How does smoking make you feel?

Relaxed I'd say, & I think its fine. But if I'm around my friends or family that are non smokers, I walk outside to smoke. One of my friends happens to be extremely allergic to cigarette smoke & the last thing I'd wanna do is send her to the hospital. Anybody else can deal with it or move away from me.

I am a non smoker and I will not breathe this wicked smoke from those who pollute the air with their filth

I don't smoke and I never have.

I'm a non-smoker..And I hate it when people do smoke. Especially when they do it around me..(I know that sounds bad..)..That's fine if you want to ruin your lungs, but if I wanted to ruin mine, I'd smoke. I'm also not too keen on smelling like the tail pipe of a car.

Nonsmoker -- lifetime. I pity the addicted and think people should make more of an effort to stop. Don't like idea of smoking cuz it has the potential to harm others -- not only the smokers themselves. I think a lot of kids start because they are rebelling against people telling them they shouldn't. It's a peer-pressure thing too, and younger people tend to not think about harmful effects applying to themselves--just to other people.

I'm quitting tomorrow because I'm so sick of it. It stinks up my house, my car, my clothes. I have to go outside to smoke in my own home when there are non-smokers (like my grand-child and ex-smokers who are the most vociferous about the stench). Potential, non-smoking mates don't give me the time of day (especially when they're from the West Coast), I'm sick of ruining my health and I'm sick of being this society's new pariah....

> Nonsmoker -- lifetime. I pity the addicted and think people should
> make more of an effort to stop. Don't like idea of smoking cuz it
> has the potential to harm others -- not only the smokers themselves.
> I think a lot of kids start because they are rebelling against people
> telling them they shouldn't. It's a peer-pressure thing too, and younger
> people tend to not think about harmful effects applying to themselves--just
> to other people.

I really don't understand the younger crowd of today who smoke. It's not like they didn't have all the warnings - I wish we had had the same... I come from smoking parents, from a generation who grew up smelling everyone else's smoke. As inconceivable it is to smoke in public places today; I can't believe that as recently as 15 years ago - people were smoking in the grocery store! (Not that I did...) I remember smoking in a plane! A theater! A bus!! A hospital even!! Ashtrays were EVERYWHERE!!

I think they mainly just want to rebel against all the warnings. My parents smoked (and drank) too. That tobacco smell is a total turnoff too. Now people are all over the sidewalks because they're not allowed to smoke in their apartments, and people on the sidewalk walking by have to put up with it.

Wish me luck... or strength! Some say that cigarettes can be such an addiction to people that it's worse than cocaine and to boot; it's LEGAL!!! How the hell can that be??? Try to come up with a new product that harms your health, is addictive and serves no purpose whatsoever! See if you can get it on the market today! And yet...

I'm a smoker and I think it's fine. I think the government should stay out of people's private lives. I do think smokers should be polite to non-smokers and watch where they smoke.

Smoking what?

I used to smoke cigarettes, and it made me feel good, but it also had many negative effects on me.
I went through a weed smoking period, but I haven't touched it in seven years because it made me feel paranoid and I would forget who I am when I smoke it.
I haven't smoked crack yet.

> I
> have to go outside to smoke in my own home when
> there are non-smokers (like my grand-child and
> ex-smokers who are the most vociferous about the
> stench).

I don't know, I'm an ex smoker, and I love when people do it around me. Sometimes I think that's the only thing that keeps me from starting again.

> I'm a smoker and I think it's fine. I think the
> government should stay out of people's private
> lives. I do think smokers should be polite to
> non-smokers and watch where they smoke.

I agree.

I smoke one or two cigarettes a day. I really enjoy them when I smoke them, and they tend to make me feel relaxed. I do think it's a bad habit, but up to people to decide for themselves. It really irritates me when people try to give me advice about not smoking or tell me it's bad for me. I know these things, and all they are doing is showing just how completely they don't understand smoking.

Ha! When did you quit??? (good for you!)

I think there should be over the counter pills for using when you either need to calm down in stressful situations, and ones to use to get you motivated, when caffeine doesn't work.

...to go with cigarettes and booze?

Not necessarily.

You bad gurl you!

No, I was just thinking of over the counter remedies. Not recreational, but therapeutic. Take the anti stress ones before a big speech, before an interview, after a car accident or house fire, that sort of thing. And the stimulants could be mild like caffeine, only used when caffeine isn't working. Why can't we have those options without a DX?

I used to smoke, but then I gave up before I fell pregnant. While I was pregnant just smelling smoke would make me feel physically sick. Now I can't stand it.

Probably because none exist without being addictive and must be monitored by prescription... All I have in my home pharmacy is Aspirin and Eno (Midol too) but I have to admit that I like a good dose of Dristan when my nasal passages are clogged and Visine when I take a toke but even they are addictive...

Well hrmph, then

Life is an addiction!

Yep. I need a cure for drowsiness! I wonder if my inner ear problem is what's making me tired? I'll ask the doc tomorrow. I'm finally seeing a doc! yay.

I'm a non smoker (right now)
I used to smoke before I had Bianca (22 years ago) but, I quit when I found out I was pregnant with her (as well as the other 3 kids)
But, now the ONLY time I ever smoke is if I was out celebrating or something, then I would have a drink in one hand & a cigarette in the other. They just seem to go together. Like salt & pepper.

> I really don't understand the younger crowd of
> today who smoke. It's not like they didn't have
> all the warnings -

I totally agree!

I wish we had had the same...
> I come from smoking parents, from a generation
> who grew up smelling everyone else's smoke.


Weird cause I came from 2 non smoking parents. But, my brother, sister & I smoked. After I had Bianca I just thought to myself, this cigarette is not making me rich, not making me healthy, not doing a dam good thing for me! So one day I just quit, no cold turkey. Just disgusted for the whole thing.
I didn't miss the smell on my breath, I didn't miss the smell on my clothe, I stopped coughing & gaging every morning, & I didn't have to spend any more money on it. Not only that but, smokers wouldn't ask me to spare them a cigarette or give them a light anymore cause I had none. I felt liberated!!




I can't believe that as recently as 15
> years ago - people were smoking in the grocery
> store! (Not that I did...) I remember smoking
> in a plane! A theater! A bus!! A hospital even!!
> Ashtrays were EVERYWHERE!!

I remember those days! Those were the good old days when a pack only cost me 25 cents! When it went up to 75 cents I decided to quit for good. It was a money thing for me too that made me wanna quit. That actually was a good thing for me. Cause I'm cheap like that!

Those McDonalds tin ashtrays were pretty fun to play with. So bendy.

Man... You just made me glad to be Canadian!

Man! You must be MUCH older than me! I never had packs under 65 cents!

My time it took to finally see a doctor was due to procrastination.

Not money?

nope

Oh crap.... I forgot what we were talking about. Hey! Pass me another glass of wine wouldja!

Ok, I remember now! I cheated!

> I think there should be over the counter pills for using when you
> either need to calm down in stressful situations, and ones to use
> to get you motivated, when caffeine doesn't work.

One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the pill that mama gives you, does nothing at all......

> I'm quitting tomorrow because I'm so sick of it. It stinks up my
> house, my car, my clothes. I have to go outside to smoke in my own
> home when there are non-smokers (like my grand-child and ex-smokers
> who are the most vociferous about the stench). Potential, non-smoking
> mates don't give me the time of day (especially when they're from
> the West Coast), I'm sick of ruining my health and I'm sick of being
> this society's new pariah....

I hear ya!!!! I need to quit too. I'm almost there, I usually quit in the winter cause I go outside to smoke too. Right now I have a cough that wont quit, keeps me up at night, I go to sleep with a cough drop in each cheek. In the morning I have to have my cig with my coffee, I light up and cough away, I am almost to the point where I don't like the taste anymore, we'll see I am going to try........................................................................................................................................................................





OMG this is hard.

I could answer this a million ways.... I'm going with:

Smoking what?

Over a year ago, in May.

Well good luck to ya! Not that it has anything to do with luck but...

> I could answer this a million ways.... I'm going with:
>
> Smoking what?


that thought crossed my mind too

Good girl! Now wish me luck, today is my first day. I know I won't get any sleep for the next 3 nights... *sigh*

Good luck!

I remember getting some prescription anti-anxiety meds when I was quitting. It helped it even out.

Yeah, coke snorted isn't addictive physically -- at least it wasn't to me when I used to do it. Gawd, what a huge waste of money that was! I regret it now cuz I was low-income anyway and if I'd put all that money away I used to "blow" on coke (and ecstasy -- another expensive indulgence -- weed was nearly as much) many years ago (acid didn't cost much), then I could've maybe had a house of my own by now with that garden I want so much. But when you're younger you tend to think things will automatically work out okay when you get older -- at least I did; no money sense whatsoever. If they'd legalize marijuana today I'd probably not take it up again because of the cost.

I smoked from the time I was a child of about 11 and then on for many years. Following a period of illness, cigarettes started making me feel breathless and bad, so I stopped. I haven't smoked since, and now actively dislike the smell of smoke and avoid it.

yup

I just get the "twitchies" for next couple fo days.... I hat it.

I don't want to think about the money I spent just smoking cigarettes...

Well, out of those choices I put 'smoking is fine' & 'I am a smoker' Smoking relaxes me... although I wish I would have never started, because I can't quit

> First they came...

uhhh...lol I am suprised nobody asked you this... but what does that link have to do with cigarettes? lol

I thought the intent of the question was going to be about how smoking made you feel physically. It makes me feel like crap and raises my blood pressure, but that doesn't stop me from a pack a day.

Around here the towns have started outlawing smoking even in your own residence if you live in multi-family structures such as apartments, condos, etc.

I hate it! It's especially bad on the streets of Hong Kong now because you cannot smoke inside in most places (other than bars). Smoke bothers me a lot and can set off my asthma. Yuck!

I think the government should stay out of it.

First they came for the smokers, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn't a smoker...

I don't smoke, I have no problems with people smoking. I think that for most indoor places, a smoking ban is fine. I think there should be exceptions, what I'd call smoker's havens. There should be some public places where people are allowed to smoke, as long as signs say 'this is a smoking establishment' or whatever. I don't think it's right at all that there are no more public places for people to smoke in, and I have never been a smoker. If you don't like smoke, you can just choose not to go there.

Smoking sucks. It makes the smoker and everything around them smell awful. If someone wants to smoke (alone with no one around them), then they can do that, but don't ask anyone else in society to foot the medical bills later on.

Good for you!! What method are you trying?

Yeah, the taxes alone on the legal stuff.

I have smoked, usually only socially. It makes me feel miserable. I get terrible sinus headaches and have to bathe constantly because I can't stand the smell. Part of me doesn't care if some one else smokes as long as they do it far away from me because I get the same problems from second hand smoke. I don't like people I care about to smoke because I was a nurse and I worked with cancer patients so I've seen the worst that can do. If the government stopped to tally up how much they are paying to care for people who are sick because of smoking they'd make it illegal.

That poem is deep, I thought maybe you were refering to the mentally off..........................

It makes me feel sick.

I smoke, I enjoy it, I do make a conscience effort to not smoke around other people. I respect others wishes to not be around it.

When someone gives me a dirty look, starts fake gagging and makes a scene, or says something aobut how it will kill me...those people are the ones that are hurting themselves. They are the horrible habit, not my smoking.

Cold turkey.. Didn't sleep too well last night but that will only be for 2 more nights - I get the jitters from the withdrawal.

oooooh, I guess I should have read it better...lol

I'm a smoker... it's my dirty little secret

The gum worked for my mom. I've heard they've got lots of options now. Good luck!!!

Do to a lack on interest, I never tried smoking anything or tobacco products of any kind. I still don't have any interest in that stuff left untried.

I can do without the nicotine - it's the long term mental habit that I'm worried about... Day 2 and I didn't rip anyone's head off - just damaged my car though!!! Damn!

Silly, I just turned 55! But, I remember when cigarettes were 25 cents & then went up to 30 cents, I was 14 years old then. At the time my older brother would send me to the local store down the block, with a note asking the store keeper to sell me a pack of cigarettes for Benji. In those days they did that. Couldn't get away with that today.

Again, I LOVE your white kitty picture! Looks like my kitty.

Doesn't bother me at all. It's one of my pet peeves how smokers are treated.
No, I don't smoke.

I was 5 when you were 14... I wasn't smoking then!

Your just a young thang!!!

& I would hope that you weren't smoking at that tender young age.

How's your cigarette smoking or should I say, cigarette quiting going? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you?

I haven't bitten anybody's head off yet. I don't expect that I will start again this time, I'm pretty sick of it frankly.

Yeah, thats how I got after a while. Just got sick & tired of buying, lighting, smoking & smelling it. You're almost there girl! & once you stop you'll tell yourself, "Why the hell did I even pick up that habit?'' You watch, you wont even miss it, once you stop.

Totally off the subject but, you never did tell me why you asked if I had gotten rid of David's stuff.

Just wondering... It might help a little if you did though; it could help you to move on.

We all make our choices. I'm currently a non smoker for smoker rights.

> Just wondering... It might help a little if you
> did though; it could help you to move on.

Have you gotten rid of Ben's stuff?
I still have David's cologne, shaving cream, some clothe (about 20 pieces, I sold/Goodwill the rest)
I'll get rid of his cologne & shaving cream to start? As for the colthes, maybe by Christmas. & the Pictures NEVER!

As for the cruise trip, when do you think you'll be able to come down? How much does a trip like that cost anyway? Or was that supposed to be me? I never got your post on that. It would be ultra cool tho if you could come down my way. I would love for you to meet my family & we could go tripping around. Where ever your you'd like to sight seeing. You been to Mexico, Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, Hollywood Wax Museum? Keep me posted I'm so excited.

I still have Ben's cologne but it's just because I like the bottle... DON'T get rid of the pics!! EVER!!

The cruise is booked for the 26th but I want to fly in on the 24th (I'm hoping I can... uh... well... "see" someone there... *sigh*) You can get the details here; http://delbert.com/sailing.htm (I could get a better price if we shared a room!!)

I've been to Tijuana and this cruise has 3 ports in Mexico where we will be spending a day. I've been to Disney but in Florida, come to think of it; I never did that much sight seeing while I was out that way. I sure like San Diego though and the Gas Lamp area... What's a longer drive for you - LA or SD?

They're both about the same distance from my house. I live right smack in the middle of both cities. So it really doesn't matter. However, SD is a much smoother drive for me. I've never been to the Gas Lamp area tho I've always heard so much about it. I can hardly wait.

Well I'll keep you informed! Can you take time off in the week? I haven't booked my flights yet but I don't want to wait too long (your $$ is so low lately!) and the closer to the date of departure; the more money it'll cost... Let me know how and what we can do!

But ,of course!! I can make my own schedule. I'll be honored to take sometime off when you get here!! Are you kidding?? If you need to talk call me! (951) 2968165

It's totally up to you. I'm game for anything.

Is there an airport in Murietta? Damn... If I knew for sure that my Boricuan would see me; it would make it easier to plan. *sigh* I think I'll call you... I mean now!

> Is there an airport in Murietta? Damn... If I
> knew for sure that my Boricuan would see me; it
> would make it easier to plan. *sigh* I think
> I'll call you... I mean now!


No .... the closet airport is Ontario, California 40 minutes drive from here. & it's an easy drive too!
>

FoxTurtle's cigarettes always get wet, so...

This is pretty late and whatnot... but, you were wondering why some the younger generation of today smoke. I saw Control last night (it's a black and white film that's just come out, telling the story of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division) - it's the single best advertising for smoking ever. I think smoking very much still carries the cool, rebellious factor.

I guess but there's so much more uncool things underlined about it now that you'd think... well, I have to admit that it IS always the coolest people who are outside smoking! I think I'll still go out there, even if I don't smoke, it's just a good place to meet people!

How are you doing with giving up?

I cheated yesterday and had one - Just like last Saturday oh and Friday night too... Just one each time though. I just can't drink - I guess that I'll have to quit that forever too if I don't want to smoke...

At least it's only one at a time. It would be incredibly hard to just stop. Why do you feel the need to give up drink?

I can't drink and not smoke - they go hand in hand, so... (As the turtle would say!)

Well, good luck with it all then

Thanks sweetie!

I used to smoke, then I quit a few years ago but used to have the odd one when I was drinking. Since the smoking ban, I've not had any.