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@esmeralda wrote:
There are few things more irritating than the sanctimonious ex-smoker, holding up their clean lungs like a pair of curtains washed in a superior brand of soap powder.
The NHS is raped more by the drunk than the smoker..so let’s tap that myth out on the ashtray.
Folk should stop spending their lives in fearful abstention from the things that bring them pleasure..they will never evade death’s randomly applied sickle so might as well live it to the fullest potential by smoking, drinking and fornicating till lungs collapse, livers rot and genitals erode.
Die happy.
“For thy sake, Tobacco, I would do anything but die.”
(Charles Lamb, 1775-1834)“I have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified by what he had read of the effects of smoking that he gave up reading.”
(Henry G. Strauss, 1892-1974)
Ban em i say
Morgan Heritage
Anyone who says they enjoy smoking is fibbing. The act of rolling a ciggy, or lighting one up and having that first drag, well then yes.
But by the 10th or 20th in a day…. you have a mouth like an ashtray, cough like a wheezy dog, and your clothes and skin smell foul.
It is our god given right to smoke… it isn’t illegal and if we want to kill ourselves with cigarettes, well that is our concern. And I agree with that viewpoint.
But…
It costs a small fortune to smoke, and okay other things cost too, but I know of people who would rather spend their money on fags than buy their own kids birthday presents. Now that just has to be wrong!As I said before, I know how hard it is to give up. I count myself one of the lucky ones that I managed to kick the habit, and after this amount of time, I feel as though i’ve never ever smoked. It is freedom.
Nobody should be smoking. The addictive substance in cigarettes is nicotine. It would be a very simple thing for the cigarettes manufacturers to slowly reduce the amount in each cigarette until there is no nicotine in them at all. The ONLY reason people are addicted to smoking is because of the nicotine. But that approach smacks of fascism.
@forumhostpb wrote:
If you admit to smoking cigarettes then the whole world and its dog jump on you with howls of moral outrage.It’s not true.
I’ve never howled once. And I don’t have a dog.My main gripe is how people can be so stupid as to spend £40 per week on something that is of no practical use.
I also agree with mims.
Nobody “enjoys” smoking – it’s an addiction that, for most people, cannot be beaten.God! I wish I could give up..It does cost me a fortune… and thats a good Idea minim
If they reduced the nicotine, bit by bit…It would help! But then they earn too much off
of mugs like us..so I dont spose they would do it.Pink.. for every person who says.. God I wish I could…….
There is a person who has.
And you can too.
@minim wrote:
Pink.. for every person who says.. God I wish I could…….
There is a person who has.
And you can too.
Cheers will take that on board.
@sir Actor wrote:
My main gripe is how people can be so stupid as to spend £40 per week on something that is of no practical use.
I also agree with mims.
Nobody “enjoys” smoking – it’s an addiction that, for most people, cannot be beaten.Like a football match ? Because it’s an addiction is why and i’d also disagree with nobody “enjoys” smoking, plenty enjoy it and the only reason they cant quit is something inside them says “i can’t do it” Everyone could quit, it’s finding the willpower is the difficult bit
@sir Actor wrote:
…….My main gripe is how people can be so stupid as to spend £40 per week on something that is of no practical use.
I suspect that you could apply the same argument to other ‘recreational chemicals’ as well – like ethyl alchohol or Class A & B drugs etc.
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