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Sazerac · 01-25-2002, 01:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by LennonCook:
I agree with Saz, its probably an allergic reaction. But there is one question which you may be able to answer- What is the point of smoking ?? Hopefully ill be able to get a better answer out of you then I have out of anyone else...

Well, *that's* a rather pointed question, don't you think? (no pun intended). People begin smoking for various reasons; peer pressure being one of the largest ones. All I know is that nicotine, the active ingredient of tobacco, is one of the most addictive substances on the face of this earth, more so even than crack cocaine or heroin. Smoking or otherwise using tobacco products is one of the most difficult habits to break. So in answer to your question, I don't think it's so much of a "point" to smoking as it is a very difficult thing to stop.

If you don't smoke now, don't start. However, if you know people who smoke, don't be so patronizing and antagonizing as to ask such rude questions of them. Most likely, they've heard it all 100 times before, and they've probably tried several times to overthrow the habit, with little success.

And, in case you're wondering, no, I *don't* smoke. But my wife does. I accept it and will be in full support of her when she does try to quit, if ever she decides to do so. However, I also love and respect her enough to allow her to make that decision without hounding and badgering her about it.

-Sazerac

01-25-2002, 01:42 AM	#7
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 61 Posts: 7,387	quote: Originally posted by LennonCook: I agree with Saz, its probably an allergic reaction. But there is one question which you may be able to answer- What is the point of smoking ?? Hopefully ill be able to get a better answer out of you then I have out of anyone else... Well, that's a rather pointed question, don't you think? (no pun intended). People begin smoking for various reasons; peer pressure being one of the largest ones. All I know is that nicotine, the active ingredient of tobacco, is one of the most addictive substances on the face of this earth, more so even than crack cocaine or heroin. Smoking or otherwise using tobacco products is one of the most difficult habits to break. So in answer to your question, I don't think it's so much of a "point" to smoking as it is a very difficult thing to stop. If you don't smoke now, don't start. However, if you know people who smoke, don't be so patronizing and antagonizing as to ask such rude questions of them. Most likely, they've heard it all 100 times before, and they've probably tried several times to overthrow the habit, with little success. And, in case you're wondering, no, I don't smoke. But my wife does. I accept it and will be in full support of her when she does try to quit, if ever she decides to do so. However, I also love and respect her enough to allow her to make that decision without hounding and badgering her about it. -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."