View Poll Results: Do you smoke?
Yes.
42
23.60%
No.
115
64.61%
Sometimes.
15
8.43%
Doesn't matter to me.
6
3.37%
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my mom did it for the first decade or so of my life, i hate it... can tolerate it around me, but I try to avoid being around it as much as possible... I don't mean any offense to any of you guys who do it, I'm just not a fan, I'm sure you understand.
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From: south western NYS Latitude: 42.34 N, Longitude: 78.46 W
cheap??
With the price of indian smokes around here @ 75 cents a pack its hard not to... stupid me, YES smoke em if you got em. I can't aford not to smoke....
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From: Chicago Burbs
I'm a nonsmoker and I have a twin brother who smokes 3 packs a day for 30 some years. He can't walk more than a few feet without stopping for air. With 4 to 5 people in his house smoking they are letting a new car payment go up in smoke every month.
My best friends wife has a pacemaker, asthma, allergies, emphesema(sp). She just went through radiation treatment for throat cancer and finally quit. She couldn't see how smoking had anything to do with her health. She can't walk more than a few feet without stopping for air either, but she does have handicapped license plates now.
No thank you.
On the other hand I had a friend who said "Something in this world has to kill him so it might as well be something he enjoys". . He loved Scotch and women. He changed his tune when he got out of intensive care but died two weeks later of a heart attack.
At his wake there was an ex-wife/girlfriend with child in every corner.
On the rare occasion when someone smokes in one of my cars I can smell it for 3 days afterward, not to mention the windshield.
My best friends wife has a pacemaker, asthma, allergies, emphesema(sp). She just went through radiation treatment for throat cancer and finally quit. She couldn't see how smoking had anything to do with her health. She can't walk more than a few feet without stopping for air either, but she does have handicapped license plates now.
No thank you.
On the other hand I had a friend who said "Something in this world has to kill him so it might as well be something he enjoys". . He loved Scotch and women. He changed his tune when he got out of intensive care but died two weeks later of a heart attack.
At his wake there was an ex-wife/girlfriend with child in every corner.
On the rare occasion when someone smokes in one of my cars I can smell it for 3 days afterward, not to mention the windshield.
Last edited by ChiDiver; Sep 4, 2003 at 05:29 AM.
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From: Connecticut
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From: the moral high ground
Get real!
If man wasn't meant to smoke he wouldn't have lips.
By the way I voted, 'Doesn't matter to me" because that one didn't make any sense.
(Don't you have to take a special test to be a Moderator?)
If man wasn't meant to smoke he wouldn't have lips.
By the way I voted, 'Doesn't matter to me" because that one didn't make any sense.
(Don't you have to take a special test to be a Moderator?)
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no smokie for me. Oklahoma passed a law that went into effect this last week that you cannot smoke in a public place such as bowling alley, restraunts have till like 06 to meet the conditions.....that will be a good day.
and is it me, or is that smilie in FC26 post somekind of odd attached siamese twin thingy?????
and is it me, or is that smilie in FC26 post somekind of odd attached siamese twin thingy?????
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From: Katy, TX
Non-smoker here, too. But I have an issue with the government regulating that. Passing laws to prohibit smoking in public places is ludicrous. I certainly have no problem with limiting where people can smoke, but totally outlawing it is stupid.
And I already know what you are going to say. But what about my health (the non-smoker), I should have the freedom to go where I want and not deal with it. Blah...Blah. Look at the smoker's side of the argument. Why should their rights be infringed upon to protect yours? Kind of silly to me. Punish one group of people to please another.
(Disclaimer: I don't work for any tobacco company or any of it's affliates, lawyers, suppliers, etc, etc. I have no family members that smoke or any such stuff. I am just a very opinionated conservative who believes people reap what they sow and get their just rewards.)
/zips up flame suit
And I already know what you are going to say. But what about my health (the non-smoker), I should have the freedom to go where I want and not deal with it. Blah...Blah. Look at the smoker's side of the argument. Why should their rights be infringed upon to protect yours? Kind of silly to me. Punish one group of people to please another.
(Disclaimer: I don't work for any tobacco company or any of it's affliates, lawyers, suppliers, etc, etc. I have no family members that smoke or any such stuff. I am just a very opinionated conservative who believes people reap what they sow and get their just rewards.)
/zips up flame suit
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From: Gulf Coast
I smoke when board or have them, but I don't go out to specificly purchase them.
We have the same laws down here about not smoking in restuarants (bars excluded). I read where the state was fineing private clubs, like FOE, VFW, etc, because their primary funds did not come from the operation of a bar and they were allowing smoking. IT'S A PRIVATE CLUB!! Next thing you know they'll say if you want to smoke you have to do it in a 1/2 mile square field without any life in the surrounding field or county.
We have the same laws down here about not smoking in restuarants (bars excluded). I read where the state was fineing private clubs, like FOE, VFW, etc, because their primary funds did not come from the operation of a bar and they were allowing smoking. IT'S A PRIVATE CLUB!! Next thing you know they'll say if you want to smoke you have to do it in a 1/2 mile square field without any life in the surrounding field or county.
Both my parents smoke, but that' one habit I will never pick up. 
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From: Cincinnati, Ohio
I used to smoke, but quit after 14 years. I finally got sick of my car, house, clothes, hair, skin... basically everything around me smelling like a dirty ashtray... especially my breath.
My mom has smoked for over 40 years. I remember when I was a small child, cold winters (I'm originally from Boston) riding in the car with the windows rolled up tight, and my mom puffing away on Virginia Slims... *cough cough*... I'm surprised my kindergarten teacher didn't accuse me of smoking, cuz I KNOW I reeked of her smoke.
Her voice is now deeper than my dad's.
My dad doesn't smoke, but tells everyone that he's addicted to her second hand smoke... lol
Jenn in OH
My mom has smoked for over 40 years. I remember when I was a small child, cold winters (I'm originally from Boston) riding in the car with the windows rolled up tight, and my mom puffing away on Virginia Slims... *cough cough*... I'm surprised my kindergarten teacher didn't accuse me of smoking, cuz I KNOW I reeked of her smoke.
Her voice is now deeper than my dad's.
My dad doesn't smoke, but tells everyone that he's addicted to her second hand smoke... lol
Jenn in OH
