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No. 86136
It smells terrible. I instinctively hold my breath whenever a person with a cig walks by on the footpath.
>>86113What makes you think it was a 13 year old? Sometimes I feel like insults are just thrown around randomly on lolcow.
No. 86141
>>86134Congrats on quitting!
>never noticed how bad smokers smelt til I quitI relate to this. I stopped smoking last August with one relapse in February where I bought a pack, smoked 3 cigs and realized how shitty it all was and threw the rest away
The extra money + not wheezing is super nice.
>>86136That wasn't me but I guess only 13 year olds can think smoking looks cool. I kinda disagree though, I can see how people of all ages would think it looks cool bc hollywood has done a really great job over the decades at making it look cool.
No. 90935
Ex-smoker as of a month ago and hoping I will stick by it. I originally had tried a few at 15 but never stuck to the habit. Then at 19 I started smoking 10-15 a day, I was offered them by a friend and due to a stressful time period, I found they helped at keeping me calm and busying myself. Unfortunately that resulted in me becoming addicted or dependant, and when I was having panic attacks/feeling particularly depressed I would chain smoke.
I got to admit, I find the whole smoking aesthetic attractive, but I believe at the expense of your wallet and health, it's not worth it. Since I've quit, I've also noticed the smell that comes from cigarettes is pretty gross.
Thought I would miss the smoking but I'm not too bothered, I've been using nicotine replacement therapy to start with but I'm eventually going to wean myself off that when I feel ready. For fellow farmers who want to quit, I do recommend this over going cold turkey (assuming you find it too hard to do it this way, like myself) but bare in mind there's such a thing as the addiction being transferred. Cost could be an issue too if you do not have access to free health care that provides free stop smoking services, but if you're more successful quitting nicotine/cigarettes through nicotine replacement therapy, it's only money you'll be losing in the short time versus struggling in the long term and losing all your cash.
No. 91076
>>91009nonvegans have a much higher rate of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and die 10 years younger in average… and it's not a diet, it's a moral standpoint; vegans have a strict vegetarian/plant-based diet.
sage for replying to bait
No. 91163
>>91162studies have shown that second hand smoke can have detrimental health effects. basically it can do to you what it does to a smoker.
source:
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/secondhand-smoke No. 91197
>>91150This is quite the powerlevel but smoking is one of the most revolting things you could do to your body.
my mother and grandmother smoked years before I was ever in existence and seeing my grandmother slowly suffocate to death on a ventilator, wheezing and gasping for air for years before she finally passed, and my mothers terrible skin/mouth wrinkles/smell/teeth have made sure I've never touched a cigarette in my life.
No. 91201
>>91197oh also, more gross stories. If you smoke on the reg, you stay sick for longer because you've burnt all the little hairs in your lungs that help work mucus out.
If my mother even just gets a cold she coughs like she's dying and can't breathe for 4 weeks minimum and it is the single most disgusting thing I've ever heard in my life. Zero sympathy.
No. 91206
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I smoke like… once or twice a week? Sometimes less. I can't even wrap my head around the idea of smoking a pack a day. I started last year because it was something an ex-boyfriend used to do after sex and I would join him. No one in my family smokes but I've always loved the smell of tobacco.
I smoke to help relax myself when I'm nervous or when I'm trying to wind down (it makes me sleepy for some reason). I do it before I have to do something important or while I'm writing because it calms me down and helps me focus. I also do it to curb hunger sometimes.
I have two packs left which will probably last me a good while, not sure how fast or even if I'll repurchase when I run out since it is kind of expensive but I would love to try some of the fancy "ladies" cigarettes like the one in the pic I attached.
I have smoked weed, and didn't like it much. I don't mind eating it in food, but it makes me restless and giddy so I only do it when I'm with friends who are doing it which is not very often. I hate the smell.
No. 91345
>>91201How much they smoke? My mother and aunt both smoke and their faces look normal, very little wrinkles for 50+ yo. And they don't cough often.
I Know any amount is bad for your health, but I'm curious how much you need to smoke to have hair loss, big wrinkles, etc
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>>91165>>91162So because it "blends" into the air that makes it okay? Just FYI "blending" is not synonymous with "disappearing". The particles from the smoke hang around, get blown about, inhaled by adults, children and animals and settle on EVERYTHING.
And yes, for non-smokers the smell is absolutely fucking rank, especially that fucking stench of stale smoke that follows smokers around like a cloud of ass-stank everywhere they go.
I can't believe that today after all this shit has been coming out about how awful smoking is for you over the years, physically, environmentally, financially etc., we still have people defending this disgusting habit.
Yeah smoking is so safe for the smokers and the people around them, that's why when you open up the television or PC of a regular smoker the components look like they're wearing a fur coat.
Christ imagine what their lungs look like.
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>>91206Those are so pretty, I don't even smoke but I have such a weak spot for pretty cigarettes
No. 91427
>>86134When my friend quit, she said the smell was more disgusting than it had been before she even started. I don't know if it as because she associated it with cravings or whatever, but she could not stand the smell after quitting.
>>86136>I instinctively hold my breathWhen I was little, I legitimately thought this would protect me from any illness forever. I'd hold my breath for ages lmao. Now I just do it because smoke makes me fel sneezy.
No. 91434
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I really wanted to start smoking once I left home. This might sound really bs but I had huge cravings to smoke once I left my house with my mother who is a huge smoker. Even though I had never smoked a cigarette in my life, I felt huge withdrawals once I wasnt exposed to it all the time.
My mum used to smoke in the house when I was young, but stopped once it became more normal to smoke outside. Her first brand of cigarettes still smell heavenly to me when I see them, Export A ultra light.
She switched to some garbage brand (peter jackson) because she was hoping that by not liking the taste, she'd quit. That was like 8 years ago lel.
No. 91435
>>91427My mum smoked two packs a day for over 30 years, and she says the same thing, that after having given up the smell is unbearably revolting to her.
I'm just glad that the lungs are so forgiving an organ because once you give up smoking they start to regenerate surprisingly quick.
She should absolutely have cancer by now, it's a miracle she doesn't.
No. 91461
>>91345idk how healthily your aunt and mother eat and take care of themselves besides smoking but my mother also has extremely poor diet. She's not obese or anything but she doesn't look good… the wrinkles are probably a combination of smoking and dehydration. The only thing she drinks is pepsi max or coke zero. I'm not exaggerating either. My dad said it was the only thing she drank even when he was going out with her.
However, I do think that no matter how well you take care of yourself though, you WILL develop those awful cat's bum mouth wrinkles to some extent.
No. 91472
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>>91461To a degree I guess.
This is Carmen Dell'Orefice, she's an 83 year old supermodel and I think she's looking pretty fine.
No. 91491
>>914721. she's a supermodel so no shit she's going to look better than your average 83yr old grandma.
2. She's done up to the nines with makeup because she's at an event
3. Probably has had work done to her face to lessen the effects of ageing, and if she hasn't, probably has professional facial treatments for her skin.
4. Yes she does have wrinkles around her mouth, you can see the lines on her upper lip. They're just less obvious because of makeup and she's smiling so they're flattened out.
No. 91493
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>>91491Yeah Work done on her face and still pretty wrinkly, she doesn't have deep wrinkles because of face lifts
No. 182686
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>>182677peer pressured like the little bitch i am when i was 13
No. 182717
>>182677My whole smoking experience can be described as pretty fucking retarded passive aggressive stupidity honestly. I totally acknowledge this, though it doesn't stop me.
First of all, I have asthma so regular smoking was way too much of an unpleasant experience for me, and instead I vape like some kind of fedora wearer.
I pretty much started vaping because my aunt died of lung cancer. Both her and my mom had been heavy smokers for 40+ years, even when my mom was pregnant with me, even when I developed asthma as a child and their smoking would send me to the hospital with attacks. So I had this anger and resentment anyways, and my aunt kept at it until she died from it, and one night I was sitting there crying and missing my aunt and so hurt that she put these fucking cigarettes over everything in her life including me, when I remembered my mom had a vape unit she had tried and not liked. So I dug it out, filled it up, and said "Okay, lets see what's so great about this stupid fucking shit". And here I am 5 years latter.
I did switch to regular cigarettes for about 6 months, but my asthma and coughing never got better past a certain point so I went back to the vape. I've also been able to stop for a few months twice, though I ended up going back to it. To answer my own question, while it's pleasant in many ways, smoking is not that fucking great, and it's certainly not worth dying over. If I had something to live for I could very easily stop and never start again.
My mom still smokes like she always has and insists that my aunt died of "stress" and that her smoking habits had very little to nothing to do with it. It's a very big point of contention between us.
No. 182737
thanks, everyone for your responses. i was
>>182677 btw
No. 182807
>>182677Much like alcohol, cigarettes are like a social cheat code. For people who are naturally awkward, smoking instantly gives you something in common with people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Suck at talking to people? Take up smoking and suddenly you'll have plenty of casual encounters with strangers looking for an extra smoke or a light and unless someone's in a hurry, conversation usually follows. Suck at parties? Cigarettes give you the ultimate social mobility. If you find yourself sucked into a shitty conversation with people you hate, going out for a smoke is a socially acceptable way to exit the situation. Likewise, if you catch some smoking strangers having an interesting discussion, you can just kinda sneak in there and contribute as long as you also have a cigarette in your hand. You want some authority figure (a boss or a professor maybe) to know your name so they can write you a great recommendation letter someday? Be the person who joins them for a cigarette. It's an interesting way to level the social playing field.
None of this is why I started, but it's definitely why I didn't think about quitting for so long, and why, even after I've quit, I still like to keep a pack and a lighter on me.
No. 182889
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anime gave me a smoking fetish
too bad i absolutely HATE the smell irl
No. 183469
>>182807this desu. i've smoked for a year and a bit now, only a couple a day, but i'm in an inpatient ward and going out for a cig with the other girls that smoke and some of the nurses has been a quick way to get to know them. especially because most of us are more relaxed and easier to talk to with a bit of nicotine.
i've thought about quitting but the stress of being in a ward and also the social benefits are strong reasons against it.
No. 183470
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i smoked for about 13-14 years, very heavily for the last 5, but quit 8 or so years ago.
i think about it often and miss it so much. smoking after a good meal or coffee, after waking up, during a quiet break.
i wonder if i'll ever stop craving it and i wonder if i'll stay on the wagon. my parents quit and started many times in their lives.
i really do miss the cool burn of a menthol first thing in the morning tho.
No. 183472
>>182807This sounds petty but I bitterly hated all the smokers at my art school for this reason specifically. They got to buddy up with the tutors by lending them smokes and form little catty groups outside whilst I was working indoors in empty silence during breaks. Years on and these cliques are still functioning as some old boys club, maybe I should have just taken up socially smoking but even being around it sets off my asthma.
Also smokers get extra time to think in conversations too, they can pause and take a drag whilst they think of the rest of the sentence and it seems socially acceptable in a way that you couldn't do with a drink or nothing in your hand. They can stand in the quiet smokers area in clubs, spark up conversations by pretending to borrow lighters and actually be able to hear each other. Not to mention it's aesthetic af, I'm always so jealous.
Health is really important to me though, and I'm genuinely pissed even if someone lights up in the same area as me. Apologizing doesn't make those stinky fumes any less toxic. Vaping has changed the game though, the units looks stupid and lack the sharing aspect, and it doesn't set me into coughing fits so I can stick around. It's probably giving everyone cancer but at least I don't know about it yet so I can bear to stand near my smoking friends.
No. 188037
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I started smoking at like, 16 or 17, and my mom was buying my cigarettes for me. I'd had chronic bronchitis (fucking COPD) since I was a kid thanks to her secondhand smoke (in the house, in the car with the windows rolled up, everywhere). I was so anti-smoking when I was a kid, so I'm not even sure why I started, but that made my bronchitis so much worse. I didn't quit cigarettes until I was 24, but I'm still super addicted to my e-cigarette, so I'm not really saving any money, but I feel so much better, and I haven't had that nasty smoker's cough since I quit. Plus my teeth look much nicer and my clothes don't stink!
No. 188049
>>183472Sorry to bring up an ancient comment but none of your complaints are valid.
You could have networked at school without smokes and you can surely start a conversation without having to 'pretend to borrow a lighter' as if that happens. Smokers aren't some old boys club where you get special perks with every pack you buy. Quit whinging and learn some social skills instead of making this piss-poor excuse.