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katie.
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To people who consider themselves "smokers" : when did you start, why did you start and could you quit now if you wanted to? To non-smokers : what do you think of smoking and would you ever try?? I have really mixed opinions on the subject but generally I'm a real health freak so it is of no appeal to me.
Apr 19 2011 11:10PM
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.Ian.
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 72
I smoke da ganja but dats it! haha

Smoking cigarettes though to me seems trashy. I've never smoked a cig and don't ever plan too.
Apr 19 2011 11:13PM
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Lucas.B
Posts: 250 - Karma: 523
couldn't of said it better myself
Apr 19 2011 11:16PM
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tronned
Posts: 1098 - Karma: 790
i love tarboxing. i started buy packs of smokes when i was 19. Back when i was 17/18 years old i was heavily into the car tuner scene and smoking is very common in that scene. I smoked cigs when i was in grade 10ish for aftertoke when i still smoked weed. I could quit I think now but have zero desire to quit at this moment. Smoking + drinking = better than any drug. I dont care how anyone thinks about me smoking and if anyone pipes up at me for the "health concern" i snap back almost instantly at them.... Of course i know smoking is bad for health.
Apr 19 2011 11:16PM
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Da_Chronic
Posts: 363 - Karma: 61
skoal snus or pouches ftw
Apr 19 2011 11:18PM
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THATS_STREET
Posts: 2250 - Karma: 33
when i started drinking, i started smoking when i was drunk. eventually it just turned into a habit and i havent stopped.

if i put effort i know i could quit. but really i dont give a fuck and will continue to smoke. its part of my daily rountine now and i dont see that changing.

one thing i hate about smokers/smoking is smoking indoors. never do that shit. go outside.
Apr 19 2011 11:25PM
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JIBpsy^^
Posts: 2851 - Karma: 36
I smoke the occasional bowl but thats it cigs dont seem worth dieing young for
Apr 19 2011 11:26PM
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Travapple.
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hi kelizabeth.
Apr 19 2011 11:27PM
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VT_scratch
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ya same here. then the other day I smoked a cig and I almost enjoyed it... then for the next couple nights i was rollin up my own with some drum. but I stopped and probably won't be gettin back to that any time soon, tobacco is wacko
Apr 19 2011 11:27PM
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.AR6rider.
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Ugh I fucking hate smoking/smoke. I can't stand to be near someone who is smoking or who has just smoked. The smell is awful and it gets on everything.
Apr 19 2011 11:27PM
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DirtYStylE
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siged
Apr 19 2011 11:28PM
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katie.
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 874
hello travapple.
Apr 19 2011 11:29PM
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ImNotARacist
Posts: 5136 - Karma: -1,030
Ganja!


Smoking cigarettes is one of the stupidest things anyone can start doing.
Apr 19 2011 11:30PM
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Travapple.
Posts: 6787 - Karma: 88
i dont smoke cigs. grooosss. The occasional cigar is nice however.


and ganj of course
Apr 19 2011 11:32PM
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Abc567def
Posts: 8756 - Karma: 801
I only smoke when I'm absolutely wasted downtown clubbing. I've never bought cigs for myself though.

I instantly regret it when i wake up in the morning and it feels like a gave a blowjob to a broken bottle
Apr 19 2011 11:32PM
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skithesprings
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i think smoking is disgusting, but theres a kid on my floor who rolls his own with some stokkebye shag and when i get all drunk off my ass its kind of hard to turn one down. on the other hand, never bought a pack, never smoked a manufactured cigarette, and i can proudly say i have smoked far far many more special blunts than cigs.

so no, i don't smoke cigs. i have tried them and i can definitely see their appeal especially when drinking, but it's not for me. plus making out with a girl that smokes is a bit weird to say the least.
Apr 19 2011 11:33PM
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katie.
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 874
I know a bunch of people for whom it was a "cool" thing, then it turned into a social thing, then a "mehh, il have one" to a real addiction. Now I don't know what it feels like to crave something, all I can say is unless you're absolutely meaning to, why would anyone let a habit get that far? Another question : would you ever try to convince someone to stop? Or is that (in your opinion) their choice.
Apr 19 2011 11:33PM
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B-WASS
Posts: 805 - Karma: 285
this.

and getting crunk is fucking amazing
Apr 19 2011 11:33PM
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almajoy
Posts: 36 - Karma: 18
indeed. cigs kill you for absolutely nothing. never have... and never will.
Apr 19 2011 11:33PM
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ImNotARacist
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I would try and convince my friends to stop, you would be a bad friend not to.
Apr 19 2011 11:34PM
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.jersey
Posts: 1925 - Karma: 9
I dont currently smoke weed because i get tested for that but i do smoke cigs. I started when i was 16 at work and have been on and off since. Im 18 now. Im not a heavy smoker, like one and a half to two packs a week. Nothing is more relaxing than a nice cig after a hard days work.

I also rarely drink so its a bit of an outlet for me. Whats it matter though, everything is gonna kill you, its just a race to the finish.
Apr 19 2011 11:35PM
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geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
i smoke when i have a glow on. been doing it that way for several years. haven't smoked a single cig sober.
Apr 19 2011 11:35PM
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Fluttershy
Posts: 586 - Karma: 763
i only smoke weed, started when i was 13 just cus i wanted to do it. i can stop anytime i want, i just got off a 5 month sober period. ive only smoked like 2 cigs tho, the're a stupid idea
Apr 19 2011 11:35PM
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katie.
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 874
can't get through. All I get is "it's harder than it seems"
Apr 19 2011 11:36PM
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THATS_STREET
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this is how i feel. life is too short to worry about when/how your gonna die.
Apr 19 2011 11:37PM
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zagfan5
Posts: 2608 - Karma: 144
green daily. used to smoke cloves daily, but not anymore. jus the lovely herb.
Apr 19 2011 11:37PM
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.travis.
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I bought my first pack when I was 16, I'm 22 now. pretty much the whole time I've just smoked occasionally. I would smoke one on the way home from work and stuff like that. And I could never smoke in the summer when it's really hot. A pack will last me a week easy. I would be fine never smoking one again if I had to. Now, I pretty much only smoke when I'm stressed or when I'm drunk.

It's a filthy habit to pick up and I highly suggest to everyone not to try it. Although, I will confess that when I see a hot girl smoking I get really turned on. I think it has something to do with the fact that my first gf smoked. Maybe?
Apr 19 2011 11:37PM
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dmc12380
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I started with chew and a few years later decided i needed to quit, during this whole time ive smoked cigs when drunk, but when I quit chew i went full time into cigs. This lasted about 4 months until my chest had pains probably from asthma or something, so i quit smoking cigs and couldnt resist and went back to chew. Chewed for another year until I have finally decided i need to quit for good and that was in January, and im almost 4 months strong, but i do still smoke cigs when im drunk time to time, but i never buy them, only bum em
Apr 19 2011 11:38PM
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.jersey
Posts: 1925 - Karma: 9
Pretty much. Hell, i could fall off the couch right now and break my neck and die.

Anyways, I do plan on quiting soon as soon as the current stress in my life is done.
Apr 19 2011 11:38PM
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ImNotARacist
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It really is harder than it seems but really if they wanted to at all they would
Apr 19 2011 11:40PM
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THATS_STREET
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thats BS. if someone wants to quit they can. its all about if they want to or not.
Apr 19 2011 11:40PM
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Bob_Loblaw
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As an ex-smoker who wanted to quit for a long time, I would absolutely stop hanging out with you if you nagged me on my smoking. It's ridiculously obnoxious. Smokers know exactly what they're doing.

It's like getting nagged by a vegetarian every time you eat meat.
Apr 19 2011 11:43PM
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katie.
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 874
I guess it's a point for a bunch of them where it doesn't seem like a problem ; it's a high school thing and they're gonna stop. Call me obsessive or overprotective, but that sounds to me like they're just gonna make it harder on themselves later on. I know I don't have control over anyone but myself but I wish people looked a bit more long term than the end of the week. /rant
Apr 19 2011 11:45PM
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katie.
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And this is a really insightful, useful piece of advice. Thanks
Apr 19 2011 11:46PM
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Potatoes
Posts: 1131 - Karma: 14
crisp nugs cuz i wanna, started cause of peer pressure, thanked everybody later.

also heavy experimentation with nasal snuff and grizzly long cut straight up natural shit. get at me
Apr 19 2011 11:46PM
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Kratotalaga
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i wanted to die but now im addicted no jk
Apr 19 2011 11:47PM
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ImNotARacist
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Who said anything about nagging?

And no offense but there's nothing you could tell me about smokers that I don't already know.
Apr 19 2011 11:48PM
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Shark.
Posts: 3158 - Karma: 270
i started smoking more consistantly this september, mostly when Im drunk. Ive slowed down a bit now, partly because I dont drink as much as first and 2nd quarter of school, but ill have an occasional sober cig to "take a break". I know though at the same time that if i wanted to quit i could easily, and am in no sense addicted.
Apr 19 2011 11:51PM
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--ski--
Posts: 1670 - Karma: 817
I started cause my whole family does, So I've smoked for 10+ years now. To be honest I enjoy smoking and find the smoke it's self soothing. I could probably quit now, I can for a week without a smoke easy as, but frankly I don't want to. I will one day though.
Apr 19 2011 11:52PM
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HomieJon
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This thread has futhered my disire never to smoke cigs. never have never will.
Apr 19 2011 11:54PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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Smoke cigs when im drunk. Cigars for special occaisons and fishing. I know its bad but hell, live a little right?
Apr 19 2011 11:55PM
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Funkadelic
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I smoke ganj pretty regularly.

I smoke probably 2-3 cigs/cloves per week. Mostly when I'm mad stressed, or drinking. I find cigs a huge turnoff with girls though. I'd never date a girl who smokes cigs.
Apr 19 2011 11:56PM
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Bob_Loblaw
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Trying to convince = nagging

And I couldn't tell you anything about smokers (as if they're all the same)? How can you know what it's like to be a smoker if you've never been one?

Anyway, that's not a smoker's reaction, that's a person's reaction. Nobody wants to hear about what they shouldn't be doing. But you can go ahead and annoy smokers with your superior knowledge on the subject.
Apr 19 2011 11:57PM
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.jersey
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this thread has furthered my desire to have one right now. cravin one hardd
Apr 19 2011 11:58PM
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Anathema
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YO I SMOKE......

THE POLE
Apr 19 2011 11:58PM
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585.
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i smoka da ganja and i have an ecig. but i have never smoked cigs. i dont believe in paying for my own death
Apr 19 2011 11:58PM
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katie.
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 874
The idea if feeling reliant on nicotine is the sketchy thing. So all you "occasional" smokers....even if it's not a regular thing, have you ever felt withdrawal? And to the actual smokers, if you decided "today I'm gonna stop" what do you think you'd feel like?
Apr 19 2011 11:58PM
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snowdon
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I'm not a smoker, I think it's kinda gross. I don't think I could date a smoker, the smell, the yellow teeth, the poor health, the leaving to go smoke all the time...not a fan. That said, I've smoked a few cigarettes in the past (generally when I was a drunk teenager), but it's not something I'd want to do regularly at all.
Apr 19 2011 11:59PM
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snowdon
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And no, I've never felt withdrawals. I haven't smoked enough for that
Apr 20 2011 12:02AM
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Inbred_Redneck
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never felt withdrawals, i usually feel like shit the day after smoking them, thats enough to make me lay off them
Apr 20 2011 12:04AM
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jibjunkie
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same story with the majority, only smoke when im drunk and i try to avoid cigs when possible. occasionally ill hit up a cigarillo or cigar sober cuz i like the flavor but thats about it. and hasnt been mentioned but ive smoked hookah a handful of times and while it is quite pleasurable im trying to stop cuz its apparently as bad as a whole pack of cigs. and no ive never felt withdrawal but have woken up feeling like shit with a mad sore throat after a night of smoking
Apr 20 2011 12:07AM
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