To smoke or not to smoke?

[phantom]

I used to smoke as a young fella when we went to the pub after work on Friday but fortunately it never got its claws into me. Have a cigar about every couple of years when someone gives me one . Went through a stage of smoking those "other" cigarettes but realised they weren't good for me either .Got enough health problems without inviting any more thanks very much.

[Murray]

I don't smoke when I'm on the bike. The ash got in my eyes so I stopped!

[jim.cox]

I dont smoke,

but have been known to steam gently in my leathers :)

[NOMIS]

I gave up begining of this year, but if im stressed , or I have a drink then I have had a fewduring this time.. I also been trying to stop drinking aswell so both are on very rare occasions.

[scumdog]

One packet of smokes = one gallon of petrol (or more) ....no contest!!

Never yet met a smoker who said "Shee-it this is good, wish I'd taken up smoking years before I did start."

But I have heard plenty of the converse.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I watched my mother die of lung cancer when I was 17. She was younger than I am now.

Oddly, Ive never been tempted to start and view it as a sign of weakness in anyone who does.

Me = not a fan its fair to say.

[The Pastor]

smoking seems like a good habbit to pick up,

[WRT]

Dammit, I knew I left a worthy option out

You also left out "I don't but my bike does". I thought this was going to be a thread debating whether or not to buy a 2 Stroke! (not that there is any debate to be had . . . just do it!)

[MSTRS:Me]

Gave up a couple of year ago....

Luckily I managed to not become the typical nazi ex-smoker, Fuckers imo get on a high horse because they can't handle not smoking, They should just smoke and STFU, no one needs that shit.

Onya mate.
Reminds me of the old saying 'there's none so prudish as an ex-whore'...holier than thou fuckers.

[scumdog]

Onya mate.
Reminds me of the old saying 'there's none so prudish as an ex-whore'...holier than thou fuckers.

I'm worse - the 'holier than thou fucker' that never smoked...

[MSTRS:Me]

I'm worse - the 'holier than thou fucker' that never smoked...

Well...it's a good thing you live in exile then, isn't it?

[scumdog]

Well...it's a good thing you live in exile then, isn't it?

Oooh, tetchy!
Sounds like a smoker undergoing withdrawl symptoms

[jrandom]

I'm worse - the 'holier than thou fucker' that never smoked...

I was that guy up until a few years back, when I tried a cigar and realised that it was really quite nice.

So now I have one occasionally, and have also been known to indulge in a nicotine buzz off a cigarette (I prefer hand-rolled ones, preferably with menthol-flavoured tobacco) when drinking.

I plan on purchasing a pipe in due course, too, and sampling some more interesting tobaccos. Nothing better than a Friday evening out at the smoker's table at Galbraiths with a pint of bitter, surrounded by a cloud of fragrant yuppie-repelling fumes.

Beats me how anyone could get addicted to the stuff, though. I smoke tobacco, on average, probably once a week. I can no more imagine puffing away on tobacco throughout a working day than I could imagine chugging down a bottle of scotch on my lunchbreak. People must have to work really hard on forming an actual habit out of that shit.



All things in moderation.

[duckonin]

Smoked for years..Drove trucks for a while a few years back, then on a Friday arvo I took the dogs out hunting, shit almost died from lack of air, biffed the habit then and there, thats 10years back, saved more than $25,000 now that is the incentive....Well havn't saved it so much as spent the money on other things, but can at least see where the dough has gone...

[MSTRS:Me]

Oooh, tetchy!
Sounds like a smoker undergoing withdrawl symptoms

Tetchy...not quite, but have run out of patience with the 'anti-brigade' and their attitude.
And yes, I smoke. Not giving up (at this stage) either. If/when I do, it'll be because I want to, not cos someone made me.