Smoking

For the sake of avoiding an infraction, I'm not going to comment on what my opinion on smoking is, but if I don't know you, I really don't care what you decide to do to your body so if you want to smoke, that's cool. Just don't do it near me.
 
Meh, I'm not someone who gets addicted to anything really. So a cigarette is a cigarette to me. It's not healthy to smoke one, but it's not going to deal much damage either, much like alcohol in that sense.

I was smoking today, but generally I don't like tobacco. I was smoking marijuana but generally I have to throw in some tobacco to ease it up. Generally though, unless I'm socializing, I hate smoking.
 
I don't get why people smoke. It's not good for them. I never have and never will, because I get taught this stuff all the time and don't think it's something that would taste good.
 
I don't like smoking. I lost someone to smoking. I'm not gonna stop someone from smoking. It's their life. But I'll be worried bout'em. End of story.

Also @ smoking sax man, good luck playing when your lungs get damaged. I play sax myself (tenor at that, just like that guy has) and as a non-smoker, that ♥♥♥♥ can be tough. Don't even want to think about it if I was a smoker.
 
I was raised to have a very negative view on smoking. There are too many negative effects for it to be acceptable for me. (health problems, financial problems)
I used to have friends who smoked all the time, and it would kill me every time I saw them smoking. It's like watching a close friend hurt themselves right in front of you. It made me sad, and I had to stop being friends with them because of it.
I will never smoke, of course.
 
Personally, I think smoking is disgusting and is toxic, literally and metaphorically speaking, to yourself and others around you. Like Jak, I too have lost people to smoking and have seen the end result - it's not pretty. You can rationalize the "benefits" it has or what it does for you to yourself all you want, it still doesn't change that fact.
 
Jak said:
I don't like smoking. I lost someone to smoking. I'm not gonna stop someone from smoking. It's their life. But I'll be worried bout'em. End of story.

Also @ smoking sax man, good luck playing when your lungs get damaged. I play sax myself (tenor at that, just like that guy has) and as a non-smoker, that ♥♥♥♥ can be tough. Don't even want to think about it if I was a smoker.
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I'm a grade 8 alto saxophonist and have been smoking for about a year and a half on and off (until recently, I smoke pretty much every day now). Hasn't affected my playing at all, or my singing, although I don't think I smoke enough for it to have too great an affect (yet).

I plan to quit altogether by the time I get to my late 20s/early 30s, since I do appreciate that it will take its tole one day.
 
I'm a grade 8 alto saxophonist and have been smoking for about a year and a half on and off (until recently, I smoke pretty much every day now). Hasn't affected my playing at all, or my singing. Although, I don't think I smoke enough for it to have too great an affect (yet). I plan to quit altogether by the time I get to my late 20s/early 30s, since I do appreciate that it will take its tole one day.
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Ohhh you're only like a bby saxophonist. :( It won't affect you that early...unless you smoke just THAT much, probably. There are plenty of people I play sax with that smoke as well and are older than you and the smoking hasn't taken a toll on their playing yet, but still, I don't know what their insides look like.

get over here btw let's have a jam session 8)
 
"Plan to quit."

It's really hard to quit if you've smoked for a long time. You may not want to smoke anymore, but your body sure wants its fix. Some people start shaking like crazy until their body is given its fix. I don't really view it as an addiction or a craving either. It's more of a "necessity" at that point.

Quitting isn't as easy as it looks...
 
I smoke. I grow up around people who smoked. My stepdad used to asked me to light his cigs on the stove for him. So I used to sneak puff of his cigs before I gave it to him. Yes smoke is bad for you but its great stress reliever. I've been smoking off/on since I was 14. Now I only smoke e-cigs and cigars (Black/milds, white owls, and etc.)
 
Jak said:
Ohhh you're only like a bby saxophonist. :( It won't affect you that early...unless you smoke just THAT much, probably. There are plenty of people I play sax with that smoke as well and are older than you and the smoking hasn't taken a toll on their playing yet, but still, I don't know what their insides look like.

get over here btw let's have a jam session 8)
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Can't tell if the first part of that was a joke or not since you elaborated. Grade 8 is the highest qualification you can have bar a diploma. Bebop and the blues are my specialities.

There's no doubt that smoking won't help your playing in any way, but at the same time I think you'd have to be smoking all day every day for it to have a severe affect.

Eevee said:
"Plan to quit."

It's really hard to quit if you've smoked for a long time. You may not want to smoke anymore, but your body sure wants its fix. Some people start shaking like crazy until their body is given its fix. I don't really view it as an addiction or a craving either. It's more of a "necessity" at that point.

Quitting isn't as easy as it looks...
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Sorry, but this just isn't true. Or at least, not for everyone.

You can't throw all smokers into the 'hopelessly addicted' barrel. I personally find it easy to stop and start as and when I please because I don't have an addictive personality. It differs between all smokers.
 
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Can't tell if the first part of that was a joke or not since you elaborated. Grade 8 is the highest qualification you have bar a diploma. Bebop and the blues are my specialities.

There's no doubt that smoking won't help your playing in any way, but at the same time I think you'd have to be smoking all day every day for it to have a severe affect.
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WOW. I read "grade 8" and immediately thought of 8th grade, I'm really sorry. Still on for that jam session though. 8)

Yeah, definitely. I don't know anyone that smokes to that degree thankfully. But I mean, musician or not, that would really mess you up. Like I said, if people are gonna smoke, it's not my deal, but I'll still worry anyway. I lost someone to throat cancer because of smoking. I watched them suffer with stage 4 for 2 years, and it's hard. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
 
Nothing Is Real said:
I plan to quit altogether by the time I get to my late 20s/early 30s, since I do appreciate that it will take its tole one day.
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Yeah, like Eevee said, quitting smoking can be difficult. Nicotine is addictive. My neighbor said he'd quit smoking five years ago. He still smokes. You definitely have the right to do whatever you want, just be careful.

(oh, and you're automatically cool for playing alto. I'm also an alto saxophonist!)
 
  • What's your general opinion on smoking?
I've always had a very negative view of smoking. I suppose my family had a very anti-smoking attitude, and I've always found the smell of cigarette smoke disgusting. I also spend a lot of time around cancer researchers, so that mentality rubs off a bit as well. Someone else made the comment that smoking is a turn-off for them, dating-wise, and I would agree with that; while it may not seem like a big deal to a lot of people, to some of us, it's akin to kissing an ashtray.

I guess I'm fine with people smoking in private, but I have a problem with public smoking/exposing others to second-hand smoke against their will. If you want to harm yourself, that's your choice (though I don't want to have to pay for smokers' increased health care costs down the road), but please don't force others to suffer along with you. That especially goes for children (so for those of you who smoke, please try not to do so around your kids if/when you have them).


  • Do you smoke? If yes then how often/how many cigarettes per day?
Nope, I don't smoke.
  • Have you ever smoked?
No, I've never smoked. I've never had any desire to, and the costs certainly seem to outweigh the benefits. While I see that a bunch of the smokers in this thread think it's "cool" to smoke, I suppose I just don't understand (and probably will never understand) that mentality. To each his/her own, I guess.
  • Will you ever smoke?
I don't plan on it. It just seems like an expensive habit that's detrimental to my health. Plus, most of the people I associate with aren't into smoking either, so it wouldn't have any social benefit for me.

Oh, and in response to the comments about quitting: My impression is that it's doable, but certainly not easy. Three of my grandparents smoked at one point in time, and all of them quit. One of them struggled for years to do so; another quit cold-turkey when he decided that cigarettes weren't affordable. Nicotine is addictive, and it's hard to predict how easy it will be for you to quit at some particular point in time.
 
Smoking is awful. Period. I will never ever ever even try smoking. The smell is bad, and the health consequences are...ew. I would love to keep my lungs healthy thank you very much.

I come from a long line of non-smokers from my dad's side. My dad never smoked and neither did my grandmother, grandfather and so on. However, my mom's side are hardcore smokers. My mom has smoked a lot in the past, but she quit immediately when she was pregnant with my little sister. I'm really glad that she quit. It took her a lot of time to not touch a cigarette and she was able to combat that addiction.
 
I smoke. I'm not a heavy smoker by any means, maybe three cigs a day at most. AT MOST.

Thing is, I smoke to help calm myself. I have anxiety and it helps me, both the nicotine and the actual ACTION of smoking help me calm myself and prevent me from stimming.

I do have every intent to quit in the near future, but for now I mind my own business. I don't judge, and I expect the same. I mean it's obvious I understand the risks, but it is my choice knowing the risks. Call it a bad decision. Whatever, just I hate it when people rag on me for it.
 
So.. ughh.. Yes I do smoke... But i take it to a minimum. I only smoke if I am either depressed or upset. Nothing more nothing less. With that said I only smoke at least once or twice a month. I don't know but I have this weird control over this habit. I still don't know if I could call this a habit (lol) to be honest.
 
The people I stand around at the train station after school smoke, and I've been around them for long enough that I've developed a tolerance towards and even slight liking of the scent - I still wouldn't even consider smoking under any circumstances, though.

Oddly, my grandfather smoked all of his life, from about eight years old, and he lived almost complication-free until he was suddenly diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in July 2013 and died from hospital-acquired pneumonia less than two months later, five days after his birthday. He was 91.
 
What's your general opinion on smoking?
Nope
Do you smoke? If yes then how often/how many cigarettes per day?
Nope
Have you ever smoked?
Yes once. Asthma got me good though.
Will you ever smoke?
Nope
 
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