Smoking or non smoking?

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov

You seriously expect me to click on an article on a site called TLDR?

[Arrian]

I smoked for ~10 years. I quit on 1/1/06, though there have been a few minor lapses (special occasions such as bachelor parties).

I'm not against smoking per se, but I'm all for the regulations aimed at reducing exposure to second-hand smoke. That was true when I was a smoker.

And yeah, I've smoked other things.

-Arrian

[CrONoS]

i don't smoke, except marijuana a few times a year.

Pipes is pretty cool, it's bad that you always look weird when smoking with a pipe in a bar.

[Wittlich]

I have stopped smoking for over 3 months now...although the craving still creeps up every now and then...

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by Blake
Never, not even once.

I felt the pain which smoking (related disease) brings all too clearly .

asthma?

[Solver]

Never, and proud to say so. I don't hate or blame smokers, it's their choice, but I do support legislation to limit smoking in certain public places. It's annoying how there are certain places where you can't help but inhale it.

[germanos]

I roll my smokes.

Occasionally they're spiced up, though it's more pleasant to smoke a pipe without the tobacco.


wtf is a hookah?

[self biased]

i will, on the exceptionally rare and sundry occaision, smoke a clove cigarrette or a good cigar.

[Blaupanzer]

Smoke. Shouldn't, already had one heart attack. Second hand smoke probably is irritating to nonsmokers, although the death stats are likely exagerrated.

Solver, given your icon, I'm surprised you don't smoke.

[Adagio]

I've never smoked and I'm never going to try it... I can't stand being near when people smoke

[Solver]

Oh yeah, some people have guessed that I'm an obsessive smoker based on my avatar

[LordShiva]

I've never smoked and never will. But I strongly disapprove of non-smoker holier-than-thou attitude, and of the public anti-smoking crusade that seems to be in fashion.

[Blaupanzer]

Hear, hear, LS.

[Blake]

Originally posted by Barnabas
asthma?

Nope. To be emo, my much beloved Grandfather died when I was about 8 years old. He had smoked for most of his adult life. His doctor had told him if he didn't quit, he'd never live to see his grandchildren - he quit right then cold turkey.
In the end he died of lung disease, his lungs rotted by a lifetime of smoking. It was a slow and undignified death, and at least 5-10 years before his time.

I know firsthand the pain inflicted on family, I can only imagine the regret my grandfather felt about his lifetime of smoking, I bet he'd have given anything in the world to see his grandchildren grow up.

Nowadays the health risks of smoking are fully known. There is no %^#*ing excuse. Someone who smokes is not just hurting themselves - and they may well not comprehend just how much they're hurting themselves.

[Solver]

Sounds quite familiar. My grandfather had also been a smoker, and he managed to quit just before I turned 6 because he realized he might not even live to see me go to school otherwise. Unfortunately, he still died 8 months later - although not because of lung problems.

Nowadays the health risks of smoking are fully known. There is no %^#*ing excuse. Someone who smokes is not just hurting themselves - and they may well not comprehend just how much they're hurting themselves.

The health effects are well-known, and anyone can (and every smoker should, really) run the math on how much money is spent on that crap, too.