smoking

[bowzaa]

hey,
just wondering who here on farkin smokes?
and for those that do, how many do you smoke and can you justify why you do?
and where do you normally smoke (eg. anywhere and everywhere, only at parties etc.)?
cheers matt

(p.s. please non smokers don't comment on how bad it is, everyone knows that and it's their own choice. Just wanting to see if anyone that does has any actual reasons to why they do)

[Daver]

Smoking is bad.:confused:

[mpdowling]

Smoking is bad.:confused:

sheer rebal,,, what a bad ass :p :rolleyes:

marty

[RCOH]

and where do you normally smoke?



:confused:

[Disco]

I smoke whoever I race against :rolleyes:

No, I dont think I have any reasons for it. Its a bum of a habit, and seriously damages you. Normally its about 10 darts per night socially, that being pub/club/party.

But hey, what can beat that 10 second nicotine hit... :rolleyes:

Smokers become the biggest hipocrytes, sheez I certainly dont endorse the filth. But it doesnt mean I stop. I do intend quitting, and hopefully sometime in the near future.

[ride_hard199]

i like a smoko every now and again.:p
( probably have a smoko about... 5 times a week)
but i have stopped until after exams.
fucks with your head i reckon.

Edit:
www.overgrow.com is probably the best website i have come accross.

anyone got any other good ones?

[fattyandthepiemakers]

I do now and then at parties and shit. Not that bad in moderation, like 10 a month or so...

[Caine]

Smoking makes you cooler and i think everyone should smoke......But im not cool enough to smoke :(:(

[Red Rocket]

Smoking makes me throw up. I am a little pansy that can't take it. And yes, I am serious.

[Registered Nutcase]

Smoking makes me throw up. I am a little pansy that can't take it. And yes, I am serious.
good on you man, more for me:p

i only smoke whenever, like sometimes its just something to do

[fattyandthepiemakers]

Daver and RCOH are the only two that are actually over 18 in this thread... Just had to point that out. :D

[danv]

I smoke because I like it and i'm addicted. I gave up last year for like 3 or 4 months but took it up again because I missed it. I think the addiction would have been a part of that decision, but I really do enjoy it. I just don't enjoy being addicted and having to satisfy cravings when I don't really want to smoke. This is especially so when I have sore throat or a cold or something (generally caused by smoking in the first place)

I generally smoke outside back home, but in Europe where i'm travelling you can mostly smoke inside, which i've been doing. I'm still really concious of smoking around other people, especially inside. Even you are smoker, second hand smoke can be really fucking annoying, so I try to keep it as less intrusive as possible.

I rarely feel cool when im puffing on cig.

[naz]

i smoke.

and thats that.

haha daver is that reese evans baha

[ajay]

i smoke...

I dont need to justify my actions...

Although im trying to quit atm, i havent had a smoke in a few days... cutting down from nearly a pack a day to zero per day is easier then you think - and yes i smoked for a number of years.

Smoking sucks mmmmmkay

[PINT of Stella, mate!]

Just quit again. (last year managed almost 6 months before a one month trip to thailand fucked that all up)

This time round i've managed almost two weeks, and I've managed to go out on the piss without lighting up so hopefully I've got it cracked!

Miss the spliffs though...

[rowanr]

i smoke whenever i'm not with my parents haha
i'm 21, and they know about it but its just uncomfortable with them around. i've been smoking for prob 5 years now and its time to give it up. apart from the cost and how bad it is for you its just getting annoying feeling the need and want to go for a smoke whenever i can. sometimes i smoke a lot, sometimes not much at all. its hard to quit when all ur mates smoke too. not that they wouldn't be supportive, its just hard when they're all smoking around u! i hate smoking weed though. just doesn't do it for me. plus i hate ordering maccas when baked...

[protecon]

There's nothing worse than a reformed smoker - because they know.

[No Skid Marks]

The oldest living person was a smoker.

[Fatman]

Used to smoke a pack a day til I took up riding. Now the occaisional cig but if I'm going to smoke it's usually a cuban cigar at a celebration or something like that.
Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it many times.:D
Remember kids, no-one leaves life alive.

[R33F]

I smoked heavily when living overseas (20 a day):o
When I returned I just stopped. Done. Sometimes if I am out on the B33R I will have 1 or 2. I dont know why ? I dont like it.
I have also been having a couple at work lately, which started only about 5 weeks ago, and I guess its something I have to stop.

[Daver]

i smoke.

and thats that.

haha daver is that reese evans baha

Haha yeah. :o

[LTR]

I dont smoke them, i just deal them to silly people who buy them.

In India cigarettes were 1c each and for every 15 you bought, you got a packet of matches! I brought back 300 (limit before customs taxes you). And i sold them all at 3 for $1 to people who are despirate. I made a $97 profit and got 20 boxes of matches.

[bowzaa]

I dont smoke them, i just deal them to silly people who buy them.

In India cigarettes were 1c each and for every 15 you bought, you got a packet of matches! I brought back 300 (limit before customs taxes you). And i sold them all at 3 for $1 to people who are despirate. I made a $97 profit and got 20 boxes of matches.

haha what a business man:D
interesting replies by all, would be even better to see most people's ages
(i know i could look but i cbf)

[sutho]

i smoke, mainly cause i a enjoy it, not sure exactly why, but i just do.. also like a few other people have said, if all your mates do it then it seems to just happen. another awesome aspect of smoking is the extra breaks you get at work as a result!!

and im 19

[Octane_Matty]

im 17

never smoked, never will

smoking is really pointless, turns your lungs into chimneys

if you want the high then your better off smoking weed, though its illegal..

Smoke some 100% oxygen ;) or route your Mrs! both are 100% LEGAL, and good for your health :D

[No Skid Marks]

A mate told me today that one of the major companies have genetically engeneered a strain of Tobacco without carconagens and are already selling it in a few counties, makes no sense to me but I just thought I'd share it with ya'll.

[HYOSHIMO]

smoker -deal with it....

My standard reply to ppl who whinge at me about smoking now is to blow smoke in their face - i figure if they want to intrude into my life with their morals and standards then ill intrude into theirs with the most assholish thing i can think of.....

[Ronin]

I smoke, sometimes heaps, sometimes not so heaps, but both kinds if you know what I mean. Sometimes it's just coz, sometimes I really want one, sometimes I smoke 'em real slow and thoughtful like, and well.. I always get into a naughty one before bed, it "helps me sleep" (and makes it near impossible to get out of bed in the morning)...

Anyway, I've just started caring about my level of fitness, I skateboard a lot now, and plan to do a lot of riding over the summer, and I don't have the cardi-vas. anymore, so my NY resolution is to not burn crap and breath it.

What can I say, I love it, but it's not helping me out anymore. :eek: :)

[ajay]

A mate told me today that one of the major companies have genetically engeneered a strain of Tobacco without carconagens and are already selling it in a few counties, makes no sense to me but I just thought I'd share it with ya'll.

how is that possible? its burning that creates carconagens... like burnt toast etc...???

Interesting selling tactic though:rolleyes:

[dhd]

I smoked for about 18 years. Wish I never did.
Still get a skinful and start smoking again, but it usually only lasts a few days until I realise I being a knob.

[S.]

I don't smoke unless I'm actually on fire. Then again, see my sig.

[berkyburger123]

Well for all of you who can't get the guts up for suicide smoking is a wonderful alternative.

Smoking gives you bad breath.

Noone likes goign withing ten metres of a smoker while smoking unless they smoke themselves.




But ultimately it is your choice. Even if you smoke you can be a good guy. It just doesnt do it for me.

[Dicky]

a heavy smoker came into the shop on the weekend...

we could still smell him ten minutes after he left.

that pretty much sums up my thoughts on the subject.

[tonka_202]

yeah i smoke socialy at clubs and parties and maybe when im feeling a bit down after a stack. But i know that it is bad for me but meh.

[rone]

I'm 33 and i smoked 20-25 Marlboro Reds from age 16. The reason that I quit is the effect on my health became more significant than any enjoyment I was getting. My GF is a non-smoker too, so that helped. You'll know when it's time to give up. A lot of people who do, do it whilst thinking they can go back to it if it gets too hard, myself included. Never works. Do it whan you're really ready and it's relatively easy, although I was a complete c**t to a few people for the first few days. Now it's easy. I haven't smoked for over 18 months and I can now go to the pub with smokers and not want to light up. Plus I can smash hills that used to have me stopping to light up a fag half way up.

[DJman]

i would smoke but i was told it was only for cool people and i think people that deciede to fark up there physical fitness cause they think there cool is just not on

[Matt H]

i would smoke but i was told it was only for cool people and i think people that deciede to fark up there physical fitness cause they think there cool is just not on

Gravedig +... what?

[Mo]

i have an uncontrollable urge to smoke when i get drunk.

[nickmann]

hey,
just wondering who here on farkin smokes?
and for those that do, how many do you smoke and can you justify why you do?
and where do you normally smoke (eg. anywhere and everywhere, only at parties etc.)?
cheers matt

(p.s. please non smokers don't comment on how bad it is, everyone knows that and it's their own choice. Just wanting to see if anyone that does has any actual reasons to why they do)

ur homeless and smoking is silly. love nick:p

[4130]

i'd rather die of cancer at 70 than die of natural causes at 80 plus "everything in moderation"

smoking is good for the lungs

[Matt H]

smoking is good for the lungs

Yeah it sure is... (BTW this isn't the 1930's anymore!)

[nickmann]

smoking is good for the lungs


:confused:

[emcgough]

Smoke some 100% oxygen ;) or route your Mrs! both are 100% LEGAL, and good for your health :D
I know this post is old, but.... 100% oxygen, lol. pretty sure that would burn your lungs out quicker than any ciggarette could do it.

[derelikt]

Fuck yeah smokings good for you.

[Joel O]

I know this post is old, but.... 100% oxygen, lol. pretty sure that would burn your lungs out quicker than any ciggarette could do it.
won't 'burn' your lungs, but AFAIK anything over about 0.6 atmospheres partial pressure is poisonous, which is around ~60% at sea level

[Harry B]

Don't smoke probably nether will smoke bad for your teeth and shit. Also my parents pay me $200 if I don't smoke till i'm 18 and $400 till i'm 25 so by theni'll probably won't bein the habit;);)

[ilostmypassword]

I mean what other information do you need? It gives you cancer, heart disease, headaches, nausea and every 15minutes you need a fix like a loser junkie. The thing is that most smokers are just to fat & stupid to give a shit.

Now is this cool? I think not.

[Disturbed.Rider]

The ONLY upside to smoking:

Take a dag on you filthy cancer stick, take of your shoe, blow the death gas into said shoe, throw it on the ground and yell; "whats that?"





"An Iraqi waiting for a bus!!!!"

[4130]

The ONLY upside to smoking:

Take a dag on you filthy cancer stick, take of your shoe, blow the death gas into said shoe, throw it on the ground and yell; "whats that?"





"An Iraqi waiting for a bus!!!!"

anyone get this?

[ilostmypassword]

anyone get this?

I think its called racism.... oh yeah but we are in Australia so that's normal....:) or is it America.. i get confused these days ;)

[Ruckus_Lord]

I mean what other information do you need? It gives you cancer, heart disease, headaches, nausea and every 15minutes you need a fix like a loser junkie. The thing is that most smokers are just to fat & stupid to give a shit.

Now is this cool? I think not.

The one thing you, and a whole lot of other people need to get through their heads is not everyone does it to be cool; At my job (Recyling landfill site) I'm around blokes from their 30s-50s who smoke at least 1 pack a day, and if you saw what kind of people they are you'd realise they are not doing it to be cool.

For some people it's a great stress releif, and takes their minds off other things, i'm the only person out of 5 or 6 full time crew who doesn't smoke. Most likely because i'm still young. These people are doing 10x the work any normal person would be doing, and smoking hasn't in any way made them in capable of doing it, it may not be healthy, but then again, spending so much time in a job like that and letting all the stress ect build up isn't either.

Rag out on people who smoke because they thing it's "cool" by all means, but not the smoking community in general.

[maxwolfie]

I quit on Mothers day, im 21

[alpinestar12]

I quit on Mothers day, im 21

Three cheers for maxwolfie!

[Cameo]

I occasionally have the odd cigar (usually vanilla flavoured) when I feel like being snoop dogg. Tastes pretty good.

Occasionally = No more than 4 times a year.

[flying high dh killer]

Just watched 'Thank you for smoking', great movie.

[ilostmypassword]

The one thing you, and a whole lot of other people need to get through their heads is not everyone does it to be cool; At my job (Recyling landfill site) I'm around blokes from their 30s-50s who smoke at least 1 pack a day, and if you saw what kind of people they are you'd realise they are not doing it to be cool.

For some people it's a great stress releif, and takes their minds off other things, i'm the only person out of 5 or 6 full time crew who doesn't smoke. Most likely because i'm still young. These people are doing 10x the work any normal person would be doing, and smoking hasn't in any way made them in capable of doing it, it may not be healthy, but then again, spending so much time in a job like that and letting all the stress ect build up isn't either.

Rag out on people who smoke because they thing it's "cool" by all means, but not the smoking community in general.


I never mentioned that smokers think that they are cool :) "cool" is a saying similar to "clever".

Funny thing is that every smoker i've met swears that its not effected them in anyway- and it never will ;) But having to inhale shit every 15minutes or they have a mental breakdown is normal right? :D

Smokers are junkies with health issues.... every one of them. The simple fact is that every smoke increases the bloods intake of CO2 (Carbon dioxide) which stops the uptake of O2 (oxygen)- now from a sports point of view, this WILL effect your body to function correctly.

It's also FACT that smokers are biochemically different to a non smoker. For example- smoking (Nicotine) stimulates your body to break down fats to sugars- now this in turn causes your blood supply to have a slow (but constant- because smokers smoke all day) supply of sugar. This in turn turns off your appetite as your brain is tricked into thinking you have eaten. This is why smokers generally miss breakfast. Now this is all normal.. isn't it?

As for the whole "it helps my stress"- well this is also incorrect. Nicotine actually stimulates the adrenal gland which releases adrenaline (which we all know about!). The thing is that this is in fact a 'flight or flight' response (scared!!!)... a far cry from "relaxed". Smoking actually stresses the body out. What the smoker thinks is "relaxing" is the fact that their body has just received its HIT and is now relieved.... sad isn't it.


Every smoker has a different tale- but the end is always the same- sickness- poor health or death.

The fact is that One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Linky (http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/harmful-smoking-effects.html)

[alpinestar12]

The one thing you, and a whole lot of other people need to get through their heads is not everyone does it to be cool; At my job (Recyling landfill site) I'm around blokes from their 30s-50s who smoke at least 1 pack a day, and if you saw what kind of people they are you'd realise they are not doing it to be cool.

For some people it's a great stress releif, and takes their minds off other things, i'm the only person out of 5 or 6 full time crew who doesn't smoke. Most likely because i'm still young. These people are doing 10x the work any normal person would be doing, and smoking hasn't in any way made them in capable of doing it, it may not be healthy, but then again, spending so much time in a job like that and letting all the stress ect build up isn't either.

Rag out on people who smoke because they thing it's "cool" by all means, but not the smoking community in general.

Smoking does not, on the whole, reduce stress. it relives stress for the 2 mins you smoke the cig, and for about 10 mins after. After that you are stressed. plus, you put $20 a day down the drain. So you have to work harder. Smoking is for idiots, I see it as Darwinism in progress.

[bazza]

its what someone chooses to do. i see it no different to someone who has 3-5 coffees a day (or more than a can of coke). its a substance that is relied on either by the body or by the mind. people smoke because they want to. they aren't being held to gunpoint. if they don't want to smoke they won't.

[ilostmypassword]

its what someone chooses to do. i see it no different to someone who has 3-5 coffees a day (or more than a can of coke). its a substance that is relied on either by the body or by the mind. people smoke because they want to. they aren't being held to gunpoint. if they don't want to smoke they won't.

Thats the thing... it would be fine if smokers did not effect others but they do with passive smoking & littering of the stubs. So again the age old reasoning that "I'm not hurting anyone" is total rubbish.

Passing away early from cancer is not the best thing for loved ones and family to go through is it? But of course smokers don't effect anyone right? Never mind the financial stress that a family can experience trying to pay for the habit ;)

I'm not trolling here by the way or wanting a flame war .... just keeping it real :)

[maxwolfie]

Three cheers for maxwolfie!

Heh, well that was her Mother's Day present..... And she's going to fly my girlfriend and I to New Zealand in January, it was a win/win situation I thought?! :D

(My girlfriend quit too)

[lethalweapon]

I do not smoke and never will try a cigarette it is a filty habit and can get in the way of my riding.

[ilostmypassword]

Heh, well that was her Mother's Day present..... And she's going to fly my girlfriend and I to New Zealand in January, it was a win/win situation I thought?! :D

(My girlfriend quit too)

That's great news mate!!:)

[nucleon hawke]

Wasnt there a massive bitch about this topic already?
I dont smoke, mates all do... they choose to, they are all mindful whenever they light up of other people around them. They do it because they enjoy it, not to be fully rebells eshay. Also gives something to do while waiting i guess.

[emcgough]

Doesn't this,
its a substance that is relied on either by the body or by the mind.
contradict this
people smoke because they want to. they aren't being held to gunpoint. if they don't want to smoke they won't.
?

[davieg]

i just think of the amount of shit going into the atmosphere...

i sound like some homo greeny i know but damn.

with a population of 6.68billion and what seems to be soo many smokers i cant even imagine the amount of extra shit being put out there, and i am quite aware it would be minimal compared to other things such as cars etc.

and also a few pretty gnarly little facts:

Twenty-four percent of pregnant women in Indiana smoke cigarettes. If they didn’t smoke, it is estimated by one source that Indiana would reduce its infant mortality rate (12th highest in the country) by 9%

According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report , secondhand smoke is connected to SIDS. Infants who die from SIDS tend to have higher concentrations of nicotine and cotinine (a biological marker for secondhand smoke exposure) in their lungs than those who die from other causes. Infants exposed to secondhand smoke after birth are also at a greater risk of SIDS.

*sids is sudden infant death syndrome

and finally it is islamic and i am guessing your not all islamic nor am i but a good quote non the less....

“Don't throw yourself into danger by your own hands...” (el-Bakara 2/195)

I dont mind if people smoke, but i do mind if they effect others with it and personally it seems like it does...

[bazza]

Doesn't this,

contradict this

?

hahahhahahaha. this kind of true. but you can actively choose to quit drinking so much coffee. just as someone can choose to quit smoking if they do. what i am saying is that some people have habits that may adversely affect their bodies but still give a big nazi rant about smokers. this is what I am getting at. btw smokers who toss their butts can die in a pile of landfill. find a bin or put it back in the packet until you find one.

[sockman]

yeah i smoke socialy at clubs and parties and maybe when im feeling a bit down after a stack. But i know that it is bad for me but meh.


ahahaha YOU go to clubs....there is nothing more amusing in the world than that claim! baaaaaahahahahahah dusche

ps digggg?

[sockman]

Thats the thing... it would be fine if smokers did not effect others but they do with passive smoking & littering of the stubs. So again the age old reasoning that "I'm not hurting anyone" is total rubbish.

Passing away early from cancer is not the best thing for loved ones and family to go through is it? But of course smokers don't effect anyone right? Never mind the financial stress that a family can experience trying to pay for the habit ;)

I'm not trolling here by the way or wanting a flame war .... just keeping it real :)


you are about as much of an arsehole as frank grimes (simpsons anyone?). have a fucking cry you baby! wah wah you litter and blow smoke in my face...then get fucked!!!!!!!




yes im a smoker.... about a 20 pack a week....attempting to quit... and i smoke PURELY for the tough guy image it gives me

[alpinestar12]

you are about as much of an arsehole as frank grimes (simpsons anyone?). have a fucking cry you baby! wah wah you litter and blow smoke in my face...then get fucked!!!!!!!




yes im a smoker.... about a 20 pack a week....attempting to quit... and i smoke PURELY for the tough guy image it gives me

Look everybody, it's sockman! Everybody point and laugh at him!

[and1]

yeah i smoke socialy at clubs and parties and maybe when im feeling a bit down after a stack. But i know that it is bad for me but meh.

Aren't you like 14? What kind of clubs do you go to? HI-5 in concert?

[ilostmypassword]

you are about as much of an arsehole as frank grimes (simpsons anyone?). have a fucking cry you baby! wah wah you litter and blow smoke in my face...then get fucked!!!!!!!




yes im a smoker.... about a 20 pack a week....attempting to quit... and i smoke PURELY for the tough guy image it gives me

*points and laughs* & wipes shit off shoe....

[chris_mtb]

yer i dont smoke i think its a gross habit and a waste of money
yer i have a few friends who smoke at parties to be "cool" and they blow the smoke in your face or blow it into the air to get attention
julian knows who im talkin about

[derelikt]

yer i dont smoke i think its a gross habit and a waste of money
yer i have a few friends who smoke at parties to be "cool" and they blow the smoke in your face or blow it into the air to get attention
julian knows who im talkin about

So where are you suppose to blow smoke when you dont want to be cool? I dont know about you but im surrounded by air all the time, And when i exhale my smoke i dont think im cool.

[chris_mtb]

no my friend just makes a scene everytime he gets his hands on a ciggie

[nickmann]

smoking = death...say no more

[Ruckus_Lord]

no my friend just makes a scene everytime he gets his hands on a ciggie

Yeah, people like that really do shit me, seen a couple at parties and what not; What pisses me of MOST is when people blow it in your face, the last person who did that felt it big time....

smoking = death...say no more

Yeah a lot of things mean death, wrap yourself in bubble wrap, that way you'll suffocate, or maybe protect yourself, which we don't want.:)

Admittingly, I have a couple every month or 2, i'm in no way an addicted smoker, but when there's a chat circle at a party I tend to have 1 or 2, not making a scene of it like some people, "FUCK I GOTS A CIGGY BRO TAKE A MYSAPCE PHOTO!", just casual. And I can't see that much harm in that, I never get cravings or anything, I find my self control to be very good and I know when enough is enough.

I'm not going to preach how much smokers suck, I have no problems with them (if the're not being cock heads about it), as I said earlier, all the blokes I work with are heavy smokers, I can understand that when they've been in the field for such a long time, everyone needs something. If they want to kill themselves, so be it.

[Matt H]

you are about as much of an arsehole as frank grimes (simpsons anyone?). have a fucking cry you baby! wah wah you litter and blow smoke in my face...then get fucked!!!!!!!



*Looks at post, looks at custom title...*

*laughs*

I have nothing more of value to add here :)

[Vicious_Fishes]

If they want to kill themselves, so be it.

i think its the unwanted effect they have on others everybody's having a bitch about however ?

and yes before anybody starts i know there are a million other things we could bitch about and make the world better by getting rid of and all that dribble... but that doesn't excuse this one.

[Ruckus_Lord]

i think its the unwanted effect they have on others everybody's having a bitch about however ?

Such as?

There's no unwanted effect to me, just the fuckheads that blow it in my face.

[Mahoney_007]

Nothing worse than smoking outside away from the crowd and having some numbnuts come sit right next to you and start coughing whilst giving you the evils.

I told some old lady "well dont sit in my smoke you silly bitch" after she walked past 2 benches to sit on mine, right next to my smoking arse.

Yes its gross yes it will kill me yes its un healthy yet once I get my hands on a few beers I cant help myself. Why did I start in the first place? Peer group pressure and the image of being a "bad boy" at school. Cant wear flannelette and black jeans to school and not smoke :eek:

Anywho kids, DONT SMOKE!

[Vicious_Fishes]

Such as?

There's no unwanted effect to me, just the fuckheads that blow it in my face.

the whole passive smoking thing, the smell which repulses some...

[bmx]

i used too. just picked it up back in the old days of weed:rolleyes:.

But thats all over. Apparently I do have the rare durrie when i'm drunk....sometimes i don't remember.

why did i do it? i dunno, it first gave you that relaxed head-spin feeling. then after that, it just felt relaxing and you wanted more. But ICE and speed is way cooler......not really. I'll just stick to alcohol:cool:

[PINT of Stella, mate!]

My mate's handywork...

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/taylorndt/DSC00025.jpg

[Hamer]

My mate's handywork...

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/taylorndt/DSC00025.jpg

hahahahaahaha, oh man, thats good, and also why i dont smoke..

[thevish]

I'm 33 and i smoked 20-25 Marlboro Reds from age 16. The reason that I quit is the effect on my health became more significant than any enjoyment I was getting. My GF is a non-smoker too, so that helped. You'll know when it's time to give up. A lot of people who do, do it whilst thinking they can go back to it if it gets too hard, myself included. Never works. Do it whan you're really ready and it's relatively easy, although I was a complete c**t to a few people for the first few days. Now it's easy. I haven't smoked for over 18 months and I can now go to the pub with smokers and not want to light up. Plus I can smash hills that used to have me stopping to light up a fag half way up.

you are a freakin legend man..
i smoked for 2years (pack a day) and giving up was the Hardest addiction (outside of mtbing) i've had to deal with, took me 4 goes after being on patches and all that Bullshit..
the secret is getting involved in a group thing where your surrounded by people who don't smoke, for me it was Martial arts.. and having supportive friends and family helps "you fuck head.. you'll never give up dreamer bahaha"
when i quit.. i felt free, it reminded me of constantly having to take a piss or something.. annoying but you had no choice "THEY OWNED YOU"
Food tasted better.. fitness was back, and i felt like i had got in the ring with tyson and fucked him up.. it really is fucken hard.. but when you quit, your out of the water and on that boat heading to better lifestyle and health land or something gay like that.

[matty_101]

I did smoke, if you could call it that. Whenever i drank i could finish a half pack in the night but during the days id only have 2-5. I figured i'd stop while i can because i wasn't completely addicted yet. Ive been almost a week so far which isn't fuck all but it was pretty hard for me SO BACK OFF (billy madison).

Im glad i can say that i was never a smoker.

[ozzy osbourne]

Used to smoke a pack a day til I took up riding. Now the occaisional cig but if I'm going to smoke it's usually a cuban cigar at a celebration or something like that.
Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it many times.:D
Remember kids, no-one leaves life alive.

If quittings so easy then why have you had to do it many times?

[BM Epic]

i smoked 50 bungers a day for 26 years and gave up last year when i had a visit ot hospital with a heart complaint, i gave up the night australia qualified for the world cup, cost me a fortune over the years, this aint rubbish either, i am 41 and started smoking at 14 years old.
i miss it, and if it were not bad for me i still would be smokin 50+ bungers a day, it still smells nice to me as well, i dont get all non-smoker funny about it either, although i feel fitter, stronger and healthier since giving up.
cheers

[dailywar]

one of my friends at school(14 years old) and his friend thats a girl but not girlfriend started doing drugs and smoking at school... should i try to stop them or just let them go till the relize what they are doing???

all my aunties and uncles smoke and it annoys me when im in the same room as them when they are smoking. i always go home smelling like smoke...so i dont thgink im going to smoke

[Red Rocket]

If quittings so easy then why have you had to do it many times?

Ahhh, dude, I think his statement was purposefully ironic to be humerous....;)

[Sam.]

one of my friends at school(14 years old) and his friend thats a girl but not girlfriend started doing drugs and smoking at school... should i try to stop them or just let them go till the relize what they are doing???


If you think you can get through to him and her than why not try.
If you get a "fuck off" than hey it is his choice and it is also your choice whether(sp?) to be his friend or not.