Smoking is bad

[Digital Bliss]

Ok im just going out on a rant but it seems that everyone acts like smoking is such a big deal if nonsmokers dont smoke why do they care about smokers i bought a pack of ciggerete s today and it had a fucking anti smoking ad on it im confused. Last time i checked its not a crime so leave us smokers alone. You could cross the street and die have a heart attack, shit you could spontaniously combust and those things have nothing to do with smoking. Besides people that do smoke know its bad but from my prespective i just dont care. If it is so bad why doesent the government ban smoking and solve the problem.

[.:sp00ky:.]

"it seems that everyone acts like smoking is such a big deal if nonsmokers dont smoke why do they care about smokers"

hmm i couldnt give a fuck if you die or not thats your problem but why should people who arnt stupid and dont smoke put up with your smoke in their faces


"You could cross the street and die have a heart attack, shit you could spontaniously combust and those things have nothing to do with smoking."

omg what a great point,im gonna quit my job and become a crack adict no point in working when all these things could happen to me tomoro!

:mellow

[TheChief]

Dude, it's the responsibility of Cigarette companies to warn smokers of what cigarettes can do to you. That's why those ads are there. Personaly, I don't care if you smoke or not, just don't smoke around me because I do not want your second hand smoke. You're free to kill yourself with cigarettes all you want, but harming me is out of the question.

[TheChief]

oh yeah...the government won't completely ban smoking because they make too much money off of the cigarette companies. although they are banning smoking in most public places all over the world.

[MushroomheadXIII]

Exactly, kill those who smoke - their smoke nearly makes me heave over and puke up my guts.

[notbob]

because nonsmokers' taxes pay for your medicare when you are dying in the hospital with lung cancer

right now, millions of tax dollars are wasted treating some jerk's "personal choice"

what about the kids with that have asthma from their chain-smoking parents? can an infant or 7 year old move away from their parents? of course not, but meanwhile their parents' "personal choice" is making them sick (and they stink too, and there's nothing they can do about that either)

don't like the warnings? don't read them. be an idiot. keep smoking, but don't whine when you are breathing through a tube or hefting around an oxygen tank either

[muffenme]

:fire

I'm a non smoker and I allow others to smoke around me. I think of it this way, free smoke with no work to hold the Cigarette in my mouth. My teeth are kept cleaner if I not the one who smoke.

The reson why they don't ban Cigarette is because of all the companies that makes Cigarette. All of these stupid companies don't care about anyone exept themself and people should demain safter Cigarette or get ride of them.

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[Atheist Icon]

I say smoke if you want to. Just be curteous around those who don't. I smoke. I have no problem with putting out my cigarette if someone has a problem with it...if they are polite about it. If they demand that I do it, I'll make sure I blow it in their face every chance I get.

right now, millions of tax dollars are wasted treating some jerk's "personal choice"

As are millions being wasted on assholes too lazy to work...but I don't see you complaining about that one.

don't like the warnings? don't read them. be an idiot. keep smoking, but don't whine when you are breathing through a tube or hefting around an oxygen tank either

I don't have to read the warnings...I am being bombarded warning ads every 5 mins on TV, radio, internet. I won't whine when I am breathing through a tube or hefting a tank around, cause hopefully I will be dead by then.

You guys have a problem with cig smoke but none with weed smoke. You guys have no problem blowing that shit in my face, but when it comes to even a hint of cigarette smoke, it's bitch and moan time. The next time someone blows weed smoke in my face, I'll make sure I punch them in the throat.

[notbob]

You guys have a problem with cig smoke but none with weed smoke. You guys have no problem blowing that shit in my face, but when it comes to even a hint of cigarette smoke, it's bitch and moan time. The next time someone blows weed smoke in my face, I'll make sure I punch them in the throat.

i'd get pissed off at the weed smoke too

unlike the unemployed losers that smoke that, i can't live off mommy and daddy. i have to have a job in order to have insurance for my family--just what i need is some useless bastard blowing smoke in my face so i can flunk a drug test and get fired

i hope cigarettes go to 10 bucks a pack, just to piss off the morons that smoke

[RACKnRAIL]

i'd get pissed off at the weed smoke too

unlike the unemployed losers that smoke that, i can't live off mommy and daddy. i have to have a job in order to have insurance for my family--just what i need is some useless bastard blowing smoke in my face so i can flunk a drug test and get fired

i hope cigarettes go to 10 bucks a pack, just to piss off the morons that smoke
haha...they're already almost $10 a pack in Canada, right now. I know our dollar ain't worth shit, but still, I'm glad I don't smoke. Even at just $9 a pack, that's $3285.00 a year at a pack a day. I know more than half of that is tax here in Canada. I would have to believe that much in tax revenue would be enough to pay for their morphine when they get cancer. No?

[ratbag]

i agree with you Digital Bliss smoking is only one thing that can kill you so will drinking eating fatty foods breathing the air in some citys going out after dark in my neighborhhod and a thousand other things sure banning smoke would sove the problem but as i said there are a thousand and one things that can kill you so what to do ban everything that is bad everyone has their preferences when it comes to smoking as they do to everything so the debate shall continue

[The Hunter]

Smoking is a dirty disgusting habbit, I know as im a smoker, and it sucks. If you smoke dont subject others to the crap you exhale. My wife has asthma, and she had it when i met her. I dont smoke around her, and when we were allowed to smoke in the restaurants , i still didnt want to subject others to my dirty habbit. Just take the shit out doors, and dont make others inhale what is killing you. I need to make other changes in my life, but at least I admit that it is a problem, and am trying to avoid hurting others. Although killing yourself may hurt the ones you love. Think about it.

[Atheist Icon]

i'd get pissed off at the weed smoke too

unlike the unemployed losers that smoke that, i can't live off mommy and daddy. i have to have a job in order to have insurance for my family--just what i need is some useless bastard blowing smoke in my face so i can flunk a drug test and get fired

i hope cigarettes go to 10 bucks a pack, just to piss off the morons that smoke

I hope they go up to $10 a pack, so I have a really good reason to quit. The health reasons aren't enough. When it comes to money, thats when I break down. I am the most Unjewish Jewish person I know. That's pretty bad...considering my Jewish girlfriend, soon to be fiance, was brought up to be a penny pincher and I save more money than she does.

[ducttapeBigSexy]

From an economic viewpoint, nonsmokers should encourage others to smoke. It means nonsmokers pay less in taxes (smokers pick up the slack) and, because smokers in general tend to die eariler, it means less money is spent on them in the form of social security.

My personal opinion is that if you want to kill yourself, be my guest. Seriously, I don't get why people are so concerned with controlling other people's activities - as long as it really doesn't affect me in any major way, I could not care less. However, don't come back and demand all this money because you didn't know smoking could hurt you - because then you are bothering me.

And, just out of curiousity, why don't you care about the health risks, the massive amount of money it costs, etc., about smoking?

[The Hunter]

I care about the obvious health risks, and i honestly am having big problems quitting. Also that is one of the reasons i push for others not to start. It is not that easy to quit, although some seem to have no problem, most have a large problem stopping.

[.:sp00ky:.]

You guys have a problem with cig smoke but none with weed smoke. You guys have no problem blowing that shit in my face, but when it comes to even a hint of cigarette smoke, it's bitch and moan time. The next time someone blows weed smoke in my face, I'll make sure I punch them in the throat.

who was that aimed at? i also have a problem with stoner brats infact their worse because they think its "good" for them we pay taxes so some little shits can sit round on their arses stoned out of their heads. i really dont know why you would think people who dont like people smoking round them wouldnt mind some stoners blowing shit in their face.

[kidmidnight]

i agree with you Digital Bliss smoking is only one thing that can kill you so will drinking eating fatty foods breathing the air in some citys going out after dark in my neighborhhod and a thousand other things sure banning smoke would sove the problem but as i said there are a thousand and one things that can kill you so what to do ban everything that is bad everyone has their preferences when it comes to smoking as they do to everything so the debate shall continue

That whole paragraph was one huge sentence. This proves, once again, that smokers are stupid.

[RACKnRAIL]

I care about the obvious health risks, and i honestly am having big problems quitting. Also that is one of the reasons i push for others not to start. It is not that easy to quit, although some seem to have no problem, most have a large problem stopping.
Hey man, it is hard to quit. Everyone that has ever smoked knows that. It is very much like Mark Twain once said, " Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it a hundred times". I am five years now without one. I respect those that smoke, I do, but please don't envade my space or my families space. Everyone that visits my house smokes either in my garage or outside.

Hunter, that zyban shit worked for me. I also used nicorette gum which also helped very much. I wish you luck if you take it on again someday. Stay away from beer if you do...LOL

[metale]

come on men.... I have to die by one way, or another...

look this:

80% of the total people in the world dies because of smoking....
20% of the total people in the world dies because other shits.
SO LET'S SMOKE!!
haha

[ratbag]

how many on here drink? that's a health rich to you and others
how many on here have ever driven after drinking? i thought so serious health risk
how many on here skateboard?
how many on here sit in front of a pc and eat junk food?
how many on here walk on the streets of any major city after dark?
how many on here piss other people off on a regular or semiregular basis?
you see there are ricks in everything
everyone knows smoking is danderous the goverment could force tobacco companies to make safe ciggerettes by not putting all the chemicals in them so why dont thet do that if they are so concerned with our health why not just do that?

[nukehella]

I quit smoking in August and I feel a lot better.I also feel like a complete dumbass for allowing myself to get addicted to that shit.
If you have a brain you will quit.If not,well,Darwin was a lot smarter than me.

[Siskabush]

Exactly, kill those who smoke - their smoke nearly makes me heave over and puke up my guts.
If I ran out of smokes, I would probably be a menace to the non-smoking society. Me without nicotene is like the Hulk when he is angry.

So for you non-smokers' safety, shut up and let me inhale my cancer sticks and I wont kill you. Or better yet, move to Bhutan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20030703-101336-6076r.htm).

Also Mushroomhead, I hope you dont drive because if you did, that post is quite hypocritical. The crap coming out of the exhaust pipe is worse then cigarette smoke.

:)

[notbob]

Also Mushroomhead, I hope you dont drive because if you did, that post is quite hypocritical. The crap coming out of the exhaust pipe is worse then cigarette smoke.

:)


in reality the 2 are almost identical--large amount of carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, sulphur dioxide, except his car has a catalytic converter to break it up, and a cigarette is rather inefficiently filtered by some guy's lungs

[metale]

So for you non-smokers' safety, shut up and let me inhale my cancer sticks and I wont kill you.


Absolutely agreed! :finger

[tweekster]

oh yeah...the government won't completely ban smoking because they make too much money off of the cigarette companies. although they are banning smoking in most public places all over the world.


smoking is increasing ALL OVER THE WORLD.

the bans are primarily in the United States.

the one thing i hate about the bans (i dont care in any circumstances except this) is Bars. its a fucking BAR. you are drinking poison. if they want to have a nonsmoking bar go for it. but that particular case is where the market should decide.

what is one deadly poison vs a different one.

[nukehella]

smoking is increasing ALL OVER THE WORLD.


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Hmm OK-I'm not arguing with you but where are the facts to back this up?I know about the China government thing.

[CRLocky]

smoking is bad, if you smoke... your bad

[tackdaddy]

aids is a worldwide epedemic and many people die from it so should sex be banned?if people wanna smoke thast cool it is thier own choice just like it's your choice to have sex or not.

[.:sp00ky:.]

aids is a worldwide epedemic and many people die from it so should sex be banned?if people wanna smoke thast cool it is thier own choice just like it's your choice to have sex or not.

never heard of condoms?

[tackdaddy]

i have but apparently alot of people have not or it would'nt be a epedemic and condoms are not 100% effective.

[Mels_Smileys45]

I don't care if people I don't know smoke but I can't stand to see people I love smoke. I've lost two people I cared for a lot to lung cancer. Both were heavy smokers. Its one of the worst things you will ever see someone live through and, chances are high, if you smoke and live long enough you'll see it first hand. I'm not religious, at least not anymore. I actually stopped going to church after seeing how much some one can suffer. It was so bad I prayed God would just end it quick but that didn't happen.

My father, who was a life long smoker stopped smoking when he saw what It could do to a person. He had tried everything to stop and I do mean everything. Hypnosis to the patch, none of it worked. Reality, to see it first hand, is the only way it can sink in. Youth goes by so fast, one day you'll look from your death bed and wonder; Why didn't I just stop?

People I don't care about will not hear anything from me though. Its their choice.

[Afn]

Ok im just going out on a rant but it seems that everyone acts like smoking is such a big deal if nonsmokers dont smoke why do they care about smokers i bought a pack of ciggerete s today and it had a fucking anti smoking ad on it im confused. Last time i checked its not a crime so leave us smokers alone. You could cross the street and die have a heart attack, shit you could spontaniously combust and those things have nothing to do with smoking. Besides people that do smoke know its bad but from my prespective i just dont care. If it is so bad why doesent the government ban smoking and solve the problem.
The industry in the 1950's covered-up they hid research that proved smoking causes serious health effects with long term use. Many of the baby boomer generation are COPD, and on breathing machines.

Million of people did not have complete information, they had th glossy advertisements to pursuade them to start smoking. Why did big tobacco start to sponsor atheletic events? To shift negative publicity away from the smoking debate.

Ask any Doctor if you should start smoking and they will reply "no".

[nukehella]

I'm not even going to comment on Mel's statement .It summed it up much better than I could.I will put in my 2 cents though.
If anyone who reads this is smoking,or thinking of it,please think about it more.It is best avoided,but if started it can be stopped.It's a mental thing.What a horrible thing to do to yourself and your loved ones.If you are doing it,stop.If you're not,don't start.It's not a cool thing to do.It is just fucking stupid.
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[Digital Bliss]

That whole paragraph was one huge sentence. This proves, once again, that smokers are stupid.

It was a rant you moron, if I truely wanted to I could sit down and do it correctly at the time when it was written I was pissed.

[Domethius]

We as Americans are pitiful, Big business rules our government, the helath care industry is the most corrupt industry in the world (teh goverment spends pennies on medicare while the insursance companies say it cost them 10 times as much for the same service) gasoline engines are destroying our planet, people are dying in Iraq, Bush is president again, and all we can bitch about is someones smoke, when your child dies of cancer from inhaling car fumes don't come cying to me becuase your biggest concern is something as pitiful is smoking while big business, the government, and some assholes religous beliefs take my rights away. If your gonna bithc about something bitch about something that matters.