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RE: Ex-smokers ? - 2/23/2009 6:41:30 PM

Aneirin

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only started smoking at age 30

See, that always bewilders me. I had my first cigarette when I was 12; I was a regular smoker by the time I was 14. Obviously, you don't make the wisest decisions at that age. I just can't imagine starting when I was 30. Hell, I can't imagine starting when I was in my 20's.

Well, when I started, there was no intention to start smoking, that was the last thing I wanted to do, even though in a house of four people, I was the only non smoker, when it came to try my first pure cigarette, it had zero effect on me, but felt comfortable. I guess five years plus of breathing in side stream smoke made me sort of desensitized to the stuff, maybe even hooked on the smoke, to remember, side stream smoke is unfiltered.

I started because of weed, up to that point I had never tried it, and was curious, a few weeks nand with no weed about I was given a cigarette, which immediately sated the aid required to relax. After that I felt I was part of the family, I was with the smokers, no longer apart.

Everywhere I have worked, there has been a majority of people that smoked, I used to find it unfair in the military that smokers could have smoke breaks every hour, whereas non smokers had to carry on working., even in NBC black exercises, smokers got to take the face welly off to have a fag break. Always have I seen up until the past couple of years, special circumstances seemed to reign for those that smoked, now I am in, the smoking crowd, we are the pariahs of society, just my luck hahaha.

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RE: Ex-smokers ? - 2/24/2009 3:58:17 AM

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I was always told that no one likes a quitter...I'm not taking any chances.

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RE: Ex-smokers ? - 2/24/2009 9:12:53 AM

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windchymes,

Your parents sent you with a note? And I can certainly relate to not wanting to buy them for the puff'nstuffs at home.

slaveboy,

You were not always carded? I would have lost my job for that. A guy I worked with was fined several hundred dollars n a sting opertion for not carding someone who was right around 18.

Just shows how much the times have changed.

Times have changed. I started smoking in the early 70's and never got carded. In fact one of the main reasons I started was so I could hang out in the school courtyard (that is where the smoking area was) with all the cool kids. That's right, our school had a designated smoking area for it's students. Maybe I should go back and sue them.

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RE: Ex-smokers ? - 3/2/2009 1:03:58 AM

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I quit about 16 years ago. I was smoking over 2 packs a day.. Back then I replaced it with an hour or more on the bike every day at the gym. I envisioned all the crap leaving my lungs with every pump..
Today, I cannot believe I ever, ever let those little fuckers run my life. It is so incredibly disgusting to me. I won't stay in a place that allows smoking. I won't ever get involved with anyone who smokes. It gives me an instant headache too..

Oooo...I think I love you! :D

I feel the same way. I'm the child of a smoker, never smoked myself and I absolutely can't stand it.

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I'm a current smoker, and I'm planning on quitting soon. Our federal government in it's infinite wisdom passed a 62 cent per pack increase in the tobacco tax, and my own Democrat controlled state government passed a 51 cent per pack increase that goes into effect March 1st. It's just going to be too expensive for me to continue to smoke. I love how politicians get away with increasing taxes on one segment of the population just because smoking is now taboo. Let's not forget, that a large portion of smokers are in the lower income bracket. So they're you have it....Democrat's compassion for the working man.

Methinks thou dost protest too much. They aren't sticking it to the working man. There are a myriad of reasons to tax tobacco. Health issues are a big one. And if, as you say, the largest portion of smokers are in the lower income bracket, they are likely the ones who, if incapacitated due to lung ailments from smoking, will be the ones collecting government subsidies in order to receive health care. So, in a sense, they are paying now for benefits they may receive in the future.

I sincerely wish you well in your endeavor to quit smoking - no matter what the reason. I hope one day you will have a similar view to that of BSB. Besides...just think of the bigger potential - female Dommes who would refuse a smoker will now see you differently. Could be a win win for you. ;)

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RE: Ex-smokers ? - 3/2/2009 1:13:13 PM

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Yeah, I think it's very likely that people will crave cigarettes after quitting due to physiological changes that may be permanent as well as addictive traits that are more complex.
That having been said, one can smoke and not become addicted. On Saturday evening, I chain smoked more clove cigarettes than I ever have before. Did I wake up with the urge for one. Nope. Do I smoke a couple of times a month (Usually only 1, not the 12 I smoked on Saturday). Addiction runs rampant in my family. I choose not to indulge it.
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RE: Ex-smokers ? - 3/2/2009 1:26:03 PM

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I've quit for years at various times in my life. Started up again for varying reasons. My doctor asked me when she came to talk to me before my surgery to try not to smoke for 2 weeks. I'm managing. So far, though, it has only been about 4 days. I've stopped before. I find if I get colds, I have a hard time shaking them off if I don't stop smoking at least till I get better. Sometimes I use the nicorette gum, just a little sliver when I feel the craving. This time, with the anesthesia & the pain pills, I am managing cold turkey. After about 3 or 4 days, I don't feel the physical craving as much.

Even during the years I don't smoke, the mental cravings do come along sometimes. They've never really gone completely away. The truth is, I enjoy smoking. It is one of my few vices. I am not sure I am going to smoke again after this 2 weeks is up. I might, but mostly because right now, except for being sore, while I am recovering, I think I am feeling better than I have in a long time.

When I do smoke, it is because I enjoy it. And no matter whether I am in my quitting years or not, I prefer the company of smokers. They tend to be much less uptight, & much less grumpy.

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