hard core for about 5 years or so. He started while in high school, quit during our senior year of college. He was genuinely hooked and quitting sucked. He was a royal pain to be around. But he kicked the habit. Good for him.

Nope, never smoked and refuse all other forms of it if offered to me.
I was put off by my dad who smokes, it costs alot of money, stinks, lots of bad things about your health, specifically the breathing is what bothers me, and you put on weight if you try to stop smoking.
Definately a bad idea, pulicised by out of date propaganda, and a laughable desire to be different from other people.

I'm a social smoker. For whatever reason, smoking never hooked me. I enjoy a cig when I'm out at the pub, and I generally will join smokers if they take one of their smoke breaks, but I've never felt the desire to routinely smoke on my own.

In college, smoking was great for socializing. I usually carried a pack of cigarettes for the specific purpose of giving them out to people. Whenever I was early for class (or so late as to decide not to bother) I could light up and loiter around and not look out of place. Other smokers would frequently engage in conversation with me. It was a nice way to meet people, and giving a fella a smoke is a nice way to start off a conversation on a friendly note.

Himself smoked hard core for about 5 years or so. He started while in high school, quit during our senior year of college. He was genuinely hooked and quitting sucked. He was a royal pain to be around. But he kicked the habit. Good for him.

That's exactly the point! There is an important social aspect to smoking that so many people refuse to recognise. It's like going to a furcon, you know everyone there is going to have the same interest as you, so you have no problems stricking up a conversation with anyone as you both already know you have something in common. And for those who say use the nicotine patch, well it's just not the same. I've used patches and inhalers and the gum and I don't get anything out of it. In fact the patches make wherever I put them go completely numb so I can't even use them.

And "smoking to me is financially unsound", it is? I spend about two hundred dollars a month on cigarettes. That works to 2400 a year. I make more than that in a month, I'm literally running out of things to spend my money on. Besides, buying two cups of a coffee a day at 1.50 works out to 60 dollars a month. Maybe there are those of you who buy a chocolate bar every day from a vending machine as a little snack, it all adds up.

And for Dalmatia, who said that chewing tobacco is disgusting, well I tend to agree with you. But really it depends on their personal style of using it. Are they flamboyant? Seeing how far they can spit with it, or are they more subdued and respectful? just carrying around a pop can or some other container. And spitting is typically considered... indecent or rude or antisocial behavior. There are many places in the world where spitting is a crime.

"Refraining from smoking is essential to purity. Those who smoke pollute the mind and soul."

I will only believe you if you choose a life of complete abstinence, and only eat foods that are naturally grown yourself without any chemicals or chemical fertilizers that you didn't make yourself. Also you have to live in a forest so you don't breath as much polluted air. All food you eat can contain no psychotropics, stimulants, or depressants. If you don't do at least those things, than you're a hypocrite who picks and chooses the most conveniant things in life and yet feel haughtily superior over those who have a single habit that you frown upon.

Does anyone here smoke?

Only when I'm on fire :p

I hate it when people around me smoke and I have to suffer from it. I've got nothing against smoking, per se, but I don't like it when I'm involuntarily subjected to smoke.

We don't smoke and we don't chew, and we don't go with girls who do.

Seriously, though, I have much more pleasant ways to kill myself. In college, I ate spicy Buffalo wings every Tuesday night and drank six cans of Pepsi a day. I'm 25 and paying for it now.

So, no smoking here. No drinking, no drugs, and I actually waited until I was married to lose my virginity. But at least I pay no attention to speed limits and crank my music to ear-splitting volumes.

If you smoke, quit (http://www.whyquit.com)

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Mostly social smoking. I'd consider quitting, especially with the 100% smoking ban in bars, but I'm afraid I'd turn into one of those militant ex-smokers that walks up to you with the specific goal of complaining even when they're sitting on the other end of the bar, and even then they don't do it straight to your face but just start fake coughing while standing behind you. Bill Hicks taught me how to deal with those types:p

As for the weed, it's mostly a casual thing. If it wasn't for coffeeshops I doubt I'd be doing it. I don't do it more than once or twice a month anyway.

No, I don't out of personal preference and the fact that I believe it is detrimental to peoples health. I believe people would be better off if they didn't smoke.

And yet, I am vehemently opposed to smoking bans. People have the right to damage their own bodies.
I do smoke, a lot, but I was very much in favour of the smoking ban in this country. People do have the right to damage their own bodies, but that right does not extend to damaging other people.

No, I'm a smokeless fuel.

Yup: Light'em if you have'em!

*blows smoke into thread*

Yes, though I enjoy it less than I used to. I used to be a social smoker, but I've slowly progressed to a full-blown one on around ten per day. It's pretty poo.

Not any more,I used to smoke cigars,but 1.The price has skyrocketed.and 2.My best smoking bud got oral cancer and died.

if you smoke..Quit...it ain't worth it.:(

Nicotine is my anti-depressant. I used to use alcohol, but that was killing me. I think it would shorten my lifespan if I stopped smoking.

I used to smoke cigarettes...now due to the high prices I smioke rolling tobacco...im also partial to the odd cigar :cool:

no. My family's been through all that. I won't put them through it again. It's my Duty.

Yes, I'm a smoker, and I'm proud of it.

Being that I run a health club, it wouldn't look too good if I did smoke. But to each their own.

no because commitment sucks (and this philosophy has proved itself many times)

and I don't smoke pot because being lazy and chilled out isn't something I need any help with :p

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This is what I am currently running through my Peterson's.

And I always make sure I have a tin of this fine blend as a back up:

http://www.cupojoes.com/images/butera/s_penz.jpg

Now, where's the Scotch?

No. I smoked for about a year, but not every day, and then I decided it doesn't do much for me anymore and quit. Plus the effects of smoking were starting to change from a pleasant wooziness to increased pulse and anxiety.
I would definitely like to smoke some weeds, but not during a party or for casual fun. I'd like to try a psychedelic experience in solitude. Or something equally hippie, I don't know.

I have smoked for 30+ years, went to the doctor last week, and am as healthy as I was 30 years ago (minus the typical aging process) No lung problems. Now you can chock that up to good genes or whatever you want, but I personally believe it comes from working hard, and being physically fit.

I have smoked for 30+ years, went to the doctor last week, and am as healthy as I was 30 years ago (minus the typical aging process) No lung problems. Now you can chock that up to good genes or whatever you want, but I personally believe it comes from working hard, and being physically fit.

Hmm. I believe it comes from the cigarettes!

Used to. Quit for nigh on 5 years now, though I'm starting to wonder why.

Still get cravings, too. Figured those would've gone away by now.

I've given up cannabis for good, so I don't smoke anything.

In college, smoking was great for socializing. I usually carried a pack of cigarettes for the specific purpose of giving them out to people. Whenever I was early for class (or so late as to decide not to bother) I could light up and loiter around and not look out of place. Other smokers would frequently engage in conversation with me. It was a nice way to meet people, and giving a fella a smoke is a nice way to start off a conversation on a friendly note.


Thats exactly why I started. Once I graduate Ill probably kick it all together.

My preferred substance is best smoked with a bong... ;)

Occasionally a couple of cigars, maybe once or twice a quarter.

Yup: Light'em if you have'em!

*blows smoke into thread*

*lights a cig*

Cheers!

*lights a cig*

Cheers!
*hands over ashtray*

I just have one cig left in this here pack - and not enough small change to buy more today... :(

Gave up cannabis, but I still smoke cigarettes.

No. Never have, never will. I'm a singer; for me to smoke would be beyond stupid.
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No?

No, I care about my body, mind, and life.

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Stress kills people, cigars relieve stress and save lives.

When you're old enough to buy tobacco, you can make an informed decision about what it means to care about your life instead of just guessing.

I clicked cigarettes in the poll, but I have not smoked since the Wednesday before last (You know, Lent and all). Before then, I did Djarum Blacks (I guess my definition of cigarette is somewhat broad). My goal is to use both the Lent and the incredibly chilly temperatures to get myself off the nicotine.

I still have half a pack lying around, though. It sounds bizarre, but having a few cigarettes at the bottom of a drawer keeps me from smoking, since I can use them as an excuse not to go out and buy a new pack (Which I would almost certainly begin smoking immediately) while simultaneously resolving not to smoke them on the off chance that someone happens to come over and ask for one (Considering how few of my friends smoke, it is very unlikely). Strange, I know, but so far it has been more effective than my resolutions not to restart after finishing a pack. Hopefully, the next time a similar poll comes up, I can confidently click the 'nonsmoker' option.

As with Bottle and Knights of Liberty, it was/is the social thing that attracts me. There are not many other plausible excuses for hanging around outside my apartment building and greeting my neighbours.