Cigarettes

[MrsEddieBetts]

i reckon smoking is about the act of smoking more than the actual ciggie itself

For me I was addicted to the routine as much as the cigarettes themselves. Breakfast--coffee and two smokes. On the way to work--3 smokes. Waiting for someone--have a smoke. etc.

 

[WCErevival]

Smoking seems like a real pre 2000s thing now. So many middle aged do it. It was most likely an image thing back then but these days it's more lame I suppose since there is more awareness of all the negative side effects.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I think I only know maybe 2 or 3 smokers now. 7 or so years ago nearly everyone I knew smoked.

 

[Lebbo73]

The book didn't work for me, I thought it was a wank. The only thing that worked was cold turkey once I was truly determined to quit.

That's how I quit. I had my last cig at smoko on the 30/12/2008. At lunch I went and bought the medium strength nicobate patches. I wore each patch until their effect wore off. Seven patches took about 11 days and then I decided to go cold turkey. Every other time I tried to quit on nicotine substitutes lead to me smoking again when I tried to reduce the nicotine intake.

 

[Gough]

Just met my brother for a couple of lunchtime beers at the Earl of Leicester, he had a pack. Had one, so good.

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

Never smoked.

I've never seen any reason or known of any benefits. As for the follow up question, I think I could. I'd try to focus on the other qualities in a person that matter more.

 

[perthblue]

I would love a pint and a smoke rn

 

[kickazz]

It should also be law that you can always buy just one.
There were times when quitting / not really smoking that I wanted just one. Bought a pack. Tried one, didn't like it much. Pack still there, had one later. Hmmmm so so. Couple of days, couple of smokes. Next minute, addicted again.

Had I only bought one, that would have been it.

 

[perthblue]

It should also be law that you can always buy just one.
There were times when quitting / not really smoking that I wanted just one. Bought a pack. Tried one, didn't like it much. Pack still there, had one later. Hmmmm so so. Couple of days, couple of smokes. Next minute, addicted again.

Had I only bought one, that would have been it.

i'm sure your local high school has a cigarette dealer that will sell you singles

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Only tried smoking when drunk and it did nothing for me.

I dont see the appeal in it tbh

 

[sprockets]

as stupid as this sounds - when I was going through my mental demons last year, the thing that saved me from throwing myself off the bolte once i'd returned home from my failed attempt was a smoke. it forced me outside

So all that work and expense spent on the West Gate has just shifted the problem elsewhere.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

It should also be law that you can always buy just one.
There were times when quitting / not really smoking that I wanted just one. Bought a pack. Tried one, didn't like it much. Pack still there, had one later. Hmmmm so so. Couple of days, couple of smokes. Next minute, addicted again.

Had I only bought one, that would have been it.

Milk bar near my house used to sell me a single ciggie for 50 cents when I was a poor high school student

 

[Toump Ass]

****in' love a durry.

Givin' your best mate a big hug, cracking open a beer and lighting up a dart is ****ing excellent.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

cigarettes are pretty cool though

Would've loved you to tell that eye to eye to my dying pop when he had a machine breathing for him & could barely move thanks to the f**kin horrific things.

 

[perthblue]

Milk bar near my house used to sell me a single ciggie for 50 cents when I was a poor high school student

you mean the deli?

 

[Power Raid]

I'm surprised that anyone under the age of 50 smokes these days other than immigrants.

Each to their own, except when the dirty stinking smokers do it around others. It's like wanking..........don't do it in public please.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

you mean the deli?

I do not

 

[Smoooothy]

I do not

Parmi!!

 

[Lebbo73]

I'm surprised that anyone under the age of 50 smokes these days other than immigrants.

Each to their own, except when the dirty stinking smokers do it around others. It's like wanking..........don't do it in public please.

Disagree with your second paragraph. The current laws are a massive overreach. Smokers should be allowed to smoke in public with some exceptions.

 

[Gough]

Disagree with your second paragraph. The current laws are a massive overreach. Smokers should be allowed to smoke in public with some exceptions.

I got no problem with being herded into certain areas, but we get to smoke what we want if that's the case.

 

[ShanDog]

The struggle is real.

But they're so good

Well, not the durries themselves - it's the excuse to stop, go outside, take a five minute breather and then go back to work/study/family etc. That shit is hard to quit.

 

[ShanDog]

The more I think about it, that's the thing I've found the hardest to get over. Not sure if everyone else who smoked/smokes is the same, but a cigarette put a full stop in the sentences that make up your day. That's what made it so nice.

Finish a section of an essay? Have a durry. Just cleared out the work email inbox? Time for a celebratory duzza. Eaten that succulent Chinese meal and it's time to face the dishes? Punch a dart.

It just finished everything off nicely.

God I want a smoke.

 

[ioppolo]

No desire to smoke, ever. Anyone my age who starts is clearly a moron.

Tried one at 16. No desire to ever have one again.

 

[Marklar_33]

Smoked in high school then realised how stupid it was and stopped

Don’t understand addiction

 

[JG22]

I'm surprised that anyone under the age of 50 smokes these days other than immigrants.

Each to their own, except when the dirty stinking smokers do it around others. It's like wanking..........don't do it in public please.

It still has a certain vibe around it, a phase that goes through high school