I wish smoking wasn't habit forming.

[Bianca Paragon]

It's also worth noting the difference between "habit forming" and "severely chemically and psychologically addictive". Nicotine is AS addictive and hard to break as an addiction as cocaine and heroine~

 

[beauty. proletariat]

It doesn't look cool.
It makes you stink; it makes your teeth yellow and your breath reekk. It also makes you taste like an ashtray; so there'll be nobody kissing you.
It's gross. And shows you have a pretty low IQ to want to voluntarily damage yourself to "look cool"; when you don't~

nuh.

the whole badass messy look with the 5'oclock shave and messed up long hair with a ciggy looks dayum sxc :D

but they're a health risk so I dont do them D:

I've smoked paper, and cigarettes. Papers worse for you D: I lost a year XD

 

[Camisado]

Well, the first thing that might bias my opinion was that my Nan (er, grandmother) died ten years ago after an operation to remove cancer that she almost definitely got - the doctors weren't sure then- from smoking all her life.

She used to look after me when my parents were at work, and she always used to smoke around me, because back then it wasn't such an awful thing to do. I didn't think it was cool, I thought it was a really strange thing to do. Being exposed to it for several years meant I never wanted to try it myself.

Lots of my friends tried to get me to smoke, and just no.

Some of my friends have even offered me weed, and that was all the less appealing.

...I have to go to work, I think I'll add more to this later.

 

[Guillermo]

Just because one or two doesn't effect you doesn't mean the second hand smoke won't effect the people around you.

 

[Citrinin]

I've never found smoking to look cool, tbh. And, of course, the health risks are enough to turn me off, as is the price, due to heavy sin tax. :s

 

[drunk ¬_¬]

umm... about cigarettes making your breath stink, and your teeth yellow... well, food kinda does that too D:
if you're so concerned about that you'd have a healthy hygiene... it does wonders :D

and imo, weed is considered a drug because it is worse than tobacco... sure the government tends to be stupid, but you shouldn't look down upon it so much :)

as i said... smoking or not smoking is a personal opinion, and only you can decide whether you do it or not

fun fact: did you know that people with cancer who DON'T go through chemotherapy tend to live longer??? it's because doctors literally poison you in the process... thus killing you.

i am of the opinion that doctors or whoever came up with such barbaric and nonsensical should be tried for mass murder, and crimes against human rights!

 

[Guillermo]

Actually, that's not true. While it can kill you, that's not always the case. Sometimes it extends life from up to 5 months.

Chemo is toxic but through human clinical trials they know the dosage to give patients to try and kill the cancer while keeping the patient alive. Determining safety is one of the main purposes for having human clinical trials. What kills is not the chemotherapy but when the chemotherapy fails to stop the progression of the disease the patient can die.

 

[Esper]

umm... about cigarettes making your breath stink, and your teeth yellow... well, food kinda does that too D:

People have to eat to survive. Not all foods stain teeth and cause foul smelling breath.

People don't have to smoke to survive. Tobacco always causes foul smelling breath and stains teeth more readily than most foods.

as i said... smoking or not smoking is a personal opinion, and only you can decide whether you do it or not

Unfortunately, second hand smoke is not a personal decision.

 

[twocows]

Since when did smoking look cool? I always thought it looks disgusting, and I don't like putting any kind of weird chemicals in my body (which is why I hate taking medicine). Also, marijuana is less destructive than tobacco. Just thought I'd let you know.

 

[Mew Ichigo]

All of that and you still have no idea what I'm trying to say.
I give up on you.

Royal Genesis, you do know that the whole point of a thread is to get opionions and talk nicely...?

 

[Barney.]

I'm pretty sure most people wish it wasn't addictive...But it is so there.

If you want to have a relationship with any self-respecting, half-decent looking person, don't bother.

Go weed if you want some stick in your mouth..Or pretend to smoke with a Wotsit.

 

[Ageless Irony]

Just putting this out there.
Weed makes you smell too.

Hahaha.
I am in no way pro-smoking btw guize.
And my "Because it looks ****ing cool" remark was mostly in jest.

 

[Luck]

Actually, it is habit forming. o.o

Some of my family members just have the habit of reaching over, and lighting up a cigarette, rather then actually wanting one all the time.

& I also agree with Scarf, I wish it were more addictive, so that people would be less likely to just get into it so.. easily. :/ Like "Oh, it won't hurt anything.." so they start smoking to look kewlz. Wouldn't be the case if they knew it would almost automatically harm them in some way.

You know as well as I do that anyone with a willpower that doesn't fold like paper can quit it with minimal effort. The fact that they want it to "feel better" or "just because" is a good sign of little willpower to quit, and that is why every no-smoking patch is a useless waste of money, but that is for another time. I've actually smoked a cigarette before, and I couldn't stand it. I never felt happy or calm in any way because the smoke drifting into my nose and eyes never let me. Maybe it's just me though, maybe my taste buds are screwed up. I think that obesity is a much bigger problem though, but that has little to do with smoking( obese people are 50% more likely to obtain cancer though.)

 

[Tacogeddon]

You could always smoke a bubble-pipe and be sophisticated as hell.

 

[ShinjisLover]

It definitely doesn't look cool. It stinks, turns your teeth yellow, and stains your fingers as well. You can never get that smell out of your hair, clothes, or car (if you drive or something). It's been proven to be bad for you (hence why you choke like hell when you take your first puff), which is why it's been banned in most public places.


Even if it doesn't have any long-term affects if you do it once or twice, because of the habit-forming nicotine, I can guarantee you're going to do it more than once or twice.​

 

[s0nido]

No. Don't do it, because ALL addictions are bad. Whether they're religious, illegal, annoying, or whatever, they are ALL bad. They bring physical harm, mental harm and spiritual harm to any of their victims. When you become addicted to anything, it can cause major problems. I'm addicted to the internet, and it's really hard not to click on the web-browser shortcut every time I'm supposed to be doing work. My dad's a heavy smoker (although he's starting to slow down now), and it's horrible. Even once in a while is not good. You don't have to smoke. It doesn't look cool, and it definitely isn't. Don't even try it, no matter what the pressure is. It's definitely not worth it.

 

[Jweeson]

I somewhat laugh at the people that have asthma and they decide to smoke, i dont know why I laugh. But I would never smoke because I have mild asthma and whoever else that has respiratory problems and they smoke really need to get punched in the face and need to go to the mental institute


:t354:TG

I know someone with asthma and he smokes. I thought he was more stupid than thought it was funny.

 

[dash!]

mehhhh, I smoke cigarettes >_>
I used to be all, I'll NEVER smoke cigarettes! It's bad, fills you with cancer makes you all ugly and wrinkly stinky breath and yellow teeth, and whatever else there is, and then as if that isn't enough you get addicted.
(and you don't even get high) :3
It was basically just whim decision to go and buy myself a pack of cigs, mostly due to all the bullsh*t always going on in my life, I was stressed out all to hell for like a month straight. The smoking calmed me down. Looking back I kinda wish I would've just delt with it like a man (though I'm a girl :P) But, eh, what's done is done.
I'm looking to quit very soon however.
Now, weed, that stuff's fun. And the damage to your body is much much less than tobacco.
Not that I recommend it. I would NEVER try to pressure someone else into smoking weed. I respect other people's views, and if they don't enjoy the cannibis, I'll leave them be :3
And that's my pointless two cents (:

 

[ShinjisLover]

I somewhat laugh at the people that have asthma and they decide to smoke, i dont know why I laugh. But I would never smoke because I have mild asthma and whoever else that has respiratory problems and they smoke really need to get punched in the face and need to go to the mental institute

As much as I agree about the punching and mental institute part, you shouldn't laugh at them. It's rude. My brother is one of those people who have asthma and smoke. As moronic as it is, it's not funny.​

 

[BenRK]

On a topic unrelated to the health and social aspects of smoking, people who smoke (anything) often (a pack of cigarettes a day) shouldn't complain about money. ;)