01-29-2004, 05:10 PM | #141 |
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A Swedish man was standing on his balcony looking out over the sea.
On the balcony of the room next door stood another man. He turned and said: "Min kone, hon ryger" (My wife is smoking) The Swedish man thought for a while before answering: "Det var som tusan. Min är bara lite svett" (By Jove, mine is just a bit sweaty) |
01-30-2004, 05:18 AM | #142 |
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I have never smoked. At least theoretically. But when I'm out, or with friends that smoke, it means that I do smoke - I get a lot of smoke in my lungs! I really hate it.
Many of my friends started smoking when they were like 10, 11 years. Now they're having a hard time trying to get used to not smoking. They may smoke, but not anywhere near people that don't want to. That's what I think.
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01-31-2004, 09:40 AM | #143 |
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I dont think that people only start to smoke because they want to look cool a lot of rats do but there are also different people... i think it's like alcohol or even coffee for me, its nice to sit outside on a nice evening with a smoke a cuppa and a good book... i barely ever smoke, i smoke mainly at a friends house when we're having a game outside (the game of the moment - A Game of Thrones - goes for like 5 hours so when your sitting outside at 2 in the morning a smoke is nice)...
a few of my friends started to smoke so they could take bongs easier, i guess thats another reason altogether Cherry pipe tobacco is definately the best, i usually just roll it instead of using a pipe, Dunhill is the best cig though (also have the classiest packet)
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01-31-2004, 09:57 AM | #144 |
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I personally hate smoking.
I have never tried so (yes, though all the peer pressure in our society) and I don't think I ever will. Both my parents smoke and I am their nightmare. Always telling them, that they should quit and that they are going to die soon. I would love the laws to get stricter, especially here in Austria where you can practically smoke everywhere. And cigarettes are still not very expensive. For me it is just disturbing when people smoke everywhere, you can't go anywhere without your clothes smelling bad. And then the smokers tell me that I am intolerant. Ridiculous.
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01-31-2004, 10:10 AM | #145 | |
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In AustrALIA () you can't smoke in indoor public areas. This is fantastic because personally, I enjoy tasting the food in a restaurant, rather than the smoke drifting from the person behind me's cigarette. You are not intolerant. If it's their choice to smoke, then fine, but since it's not yours, you should'nt be subject to passive smoking. |
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Additional to the always smokers here, there are also a lot of occasion smokers, who just smoke now and then or at parties etc. I don't get that. Yah, that's what I thought too. If they want to smoke, they should go outside. But they rather say: You go if you don't like it. Hey, what's that. If they are smoking and disturbing the fresh air and everything, why don't they go outside?
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as long as they dont make smoking illegal in pubs or outside then im happy
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01-31-2004, 02:17 PM | #148 |
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I usually say if you haven't begun smoking when you're thirteen there's no good reason to start when you're 38.
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02-01-2004, 12:19 AM | #149 |
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i dont think its fair go to have a whinge at most smokers, they are usually understanding in the way that they know if people choose not to smoke, then they dont wont your second hand smoke... as i said i only smoke either outside by myself, or if i do at a friends house always outside and with people who are smoking... i know people get very addicted butfor me constant smoking is just excessive, it's just every now and then, i wouldnt spend more than $100 a year on tobacco (which is pretty good considering nice tobacco sets you back say $30)
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Basically all I am saying is that I don't mind people smoking (it's their own health) as long as I don't have to freeze (because of open windows) or to smell bad and get sick (I tend to cough from smoke).
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02-02-2004, 01:21 AM | #153 |
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You have to think about the people working in the pubs. I'm sure most of them don't want to be inhaling smoke while they're working. I'm glad they have made pubs/restaurants smoke-free. I don't want to inhale smoke; I have asthma and it makes me cough. People can smoke if they want to. It's their choice. Just not near me, please.
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Smoking is definitely horrible.
Good Job NY for banning smoking in restaurants. Do smokers realize that their smoking effects others? I am always bothered by it and it is such an icky smell. In many restaurants that have smoking, the non-smoking section is RIGHT NEXT TO the smoking or in an instance where you can clearly smell the cigarette smoke in the non-smoking secition. do they really think that just because it is a non-smoking section that you can't smell the smoke wafting over from the other side of the room??? It really sucks that in NJ bars allow smoking. So you get smoke coming from the smoking section AND the bar. I love non-smoking restaarants. I leave many restaurants a year because they are too smokey - most have non-smoking sections too. The bathrooms at my school are usually filled with cigarette smoke - how is that fair to me? Passing smokers outside is the best way possible to come in contact with smokers - but you still smell it. I have to pass by a group of smokers every day after school - its still horrible. Light up and hurt yourself at home please.
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02-02-2004, 07:23 AM | #156 |
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AAAAARRGGGGG (dying for a fag)
I totally understand why people want smoke-free bars etc. Non-smokers shouldn't have to put up with it (though I think that the actual harm of passive smoking is overstated). However, you have to realise that, for some smokers, the urge is just as strong as, say, hunger or thirst. So, if you don't provide somewhere for them to do it, they will just break the rules. You may as well ask them to stop breathing. I used to work in a hospital which was completely non-smoking apart from a staff smoking room (which was totally disgusting, by the way). Then they got rid of that, so the smokers moved outside. Of course, people complained about running the gauntlet of fumes to get into the building, so they came over all fascist and banned it completely on the site. Surprise, surprise, people started smoking in the basement at the bottom of the stairwells, with the result that the whole hospital stinks of smoke. As someone who's trying to give up, it doesn't really bother me seeing other people smoke. What's difficult is how easy it is to buy fags: it just takes ten seconds of madness and you've got yourself ten Benson, sparked up one of those bad boys and ruined weeks of willpower. Packs of ten are marketed specifically with the "giving up smoking" (not to mention "kiddies' dinner money") segment in mind |
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In summer most of the smokers go outside and smoke at the place meant for smokers. But in winter only the fair smokers and the ones not freezing are outside. Most of the intolerant girl just smoke in the bathrooms. Really nice. We have a cold, cold bathroom filled with smoke.
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The most inconsiderate smokers are those who smoke in the car, or at the dinner table while I'm still eating, or in front of my children.
Oh btw, guys who smoke generally turn me off.
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