So many people still smoke cigarettes

Many that I know that smoke buy loose pipe tobacco and roll their own. They say they can get 3.5 cartons from a large bag along with 3 boxes of 200 filters for lil less than $30.00. They also have said that once you use the pipe tobacco you see the difference in the amount of chemicals that are in packaged smokes compared to pipe tobacco. I have asked each one how they can afford it and they all said the same thing.
They purchased one of those rolling machines, not rolling by hand. Not sure what the chemical difference is so don't ask me, I only know these are people who have smoked for decades.
 
hollydolly said:
No...but I feel that older people look somehow much lower class ... if they're smoking in public.. They're usually well dressed... and then they have the cigarette in their hand.. and it just looks terrible to me..
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Okay. I'm not trying to be obstinate. I was just curious why you specified older people.

Back when we started out, it was the cool thing to do when going out to a club. So many of us did that (happy hour right after work) when I was young - most Fridays. I think every one of us smoked. We knew it wasn't healthy - there was already talk about that. But, like most of the young, we thought we were invincible, and we thought age 45 was a loooonnnnnggg way off and nothing to worry about.

But the time passed really fast, and the happy hours faded - the people all went their separate ways, but the habit remained for some of us. Then there was the alcohol habit, which I've alluded to before. I beat that one, but I couldn't beat the cigarettes. At the same time, though, I really do not like smoking in public, or going anywhere smelling of nicotine. I take breaks when home and have a cigarette now and then on my covered patio. I have a pack in the car in case I get a panic attack if I have car trouble or something else bad happens.

I have no breathing issues or shortness of breath, but that's not to say smoking is okay. I would rather not, but at this juncture of my life, I cannot manage the stress of trying once again to stop, so I just don't.
 

Bretrick said:
I pulled up in a beach side carpark.
There was a group of 6 male workers standing around the work vehicle.
All 6 were smoking. The stench was overpowering.
I moved my vehicle to be upwind of them.
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Just think. You could be rich if you were a funeral director. I wonder if that would be a good bumper sticker, picture a lit cigarette with that statement. Gosh, now half the people on here will get rich running with that idea.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
Was that post for me? I didn't defend smoking, nor did I criticize your right to think how you think, so we should both be okay with how we each feel.
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I said it was nothing bad. Check your messages. It's the little envelope next to your name on the right side at the top of the page. It's not about anything you said. It's about something I wanted to say. Curious yet?
 
MACKTEXAS said:
Was that post for me? I didn't defend smoking, nor did I criticize your right to think how you think, so we should both be okay with how we each feel.
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yes I was answering this comment from you on my previous post...

hollydolly said:
No...but I feel that older people look somehow much lower class ... if they're smoking in public.. They're usually well dressed... and then they have the cigarette in their hand.. and it just looks terrible to me..
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Okay. I'm not trying to be obstinate. I was just curious why you specified older people.
 
quit 4 years ago, still want a smoke every day. I will be one of those if a terminal disease comes knocking, I will smoke again, I will live on ice cream, cake, pie, chocolate and donuts. I will eat a hamburger, onion rings, fried shrimp, enchiladas whenever I want.

I do not and will never judge anyone for any bad "habit". We all have problems, we all deal with the hardships of life a different way. I know I suffer from hardships specific to me, I also know others have it worse. I am grateful for the fact I have a roof, food, money for what I truly need.

I am a good responsible person. The fact that I was a smoker does not mean I was a bad person. Yes, I would rather be thin, fashionable, and fit better into what society deems acceptable but I am happier that I have reached a place that I no longer care what others think.

If you still smoke do not be ashamed, people who think badly of us just do not understand or acknowledge their own addictions.
 
Blessed said:
quit 4 years ago, still want a smoke every day. I will be one of those if a terminal disease comes knocking, I will smoke again, I will live on ice cream, cake, pie, chocolate and donuts. I will eat a hamburger, onion rings, fried shrimp, enchiladas whenever I want.

I do not and will never judge anyone for any bad "habit". We all have problems, we all deal with the hardships of life a different way. I know I suffer from hardships specific to me, I also know others have it worse. I am grateful for the fact I have a roof, food, money for what I truly need.

I am a good responsible person. The fact that I was a smoker does not mean I was a bad person. Yes, I would rather be thin, fashionable, and fit better into what society deems acceptable but I am happier that I have reached a place that I no longer care what others think.

If you still smoke do not be ashamed, people who think badly of us just do not understand or acknowledge their own addictions.
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Fortuntely I have no addictions....
 
hollydolly said:
Fortuntely I have no addictions....
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Give it time. Somebody will think of one that fits you. And you will be surprised. That's an addiction, you'll exclaim! And I will be there to set you on the path to righteousness. :cool:

Keep in mind that the word addiction is used very loosely these days. If I had a dollar for every time someone said they were addicted to something, I'd be rich. Things like coffee, soda, shoes, hobbies, etc. I disapprove of that because it diminishes actual addictions. I'm sorry, but drinking coffee or soda or calling every self-indulgence or fun activity an addiction is wrong. I don't care what the mental health professional say in the DSM ... frankly some real minor stuff is in there and I think it's to get people into therapy because more patients = more money.
 
WheatenLover said:
Give it time. Somebody will think of one that fits you. And you will be surprised. That's an addiction, you'll exclaim! And I will be there to set you on the path to righteousness. :cool:
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I thought that lol.. I thought there's going to be someone who actively dislikes the fact I'm not addicted and will get furious and try and invent one for me...:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
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WheatenLover said:
Honey, I don't have to try. I can rattle off a few right now. I thought you'd zero in on the shoe addiction!
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Nope it's no an addition... in fact I only bought them because they were in the sales.. and reduced vastly from original prices, and I got them when I was working and soending 10 hours a day on my feet..so really altho' there's a lot it was all practical...

if it was an addiction I wouldn't be able to give any away.. and I do regualrly donate even unworn ones to the charity shops..:love:
 
hollydolly said:
Nope it's no an addition... in fact I only bought them because they were in the sales.. and reduced vastly from original prices, and I got them when I was working and soending 10 hours a day on my feet..so really altho' there's a lot it was all practical...

if it was an addiction I wouldn't be able to give any away.. and I do regualrly donate even unworn ones to the charity shops..:love:
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I should mention here that I once bought a dozen pairs of Ferragamo shoes in many beautiful colors, because not only was it my favorite brand, but they were on sale.

I promptly became pregnant, which was not the fault of the shoes, I hasten to add. I couldn't wear the shoes then because I quickly became bigger than a house (triplets). After they were born, I was so eager to wear those shoes. And wouldn't you know it, but while I was pregnant, my feet grew a size larger (from 6.5 - 7.5 US)! I could no longer fit into the shoes. Really! Women ought to be warned about these things!

I put them on display in my bedroom so I could at least look at them. After a month or so, I gave them to Goodwill.
 
WheatenLover said:
I should mention here that I once bought a dozen pairs of Ferragamo shoes in many beautiful colors, because not only was it my favorite brand, but they were on sale.

I promptly became pregnant, which was not the fault of the shoes, I hasten to add. I couldn't wear the shoes then because I quickly became bigger than a house (triplets). After they were born, I was so eager to wear those shoes. And wouldn't you know it, but while I was pregnant, my feet grew a size larger (from 6.5 - 7.5 US)! I could no longer fit into the shoes. Really! Women ought to be warned about these things!

I put them on display in my bedroom so I could at least look at them. After a month or so, I gave them to Goodwill.
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exactly the same sort thing happens to me with clothes... but now I'm not working, I have given much of my beautiful things to charity or sold them on Ebay...

I'm definitely not addicted to anything ... the closest if I was to even think of any kind of addiction might be chocolate but even then, if I didn't have any for a week I wouldn't be climbing walls... :D
 
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