smoking occasionally

lol 1 isnt gonna get you hooked or cause significant damage!

i used to smoke LOADS then 1 day some arse said i cudnt quit... and i said i could quit if i wanted to

to prove him right i didnt smoke for 4 months, having never wanted to stop in the first place i started again after 4 months

don't say "see you WERE hooked" coz theres no way an addict can go 4 months without something and still be hooked... otherwise you'd have to spend your whole life in rehab

anyway with me now i can take it or leave it... i cant really afford to smoke so i mostly dont but having 1 or 2 a day isnt gonna make me go "OMG I NEED 20 NOWWWWWWWWWWWW"

Oh don't worry. I mean it's better to masturbate over smoking rather than do it surely?

The truth is nobody knows what the perfectly healthy life is. This does not mean one cannot try to live it if one chooses, but even living in a city (or dare I say it, in the West - living in the Andes or the Amazon might be a bit less polluted) or eating fast food is a derogation from any serious attempt.
We automatically accept and embrace a way of life which is less than healthy. So it seems strange to me that we should condemn others for having barriers further out than our own.
We justify living in the UK rather than the Andes or the Amazon because it makes us happier and we experience a high standard of living. If smoking or doing lines of coke makes us happier then go for it.
The argument that "oh but it dusnt make you happier coz u die" is circular having accepted the first few sentences. Living in the West makes you die by breathing in polluted air and the average joe has a terrible diet (the World Health Organisation says that lifestyle diseases are the biggest killer in the West). It is the perception which counts.

I don't think drugs should generally be brought into this argument. There a completely different issue. Ultimatley they can make you a hell of a lot happier than fags, but they also cause some of the biggest social and individual problems.

Smoking, however, is enjoyable, has no bad social effects (like alcohol and drugs), because no you won't get lung cancer if you inhale a few breaths of on the street from a stupid chav smoking. To be honest, although smoking's a killer so are plenty of other things. For some reason everyone's got a thing about smoking, probably because the government says so and it smells a bit manky. But the point is, there isn't really a major problem, we're just making it one. If people want to give up, they will. If they don't there's not a chance in hell of them giving up. No posters or government plans are gonna help them.

It all comes down to individual choice as per usual, and seeing as we all want to live in a democracy I don't see the problem.

See politics works sometimes.

Its easy enough to get cancer without touching a cigarette, why try and significantly increase your chances?

Its easy enough to get cancer without touching a cigarette, why try and significantly increase your chances?

You know that nicotine causes an increase in heart rate, and a raising of blood pressure, right?

yeah, but the fact is so does stress. If you smoke a fag it'll bring the stress down, and yes maybe will increase your heart rate etc. but the fact is, isn't it better to geta little release attached with bad blood pressure and stuff, rather than just blood pressure?

well depends on who you are, but from that perpective I really don't think smoking is so bad.

If that's what you're looking for, just chew the tabacco.

Or eat nicorette.

You are bloody stupid, stop chatting crap. Nicotine increases levels of the hormone cortisol(the stress hormone), it also raises heart-rate and blood pressure. None of those effects are beneficial at all to your health. People who argue with absolutely no idea what they're talking about, do my head in.