do u know how many peopl would be jobless if we don't??

[CM]

My cousins smoke - all of them.
They have offered some to me.
I have always declined.

Oh yeah like Sandy i beat up older cousin by 4 years because he kept offering me cigs.

Personally i would beat up anybody who offers young kids a smoke or drugs.

[Shadow Sandrock]

Originally posted by Fas:
<STRONG>Personally i would beat up anybody who offers young kids a smoke or drugs.</STRONG>

I feel the same way, Fas.

[Maharlika]

I used to smoke. Couldn't say I quit. Probably abstained for a long time (5years and counting).

Strange, all members of my previous nuclear family smoke except me.

Never got addicted to it (dunno why). I could finish 2 packs in a day then a couple of weeks after, not even a single stick.

I abstained for a vain reason...

...I don't want my pinkish lips turn dark brown --- really!

[Gruntboy]

I certainly don't wish to promote the sale of cigs or drugs to children.

But those "kids" here (no offence intended) will soon be 16, 18 or 21 and likely to come into contact with such vices. How will they react then?

[TheDude]

look ad this, this is really starting to be a serieus topic .

i started smoking when i was almost 16.
i used to say :"I WILL NEVER SMOKE!!!!" and now i smoke 8-10 sigarets a day
i don't know why i do it and i can stop when i want (thats what i tell myself all the time but it is hard to do)
all my friends smoke and ad school we smoke during the breaks.
i tried quiting smoking but it was so boring during the breaks so i stopped quiting and went back to my smokes.

It is bad for my i know but i don't know how to say it but somehow it is just enjoyeble.

[CM]

I am 19.
My cousins are 20 years older than me atleast.
I have been dealing with being offered smokes since i was 13.
I have dealt with it so far, and i will not smoke in the future.
A majority of the population doesn't smoke.
None of my close friends smoke - around 15 of them.
Smoking is a popular thing anymore.

[Shadow Sandrock]

Originally posted by TheDude:
<STRONG>i started smoking when i was almost 16.
i used to say :"I WILL NEVER SMOKE!!!!" and now i smoke 8-10 sigarets a day
i don't know why i do it and i can stop when i want (thats what i tell myself all the time but it is hard to do)
all my friends smoke and ad school we smoke during the breaks.
i tried quiting smoking but it was so boring during the breaks so i stopped quiting and went back to my smokes.</STRONG>

*is almost sixteen*

I have to ask, how old are you, dude?

[TheDude]

Originally posted by Shadow Sandrock:
<STRONG>*is almost sixteen*

I have to ask, how old are you, dude?</STRONG>

18 (in a month or 11 )

[Ned Flanders]

I grew up in a house with two smoking parents. I hated it all my life. Within two months of leaving for college, I was unconsciously buying smox (sounds like smocks). I never figured out why; that was twelve years ago. During college and shortly thereafter I smoked about 1.5 packs/day. Now, I can't handle that volume anymore and am comfortably down to about two packs a week. I try to stay out of bars because that is when things really get out of control. Just my two cents, the discussion seemed to move away from the original theme and I'm just telling my story.

Moral: it's my parents fault. All that second hand got me hooked before I ever picked one up. Just kidding here although there is some suggestive brainwashing effect taking place 'ere.

[Bloodstalker]

I am 28, been smoking fo 11 years. I smoke Main Street's because they are cheap as hell.

in other words, I have spent enough on cigarrettes to buy a small cottage in the Carribean.

[Yshania]

Posted by Ned -

Moral: it's my parents fault. All that second hand got me hooked before I ever picked one up. Just kidding here although there is some suggestive brainwashing effect taking place 'ere.

For every twenty cigarettes a smoker smokes, a passive smoker in their company smoke the equivalent of 1 cigarette. Imagine the kids...

[Shadow Sandrock]

Originally posted by TheDude:
<STRONG>18 (in a month or 11 )</STRONG>

So you're definitely breaking the law by smoking, you realize, don't you? You can't legally smoke under 18, I don't think. At least not in Rhode Island, if you're underaged and CAUGHT smoking, say goodbye to your permanent record.

"Hey, let's go break a law and light some paper and leaves on fire and breathe in the smoke. It's so cool."

[leedogg]

I am glad to say that I am bout to be 29 and have never had the desire to smoke anything. And I can say that I never will. My friends were always asking if I wanted one, but I found a neat way to stop their offers. I would say "yeah sure" and take the cig and toss it right out the window of the car. It was not long before they quit asking me.


My parents also smoked(not just cigarettes either), but that is one of the reasons why I never have had an interest. For most of my life I didn't have a choice but to smell smoke all the time, but now I do, and I would just assume the they banned them. Of course they will also ban liquor at the same time soooo....smoke away folks!


BTW- Hi everyone!

[ 12-21-2001: Message edited by: leedogg ]

[Yshania]

Hey!! Leedogg!! how are you? long time no spam

[Shadow Sandrock]

I have two smoking parents too. It isn't fun smelling like that at school every day

Hotaru, please use your Silence Glaive to destroy all cigarette factories in the world (Okay that sounded a little... behind me)

For all the little kids who have to breathe it... and have their lungs destroyed without choice!