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sparklyjenna7

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While I believe smoking is one of the most disgusting smells/actions on Earth, a lot of people probably started doing it before they really knew how bad it was and are stuck in a loop. Don't hate the people. Hate the product. Hate the people who make it. Hate everything else about it. Just don't hate the people who got sucked into it.
 
Well, if they haven't tried, then that's their decision... not much you can really do about that. Can't put a gun to their head and force them...



The thought of that makes me sick to my stomach. That's too much smoking. A lot of people in this world are children; so that's a lot of non-smokers.

TheLampIncident is right though; I've been saying that all along. Hate the people who made the product, hate the product itself, hate everything else, but don't hate the people who smoke.
 
Well dude i gotta say, smoking is not good. But really you can't control your parent's spending habits; if they want to fuck up what they buy there's nothing you can do.

And why rely on them so much for birthday presents? What do you get them? Do some work, make some $, and buy your own graphics card. You'll feel better because you bought it yourself. My parents didn't help me at ALL financially when i bought my car, i paid for everything. But goddamn it it's MY fucking car. And i love it. so go work. and buy a car. it'll be fun.
 
Its easier to get the people to boycott the product rather than to get the product to stop being produced... If I'm ever in a place of power, I will have the cigarette companies dismantled.

And beau : I've actually been trying to get a job... No one's phoning me back though :sword: :sword: :sword:
 
You know, I may as well bring up my smoking experience.

It was my friend's 18th birthday and we decided to buy cigars. They were cheap. I smoked one. Couldn't even finish it. It tasted like ass. For some reason later that night I decided to try a clove. It was exactly the same. There was none of this fabled "sweetness" in the wrapper. Both times it just tasted like an oversmoked wooden pepperoni and it just dried out my mouth. I'm convinced that people start smoking things like cigars a lot of the time not because they give a rat's ass about taste, but because they are searching for an image. Something that will make them look sophisticated.

Cigarettes are another story though. They don't have the same image creating effects as cigars(in my opinion anyway) and are generally more accessible to younger people. So I guess I can't blame kids for getting hooked before they realize how bad it is...
 
I'd love to have a job right now... Bleh - Last summer my friend got his first job and by the end of the summer he was addicted to cigarettes, and a heavy drug abuser... He OD'd back in November after he was kicked out of school for drugs and he went to rehab and everything... I think he still smokes but I don't hang out with him much... I think I've seen him twice this year ... We used to hang out almost every day ... Thats another reason why I don't like cigarettes/drugs...
 
My smoking experience...

I tried cigarettes when I was like 16. Tasted like shit. Never touched a cigarette again.

I used to smoke weed (blunts, especially). I don't know, maybe it was just me, but I almost never got a high off it. Makes me wonder why people do that. And it isn't even addictive; I just stopped with no problem. Maybe it's different for every person. Either way, I stopped, and I ain't going back to do it again.
 
This is how I started. I was young, clueless and nobody could tell me anything. Although I was told they were 'bad,' I didn't know anymore than that. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not trying to blame anyone else for that, or rationalize my habit with a sob story. My point is, nobody wakes up and says/thinks "Hey, today I think I'll pick up a habit that will eventually kill me." People don't smoke to annoy you either.

To touch on a few other random points:

I'm very respectful about where and around whom I smoke. I smoke in designated areas; I'm mindful of people who cough, even in public; I smoke out side even at my own house (I have a young child); I don't smoke in my own car why I have non-smoker passengers; I rarely, if ever, smoke at work unless it's my lunch hour.

I know I could stand to save a good bit of money a year if I quit. This has been my major motivation for trying to quit as of late. I've decided to figure out the amount of my I spend each year, quit and apply that money to my stock portfolio.
That was my major problem with this thread; it seems Boycott took a very personal offense to smokers. I just fail to see the logic behind that. Not that it really matters though...
Completely off topic, but I remember you mentioning that you do web development, or are at least capable of it. You might want to check out www.scriptlance.com it's like an Ebay for development projects. I pick up odd jobs from time to time for fun, a challenge or just an few extra bucks. Maybe it'll be of some use to you.
Probably just shitty weed. :tongue:
 
Smoking isn't impossible to quit but it is very difficult. You have to want it and need it at the same time. Lots of people recognize they want to quit but can't do it because they don't see the need also. Or maybe that's just me. But I was a smoker myself who recently quit. Your problem with your parents are similar to what I went through with my Dad's gambling addiction. You're young, and they don't take you seriously (16 right?). Hopefully you won't have to tell them one day looking back "I told you so."
 
I dislike the smell of cigarette smoke, however i wouldnt go as far as you did in your initial post, but that doesnt matter anymore as youve cleared that up...

I have a friend (names Samantha, for those playing at home) who smokes, and i dont like it and most of the time when she lights up poke fun with the whole "Smokings baaaad ..." thing... i havnt given her a big lecture about it, on the lung cancer etc it is helping to promote within her body, because i dont believe its my place.

She knows the risks, she chooses to smoke and spend money on cigarettes, and she isnt going behind her parents back to do it... so i just have to make sure im not upwind when she lights one up, or tell her im going for a quick walk.

My mum, on the other hand, used to work for a cigarette company called Wills... and she used to get cartons... not single packs, i mean cartons.... of cigarettes each week. Maybe its just me, but even for a hardcore smoker, a carton p/week is alot. Anyway... i didnt appreciate her smoking in the car, around the house, etc, and she didnt respond positively to me speaking up about it, so i just threw out her cigarettes every week.

She got the message pretty clear and quit...

Apart from that, its good to hear you want to keep clean from everything, ciggies, drugs etc. I feel the same way.
 
My organs work marvellously, even better than what they did before if anything. I understand the shitty mood part but it doesn't last long enough for me to give a shit, then again what goes up ,must come down.

And i agree completely with the smokers part though, I went through the smoking stage, and when i stopped i couldn't and still cant stand smoke at times.
 
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