[Rainbow Stalin]

(Original post by Stalin)
The individual who has a few cigarettes and drinks tends to relax himself and thus live longer than his 'clean' counterpart who is stressed all day, every day and has a heart attack in his 50s.

You only get stressed by not smoking and drinking if you're addicted to begin with. There are other ways to relax which don't **** up your liver and lungs (this is coming from a drinker and social smoker btw).

[Educate95]

(Original post by Stalin)
Indeed, but the chances of getting lung cancer from 'a few' cigarettes per day is minimal - you'd need to be on 20+ per day for a very long time in the vast majority of cases.

Hmm, that's not strictly true, but I could agree to disagree lol.
This seems interesting http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_d...et_lung_cancer

[buchanan700]

I'm a smoker, and I try to be considerate whereever possible because I totally understand why people have a problem with it. I don't smoke in the house (When people allow smoking in the house I will have one in the house), I don't smoke around children, and I don't smoke in doorways of businesses. The vast majority of us are the same.
It's our bodies, and passive smoking is bad, yes, however its extremely minimal to non-existent when all that happens is you pass a smoker on the street. We're outdoors now, so stop grumbling!

[GrazzleDazzle]

My Grandad died of lung cancer and I loved him very much. He was a good man and very forgiving. Maybe if he didn't smoke he would still be around.. However I understand by the time he was hooked there wasn't any health warnings or enough research. But these days most people are aware that smoking is a bad habbit and to shorten your lifespan is selfish.. think about your heart broken granchildren who have to grieve over your early grave knowing they could've should've and would've been able to spend more time with you if you didn't smoke (This applies to people whose lifespan is shortened or those who die prematurely due to the effects of smoking).

[desdemonata]

(Original post by GrazzleDazzle)
My Grandad died of lung cancer and I loved him very much. He was a good man and very forgiving. Maybe if he didn't smoke he would still be around.. However I understand by the time he was hooked there wasn't any health warnings or enough research. But these days most people are aware that smoking is a bad habbit and to shorten your lifespan is selfish.. think about your heart broken granchildren who have to grieve over your early grave knowing they could've should've and would've been able to spend more time with you if you didn't smoke (This applies to people whose lifespan is shortened or those who die prematurely due to the effects of smoking).

On my mother's side, both of her parents died from smoking (her father from lung cancer, her mother in a more round-about way). She smokes. Do I wish she would not smoke? Of course I do. Am I going to tell her to stop smoking? No. It's her body she's affecting (she's a lot more careful than my dad about smoking around me, and she didn't have a single fag when she was pregnant), it's her choice, and it's also her only vice, and to be honest I'd rather she be a good mother who smokes than a ****ty mother who doesn't.

[cl_steele]

No problem with smoking, if people want to do its thats their prerogative and if people dislike it theyre perfectly welcome to that opinion aswell what i really dislike though is the people who publicly lambast you for it, for 'polluting their air' bunch of bigots.

The really amusing thing though is with pubs, smokers have been booted outside to smoke because people didnt want to eat with a cloud of smoke hanging over their head, well thats fair enough many would say and smokers have taken it on the chin and moved... whats really ****ing annoying though is as soon as the weather turns nice you get the armies of non-smokers then going outside and complaining about the smoke... who forced them outside dummy..?

[nase14_aldayz]

100% of non-smokers die.

[Annie72]

I'm an ex smoker and would never dream of telling a smoker to quit.It's bugger all to do with me.

[siani-chan]

When I'm out, I don't like it when people smoke around me but I don't say anything or get in their face about it. However, I am very harsh on my brother when he smokes, because he's really inconsiderate when he does it. Our parents always brought us up with the threat of throwing us out if we smoked or did drugs, but when my brother started smoking they did absolutely nothing about it (so I guess I resent my parents in a way.)

He leaves bits of tobacco everywhere (he rolls his own), he smokes in the house, when I ask him not to smoke in the house he will smoke in the porch, which is directly beneath my room so my room ends up stinking of it. He smokes in my car when I give him a lift somewhere even after I've asked him not to, which really upsets me because I like to keep my car spotless and smelling nice but he ruins it. He steals change out of my purse when he runs out of tobacco or lighter fluid so he can buy more, then when I catch him he never pays me back. One time he gave me fake coins which pissed me off. The list just goes on and on and on. This is why I ask him to stop. So you see, it's hard for me to be around smoking, because I associate it with my brother and his behaviour.

I am however sure that there are very few people who behave in the way that my brother does, so I have no problem with smokers, just the smoke itself.

[CallieCat]

I don't care what people do in their own homes, but I can't stand the smell around me.

[vickie89]

the way i see it is its not my place to tell them not to smoke. i would like it if my friends and certain family members didnt, but its their choice. i still go outside with thme when they smoke sometimes, usually if i wanna talk to them or its too warm inside the pub/club. its not for me personally, but im not their mother and they can do what they want, just like they probably have issues with certain things i do, each to their own and all that jazz. i just ask that they dont smoke in my house, they have to go outside to do that if they so wish.

also for some reason, and while i have no desire at all to smoke, i love the film "thankyou for smoking" and its one of my favourite movies.