I know alot of you TNLers probably smoke, and with all the stuff that we know about smoking why do you do it? I must know cuz personally i don't understand.
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I know alot of you TNLers probably smoke, and with all the stuff that we know about smoking why do you do it? I must know cuz personally i don't understand.
BECAUSE WE'RE ADDICTED NOW STFU.
and nicotine is my friend.
I don't smoke cigarettes. I've tried to like them, but every pack of Newports I buy, I end up giving away.
I enjoy a good cigar now and then. However, as my regular smoke, usually I smoke Tampa Sweet Perfectos. They aren't a 'good' cigar by any means, but to me they smell and taste better than overtly-chemical cigarettes.
Because you say not to and we like to rage against the machine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4...28_anarchy.jpg
This is like asking people why they eat shitty foods even though they know it's shitty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daitokuji
This topic got tired on Internet forums in the fucking '90s. Go Google search or something.
I miss the '90s :cry:
I'm down to 2 or 3 cigs a day. Nicotine is as addictive as heroin, smoking becomes a sort of comfort or social crutch, it's a very insidious thing. The best way to quit is to never start.
Screw cigs, cigars are the way to go. I'm by no means an expert on them. I myslef prefer Kahlua cigars. They smell good and taste great.
When I'm drinking I like to smoke. Otherwise, not so much. I wind up with a lot of stale cigarettes because of this.
In fact the only other times I've ever smoked is when I was waiting for a bus or someone to meet me.
That's because you're buying fucking Newports. The only thing worse than a fucking Newport is a goddamn Kool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
I used to be a Camel Turkish Gold and Silver smoker, but have since moved onto Parliament Lights. It's a great cigarette. I had quit for 3-4 weeks after school ended, but then started up again with an after sex cigarette and have since been smoking since. I quit for about another week recently, but have smoked a fucking buttload since I ended it with the girl I was dating. Today I made a conscious effort to cut down and am at 4 for the day and only 2 left on me. I'll probably buy another 3 for 2 pack tomorrow before the party I'm going to, and those 3 packs will last me the 2 weeks until I go back to school.
So why do I smoke? Nicotine buzzes are an absolutely amazing feeling, though I only feel it now on the first cigarette of the day. Other than that, it's such a calming effect to have a cigarette in my mouth and for the 5-10 mins during smoking and after, it's just absolutely peace and stress seems to be gone. It's a crux I'd rather not have to fall back upon, but since I do enjoy it, I no longer mind it.
And if it weren't for the extreme tar content, Djarums are fucking awesome.
I love to smoke when drinking, because it's most enjoyable then. It just feels awesome. The thing with smoking though, is it smells like shit and your hands smell even worse for a few hours afterwards and you always need a piece of gum after. But it's worth it, IMO.
Some people actually do really like the taste.
My ex smoked cloves a lot. How common is that?
Djarum = clove. They taste delicious; the filter is covered in sugar or some shit. They're such an awesome cigarette, but so bad for the lungs. They're illegal in MD so I was selling them out of my room on campus for a while.
Cigarettes taste alright after a meal, though.
I used to smoke about 3-4 cigarettes a day. Then I got to Japan where there's nothing to do at work all day but take smoke breaks, so now I'm up to half a pack a day. Good thing cigarettes are fucking cheap as hell here. But yeah, guess the main reason I smoke is the boredom thing. It's something to do.
I don't like the Silvers. They just don't taste right to me. I smoked Kamel Red Lights for years, and then I moved down to Turkish Golds because they're cheaper and much more readily available. Now it's mostly buy one get one free Camel Lights. I don't like where this pattern is leading me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Can't get much worse than high school, though! First cigarettes I ever smoked regularly were unfiltered Lucky Strikes. Grandpa would have been so proud.
Can you get decent American cigarettes there? For shits and giggles, when I can get foreign cigarettes at specialty stores in Boston, I generally do out of curiousity. Mild Sevens were godawful. Seven Stars, not quite as bad, but my impression of Japanese cigarettes is pretty miserable.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I was supposed to quit a long time ago, but every time I do, the stress hits me like a load of bricks. I have quit for years at a time, though, and it's really not that hard to stop... it's just breaking the habit of walking out the door in the morning, lighting up, etc. That's the real hard part. And if you do ever decide to, don't do it for your friends, family, whatever. Fuck it. If you don't do it for you, you'll never stick with it. Quitting for girls is only good as long as the relationship lasts, and I don't necessarily think I'll be making that mistake again.
Mild Seven Lights and Super Lights are great, but yeah the regular Mild Sevens suck. But stuff like marlboro's and camel's are readily available. I usually just stick to my mild seven's though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
I quit for 3 years, had a couple of cigarettes and BAM! it started again. Quit twice since for 3 months a clip and now I'm back at it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpoDaddy
Smoking is a proven anti-depressant. I forget what it actually contains or stimulates, but there is medical evidence that it is a stress reliever.
Other than that, it really is fucking stupid (as I'm going out the door to light one up)
Never start is the best advice in this thread.
Never even tried one. I've always hated it when others around me do, so I guess it just never was an issue to me.
Ditto. I don't know what compels people to start (I mean, I do know, but I still don't get it).
I've weaned myself down to Marlboro Menthol Ultra Lights, but to prolong the experience I smoke 100's (since I only smoke a few a day). I know I'll quit, it's just so hard to give them up completely. It really is relaxing and has a sort of quality to it similar to meditation. I used to smoke right away when I woke up, but now I usually wait until I'm up for 5 or 6 hours and the urge really kicks in. I usually smoke one when I'm driving in the middle of the day, one after dinner, and one right before bed (with one in between the dinner one and bed if I stay up later). When I'm drinking I definately smoke more often (about a cigarette an hour instead of my normal cigarette every 3-4 hours). I used to enjoy the taste but now I don't (I've been smoking for about 6 years).
I enjoy a good cigar as well (it was my gateway to cigarettes), but that's a little different since I try not to inhale them and they're best when you're smoking with a few buddies sitting outside or watching sports.
Smoking looks cool and lots of cool people smoke so I figure it's the best thing one could do if they lack "cool".
Smoking "Kools" however is uncool.
I've ben smoking for 11 years now. I think the longest I've quit was 3 months. I've only quit 3 or 4 times. Yes, smoking is relaxing, its's a GREAT stress reliever, and I do enjoy doing it for something to do. I like the flavor, but i detest the smell sometimes. It sucks getting with a girl that doesn't smoke because they wont go near you. Its those times that you get lucky that they dont care. I really should quit though. Maybe I should just find girls that aren't 18 or 19, or maybe just hunt out the girls that smoke like a chimney. By the way, i'll smoke a pack, pack and a half a day.
Oh, Drinking doesn't help. I'm drunk and I think i smoke 2 packs since i've woken up
So -that's- why you avoid him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giga Power
Eh?
The worst menthol is Salem.
Speaking of cigs, I recently completed a project I've had going. A few years ago a friend of mine moved out, and instead of leaving this behind in the garage I opted to remove it and keep it, and fill it. After years of scrounging, contributions, parties, and my own efforts, the the task is fulfilled.
http://www.everstreets.com/bullshit/cigs.jpg
The one friend of yours (well, that I know of) who happens to be a smoker. You should have told him it bothered you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giga Power
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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy
This is FAR from the truth. Nicotine is not nearly as addictive as people think it is. I smoked for 10 years (18-28). I had a pack a day habit easily, and I quit cold turkey. People have to get serious about quitting before they do. It is ALL in your mind. I am not coming down on smokers by any means, but when people say how hard it is and use patches, gum, Welbutrin, whatever, I really have to ask why.
I'm gonna quit soon.
My honest advice to you is to completely stay away from anything smoker-related. Stay away from convienience stores that have the cigarettes right in front of you at the cash register. Reward yourself for not smoking. I used to use the money that I would have spent on cigarettes and go buy myself something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klonoa
More than anything , remember that smoking is just another way that the government makes loads of money off of you. You are paying them to do yourself harm.
I wish you lots of luck.
I recommend you load up on Candies Klonoa. Sugar free if possible. When I quit I gained 15 pounds in less than 2 months. You'll lose it eventually but you'lle at more at the start, that's a promise.
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Originally Posted by LogicalSolution
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Originally Posted by Changeling
Thanks guys, yeah its tough when everything and everyone around you smokes. There was a stretch in July when I didn't touch a cigarette for two weeks but when some friends and I hit up a bar and everyone had a cig in their hand I gave in.
Right now I smoke about 3 or 4 cigarettes a week. Before I smoked a cigarette a day. I'm trying to go gradually but I guess going cold turkey is probably the most effective way.
btw, I need to gain weight, so if I can add 15 pounds of bulk in a matter of weeks then that would rock.
Absolutely. And the easiest way to break the habit is to replace it with another. Videogames. Every time you want to smoke, pull out your DS or sit down to an RPG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
Anyway I started smoking because my girlfriend came home with a pack once and I was so mad I'd fight with her all the time, take shots at her for it, etc... when I realized the fighting was making us both miserable I just said, "Fuck it, give me a cigarette." This was like, 6 months ago. In that time I've smoked maybe 5 packs. Less than 1 a day. I'll go drinking, smoke a bunch, and then just leave the pack lying around for days.
I smoked during late high school/early college. I got sick of it, and quit fairly easily. I haven't smoked in years.
Was she some kind of pretentious, wanna-be goth/wicca chick? Because anyone I've ever met that told me they smoked cloves basically did it so they could tell people they smoked cloves and feel all artsy and witchy while they LARP as an elf or some shit and not because they actually liked it or anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaoofNee
No its not. Physical dependence is well-documented and a clear fact. But yes, the idea of smoking being as addictive has heroin is laughable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
Smoking is nasty and a waste of money. I tried a cig once and it tasted so nasty. Plus smokers stink and if you go to their house for any extended period of time then all your clothes stink too.
I was about to say. The physical dependance isn't to the point where you curl up into a ball and shiver/throw up in a corner for hours at a time. But to say that cigarettes are not as addictive as you think because you one person (by you, I didn't mean you diff, I mean changeling), out of 10's of millions of smokers was able to quit is just a crazy generalization. Both my mom and my step dad smoked for 25+ years, and she was diagnosed with cancer, so all three of us made a new years resolution to quit 3 years ago. I only ended up lasting 4 months because I was around smokers all the time at school (I know, excuses, excuses), but my step dad lasted until last spring when my mom had a 2 week stint in the hospital (unreleated to the cancer thankfully). He would smoke maybe a cigarette a day, one in the morning, one before he went to bed, and because he would get in bed smelling like smoking, regardless of her health, my mom picked up smoking again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
Granted I called her doctors to let them know she was smoking again, and got her to quit. But you're trying to tell me that something isn't addictive as you think it is, when it caused someone serious health problems, yet they still wanted to do it anyways just because of the smell, regardless?
I had an easier time kicking cocaine. Cigarettes are fucking rough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
Naw, she really did like how they tasted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Also thought Wiccas was bullshit.
Try being on the other end of that shit. One of my girlfriends smokes, and as much as I love being around her, I really hate kissing her when she's smoking. Girls are yummy, but not after a cig or two. Its even worse when we're in bed and we're face to face and she smells like smoke. Totally ruins my mood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spanky McGee
QFT. Everytime I go someplace with smokers, the clothes I wore go in the wash the second I get home.Quote:
Originally Posted by animegirl
One of my good friends had the same situation. He used to blow g's to the face daily, once he realized he had the problem he quit. Yet he still smokes a pack a day after trying to quit multiple times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
And that was NYC fishscale we're talking here, not any of that stomped on baby diuretics.
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Originally Posted by Brand X
He was blowin' too much fishscale, considering that it's about 80% pure. An eightball in an hour would cause a heart attack (of course, that's discounting that fact that he may have super stamina, I have seen it done, just not much). Yellow stuff will kick your hearts ass.
Don't forget the midwest special, 10% powder and 90% baby lax and vivarin for that special zip.
C just get's old. I think it's harder to quit beer.
I like the taste of tobacco and the smell of it burning. I like the feeling I get when the nicotine hits my bloodstream because I'm addicted. I like having something to do for a couple of minutes on the porch to clear my head.
If you met me, you wouldn't think I smoke because I only do it after work in the evenings or on weekends at home. I never have a pack of cigarettes with me and nobody around here has to deal with me smelling like a smoker, including me. When I tell people I smoke they're astonished because I don't stink. People who stink of cigarettes disgust even me. I never smoke inside anywhere ever. Houses that stink of smoking are disgusting too.
I smoke 5 or 6 a day.
IBTN. People who smoke cloves have something to prove.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Cloves taste good.
So does cocaine.
So does your mom.
Confirmed.
Regurges suck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Smoking is absolutely fucking nasty. Cigarette smoke is foul and rude as hell, because you're almost always getting it into somebody else's clean air. I don't buy into the complete second-hand-smoke-cancer hype, but my aunt has worked in a smoking restaurant since she was 14 and she's on the verge of emphysema now, so it can happen.
You're paying a lot of money to fuck your body up and be an asshole to everyone around you. Way to go. I could never date someone who smokes, and I don't know if I could even tolerate it enough to hang out with someone regularly. It bothers the hell out of me.
I thought you were a chick?Quote:
Originally Posted by MarsKitten
The one time i tried a cigarette was in high school at a hotel party. My gf was drunk and one of her hot friends was smoking. I was drunk off my ass too so i went over to the hot friend to try to get a threesome going. I had some of her cig as i was making chit chat. Didn't get the threesome, but I did get a nice new rule. The only time i will allow myself to smoke is if it helps me get a threesome. I've never smoked another cigarette :(
LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormy
tee hee
MarsKitten is indeed female, for the record.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormy
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Originally Posted by omfgninjas in iraq
I don't wanna google search i want to know from my fellow TNLers. Reason being is i believe most people can't give me an answer other than "Because I want to" And now i found out that they can. Most people i've talked to about it can't muster up an explaination.
Nobody is around when I smoke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
Smokers generally don't give a shit about other people's opinions of their smoking. Personally, I don't want people to have to put up with my bullshit so I take the proper steps to make sure no one has to. That being said, calm the fuck down; nobody needs some online twat admonishing them for something they're addicted to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
Smoking cigarettes is lame as shit.
"oh lol I like the buzz"
Smoke something that will actually fuck you up and make the damage you are doing to your body worth it you pansyboys.
From the guy who likes to post pictures of how fucked up he makes his own body.
What guy would say "girls are yummy"? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by stormy
Yeah, she just likes the poon. Open your mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
Well, girls are yummy.Quote:
Originally Posted by haohmaru
I fucked up...Quote:
Originally Posted by Scourge
your moms...
body.
>_>
Shut up. Cunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
Shut up. Uppity cunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
<3 <3 <3Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
OPEN YOUR HEART IT'S GONNA BE ALRIIIIIIIIGGGGHT YEAH!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Uh, chill then? I wasn't off on some preachy Internet-yelling sort of thing. I'm just saying that I think smoking is nasty, the end. Don't take it like I screamed it in your face. <3
Nekkid pix is the only apology we will accept. kthx
Just don't show your nose in the pictures.
Sounds like a fair deal to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
This was new information to me. :tu:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
This whole thread is beyond lame. People smoke, they enjoy it, and they don't have to justify why. If you hate it and think it's a filthy habit, good. If you're outside and don't like that someone out there is smoking, then walk the fuck around. If you're inside and don't like that someone's smoking, then go somewhere else.
Your mouth is far worse of an inconvenience than anyone's smoking is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomi
Omfgninjas is right, this shit was played out years ago.
Im not gonna judge anyone on basically paying for something that fucks up their body. But my motto is that if you are gonna do that, it might as well be fun, like weed, or not some like shit and also be fun, like alcohol.
So I'm nearing 24 hours since my last cigarette and although I had planned on quitting for the next 2 weeks until school, I'm undoubtedly going to be drunk tonight and will have to go buy another pack of cigarettes. (lol i don't quit, i go on hiatus)
My lungs have taken a beating since I ended it with Kristen, and want to give them a little reprieve before I get back into 4-5 cigs a day instead of the 12-15 i've been smoking.
Oh, and I've never smoked indoors with a few exceptions, (i'll smoke my ass off at concerts) and when sober I only smoke outside with other smokers. I went to Ralph's Ices the other day and actually put my cigarette out because there were kids and old lady cunts who gave me dirty looks before I even go to the windows, but since they really had nowhere else to go, I put it out. When i'm drunk though, I'll fucking smoke anywhere. The only other place I smoke is in my car, and that shit's my car, so I don't give a fuck who's in it, but my window will always be down.
omg you're so insensitive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scourge
ShineAqua's spirit lives on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
lol @ teenagers in this thread
omigosh, lol at people who are OF LEGAL AGE to smoke?! I never smoked a cigarette when it was illegal to do so. And I don't regret the decision to do so when I did turn of age.
lol
When will we finally ban Rich from all alcohol, smoking, and drug threads?
If we're using personal anecdotes as evidence, I've got a friend that kicked heroin but still can't stop smoking.
WTF? Since when does somebody smoking make them fucking King Shit? Smokers should have to go to the most inconvenient places ever to smoke, why should I have to change what I am doing to avoid smelling burnt turd air? I don't care about bars or clubs as much but any other indoor place should be smoke free. Especially restaurants.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano on the Phone
No. If the owner/proprietor of a restaurant allows smoking, then it should not be smoke free. If someone doesn't like that, they should go to a restaurant that is. It's all very simple.Quote:
Originally Posted by animegirl
NO KANO! NONSMOKERS HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN SMOKERS!
Oh. Right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
I quit a year and a half ago. But I smoked a pack a day for around 10 years and even then I was honest enough to admit that smoking was fucking stupid. lol at all the "I really enjoy the taste" "it calms me down" and "it's something to do when I'm bored" nonsense. Just admit it's a fucking drug and you do it cause you're addicted. I lol especially hard at "I like the nicotine buzz". Do a real drug pls.
omigosh, i'm the bane of tnl cuz i drink and smoke!Quote:
Originally Posted by omfgninjas in iraq
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Originally Posted by Saint of Killers
Yes, the 2 can't coexist.
If you're gonna fuck your lungs up it might as well be for a buzz that lasts for more than a minute. Anyone who smokes regularly doesn't get a nicotine buzz anyway.
Self rightous ex smokers should stfu pls.
I really don't give a shit what you do to your lungs. I only have a problem with the goofy ass "I really love the taste!" and similar bullshit. You haven't posted any nonsense excuses so continue to smoke in peace.
Also, blow me. I'm not self righteous.
a/s/l?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint of Killers
I quit, but I'm not a self-righteous ex-smoker. I agree that smokers should have the right to smoke in a restaurant and those that don't smoke shouldn't have tp put up with it. There are smokers sections. That has worked for years. I do think that there should be two seperate rooms involved, since everyone in the same room is just silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
A far as bars are concerned, thats free game. Most people smoke in a bar. Leave bars out of it.
All I have done here is tell people how I quit. Thats all. Save money and save your lungs.
I think both parties should be catered to. The thread started off innocently enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano on the Phone
Your second comment is garbage, though. You have a bad attitude for being a mod and all....
I think it should be up to the owners. If owners want a smoke-free establishment then they can reap the benefits and pay the consequences of that. If owners want a smoky one, same. If they want to set up different sections, good. The government is the last entity that should be telling people how to run their businesses in this regard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
This is all true. The govenment needs to keep out of this matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
http://www.theambler.com/images/kuato.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
Problem is, you cannot get a decent drink in a non-smoking establishment. Every place I've been that serves alcohol but is non-smoking serves crap beers and doesn't do mixed drinks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
Fuck wine btw. unless served with steak
Don't you all going thinking that i started this thread to judge or generally care about what others do what their body. I just wanted to know why. I don't mind people smoking cuz we are all going to die, I don't care how they smell and my girlfriend smoked because of peer pressure and i didn't want to fuck an ashtray to i asked her to stop and she did cold turkey for the last 3 years. I was walking into work the other day and outside the backdoor there where a group of people that were smoking. One of them i know has children and i work in the pharmacy and have seen him pick up shit for all of them. Antibiotics, breathing treatments and what have you. So it made me want to ask people here why they smoke. I don't care that you smoke. If it's good for you then do it! If you fuck up your lungs then do it! I don't care. I just wanted to know why and I got some answers that made sense.
I'm having a hard time quitting, I've been trying for a while now, quit for the better part of this year but I started slipping up on it. It always seems to start with me soldiering through the first few days, then it's a lot easier, and after about 4 or 5 weeks I make that critical mistake of thinking I've got it beaten and have one. Couple days later, another, and so on...
Surprisingly I haven't found drinking and not smoking to be tough at all, unless I'm in a smoke-filled bar. Being in a car for a couple hours, on the other hand, I want one bad. Same after I eat.
The biggest problem for me is when I stop smoking, with no changes to my diet and exercise, I blow up and gain like 15 pounds easy. Then I get pissed because I'm a fatass, so I smoke one, the cycle starts over again, and I'm back to normal in like a week and a half.
I started dipping to quit smoking, it's nasty and all but nobody can tell as long as I keep my teeth brushed. I occasionally crave cigarettes, might go through a phase where I'll smoke 5 packs and then not smoke a single cigarette again for a month. I'm able to smoke every now and then if I please (one with friends, etc.) and not have to worry about getting re-hooked, just don't enjoy it anymore like I used to, though I should really drop the chewing tobacco too. They're both expensive habits.
Holy shit, dip is the fucking worst shit in the world. You're better off smoking.
you're gonna get mouth cancer, gohron, your gums are gonna get all leathery and your tongue hair is going to grow 2 inches. you're gonna have to get your jaw removed.
i heard a few tnl'ers smoke poles
I dipped for a year then quit. My gums shrank and I have this lump on my jawbone that concerns me.
Gohron. Get off the dip... please. the shit is bad news.
No no no... thats your mom.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_N_G
So we're in agreement that it's in bad taste to insult someone because of their personal choices and beliefs? Good, my point is made.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
And I'm not a mod, I'm an admin.
Read first response to thread, and stfu.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint of Killers
PS. I've done enough real drugs to know that nicotine is easily the most addictive shit I've done besides heroin, which is pretty much one of the only real drugs out there I have not tried.