A Question for you (ex)smokers - Page 2

Yorick · 08-31-2001, 05:36 AM

I never started smoking. However when I was 18 I started playing in Clubs and inhaled mountains of tobacco smoke "passively" ending up with a mild passive addiction.

Like a smoker I "get the urge" and am often tempted to buy a pack and start smoking full on.

Then I remember I value my voice, and that my paternal grandfather died of smoking related cancer.

------------------
I am the walrus!.... er, no hang on....

A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!

Donut · 08-31-2001, 05:57 AM

I was given my first, and last, cigarette at the age of 5. Somebody told my Mother and she beat the crap out of me. I was never tempted to take up smoking ddespite the peer pressure. I caught my sister smoking when she was 11, I grassed her up and she got the beating.

My Mother gave up smoking about 7 years ago after smoking for fifty years but the damage was done and now she has chronic obstructive airways disease and can't walk more than a few yards.

------------------

Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win!
Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas
Go for it Sven!
Granite, Limestone, Igneous, Marble and Sandstone.

Fljotsdale · 08-31-2001, 06:15 AM

My brother and I 'practised' smoking my dad's 'nub ends' (dog ends, buts) when he was about 10/11 and me 3yrs younger. And there was no such thing as a filter or low tar, either. They made me feel SO ill I was sure I would never try again. However, when I was 18,I was in a job where all the other staff smoked, and I felt 'the odd one out'. So I would buy packs of 5 and practise smoking on the bus on the way to work. 'O course, everyone inhaled then, so I had to learn as well. When I was sure I could do it without either coughing or feeling faint, I proudly lit up at work.
I gave it up at age 28 and have never smoked since.

------------------

Epona · 08-31-2001, 06:32 AM

Most of my friends smoke, and it seems like most of our social life takes place in pubs. A couple of years ago I was offered a cigarette while we were out drinking - and I took it. I am now hooked, although I never feel the need to smoke when I am not in the pub, in fact unless I have had a few drinks the thought of smoking disgusts me!
But then I am out, all my friends are smoking and I start twitching for a cigarette.
Yes, I feel shame. Now I have admitted it, I am going to quit.

------------------

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Epona of The Laughing Hyenas

Link · 08-31-2001, 06:37 AM

I'm what they call a smoker-on-occasion. I only smoke now and then when the occassion (parties, vacation etc.) tells me there's need for a cigaret. Never else. I started it a year or two ago.

------------------
In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name?

Link
Overlord Executioner, Slayer of Fluffed Beings
Member of Clan HADB
Supreme Warrior of Myst

MILAMBER · 08-31-2001, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Epona:
Most of my friends smoke, and it seems like most of our social life takes place in pubs. A couple of years ago I was offered a cigarette while we were out drinking - and I took it. I am now hooked, although I never feel the need to smoke when I am not in the pub, in fact unless I have had a few drinks the thought of smoking disgusts me!
But then I am out, all my friends are smoking and I start twitching for a cigarette.
Yes, I feel shame. Now I have admitted it, I am going to quit.

I had the same problem. Alot of my friends smoked and a huge portion of our social life takes place at parties, bars, clubs, etc... Everytime I drank, I NEEDED a cigarette. My addiction completely carried over to my regular life. I became a full on smoker.

Believe me, quit now while it's not that bad. It only gets harder.

------------------
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
-General George Patton (1885-1945)

Member of CLAN HADB

[This message has been edited by MILAMBER (edited 08-31-2001).]

Fljotsdale · 08-31-2001, 12:58 PM

My dad smoked heavily - became a 40 a day man - from the age of 13 to the age of 45. Then he stopped. Improvement in health and skin was remarkable - he actually LOST a lot of the wrinkles he had developed; not round the eyes and forehead, but on his cheeks and round his mouth. Even at age 80 he still had skin like a baby's.

------------------

Ryanamur · 08-31-2001, 01:41 PM

I don't smoke but my wife (who despises the Internet) started at 15.

trux · 08-31-2001, 01:59 PM

I started smoking when I was 14. Bought my first pack when I was 15. I love to smoke. I know it seriously damages my body and all that (how can a smoker not know?) and to be perfectly honest I don't care. It brings me great pleasure for the time being. I'll deal with the consequences later.

------------------
a bunch of long hairs.
trux

Diogenes Of Pumpkintown · 08-31-2001, 03:02 PM

Started smoking in college. I was 19 or 20.

Btw, it is easy to quit smoking. I have done it many times

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Smokers Only need apply.	Zebodog	General Discussion	35	06-12-2005 05:42 AM
Addicted smokers now may have hope!!	Ziroc	General Discussion	25	05-20-2005 11:32 AM
For you smokers...interesting discovery!!!	Larry_OHF	General Discussion	12	03-11-2005 11:06 PM
Any of you smokers ever tried to quit?	MILAMBER	General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005)	23	09-01-2001 02:15 PM
spell lvl question, buying spells question, and role ascension question	Paupa	Wizards & Warriors Forum	1	12-31-2000 04:59 PM

08-31-2001, 05:36 AM	#11
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 52 Posts: 9,246	I never started smoking. However when I was 18 I started playing in Clubs and inhaled mountains of tobacco smoke "passively" ending up with a mild passive addiction. Like a smoker I "get the urge" and am often tempted to buy a pack and start smoking full on. Then I remember I value my voice, and that my paternal grandfather died of smoking related cancer. ------------------ I am the walrus!.... er, no hang on.... A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!

08-31-2001, 05:57 AM	#12
Donut Jack Burton Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Airstrip One Age: 40 Posts: 5,571	I was given my first, and last, cigarette at the age of 5. Somebody told my Mother and she beat the crap out of me. I was never tempted to take up smoking ddespite the peer pressure. I caught my sister smoking when she was 11, I grassed her up and she got the beating. My Mother gave up smoking about 7 years ago after smoking for fifty years but the damage was done and now she has chronic obstructive airways disease and can't walk more than a few yards. ------------------ Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas Go for it Sven! Granite, Limestone, Igneous, Marble and Sandstone.

08-31-2001, 06:15 AM	#13
Fljotsdale Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: Birmingham, West Mid\'s, England Age: 87 Posts: 2,859	My brother and I 'practised' smoking my dad's 'nub ends' (dog ends, buts) when he was about 10/11 and me 3yrs younger. And there was no such thing as a filter or low tar, either. They made me feel SO ill I was sure I would never try again. However, when I was 18,I was in a job where all the other staff smoked, and I felt 'the odd one out'. So I would buy packs of 5 and practise smoking on the bus on the way to work. 'O course, everyone inhaled then, so I had to learn as well. When I was sure I could do it without either coughing or feeling faint, I proudly lit up at work. I gave it up at age 28 and have never smoked since. ------------------

08-31-2001, 06:32 AM	#14
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	Most of my friends smoke, and it seems like most of our social life takes place in pubs. A couple of years ago I was offered a cigarette while we were out drinking - and I took it. I am now hooked, although I never feel the need to smoke when I am not in the pub, in fact unless I have had a few drinks the thought of smoking disgusts me! But then I am out, all my friends are smoking and I start twitching for a cigarette. Yes, I feel shame. Now I have admitted it, I am going to quit. ------------------ Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Epona of The Laughing Hyenas

08-31-2001, 06:37 AM	#15
Link Jack Burton Join Date: May 15, 2001 Location: The Netherlands Age: 39 Posts: 5,888	I'm what they call a smoker-on-occasion. I only smoke now and then when the occassion (parties, vacation etc.) tells me there's need for a cigaret. Never else. I started it a year or two ago. ------------------ In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link Overlord Executioner, Slayer of Fluffed Beings Member of Clan HADB Supreme Warrior of Myst

08-31-2001, 12:58 PM	#17
Fljotsdale Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: Birmingham, West Mid\'s, England Age: 87 Posts: 2,859	My dad smoked heavily - became a 40 a day man - from the age of 13 to the age of 45. Then he stopped. Improvement in health and skin was remarkable - he actually LOST a lot of the wrinkles he had developed; not round the eyes and forehead, but on his cheeks and round his mouth. Even at age 80 he still had skin like a baby's. ------------------

08-31-2001, 01:41 PM	#18
Ryanamur Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: March 29, 2001 Location: Montréal, Canada Age: 49 Posts: 1,763	I don't smoke but my wife (who despises the Internet) started at 15.

08-31-2001, 01:59 PM	#19
trux Avatar Join Date: May 19, 2001 Location: Darkside of the Moon Posts: 578	I started smoking when I was 14. Bought my first pack when I was 15. I love to smoke. I know it seriously damages my body and all that (how can a smoker not know?) and to be perfectly honest I don't care. It brings me great pleasure for the time being. I'll deal with the consequences later. ------------------ a bunch of long hairs. trux

08-31-2001, 03:02 PM	#20
Diogenes Of Pumpkintown Banned User Join Date: August 9, 2001 Location: ... Posts: 694	Started smoking in college. I was 19 or 20. Btw, it is easy to quit smoking. I have done it many times

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)