The Dangers of Smoking Cigarettes

[tumor]

Who of you is still smoking cigarettes ?
I do

 

[the number 42]

I don't blame you. Aren't they yummy? Not like having toxic fumes in your mouth & lungs at all.

 

[Gokul43201]

I don't...well, not more than once or twice a year.

 

[Evo]

I don't...well, not more than once or twice a year.

Gokul I'm shocked! Hasn't anyone told you that kissing someone that smokes is like licking a dirty ashtray! What if on that ONE day you smoke you meet your hottie with the large melons and you have ashtray breath?

 

[the number 42]

Warning: don't click on this link if you are a smoker, or are having lunch:
http://www.lungnc.org/tobacco/mouthcancers.htm

 

[tumor]

My teeth look almost like in top middle picture.

 

[Saint]

smoking can cause cancer, die painfully.

I do not smoke, but i drink some beer.

 

[BoulderHead]

This post is only to test something I’m curious about but as long as I’m here;

Who smokes ?

What was the old joke? Oh yes;

Q: Do you smoke after sex?
A: I don’t know, I never looked.

 

[selfAdjoint]

Gave it up in 1964. Absolutely no desire for years now.

Added: When I quit a carton of Winstons could be had for $5. I am so glad I'm not smoking today!

 

[Gokul43201]

Update :

I SMOKE          I DON'T

tumor              42 ?
arildno           gokul
marlon             evo
                   SA 
                   chi
                  franz
                 Boulder
                 dexter
                  Andy

 

[dextercioby]

I never did and never will.I don't take dope,i don't drink alcohol,i don't smoke,i hate coffee...

Daniel.

 

[franznietzsche]

The only "substance" i touch is booze. I make up for my abstinence of the others by using lots of booze.

I will never smoke. My liver can be replaced, my lungs can't.

 

[dextercioby]

Lungs can be transplanted too,it's just that is costs more to find a dead guy who hasn't smoked...

Daniel.

 

[franznietzsche]

Lungs can be transplanted too,it's just that is costs more to find a dead guy who hasn't smoked...

Daniel.

Really? I've never heard of lung transplants, i just assumed given the inability to keep a person alive while lungs are out that it couldn't be or just wasn't done

 

[dextercioby]

Really? I've never heard of lung transplants, i just assumed given the inability to keep a person alive while lungs are out that it couldn't be or just wasn't done

I'm sorry,i haven't documented my statement.If it's proven wrong,then u can take it as a joke...A rather bad one...

Daniel.

 

[franznietzsche]

I'm sorry,i haven't documented my statement.If it's proven wrong,then u can take it as a joke...A rather bad one...

Daniel.

Meh, dead guys are always funny...

 

[arildno]

I never did and never will.I don't take dope,i don't drink alcohol,i don't smoke,i hate coffee...

Daniel.

WHAT??
Not COFFEE??

You don't drink..TEA,do you?

 

[dextercioby]

WHAT??
Not COFFEE??

You don't drink..TEA,do you?

Nope,as i said,i hate coffee... Tea,very rarely,as I'm to lazy to make myself...

Daniel.

 

[marlon]

I SMOKE : GAULOISES BLONDES AND MARLBORO, just to switch...I love to drink red wine and i adore coffee...
occasionally i appreciated some nice cigars after a nice meal...

marlon

 

[Andy]

I don't smoke, but i have had a couple in the past. I smoked a few at a party one night but it never really caught my attention just left me with a soar throat and a nasty taste in my mouth. Have tried wacky baccy in the past and that certainly was an experience not to forget but one that i don't want to repeat. See too many stoners about for my liking.

 

[BoulderHead]

Boulder evades once more by use of clever diversion.

Now, you know some things I prefer not to share, lol. I’m a shy & private eye, err, I mean, guy. :shy:


Actually, I no longer smoke (after sex) but have in the past experimented fully with virtually every tobacco product available.

 

[check]

I haven’t smoked cigarettes since 6th grade.
Wait no; I had a drag a couple of summers ago cause a girl I dated smoked. I had to bum a cigarette from a friend for her. Turns out she didn't like Canadian cigarettes... I didn't want to be rude and just toss out the cigarette I just bummed. Anyway, it was disgusting.

 

[Chi Meson]

Really? I've never heard of lung transplants, i just assumed given the inability to keep a person alive while lungs are out that it couldn't be or just wasn't done

People with cystic fibrosis can be given a few extra years with a lung transplant (often it's a heart-lung transplant). I think it would be evil itself if a smoker got a lung in place of a CF sufferer.

As for me? Smoking? Never, never, never, never, never, never, except just that one time, never, never, never, never, ok twice.

 

[Gokul43201]

Updated count :

I SMOKE          I DON'T

tumor              42 ?
arildno           gokul
marlon             evo
                   SA 
                   chi
                  franz
                 Boulder
                 dexter
                  Andy
                 check

 

[Polly]

My grandfather whom I dearly loved was a smoker and he lived to be 86. I remember when I was small and was bitten by mosquitoes, he would rub the ash on the spot to make it stop itching and it did. And as a child of course I must have tried once when he was not looking but I never liked the taste, .

 

[Moonbear]

I've never even been tempted to try. Just being around second-hand smoke is bad enough; I get the most awful headache and my eyes start to burn. They're talking about possibly following CA's and NY's example and banning smoking in bars and restaurants here, and I can only hope they do! I almost never go out to bars because I can't stand the smoke in them, even though it's fun to play some pool with friends while having a nice draft beer.

 

[arildno]

Oh dear, Gokul outed me as a smoker..

 

[franznietzsche]

I've never even been tempted to try. Just being around second-hand smoke is bad enough; I get the most awful headache and my eyes start to burn. They're talking about possibly following CA's and NY's example and banning smoking in bars and restaurants here, and I can only hope they do! I almost never go out to bars because I can't stand the smoke in them, even though it's fun to play some pool with friends while having a nice draft beer.

yeah second hand smoke drives me nuts too. Nasty stuff really.

 

[Monique]

Smoking is nasty. The worst is when you are having diner at a restaurant and someone lights up a sigarette, you can't even taste your own food anymore. I'm SO glad they are starting to ban smoking in public and work areas.

Second hand smoking can be very harmful, especially when you already have an intollerance to irritants. It's annoying when people are completely oblivious of that. My friend was on his way to developing chronic bronchitis due to second hand smoking at work, because they were too lazy to step outside and just kept standing in the doorway.

 

[Gokul43201]

Oh dear, Gokul outed me as a smoker..

Not denying it, are you ?

 

[Evo]

Not denying it, are you ?

Arildno smokes?

 

[marlon]

Second hand smoking can be very harmful, especially when you already have an intollerance to irritants. It's annoying when people are completely oblivious of that. My friend was on his way to developing chronic bronchitis due to second hand smoking at work, because they were too lazy to step outside and just kept standing in the doorway.

Sorry but this is very weak...Either your friend's collegues are complete *******s who do not respect his physical constellation or your friend has no spine to walk out himself or tell them...

I smoke and i completely agree with the banning of sigarettes in public places. I understand the nuisance and non-smokers should come first. Really i agree with this. But don't blame this situation of your friend on others. He is a big boy, he should have reacted himself...This is a childish argument and it is to some extent his own fault...

marlon (runs and hides)

 

[mattmns]

I do not smoke, and I do not plan on starting.

 

[Gokul43201]

Arildno smokes?

You tried living in Norway ?

 

[arildno]

I can't help it; its my orientation.

I'll go back in my closet whenever I feel my unnatural urges overtake me.

 

[Gonzolo]

I don't smoke but I do believe a bit of alcohol is healthier than none.

 

[JasonRox]

Why not drink?

Feynmann did, and look how he turned out.

Are you scared?

Note: You can't say you hate alcohol because that makes no sense. There are more than enough drinks to choose from. Hating beer is not an excuse.

Drink and Laugh!

 

[Monique]

Sorry but this is very weak...Either your friend's collegues are complete *******s who do not respect his physical constellation or your friend has no spine to walk out himself or tell them...

I smoke and i completely agree with the banning of sigarettes in public places. I understand the nuisance and non-smokers should come first. Really i agree with this. But don't blame this situation of your friend on others. He is a big boy, he should have reacted himself...This is a childish argument and it is to some extent his own fault...

marlon (runs and hides)

The argument is that smokers block from their mind what damage they're doing (why else would one use a product on which it says in huge letters it will destroy your lungs). Not until they started wondering why he was at the doctors all the time, did they realize the extend of the damage they were doing.

When one doesn't believe how they're damaging their own lungs, how would they believe they're damaging another's?

 

[franznietzsche]

Why not drink?

Feynmann did, and look how he turned out.

Are you scared?

Note: You can't say you hate alcohol because that makes no sense. There are more than enough drinks to choose from. Hating beer is not an excuse.

Drink and Laugh!

Or you can say you hate drunk people, or if you had family killed by a drunk driver, there are perfect justifications for not drinking.

That said, bring on the rum.

 

[Integral]

Add another to the nonsmoker list.

They're talking about possibly following CA's and NY's example and banning smoking in bars and restaurants here,

I believe that Corvallis Or. was one of the first places in the nation to ban smoking inside of any business open to the public. this included bars and restaurants as well as stores of all types.

 

[Echo 6 Sierra]

The argument is that smokers block from their mind what damage they're doing (why else would one use a product on which it says in huge letters it will destroy your lungs).

For those of you that haven't seen them, I believe smokes packaged in the Netherlands have one-half of the front of the pack in bold, black, attention grabbing letters that say something to the effect that "this product can kill you" or the like. I'm not sure of other countries packaging.

For Monique, in the US the warning is in a tiny font on a side or the bottom.

 

[Moonbear]

Second hand smoking can be very harmful, especially when you already have an intollerance to irritants. It's annoying when people are completely oblivious of that. My friend was on his way to developing chronic bronchitis due to second hand smoking at work, because they were too lazy to step outside and just kept standing in the doorway.

Aargh, I can't stand when the smokers stand right outside the door to the building to smoke! The stench comes into the building every time the door is opened, plus you have to walk through it to get in and out. It annoys me more when they are sitting right underneath the NO SMOKING sign! I work on a medical campus, there isn't supposed to be smoking anywhere, not even outside the buildings, except for one "hut" that looks a bit like a bus shelter that's outside the hospital (so the smokers don't have to huddle near doorways on cold or rainy days and can stay still get their nicotine without being in the way of the nonsmokers). Does anyone go there to smoke? NO! Well, I guess that's a long walk away when you have reduced your lung capacity by smoking. Unfortunately, there's not much that anyone can do to stop it since you can tell one person, and it's someone else the next day. I've known very few smokers who have been considerate enough to stand far from the doorway.

 

[Moonbear]

For those of you that haven't seen them, I believe smokes packaged in the Netherlands have one-half of the front of the pack in bold, black, attention grabbing letters that say something to the effect that "this product can kill you" or the like. I'm not sure of other countries packaging.

For Monique, in the US the warning is in a tiny font on a side or the bottom.

Every country I've been in other than the US has the warning in those giant letters that take up most of one side of the box. Obviously, it doesn't seem to make any difference.

 

[franznietzsche]

I'm pretty sure anyon still smoking is well aware of what their doing.

A thought: If one dies from lung cancer caused by smoking, and you knew it would happen, is that suicide?

An argument to force religious smokers to quit perhaps? Or just reveal their hypocrisy i suppose.

 

[marlon]

When one doesn't believe how they're damaging their own lungs, how would they believe they're damaging another's?

Very simplistic view if i may say. I think every smoker with a rational "clear" mind is very well aware of the impact that tabacco has on our health. The argument that they don't know this and therefore they wouldn't "believe" the damage caused to others, really is shallow and simplistic in nature.


marlon

 

[marlon]

I've known very few smokers who have been considerate enough to stand far from the doorway.

Maybe "they" are not the problem here...

marlon

 

[the number 42]

A thought: If one dies from lung cancer caused by smoking, and you knew it would happen, is that suicide?

The thought has crossed my mind that smoking may be a form of tentative or unconscious suicide. Its a well established fact that smoking is associated with depression and overt suicide. (Note: "associated with" suicide, not 'causes' or 'caused by').

 

[the number 42]

Updated count :

I SMOKE          I DON'T

tumor              42 ?

I used to smoke, but quit when I thought about how while I was ruining my chest (wheezing like a squeeze box), losing money, getting bad breath and lovely yellow teeth, some callous b*****d was living the life of Riley on a yacht somewhere - on MY money! Not an equitable deal, folks, and one I wanted out of.

 

[Smurf]

I experimented with it when I was younger, fell in with a bad crowd, but now I have very low tolerance (it makes me sick) to tobacco smoke and (everyone else in my familly smokes) it infuriates me to no end how inconsiderate smokers are.

I have very low tolerance to a lot of 'drugs' for some reason, marijuana not being the least, and recently it seems to caffein too.
Moonbear, your the biologist here; what do you think? Am I mutating into a man-eating fish with 6 arms? or developing something psychological?

 

[Evo]

Am I mutating into a man-eating fish with 6 arms? or developing something psychological?

It's ok Smurf, you're just turning into my mother, she's the same way.