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Post by OverTheEdge on Nov 7, 2007 17:48:45 GMT -5
I hate everything about it. I don't smoke and I never will.
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Post by cosbydawg91 on Nov 7, 2007 17:50:13 GMT -5
I've never smoked, and anytime I see someone my age (16) smoking I just look at them like "wow you're stupid"
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Post by halloweenh8ter on Nov 7, 2007 18:03:49 GMT -5
For all you smokers, I won't try to shove down your throats what you already hear from Truth and all that, but consider this: my father-in-law to be has four daughters: my fiance (26), her oldest sister (24), and two young sisters (15 and 13). The youngest one has had thirteen years to become truly aquainted with her father, six of which were spent on bi-weekly visits due to divorce. Forget all the personal risks: think of your families, or the ones you may have one day. Nick may not live to see his two oldest daughters get married next year, let alone see his youngest even make it to graduate high school. That, to me, is reason enough to avoid smoking. Oh, believe me, I know all of that. The thing is, I'm never getting married, I don't want kids, and based on the amount of drugs I've done, I'm really surprised I've made it to 23. Although I always predicted I'd only live to 25, so I suppose I still have 2 years. So yeah. It all comes down to personal preference, me, I'd probably kill myself at 50 if I lived that long, which in my family would only be 6 years from normal. My grandfather, great uncle, and great grandfather all died at 56, because of smoking, alcohol, and clogged arteries. All of them could have prevented their own deaths, but they chose not to. I continue that line of stubborn thinking, because I'd rather bring my own death, rather than just run into it one day. My great uncle, who passed a month ago, could've lived another 20 years if he stopped drinking and got a liver transplant. He said no, I'll die. To me, he made the smart choice, there's really nothing worth living for when you're over 50, unless you have a family, which I don't want. We all have seperate lives, what's good for one is not for the other. This is why we have free speech and personal civil rights, and I like to think the choice to kill yourself with cigarettes falls under that category, so even if I quit smoking, which I probably will in the next few years, I will still feverishly support smoker's rights. |
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Post by halloweenh8ter on Nov 7, 2007 18:06:16 GMT -5
I don't like cigarette smoke... my mom smokes cigarettes, it bothers me just because the smoke really gets to me and I cough up a storm. But I've come to get used to it from living with her on and off for 19 some odd years. Add to the fact that nearly EVERYONE on my mom's side of my favorite also smokes, and I'm used to it. My dad's side is a different story. hey in a few weeks remind me again to go marry your mom |
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Post by jake_317 on Nov 7, 2007 19:07:34 GMT -5
I smoke, i know the risks, but ya know, i smoke. I don't think it affects too many others.
I have no problems with non-smokers, just sometimes they great a bit preachy. But, i mean that in no offense to anyone who has said any of those setiments on here.
It says they kill you on the box. You think anything else would stop smokers?
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Post by hardyboyzwwe on Nov 7, 2007 19:23:57 GMT -5
my parents smoke and it makes me cough everytime they do it near me. i hate it
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Post by ztj_wwf on Nov 7, 2007 20:15:17 GMT -5
I smoked 1 cigarrete when I was ten and hated it! Have'nt done it since and don't plan on ever doing it again. 10!? and to the guy that says second hand smoking doesn't cause cancer, are you mental. |
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Post by slappy on Nov 7, 2007 20:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by Reasoning through Questioning on Nov 7, 2007 20:53:08 GMT -5
I smoked 1 cigarrete when I was ten and hated it! Have'nt done it since and don't plan on ever doing it again. 10!? and to the guy that says second hand smoking doesn't cause cancer, are you mental. Not mental. I just know that it has been proven that second hand smoke has no scientific link to cancer. Read the large post I made a few pages back. The evidence given to "prove" second hand smoke did cause cancer was proven as cherry picked by the federal court. So I'm not mental. I just know what the hell I'm talking about. We can sit and think about this all day. The fact of the matter is there is more of a chance of a car flying into my house and killing me right now than from second hand smoke giving me cancer. I'm saddened that so many people are led to believe that second hand smoke causes cancer without checking out facts. There is no real scientific proof that it causes cancer any more than eating green skittles. |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Nov 7, 2007 21:35:41 GMT -5
For all you smokers, I won't try to shove down your throats what you already hear from Truth and all that, but consider this: my father-in-law to be has four daughters: my fiance (26), her oldest sister (24), and two young sisters (15 and 13). The youngest one has had thirteen years to become truly aquainted with her father, six of which were spent on bi-weekly visits due to divorce. Forget all the personal risks: think of your families, or the ones you may have one day. Nick may not live to see his two oldest daughters get married next year, let alone see his youngest even make it to graduate high school. That, to me, is reason enough to avoid smoking. Oh, believe me, I know all of that. The thing is, I'm never getting married, I don't want kids, and based on the amount of drugs I've done, I'm really surprised I've made it to 23. Although I always predicted I'd only live to 25, so I suppose I still have 2 years. So yeah. It all comes down to personal preference, me, I'd probably kill myself at 50 if I lived that long, which in my family would only be 6 years from normal. My grandfather, great uncle, and great grandfather all died at 56, because of smoking, alcohol, and clogged arteries. All of them could have prevented their own deaths, but they chose not to. I continue that line of stubborn thinking, because I'd rather bring my own death, rather than just run into it one day. My great uncle, who passed a month ago, could've lived another 20 years if he stopped drinking and got a liver transplant. He said no, I'll die. To me, he made the smart choice, there's really nothing worth living for when you're over 50, unless you have a family, which I don't want. We all have seperate lives, what's good for one is not for the other. This is why we have free speech and personal civil rights, and I like to think the choice to kill yourself with cigarettes falls under that category, so even if I quit smoking, which I probably will in the next few years, I will still feverishly support smoker's rights. The stubbornness is nothing new. That was his attitude too, throughout life - "Eh, have to die someday". Unfortunately, I feel it's very hard for anyone to truly grasp mortality until it's staring you in the face. |
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Post by K5 on Nov 7, 2007 23:40:12 GMT -5
how can secondhand smoke not cause cancer? i mean, if smokes themselves cause cancer, and that's filtered tobacco, how could unfiltered tobacco inhaled not be just as bad, if not worse for you?
my dad smoked for 35 years and quit, two years later got prostate cancer. life sucks either way, if you need a few vices here or there enjoy them and don't get in a cluster cause of the risks. that defeats the whole purpose
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Post by V V™ on Nov 8, 2007 0:45:34 GMT -5
I smoke. I do Marlboro Smooths  |
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Post by ToastMaster General on Nov 8, 2007 1:15:59 GMT -5
I smoke and personally don't care if you do or don't like it. But I won't shove it down your throat.........btw doesn't this topic violate the TOS with this board?
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Post by veronicaaaahhhh on Nov 8, 2007 1:16:27 GMT -5
I don't smoke, and I don't really care for it. I've grown up around smokers, and a lot of the characters I write are smokers, but I just don't really care for it. It's just a useless habit, as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by twinn on Nov 8, 2007 1:22:33 GMT -5
I smoke something on occassion, but not cigarettes....  |
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Post by mike massacre on Nov 8, 2007 1:22:45 GMT -5
I hate smoke. My mom and sister smoke, and it annoys the hell out of me.
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Post by Mark on Nov 8, 2007 1:27:42 GMT -5
I smoke something on occassion, but not cigarettes.... you set yourself up for this one Men? |
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Post by jake_317 on Nov 8, 2007 1:46:30 GMT -5
I wouldnt speak of smoking herbs on here. not smart.
but ya kow, i began smoking cigarettes to get away from other substances, and i might smoke cigarettes and drink a ton of coffee, but i don't do coke.
i smoke, its my problem, and KNOW its MY problem, thats why i dont get all the preaching.
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Post by twinn on Nov 8, 2007 3:22:11 GMT -5
I smoke something on occassion, but not cigarettes.... you set yourself up for this one Men? actually no...cigars |
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Post by halloweenh8ter on Nov 8, 2007 3:48:37 GMT -5
Oh, believe me, I know all of that. The thing is, I'm never getting married, I don't want kids, and based on the amount of drugs I've done, I'm really surprised I've made it to 23. Although I always predicted I'd only live to 25, so I suppose I still have 2 years. So yeah. It all comes down to personal preference, me, I'd probably kill myself at 50 if I lived that long, which in my family would only be 6 years from normal. My grandfather, great uncle, and great grandfather all died at 56, because of smoking, alcohol, and clogged arteries. All of them could have prevented their own deaths, but they chose not to. I continue that line of stubborn thinking, because I'd rather bring my own death, rather than just run into it one day. My great uncle, who passed a month ago, could've lived another 20 years if he stopped drinking and got a liver transplant. He said no, I'll die. To me, he made the smart choice, there's really nothing worth living for when you're over 50, unless you have a family, which I don't want. We all have seperate lives, what's good for one is not for the other. This is why we have free speech and personal civil rights, and I like to think the choice to kill yourself with cigarettes falls under that category, so even if I quit smoking, which I probably will in the next few years, I will still feverishly support smoker's rights. The stubbornness is nothing new. That was his attitude too, throughout life - "Eh, have to die someday". Unfortunately, I feel it's very hard for anyone to truly grasp mortality until it's staring you in the face. Indeed. Which is why I'll mostly likely be blindsided by it and drop dead at an extremely young age. Seriously, I'm surprised I don't have tremendous brain damage already, although some would argue that I do. I will say that drugs DEFINITELY affect your memory. |
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