Smoking; Death in a Stick - Comments

id also like to say you did have good points and it was a well writen article

im a smoker and i smoke way more then 2-3 a day i can get threw half a pack a day if im stressed my whole family smokes every last one of them and you know what thear all fit and helthy were all competitive paintballers my father is the top player in nz and he smokes a pack a day if you let it it can realy be bad for your helth but on the flipside if you just sit on your backside all day your not going to be as helthy as if you were active let the smokers be we know the side affects weve gotten it from everyone already

I used to be dead set against smoking. When my dad would light one up, I'd say something like "on MTV, there was this commercial. It was about the magical amount for a cigarette. Supposedly it was to make teens not want to smoke, but wouldn't that make them think there was actually a magical amount?" and my dad would put it out.

But one day, somebody had offered me one, and I said no. But they bribed me, and I liked it. It relaxed me. A lot.

I really wish I hadn't started. I go through quite a few a day, and it's such a turn off. I was known as being the shy girl, and now people see me light up a cigarette and their opinions have changed on me.

I'm actually quite ashamed.

People; there are worse things you can do besides smoking.

Geez.

Unlike most of the poeple around who seem to be the ignorant ones: The title to this article is real. It is a ticket to the other side in a stick.

There is no point in smoking. All your doing is wasting money and time and your own health.

I think ciggerates should be treated as drugs and be illegal like them.

Well, to be honest, this was kind of an ignorant article.
Sorry to say, but that's a fact.
You haven't stated why people smoke or anything similar, you've just bashed the ones who really do.

If people want to smoke, then let them. And respect them for it.
If they don't want to smoke, then so be it. That's their choice, good for them.

But until then, you can't change people's minds by saying smoking is harmful.
Because you know what? We know it.

Two or three times a day? Jesus. Brainwashing or what? If someone wants to smoke two or three a day, by God they're an [i]adult[/i]. Get over it. If someone's smoking thirty odd a day, I agree, it's dangerous and bad and evil and whatever.

All this stuff about smoking is annoying. You're not going to change anyone's mind - I'm sorry, but it's true. I don't smoke, but I don't pester other people about it. Lungs mend, has anyone told you that? When you stop, they begin to mend themselves. Unless you are in an environment where someone is smoking thirty a day around you, the chances are you're mostly safe.

Unless they also choose to drop a nuke on your head or something.

I hate smoking

Someone I care about very much can get through twenty in an hour if she's unhappy

It makes me extremely sad

I personally consider smoking self harm, but none of my smoker friends seem to agree

Except the "social smoker"... but he does it anyway

I keep trying to get them all to quit; so far I have been unsuccessful

Smoking should be banned, I think

People say "it's my choice", but it's also your choice to take Class A drugs, and they're still illegal. Why should smoking be any different?

i've smoked twice and i liked it a lot.
and i didn't choke or cough. so idk.

my city has banned all smoking in public areas, i think its great because there wont be as many people hurt from secondhand smoke :)

well, i've smoked since i was 10. and i have more than 2-3 smokes a day. more like 10. but yeah, it's better than the shit i used to do. less dangerous.

I've tried it.One drag and my chest hurt...after one freaking drag so never again. My mates smoke around me and it kills me watching them do it. I'd rather they just freaking shoot me than make me breath in the fumes of cancer sticks.

meh .

I'm sowwy, but I smoke.
But I am tryng to quit.

x]

i've done it before
pointless
no high no nothing......what is the point of smoking anyways?

My mom smokes, but i'm thankful that she doesn't do it around my familly. I'm hoping that I can convince her to quit. She's talked about it but hasn't really went through with it.
Great article!

Passive smoking is so dangerous, it kills as many people as normal smoking does, apparently. Although, that kinda sounds wrong...

Good article!

Smoking is terrible.
I'm so glad I had enough will power to deny a cigarette everytime it was offered

amen. smoking sucks. *high five*