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mr_johnny_lee
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Topic: Do you smoke? Posted: June 12 2007 at 07:58 |
I do smoke but I can easily go without it...if it's there I'll have it, if it's not then I can easily go without. I don't like smoking pre-rolled cigarettes, I prefer rollies. Although if I'm drinking I don't mind have a cigarette every so often.
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Jon
Sheffield, England (currently residing in Tokyo, Japan)
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tardis
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 13:37 |
Asyte2c00 wrote:
No, I don't smoke and will never try to do so. |
Clever boy
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Asyte2c00
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 10:21 |
No, I don't smoke and will never try to do so.
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Eerichtho
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 10:12 |
No
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Blacksword
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 06:37 |
I quit in February after 20 years, and I've not smoked since, and have not wanted to.
I had to quit because I had pneumonia. It seemed stupid going back to after a month, by which time the addiction had passed, and I had broken the habit. It's the habit that presents the biggest challenge. Nicotene itself is out of your system vey quick after stoping.
This has been my fifth attempt at quitting. So far so good. Good luck to all of you who want to quit.
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el böthy
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 00:59 |
This is still running? hahahah
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Proletariat
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 19:53 |
Proletariat wrote:
yep, i smoke.
i know its bad for me
i dont really care
do i really want to live till im 90
no not really |
My girlfriend made me quit.
I guess she cares.
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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tardis
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 19:47 |
Used to smoke.
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Kid-A
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 19:38 |
Well it get's banned in public indoor places July 1st in England. I'm very happy about this.
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 19:36 |
never have, and never will smoke
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xenuwantsyou
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 14:09 |
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debrewguy
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 13:16 |
darqdean wrote:
30 years ago 1 in 4 people smoked.
Doing a quick mental calculation on the poll-results so far I see the anti-smoking lobby has managed to reduce that to a staggering 1 in 4.25.
Time and money well spent I think. |
Reviewing statistics provided by my government, the 60s were the peak for smokers. Close to 50% did. The 70s saw some improvement in those numbers. By the 80s, though , with the health fad & more PSAs (public service ads) the numbers came down quick. In Canada the estimate is less than 25%. Remember, once a smoker, likely always a smoker. And if I remember correctly, there is some concern about the way certain CIgarrette ads seem to target kids. Seems Big Tobacco is concerned about the difference between the numbers who quit or die, & the insufficient numbers to replace them. For myself I don't smoke. I did for years "second-hand" smoke though. Much cheaper !
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 12:39 |
Heavyfreight wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
...eer - I smoke, actually |
Not given up yet then? |
Like that's ever gonna happen
+++Koff+++
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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The Doctor
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 12:35 |
Kid-A wrote:
Rocket_Bob wrote:
Kid-A wrote:
No I don't smoke. I don't see why anyone would want to, and I really don't understand people who 'just do it parties' - that usually ends up in addiction. Why do it just at parties? Is it peer pressure? Its no better to do it parties than any other place. Just say no for f*cks sake! | I suppose drinking till you can`t stand up at parties is OK though
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Did I say that? And healthwise it is. Your liver can recover from a few years of abuse (so my biology teacher tells us). Although if you carry it on throughout your life I guess you're a bit screwed.
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I do smoke. Regularly, not just at parties, and I know that it's bad for me, etc. etc. I also would advise anyone who is not a smoker to never smoke, even at parties, because you are right, that can lead to addiction. I also drink regularly, and that's pretty bad for you too. Drinking doesn't just affect your liver, but your heart, blood pressure, etc. That being said, your last comment about being screwed if you drink throughout your life, don't you think we're all screwed anyway? The very act of breathing means that at some point we are going to cease breathing, even if we stay away from all vices, drinking, smoking, sex, red meat, eggs, and the list goes on and on. Vices may shorten our lives, and may in some circumstances make the manner of death more unpleasant (although I don't think there is a pleasant way to die), but the fact is that in 100 years, all of us on this board will be dead of one cause or another. But without vices, I think the years we spend here would be pretty boring.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Kid-A
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 12:26 |
Rocket_Bob wrote:
Kid-A wrote:
No I don't smoke. I don't see why anyone would want to, and I really don't understand people who 'just do it parties' - that usually ends up in addiction. Why do it just at parties? Is it peer pressure? Its no better to do it parties than any other place. Just say no for f*cks sake! | I suppose drinking till you can`t stand up at parties is OK though
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Did I say that? And healthwise it is. Your liver can recover from a few years of abuse (so my biology teacher tells us). Although if you carry it on throughout your life I guess you're a bit screwed.
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Neil
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 11:44 |
Jim Garten wrote:
...eer - I smoke, actually |
Not given up yet then?
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Rocket_Bob
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 11:33 |
Kid-A wrote:
No I don't smoke. I don't see why anyone would want to, and I really don't understand people who 'just do it parties' - that usually ends up in addiction. Why do it just at parties? Is it peer pressure? Its no better to do it parties than any other place. Just say no for f*cks sake! |
I suppose drinking till you can`t stand up at parties is OK though
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JJLehto
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Posted: June 04 2007 at 21:24 |
Barla wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
I do remember seeing alot of these polls.
I only smoke bamboo, sometimes paper if I just need a quick fix.
I hate tobacco....but I like smoking things. It's a dillema |
Paper??
jajajajajajja
That's weird.... Are you serious?
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no, I'm not that much of a
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Barla
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Posted: June 04 2007 at 19:12 |
JJLehto wrote:
I do remember seeing alot of these polls.
I only smoke bamboo, sometimes paper if I just need a quick fix.
I hate tobacco....but I like smoking things. It's a dillema |
Paper?? jajajajajajja That's weird.... Are you serious?
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Dean
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Posted: June 04 2007 at 19:04 |
30 years ago 1 in 4 people smoked.
Doing a quick mental calculation on the poll-results so far I see the anti-smoking lobby has managed to reduce that to a staggering 1 in 4.25.
Time and money well spent I think.
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