Off Topic: Do You Smoke?

[Ash]

In my previous thread about having a movie theater all to yourself I mentioned smoking several cigarettes in the theater while watching "Eraser".

I was curious....

Do any of you smoke tobacco and if so, what brand do you smoke and for how long?

I myself gave up cigarettes 2 years ago and switched to cigars.

I know, I know...Cigars are worse you say.

But I smoke fewer of them than I did cigarettes.
I used to go through a pack of Winstons every day.
And cigarettes smell like s**t!
I cannot stand the secondhand smoke from them.
It makes me gag.

I smoke Phillies "Black Max" cigars with the plastic tips.
I like the rum flavored ones in the yellow pack.

And by the way....these cigars are filled with pipe tobacco so they smell good.
They don't smell like s**t like those big stogies do.
I've noticed that females hate the smell of my cigars.
My guy friends like the smell and bum them from me...which makes me think that cigars are primarily a guy thing.

I'm smoking one right now as I type this.

Do you smoke?
If you don't smoke then please say so.



Post Edited (08-23-03 03:46)

[Sam]

For the last 6 years I mostly have smoked pipes, my brand being Captain Black Gold. I also smoke the occasional cigar and cigarette but, I will always prefer my pipes

[ErikJ]

I used to smoke but a health scare made me quit almost 6 years ago. I smoked cigarettes and cigars. The only one I miss bad is the cigars. I loved them. The smell and taste were wonderful. When ever one buddy and I would go to a sporting event or concert we allways stoped at a local cigar shop and buy a couple of good expensive cigars to smoke on the trip (we live in northwest Indiana and travel to Chicago for all the shows, sometimes South Bend or south to Indy).

But I am very happy that I have quit. I just have trouble keeping off all the weight I gained since I quit.

[Tranquil Featherman]

I can proudly say that I haven't had a cigarette in 2 weeks!!!! Tobacco Kills!!!!

[Neville]

No, and never have. The funny thing is that I tried a couple of times in highschool, and my parents are smokers, so I had every chance of starting smoking as well, but for some reason I didn't find it any satisfying, so I just forgot about it.

[Tranquil Featherman]

good for you! Nev!

[Drezzy Mac]

f**k yes, boy. Been smoking since February 2nd of this year (a close friend of 8 years died in a DUI accident, so yeah).

I smoke Marlboro Reds usually, but I also smoke Camel Turkish Golds now and then if my buddy Charles lets me bum one.

Mmmmmm...CANCER!

[Ellie]

I started smoking when I was 15. I quit smoking three years ago..I am 42. I stopped dreaming about smoking just recently. I smoked Marlboro reds and went on to GPC light 100's. I can't stand to smell cigarrettes now.

[Dolph Lundgren]

Tried once when I was 14, then decided afterwards that there was no reason for smoking.  Just wasn't for me.  Haven't done it since, and never will.

Nick

[Dave:Blackeye15]

HELL NO!! I NEVER HAVE SMOKED AND NEVER WIIIIIILLLLLLLL!!!!!!

-the first rule of fat club-

[yaddo42]

Nope. My dad started smoking when he was 12 and it helped kill him. He always regretted starting, warned me to never take it up and gave me a lit cigar when I was 9 one Fourth of July and let me figure it out for myself. I tried to look tough and macho (in my mind at least) lighting firecrackers with it, imitating Burt Lancaster in "The Professionals". But I hacked and gagged my way through that whole cigar. Good early lesson to break me from wanting to smoke before I ever started. Although I have to admit I like the smell of good pipe tobacco.

I don't know any women who like to smoke big stogie cigars. But there are several girls at work who like those little plastic tipped cigarellos, don't know the brand, but they have a musky smell to them that's actually kind of interesting.

[Rumyungyungsonson]

No I don't smoke, or drink for that matter.

[Mofo Rising]

I smoke Camel Lights when I'm drinking.  Seeing as I drink two or three times a week (although that figure will go way down when school starts again), that makes me a regular smoker.

Thing is, I really don't like cigarettes when I'm not drinking.  I can go several weeks without thinking of smoking, but when I get a few beers in me the urge to smoke hits like a son of a b***h.

I quit drinking, I quit smoking, but I'm not apt to do either at the moment.

[Ash]

I've actually read somewhere that scientists have conducted studies and they came to the conclusion that nothing triggers the urge to smoke more than alcohol.

I'm the same way too.

I can go all day without a cigar but as soon as I get that taste of beer I must light up.

[Brother Ragnarok]

Oh yeah, razor-edged lung-shredding shards of burned leaves, thick gloppy-ass tar to cut off the air supply to said shredded lungs, and about nine bajillion different chemicals to make my body freak out and give itself cancer.  Sounds like fun.  I have this urge to shoot smokers in the face with a fire extinguisher when I start getting clouds wafted on me.  
To those smokers who don't know better (this not being toward you, Ash, because I've been in a car with you and you do know better), when around non-smokers, breathe away from them, and if you're in a car, lean out the window like a dog.

Brother R