Fags

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I'm on about 20 to 30 Benson a day and I really like smoking cos its really calming.
Da weird thing is I'm not a bit addicted to them! I could easily go without a fag, it's just that i don't want to. I know they're killing me and blah blah blah but I'm gonna die anyway so I might aswell die doing what I love!
most of my mates would die without a fag. But I'm grand without one.
Does anyone else ere smoke but isn't addicted? Let me know if there are, cos I thinks it's really weird. <IMG alt="image" SRC="confused.gif" border="0">

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Originally posted by Tanya:
<STRONG>it's just that i don't want to.</STRONG>

Err, that'll be an addiction then...

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Originally posted by Tanya:
<STRONG>I really like smoking cos its really calming.</STRONG>

Nicotine is a stimulant, so it isn't calming, that's just a myth.

However, I'm seriously considering taking up smoking like my Grandad did (he's just given up after smoking 80 a day), it would stop me eating and stop me putting on more weight! The gym is looking too menacing after Christmas.

Where've you been Kentish? It's seemed too quiet around here lately.

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Originally posted by Kirk:
<STRONG>Where've you been Kentish? It's seemed too quiet around here lately.</STRONG>

At home, the internet is too slow after having the luxury of an ethernet card at uni, so I didn't post much over Christmas. Plus the fact that the boards were dead and I had nothing to say. I'm back now though.

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Why does smoking make you lose weight? <IMG alt="image" SRC="smile.gif" border="0">

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u loose weight when you smoke, well some people do because they smoke instead of eatin. like you know if ur haven a cup of tea you wont have a biscuit if your havin a smoke!!! you know that sorta way!

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Originally posted by J:
<STRONG>*feels sudden urge for a cuppa and a fag!!* <IMG alt="image" SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0"></STRONG>

Apparently, as both cigarettes and tea are mild laxatives, if ya have both at the same time, you may well need a shit. Enjoy! <IMG alt="image" SRC="smile.gif" border="0">

I did cut down on my smoking after new year, and went from 5/6 a day to 6 over the course of 5 days. Then college started.... <IMG alt="image" SRC="frown.gif" border="0">

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will this convince u to quit:
My dad is 45 yrs old.
he has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.
that has spread to his bowel and his throat.
He is going to DIE becuase of it.
*THIS IS ALL TRUE BY THE WAY*

Now, ur probablly think, well he shouldnt of smoked.

He has never touched a fag in his entire life.

it is because other people smoked around him and he is paying for their stupid mistakes.

Now if that doesnt change ur mind, then please PLEASe dont 1.) Smoke around other people and 2.) dont stand around people who r smoking.

Thanx.
-xxx-

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Well, for a long time I thought that I wasn't addicted to them either. I could also go for periods of time without one and not have any of the physical withdrawl symptoms that you classify with smokers. But then I tried to quit a couple times and just always ended up smoking again.

That was when I realized that I wasn't physically addicted to them but I was mentally addicted to them. I would get in a stressful situation or be bored and want to smoke so I would- even though I also wanted to quit.

As a sidenote I haven't had one since December 27th. It was going to be my New Years resolution but then I realize that I always break my New Years resolutions so I quit earlier. I think that with a mental addiction you really have to want to quit- not just because you know you should but because you want to or else it's not going to work. And the patches, gum won't work with a mental addiction either.

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Oh, and stimulants work to suppress your appetite which is why the "breakfast of the stars" is often a cup of coffee and a cigarette. Caffeine is also in diet pills for the same reason.

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I thought that if ya quit smoking you put on weight, as you need something to do instead, and eating is the common alternative.

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Originally posted by Mindless all the way:
<STRONG>I thought that if ya quit smoking you put on weight, as you need something to do instead, and eating is the common alternative.</STRONG>

I work in a pub, and every night Im there I have to turn the extractor fans on full, as I don't smoke myself.
I hate it, I go home every night, and as soon as I lie down my mum comes in and asks if i'm ok, because I can't stop coughing. From how I feel after work, compared to how I am when I don't work, I can feel other people's ignorance and disregard for other people killing me.
The sooner those damn little death sticks are banned from pubs the better.

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I like smoking.

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I like sucking on fags. And i quite like smoking too. <IMG alt="image" SRC="smile.gif" border="0">

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I'm going for a cigarette....

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Originally posted by rubberskin:
<STRONG>I like sucking on fags. And i quite like smoking too. <IMG alt="image" SRC="smile.gif" border="0"></STRONG>

lmao
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Originally posted by Tanya:
...But I'm grand without one.

I love the way Irish people say 'grand'.

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As of today it's been 18 days smoke free...

God I want a cigarette...

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Originally posted by StarStruck7:
<STRONG>God I want a cigarette...</STRONG>

No you don't. Just think of all the cash you've saved and can give to me to buy sherbert and glowsticks with. <IMG alt="image" SRC="smile.gif" border="0"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="smile.gif" border="0"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="smile.gif" border="0">

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Yea.. I know, I know... I don't really want a cigarette. But at the same time it would be quite relaxing to go outside real quick and smoke one before bed. I'm not even sure why I'm still up right now. Maybe I'll go to bed now and think happy thoughts of things not involving cancerous little sticks that delightfully burn...

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I do like smoking. A fag with a brew in the morning, after a meal with a pint or even better after sex is quality.

...but out of all the things I've ever tried drug wise, fags are the thing I most regert ever trying.

WhoWhere mate, you work in a pub, what you expect? If you expect smokers to drink alcohol without smoking your avin a laugh mate!

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I don't want to quit, because it can be very enjoyable, and theres no cigarette like a cigarette on a comedown. However, I do want to cut down, mainly during the week, but I can't seem to get the balance between not smoking at all and smoking 6 a day.

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I don't smoke fags, but i don't see the problem if others do. For a start the tax generated means we all save elsewhere e.g alcohol, vat and work. Secondly everyone is now aware of the health risks so surely its up to individuals to decide if its worth it ? Granted passive smoking is an issue, but thats life !

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Hey Mindless...
Not sure if this would help you but when I was first starting to cut back I tried a lot of different tricks. The one that worked best for me was that I told myself I wouldn't smoke while it was still daylight. So in the morning when I left my house I would leave my cigarettes at home. During the day when I wanted one I wouldn't want to buy any more because I had a pack at home. Then at night I would let myself smoke but if I was going out I would put a couple into an extra, empty pack I had to take out with me.
Worked fairly well for me... good luck though... it's such a hard habit.

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Yeah mate I went a week without a fag not so long ago just to prove it for someone..then I light up <IMG alt="image" SRC="wink.gif" border="0">

I don't really care, I try not to smoke around others but I could die now, my PC could blow up! So I always do the things I love!

If you wanna smoke, smoke, just remember you COULD end up living a perfectly normal life without dying tommorow..and then smoking could kill you anyway..

I've had asthma since I was 4, but i smoke fags and dope in joints and on the bong all the time, it's not really any worse, i quit takin my pumps ages ago.

Just remember the consequences and respect people who dont want lungs full of toxic gases and make your own mind up.

Phil

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Thanks StarSTruck, but its at college where I need them the most! Theres nothing else to do there....
Its also usually dark when I leave and dark when I'm coming home now.

I may try only taking in a couple with me.

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I think you'll fnd that if you dont want to stop smoking your addicted. As a previous smoker he first sign of being addicted is saying youre not but if you dont wanna give up then dont bother but like u i couldn't give a damn about my health but for a week (whilst smoking) i kept all my receipts for fags and in the end i had spent £50 in a week on fags. That's like £2600 year and altogether i had spent about £8000 and reaised what was the point it maid me smell and quite a few guys said it wasa turn-off but just do what you want but just think about th stuff u could buy with the money...

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i dont smoke (cigarettes)
but because i do people favours and help them out with weed n stuff my mates are always giving me fags.
consequently i probably do smoke
maybe 4-6 a week

and it makes you feel SO COOL!

i was against it, but it makes me so mellow and composed i canjust be still in a crowded room and people will move around ME.
that bollocks kirk was spouting about nicotine not making you feel relaxed is not true. it does. maybe physically it will highten senses slightly and up metabolism, but mentally it is a mellow drug.

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The reason cigarettes make you feel calm is b/c your body craves the nicotine so when you have one it satisfies the craving. It is a stimulant.(Remember how buzzed you felt the first time you tried one?) I've been smoking for about 4 years. By my best estimate it has cost me the equivalent of 4000 pounds.
That's a lot of money to spend on shortening your life.
I think, however, people should have the choice to do what they want. If you want to do it that's your decision, but realize that you may not be making that decision totally objectively.
In California it is illegal to smoke in bars, clubs, restaurants, etc...which I can understand. However, it is starting to get out of hand; the newest measure would ban smoking in public parks!

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Smoking I spit On the white sticks!!

I hate It I never ever tried it in my life and don't intend too!!! <IMG alt="image" SRC="mad.gif" border="0"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="mad.gif" border="0">

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When you start enjoying smoking - you have an addiction.

I had a few fags when i was about 10/11 - never touched one since and never will again.

What pisses me off is these T.V adverts featuring people with Cancer who have smoked all their lives & they expect you to feel sorry for them in some way.

Wake up people - its not hard, its not clever - it kills you and people who have to put up with ur dirty habits.

There's enough things on the market and programs to help you quit - do it now before you do someone some serious harm.