I hate smokers!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Smokers suck. Really. Unless you are old, and really didn't know how horrible it was when you started. Whatever. If you grew up in the 70s/80s/90s, you have NO EXCUSE for smoking. NONE. We ALL KNEW that smoking kills, and so does second-hand smoke.

But you're SOOOOO COOOOOOLLLLLLLL and had to smoke because you are SUCH a badass.

You are disgusting and rude.

The overwhelming majority of smokers started smoking during adolescence or early adulthood (9/10 smokers started before age 18 & 99% before age 26 ). People in their teens & early 20s aren't exactly known for thinking about the long-term consequences their decisions -- which makes perfect sense given that the frontal cortex of the brain isn't even fully developed until around age 26. So when 18-year-olds are tempted to smoke in order to fit in, rebel or deal with stress, the fact that it could lead to a longterm nicotine addiction that, in turn, leads to cancer & emphysema decades from now often isn't enough to stop them. E

Not to mention the fact that there are certain environmental & genetic factors that greatly increase the likelihood of someone becoming a smoker. If you live or work in an environment where the majority of people smoke,as is common among those born into a lower income family, you are far more likely to develop the habit yourself at a young age. And a lot of people from all socioeconomic backgrounds are occasional "social" smokers as teens & young adults. Most are able to do so without it ever becoming a daily habit & find it fairly easy quit smoking completely when they reach the stage of their lives when social smoking is no longer prevalent &/or are mature enough to fully appreciate the signaficant health risks smoking entails. Those who are genetically predisposed to addiction often aren't so lucky.


Quite frankly, I find the first PP's mass condemnation of entire group of individuals --the vast majority of whose life circumstances & overall character she knows little to nothing about -- far more rude & disgusting than I do smoking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smoking is a problem when it affects the quality of life for others.

I grew up in the day where when seated in a restaurant, you had a choice to sit in the Smoking or Non-Smoking section! As if second-hand smoke did no harm! Thankfully bars in my state ban smoking inside....Even higher education institutions have Smoking-Only areas. Too bad casinos still allow people to light up.

In the 40's/50's, smoking was viewed as glamorous and sophisticated. (Look how in the old movies how EVERYONE lit up....Women even carried fancy cigarette cases!!)

But since learning that cigarettes were cancer sticks plus caused heart and breathing issues later down the line, it baffles me that anyone would even start!! Especially knowing how addicting nicotine is!! Who wants to look 40 when they are 26, have yellow teeth/nails plus have a hacking cough every single morning??!

You couldn't pay me a billion to put one of those disgusting things in my mouth.

I see 0 benefits in doing so.

Okay. We get it. OP, you are frustrated and angry, and it probably isn't just about people smoking. Own it, and deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smoking is (was) my absolute favorite vice. Ever. I miss it every single day.

Ditto. I quit almost five years ago and I would smoke all day, every day if it weren't for the health consequences. I will never smoke even one cigarette again because I know that's all it would take to turn me back into a smoker. It's nice to know that I'm not the only former smoker who feels this way.

[Anonymous]

Why do they toss their cigarette butts out of the car window? I don't understand this! You don't want it in your car, stinky smoker? What makes you think we want that trash on our street?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Smoker here.

I have kicked many addictions. Have been through a ton of shit. But smoking is the hardest battle for me. A little compassion for us. Nobody got a DUI or shot up a school after having nicotine. Just got us some slack, okay?

PP here. "cut us some slack." There are far more things for you to get worked up about.

^ I know a ton of people like this PP who started smoking while battling or in the early stages of recovery from other, more immenantly dangerous addictions. If smoking a few cigarettes -- or several cigarettes, for that matter -- helps someone get through the day without getting wasted or shooting up, the last thing I'm going to do is judge him or her for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do they toss their cigarette butts out of the car window? I don't understand this! You don't want it in your car, stinky smoker? What makes you think we want that trash on our street?

This is annoying & inconsiderate (as are all forms of littering) but not all smokers are guilty of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smoking is (was) my absolute favorite vice. Ever. I miss it every single day.

Me too

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:haha you guys are too much this is a free country, i can do whatever I want on my property (maybe not anything - but I can most definitely smoke). deal with it. this is your problem, not mine.

Oh you think it's funny? You're trash. Every smoker I know is TRASH. You're disgusting and you stink. Your hair, clothes and breath stink. I can smell you when you walk in to the room and I gag. Your face and teeth look gross. And you smoke outside to keep the smoke out of your house? Guess what? Your house still smells like shit. And so does mine because I tried opening my windows for fresh air, and your SELFISH disgusting ass decided to smoke every 30 or so mnutes. Fuck you.

Rage and stress aren't good for your health either. I get it, you're ticked off that your house smells like smoke, but you sound kind of over-the-top insane about it.

+1

This. I'd rather know the smoker than this poster. Issues issues issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Smoking is a problem when it affects the quality of life for others.

I grew up in the day where when seated in a restaurant, you had a choice to sit in the Smoking or Non-Smoking section! As if second-hand smoke did no harm! Thankfully bars in my state ban smoking inside....Even higher education institutions have Smoking-Only areas. Too bad casinos still allow people to light up.

In the 40's/50's, smoking was viewed as glamorous and sophisticated. (Look how in the old movies how EVERYONE lit up....Women even carried fancy cigarette cases!!)

But since learning that cigarettes were cancer sticks plus caused heart and breathing issues later down the line, it baffles me that anyone would even start!! Especially knowing how addicting nicotine is!! Who wants to look 40 when they are 26, have yellow teeth/nails plus have a hacking cough every single morning??!

You couldn't pay me a billion to put one of those disgusting things in my mouth.

I see 0 benefits in doing so.

Okay. We get it. OP, you are frustrated and angry, and it probably isn't just about people smoking. Own it, and deal with it.

I think the OP is the same crazy poster that hates people who wear perfume. Same frothing at the mouth.

[Anonymous]

I grew up with cigarette smoke. Actually worse - my father smoked cigars. As I got older, I found that almost everyone at work smoked. If I complained, I was viewed as a whiner. Eventually, cigarette smoke was banned in public buildings, but lots of people still smoked. Eventually, I started to have a hard time breathing, and would routinely lose my voice around cigarette smoke. Again, this was viewed as my problem. Cigarette smoke is more than a nuisance for a lot of us. In my experience, smokers are some of the most selfish people that I've ever met. Thank God most people don't smoke anymore (at least around here).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up with cigarette smoke. Actually worse - my father smoked cigars. As I got older, I found that almost everyone at work smoked. If I complained, I was viewed as a whiner. Eventually, cigarette smoke was banned in public buildings, but lots of people still smoked. Eventually, I started to have a hard time breathing, and would routinely lose my voice around cigarette smoke. Again, this was viewed as my problem. Cigarette smoke is more than a nuisance for a lot of us. In my experience, smokers are some of the most selfish people that I've ever met. Thank God most people don't smoke anymore (at least around here).

I don't understand this sentiment. I don't smoke, never have but I don't villainize people who do. Its their vice. They don't have to take you into consideration to partake in it. If they are in a public space where smoking is allowed and you don't like it ... walk away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up with cigarette smoke. Actually worse - my father smoked cigars. As I got older, I found that almost everyone at work smoked. If I complained, I was viewed as a whiner. Eventually, cigarette smoke was banned in public buildings, but lots of people still smoked. Eventually, I started to have a hard time breathing, and would routinely lose my voice around cigarette smoke. Again, this was viewed as my problem. Cigarette smoke is more than a nuisance for a lot of us. In my experience, smokers are some of the most selfish people that I've ever met. Thank God most people don't smoke anymore (at least around here).

Kind of like entitled dog owners!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up with cigarette smoke. Actually worse - my father smoked cigars. As I got older, I found that almost everyone at work smoked. If I complained, I was viewed as a whiner. Eventually, cigarette smoke was banned in public buildings, but lots of people still smoked. Eventually, I started to have a hard time breathing, and would routinely lose my voice around cigarette smoke. Again, this was viewed as my problem. Cigarette smoke is more than a nuisance for a lot of us. In my experience, smokers are some of the most selfish people that I've ever met. Thank God most people don't smoke anymore (at least around here).

I don't understand this sentiment. I don't smoke, never have but I don't villainize people who do. Its their vice. They don't have to take you into consideration to partake in it. If they are in a public space where smoking is allowed and you don't like it ... walk away.

+1

Unless someone is smoking on your property or in an area where it is prohibited, you need to suck it up & go somewhere else if it bothers you that much.

FWIW, all of the smokers I know go out of their way not to smoke near children & will go somewhere else to smoke if someone asks them to or even appears bothered by the smoke.
When smoking in public, most even try their best find a designated smoking area or, failing that, someplace where the smoke is less likely to breathed in by other people. Maybe the first PP's attitude is what leads people not to GAF whether or not theI r smoke bothers her.

[Anonymous]

In time, progressive laws will help eradicate smoking.

[Anonymous]

smokers should be deported.