I smoke, wanna make something out of it

[eileen from OH]

I'm not a rude smoker, I don't smoke anywhere I'm not supposed to, I always ask, etc. Tonight I had some guy, in a bar that was the ONLY smoking section in a huge restaraunt, hassle me. He's got the entire damn joint, I have a teeny, tiny spot that he can easily avoid. Look, I know I hafta quit. I know it's lousy health-wise. I know it's a filthy, disgusting habit. But I'll give you a clue. . when I quit, and I will, it will NOT be because of a superior-type asshole says something. Nobody quits because of that. They quit because they WANT to, it has to come from them. And the smoking police don't do anything to encourage that, it just pisses us off.

eileen from OH (lighting up)

[Langis]

1. I'm lighting up with you

[sasquatch]

2. I have Asthma and don't care about people smoking around me

[Mal]

3. Yeah, they go on and on about how bad it is,

but we pump so much shit into the air, water, and our food that I really can't see the point of worrying about some cigarette smoke. I don't smoke, but whenever I see an anti-smoking ad, I get this huge urge to start.

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Some people are more sensitive to tobacco smoke than others

By the way, Pa-in-law is going under the scalpel in a couple of weeks to treat a cancerous growth that the doctors say was caused by his smoking. However, Pa-in-law is still lighting up as he poo-poos the doctors.

[BiggJawn]

5. Have I ever told you how my blood pressure has dropped since...

...I quit?
Really, it went from 144/100 (with medication) to 100/68 )still on meds, but less pills) and I don't hack up "oysters" anymore, either.

Plus, I no longer support some ReTHUG death-merchants who hide their heads and swear they didn't know the stuff's deadly, or lazy State Legislators who think Smokers are easy marks for tax increases.

You gotta find it in yourself to quit, for whatever reason. Nobody's gonna brow-beat you into making the descicion.

Oh, did I tell you I can ride my bicycle 25 miles in 2 hours now, too?

On the DOWN side, I never knew there was a pig farm 7 miles upwind from my place until I quit!

[MissMillie]

6. When I was a smoker

I would always put my cigarette out if people asked nicely. If they got all rude and self-righteous, I would smoke twice as much.

I hope you find the will and strength to quit. The freedom is amazing.

QuitNet

[Don_G]

7. Same Here

I was in a restaurant once in the smoking section and I had a rabid lady give me hell because I lit up next to her. If she would have politely asked me to not smoke around her, I would have deferred until I got out of the establishment.

It was her way or the highway so I had to call the manager who escorted her off the premises a hell of a lot more politely than I would have.

[Braden]

8. sounds like you want to quit but think you can't

let me tell you, its possible.

That guy might be someone like me who smoked for a while and now after five years finds the smell of those things makes me violently ill. I can't be indoors with any smoke for long before it makes me want to throw up.

[mac56]

9. I'm the same way, Braden.

To me, a smoking section in a restaurant is like a pissing section in a swimming pool.

[Braden]

14. Dont get me wrong

I dont hate the smokers. I was there. But once you've given it up that acrid smell is so terrible.

nice analogy!

[Skittles]

21. I beg to differ

I quit two years ago. This weekend in Austin, I was terribly tempted to sniff William Pitt who smokes like a chimney. Alas, it would seem I will always love the smell of tobacco.

[GOPisEvil]

23. You just wanted to sniff Will!

I know how you work!

Oh, and the cool mornings are going to be NICE around here! 58 for a low? WHeeeeee!!!!!!!!! :bounce:

[Skittles]

24. lol

it's just that since I quit smoking, I've never really been tested by being AROUND smokers. I'd say being around Will in a bar for hours was a good test. And I passed! :D

[Braden]

25. Really?

I guess I never loved smoking, I just got into the habit. I never liked the taste just the added buzz I guess.

[Braden]

26. Really?

I guess I never loved smoking, I just got into the habit. I never liked the taste just the added buzz I guess.

[scarlet_owl]

10. I was a smoker for 7 years

and I stopped almost 2 years ago. I am much more sensitive to cigarette smoke now that I quit. I just can't be around it. Have any other ex-smokers noticed this kind of sensitivity? I get instantly nauseated from it.

[Wickerman]

12. yeah, ain't it great?

now that I quit smoke makes me ill! What a great aversion! I'll never smoke again. Makes me think there might be a god.

[progressivejazz]

11. You're nuts.

And so am I. I smoke too. Smoking is a disgusting and expensive way to commit suicide.

But you're right. The desire to quit has to come from within. We wish we could quit, but wishing doesn't make it so. All we've got to do is really want to badly enough. So far, I guess I don't.

[Zolok]

13. You Sir are WORSE THAN HITLER!

YOU ARE WORSE THAN JOHN KERRY!!!!


Smash the dirty smoking scum!
Kick em' in the teeth were it hurts!
Filthy bastard smokers!

I hate em'
I hate em'
Arrrrrrgh!
Arrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!



Dude got a light?

www.chimesatmidnight.blogspot.com

[luckyluke]

15. Your health, and consideration for others - two separate issues

There are two separate issues here.

1. Your own health. This is something that is for you to decide for yourself, and other people shouldn't be bossing you around. If you want to smoke 5 packs a day in the privacy of your home, it's unfortunate, but it's nobody's business except your own (and your family's, of course).

2. However when you are in a public place, it *does* become other people's business. But if you were smoking in the smoking section, then the other guy had no business hassling you. However, I have had people sitting next to me at bus stops light up, without even asking me, *right underneath* a no-smoking sign!

-ll

[denverbill]

16. I quit nearly 5 months ago...but

I'm with you here.

Nothing pissed me off more than the anti-smoking crusaders, especially the petty ones. We are already relegated to smoking outside, away from doorways, but still, nearly every week, some self-righteous jerk would walk past us, cough like he/she was walking through tear gas, and give us dirty looks.

The big push to make all bars/restaurants smoke-free is also irritating. There SHOULD be businesses where a smoker can relax and indulge his/her vice without skulking off into back alleys in the snow, rain, and wind.

[Mari333]

17. Tell those people to Blow You

If Im in a restaurant in a smoking section, and anyone comes up to me and bothers me, thats what I would say.
They can always choose a non smoking restaurant. There's plenty of choices out there.

[luckyluke]

18. Hypocrisy

"Tonight I had some guy, in a bar that was the ONLY smoking section in a huge restaraunt, hassle me. He's got the entire damn joint..."

What, he had a joint, and he hassled you over a cigarette? The nerve!

Sorry, I couldn't resist! :silly:

-ll

[piece sine]

19. guerilla stoners

You'd be shocked at how many doobies I fire-up (discreetly) in indoor public places. We are ALL to conformist....there hasn'tbeen a mass social rebillion since the 1960s.

Although I do NOT smoke tobacco, I think the anti-smoking brigade has damaged this country almost as much as the Bush brigade. (C'mon baby, FLAME me! I'm ready!) I think those prigs -- who simply "invented" the secondhand smoke issue so they could bash smokers. These people are destroying our freedoms and our right to self-determination. If you know any anti-smokers, remind them that they are even more despised than the smokers they relish attacking. Anti-smokers are an evil lot, given to minding other people's business. You can NOT possibly be a progressive AND be an anti-smoker. The two mind-sets are self-excluding. All anti-smokers opening practice tobacco apartheid, and thus, have earned the their NAZI reputation.

[Skittles]

20. I was you, eileen

and I eventually did quit. :D

[bmbmd]

22. Yeah, I wanna make something out of it...

A good living, taking care of end-stage smokers.

[KCDem]

27. call me weird,

No. Seriously. Call me weird.

I never really smoked (well, tobacco, that is) but I lived in Russia for 1.5 years, and EVERYONE over there does, so I got used to being around smokers. Occasionally, I detect a slight smoky smell in the air, and I'll breathe in deeply because it reminds me of a wonderful period in my life. I don't like the smell of stale smoke, but one or two people smoking, outside, when my kids aren't around--I sometimes enjoy it.

[TioDiego]

28. You Smoke, You Stink.

Quit and you will see that's true.

[UserNamesAreFree]

29. I won't make anything of it...

if you blow smoke in my face! :evilgrin: