Help! I don't want to get addicted.

Scuzi said:
Smoking a few cigarettes won't get you addicted. I smoke a couple of cigars every week and when I go out back home I smoke kreteks socially. We're talking about 20 kreteks a month maximum, but I have never had a craving. At the first sign of a craving I will stop altogether but I have been doing this for a while and haven't become addicted.

Don't do it so regular that you do become addicted though, that would just be stupid.
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Stop doing them and see if you get any cravings. ;)


OP: If people want to smoke, let them. I'm sure you're old enough to make your own decisions and whether you want to be a smoker or not, you don't need other people to tell you what to do. If you don't want to be a smoker, quit. If you do, carry on. It's really that simple.
 
Tefal said:
Cigars>fags

A cigar is fun to have when out drinking whiskey.
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Firstly this is an excellent comment.
Secondley if you do not want to smoke then quite simply you do not have to. You wont get addicted unless you are a weak person who thinks they are addicted plus it takes a lot of full time smoking to get addicted propperly.
Thirdley if you are going to smoke smoke cigars cigars are all out cool A cigarette is smoked to relieve your brain of a chemical, apart from that all it does is taste bad and kill you.
 
Zefan said:
There's no "Excuse" about it, it's just fun.

I hate the way people label smokers as idiots, it's just good fun. Yeah it's bad for your health but so are a lot of things, the only people who I see as "stupid" are those who are addicted but can't see it.
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high five to you good sir! :D

its about the only acceptable buzz you can have while at work i find. a lovely roll up during tea break after a hard morning is lovely

i got into smoking after being offered a joint, it was only later i found out that the nicotine buzz is actually pretty powerful

i'm off to have a cigar now :D
 
Smiley Man said:
i recently started smoking not long ago. wondered what all the fuss was about, tried one and realised the buzz is actually very nice
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If you continue when you're lucky enough not to be addicted yet cos you think you are cool and getting a bit of a buzz from it, you're a bigger idiot than the OP! At least he's trying not to get addicted when you're rolling up whenever you can!
 
[TW]Fox said:
No, we are all just jealous of your Mums Golf 1.4.
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That post proves my point.

You're an interesting bloke Fox. How can I put it? Helpful one minute, really great guy the next.
 
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Kell_ee001 said:
If you continue when you're lucky enough not to be addicted yet cos you think you are cool and getting a bit of a buzz from it, you're a bigger idiot than the OP! At least he's trying not to get addicted when you're rolling up whenever you can!
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i dont think its cool at all, i enjoy doing and will continue to do so, if people dont like it keep away from me, simple as
 
Kell_ee001 said:
If you continue when you're lucky enough not to be addicted yet cos you think you are cool and getting a bit of a buzz from it, you're a bigger idiot than the OP! At least he's trying not to get addicted when you're rolling up whenever you can!
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The only argument you've got against it is that it can harm others, which is fair enough, but even so that only makes smokers selfish not stupid. Smoking damages your health but if that is enough justification for someone to call a smoker an idiot then IMO you might as well call drinkers/drivers, hell, people who have sex idiots too.
 
[huzeeee] said:
Firstly this is an excellent comment.
Secondley if you do not want to smoke then quite simply you do not have to. You wont get addicted unless you are a weak person who thinks they are addicted plus it takes a lot of full time smoking to get addicted propperly.
Thirdley if you are going to smoke smoke cigars cigars are all out cool A cigarette is smoked to relieve your brain of a chemical, apart from that all it does is taste bad and kill you.
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This was posted with tongue firmly in cheek right? :)
 
Scuzi said:
I'm not addicted. If I couldn't have another cigar for the rest of my life it wouldn't bother me in the slightest. I choose to smoke fine Cuban cigars because I enjoy the taste, just like I enjoy the taste of a fine whiskey. By your reasoning, I'm addicted to whiskey too.

They don't pose the same health risks as cigarettes. There is a risk of mouth cancer for regular smokers and those who smoke in an enclosed environment can suffer the effects of inhaling the smoke.

Don't tell me I'm addicted when I clearly am not. :)
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Do you realize that large cigars contain as much tobacco as a whole packet of cigarettes and the secondhand smoke off them can fill a room for hours?

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigar_Smoking.asp

Have a read of that if you think not inhaling protects you.

Here's a couple of snippets
If cigar smokers inhale, nicotine is absorbed as rapidly as it is with cigarettes. For those who do not inhale, it is absorbed more slowly through the lining of the mouth. The smoke of cigars dissolves more easily in saliva than cigarette smoke. Therefore, the desired dose of nicotine can be achieved without the need to inhale the smoke into the lungs. People who use oral tobacco products absorb nicotine the same way. Both inhaled and non-inhaled nicotine are highly addictive.
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Studies have shown that male cigar smokers are 4 to 10 times more likely to die from oral and laryngeal cancers than nonsmokers. In addition, when saliva containing cigar smoke chemicals is swallowed, the esophagus is exposed to carcinogens (cancer-causing agents). The death rate from esophageal cancer is several times higher in male cigar smokers than in males who have never smoked. If you inhale, cigar smoking appears to be linked to death from cancer of the pancreas and bladder, as well.
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Smiley Man said:
i dont think its cool at all, i enjoy doing and will continue to do so, if people dont like it keep away from me, simple as
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This has nothing to do with others, I think you're stupid for the reasons stated in my post. Surely you're old enough to know better and not start something so idiotic?

Tommy B said:
The only argument you've got against it is that it can harm others, which is fair enough, but even so that only makes smokers selfish not stupid. Smoking damages your health but if that is enough justification for someone to call a smoker an idiot then IMO you might as well call drinkers/drivers, hell, people who have sex idiots too.
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Again, nowhere in this thread have I even hinted at the effect it has on others. If I go back my very first post, you WILL get addicted and THAT makes you stupid. Don't try to lump other actions into this discussion - they are irrevilent since the subject, the subject you started and asked to be called stupid for I might add, is about addiction.
 
Kell_ee001 said:
This has nothing to do with others, I think you're stupid for the reasons stated in my post. Surely you're old enough to know better and not start something so idiotic?
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eh? i do many things worse than tobacco :p, but i still dont think im an idiot, if you do then fine:)
 
Tommy B said:
The thing is, when you do it by yourself it's no longer about being big and clever or showing off, it's an addiction.
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It's not big or clever socially either.

Just don't buy any or smoke any. Simple.
 
Never understood people that started smoking.

What in gods name made you think, "Hey, I know, I'll wrap these pieces of carcinogenic leaves in some paper, set light to them and breathe that acrid stinking smoke in off them, that would be really cool"

Defies belief


Andy
 
BruceLee said:
I started the same way, its a stupid habit and dont start it

Its antisocial

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LOL. you would be surprised at the relationships formed in the smoking circles, especially at places of employment where workers of all kinds go and meet up to discuss the important stuff at the cig shelter!

you miss out on loads by not smoking.
 
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