... the other Black experience
CIGARETTES
Thoughts oppinions?
I've smoked about two cigarettes in my entire life. To be honest, I do think they are quite overated, and I don't see how the average smoker can down a pack a day. I mean, they are beneficial for social reasons. Like I can actually talk to some of the people in my college course because we both go out and smoke. For that's it quite nice. But for me, smoking a pack on daily basis, I can't. Firstly, the after taste it pretty horrible as it is. I smoke Pall Mall Menthols, they burn slower. It's enjoyable while your smoking it, unless you inhale to much in one breath ( like I do!) and get that burn on the back of your throat. But, it's quite overrated to me. And second hand smoking isn't great at all,it smells terrible. STalking to someone who is smoking when you are not.
For me, whenever I do smoke a cigarette, which is like whenever i feel like it, ( a pack lasts me an entire month actually, unless I've given them all away by then), it has to be in a very relaxed, smoky driven setting. Like if I'm listening to some really hard no wave, or post punk. And im in a daze, then that's a time. Or if I'm sitting in the park in the grass, enjoying the clouds, then it feels fine. And lastly when I'm out with friends. That's all really.
For me it's all about setting and mood. Because other than that, cigarettes look pretty goddamn lame.
And please, can you not give another goddamn reason why cigarettes are bad for you, please. I know the risks, we all do. I'm having it shoved down my throat enough goddamn times in society okay. So dont try to school me okay.
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Permalink Reply by NikkTemplar on -
I guess I can't be considered an "average" smoker then, because I smoke about 3-5 cigarettes a day (on average). I'll smoke LESS if I'm bored & at home...but I'll smoke MORE if I'm out for the evening.
I've also been rolling my own for about four years now and I love it. The quality of the tobacco is much better and it lasts a lot longer. And it's cheaper than buying a pack...although I can never resist the lure of those old school brands....Lucky Strike, Chesterfield, Old Gold....if it's non-menthol, doesn't have a filter and is something you'd see on Mad Men or a WWII documentary, I'll smoke it.
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Permalink Reply by conspicuious green on -
3-5?? lol average?? lmao! is this a US thing? A month? hmm is that a pack of ten too? [this is kind laughter;-]
I didnt smoke untill I turned 23 so haven't been smoking for long at all i'm not even sure what started me doing it, I remember when I thought like you and didn't see the point. I like having Nicotine within me! calms me the fuck down, gives me something to do/not do I smoke about 7-10 depending on the day really and if i'm at work I smoke alot less. there was a week when all i did was smoke and i ran along the lines of 20 a day...
I wake up, I pee, I smoke= the day has begun!
I've smoke camels, malborough... now i'm onto the stronger B&H
smoking isn't an occasion for me it's like you men "adjusting" I just do it when i feel the need to
The only thing I regret is my teeth not being as white as they were I used to have a blinding smile =D now there as brown as my backside!
joking!
Everyone know the risk of smoking yet we still do it, because it isn't as lame as you think it is right now, it's nothing special just a normal unhealthy pastime.
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on -
Everyone says they know the risks and don't want to talk about them. What are the REWARDS that you guys are getting from smoking? I'm not a health dictator, but I can tell you that something unhealthy like pizza or lasagna tastes really good. The taste is the reward, weighed against the risk of clogging an artery. What's your reward?
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Permalink Reply by NikkTemplar on
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Oi, you. ^_^
We don't have the packs of ten, unfortunately. I wish we did. I'd buy those.
And yes, I counted how many cigarettes I smoke in a day. Some days it's more, some days it's less.
And I am so jealous of you British cats...you guys have Silk Cuts. I want Silk Cuts. *cries*
conspicuious green said:3-5?? lol average?? lmao! is this a US thing? A month? hmm is that a pack of ten too? [this is kind laughter;-]
I didnt smoke untill I turned 23 so haven't been smoking for long at all i'm not even sure what started me doing it, I remember when I thought like you and didn't see the point. I like having Nicotine within me! calms me the fuck down, gives me something to do/not do I smoke about 7-10 depending on the day really and if i'm at work I smoke alot less. there was a week when all i did was smoke and i ran along the lines of 20 a day... I wake up, I pee, I smoke= the day has begun!
I've smoke camels, malborough... now i'm onto the stronger B&H
smoking isn't an occasion for me it's like you men "adjusting" I just do it when i feel the need to
The only thing I regret is my teeth not being as white as they were I used to have a blinding smile =D now there as brown as my backside!
joking!
Everyone know the risk of smoking yet we still do it, because it isn't as lame as you think it is right now, it's nothing special just a normal unhealthy pastime.
And what's my "reward" for smoking?
It costs me $30 to roll a carton of cigarettes. I have people who buy cartons of smokes off of me...for double what it costs to roll them.
I just rolled about four cartons before I came on here. That's $120 of profit. I've got another ten cartons to roll for this week.
My reward is money.
My other reward would be I have people to talk to at the bar when I'm outside smoking.
And the final reward is that I can put my lit cigarette out in someone's eye if they're pissing me the fuck off.
Compound Egret said:Everyone says they know the risks and don't want to talk about them. What are the REWARDS that you guys are getting from smoking? I'm not a health dictator, but I can tell you that something unhealthy like pizza or lasagna tastes really good. The taste is the reward, weighed against the risk of clogging an artery. What's your reward?
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Permalink Reply by AfroCuban on -
I'm a real smoker: constantly smoking. Non-stop. Guitar playing, cigarette lit.
I should quit, but not yet. I did buy rolling tobacco: stronger, you smoke less of the cigarette, and you smoke less because you have to roll each one. Even if you pre-roll, you don't want to run out and have to reroll in public or at work: people think you are about to be tokin'.
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Permalink Reply by AfroCuban on
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My reward for smoking is: a handy eye-killing weapon if the need arises and it's used correctly. Of course it would best be used in self-defense of life.
afrocuban said:I'm a real smoker: constantly smoking. Non-stop. Guitar playing, cigarette lit.
I should quit, but not yet. I did buy rolling tobacco: stronger, you smoke less of the cigarette, and you smoke less because you have to roll each one. Even if you pre-roll, you don't want to run out and have to reroll in public or at work: people think you are about to be tokin'.
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Permalink Reply by Darkness Unlimited* on -
Well as we all know (whether some will admit it or not), cigarettes are poisonous garbage with ZERO pros or benefits what so ever. Who can say a good thing about them - i can give yall a list on why cigarettes are terrible. Health reasons are just apart ov it!
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Permalink Reply by conspicuious green on
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Anti smoking people are like jehovah's witnesses
I don't want to slam the door in your face, but i will. =P
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on
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Not to belabor the point, but the self defense thing seems overblown. Your house keys will work just as well, and your thumb will work even better; it's not going to go out or drop off your hand. Anyhoo, enjoy yourselves.
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Permalink Reply by Rage_Proletaire on -
Compound Egret said:Everyone says they know the risks and don't want to talk about them. What are the REWARDS that you guys are getting from smoking? I'm not a health dictator, but I can tell you that something unhealthy like pizza or lasagna tastes really good. The taste is the reward, weighed against the risk of clogging an artery. What's your reward?
Depends on the person, methinks. They're definitely good for crowd dispersal (joking).
I've used them as props to distract people under certain circumstances before - non-verbal cues, and whatnot. For a time, I used them as a social crutch or wall or whatever. And I've wanted to blot someone's eye with the lit end of a clove before, but I've never done it... I'm being slightly tongue-in-cheek, btw, but slightly...
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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on -
Does there really have to be a benefit besides pleasure?
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