I just had an interesting conversation, where a person told me he doesn't like smokers.
This after i said i smoked myself.
And he inspired me to open this topic...

So how do you feel about people who smoke ?

I don't like smokers

And seriously, i just don't like the fact they smoke when there are other people around, and that they smell

And they should quit not only because it's bad for their health, but also for health of the people who are forced to breathe the smoke from their cigarettes.

.. i'm a smoker .. but i don't smoke near people who don't smoke

+1

I don't like smokers too, it's even my biggest turnoff for a girl.

It's their own choice let them be ...

You promised to give it up

I smoked for many years but packed it in 2 and a half years ago, glad I did too but still get the odd cravings even now. My g/f smokes and it does cheese me off sometimes when she smells of smoke but it's not that often.

smoking for 5 years atm :)

You need an extra Option. I dont like people smoking around me, but what they do with their life when they arent is their own business. Most people get to the age of 30 and wish they never started, then after 10/15 years of smoking cant quit. If you ask me its as bad as being an alcoholic. You are addicted to something which is bad for you, and you cant quit.

If they banned it from all public spaces then i wouldnt stink after a night out, or when i went to play pool with my mates. I dont like to get my clothes burnt from twats waving fags around on dance floors or in clubs, and i would rather not inhale a large amount of someone elses exhaled air that is filled with s**t they choose to smoke.

I dont hate smokers. But they cost the economy a fortune in lost man hours, and they cost the nhs in this country even more. And the argument that their tax pays for it is rubbish, because the main reason for people to be admitted into hospital for a serious illness at the moment is smoking related. So if noone smoked hospitals would have a lot more free beds, and equipment

I personally cant understand why anyone would inhale smoke. If you told that to someone that had never heard of smoking. Here have this little stick, you can enhale smoke. They would laugh at you.

I think its time they ban it from public spaces personally. And those who are addicted to it need some help. Its a drug after all, and they have a habbit.

If anyone is offended by my strong views, well they are my views. Nobody can ok smoking. You affect your own health, and others around you.

p.s for those who think pubs would be ruined if smoking was banned from them, remember pubs have been round for hundreds of years, smoking in them on a large scale hasnt

well i don't care if they smoke,,, own choice ofcourse .

but i can't stand those moron smokers who say " Hmmz Smoking aint bad for you huh uh hh "

Yeah, I think the same. I don't care if they really want to shorten their lifes...

Im a smoker and smoked for goddam too long
I dont smoke near people or in the house etc.. usually go outside for a fag.
Obviously i dont mind people who smoke at the end of the day, its their choice.

I agree

but unfortunately my father smokes as well and I have been inhaling that smoke for 22 years

I wouldn't care if they didn't do it when non-smokers are around, but they do it in most cases and it's really annoying when i'm waiting at a bus stop or something and i always have to smell the smoke around (sometimes my head starts to ache due to that ) So i don't like them.

And i really hate those who smoke into their little children's face, if they want to die they can go on but they shouldn't kill others

smoking isnt bad its wats inside the ciggarete that is !

Well in Ireland they enforced a smoking ban in pubs last year, and for someone who doesn't smoke it's much more appealing.

I know that when I lived in student houses, I hated people who smoked. I didn't hate them because they smoked, but because of their ignorance of others by smoking in the house rather than doing it outside, leaving the house smelling so bad. Plus, when I'm a mild aesthmatic, that doesn't particularly help either.

As Fly said, it's probably worse than alcohol as a drug.

now that's what i call a good arguement on a topic...
Fly you've just convinced me to stop smoking !!!
you're argument can't be argued over it's just a fact what you just said...

Hope i can quite smoking cause all other 3 people here in the house smoke as well..
but thanks for your most interesting comment !

imma smoke.......and

Yeah Im a smoker

Have tried to give up several times but lack will power

Its expensive, smells, dirty, and unhealthy

God I wish I could give up

Some of my friends smoke and I don't mind that they do it, but not for me and as you say B-H, it's the biggest turn-off when a girl smokes....

I kissed a girl ones right after she smoked a cigaret, well it tasted like an ashtray

So none-smoking girls are welcome for me

U took the word right out of Mouth there....

I convince my self Every Christmas it will be my NYr's resolution but i fail miserably.....I tried Everything from Nicotine Patches....Gums....etc etc....but Too much Temptation...

But one of my friends has been for Hypnotherapy session to quit Smoking and it's worked for him..I m very Tempted but...a bit Skeptical.... He or she might Say all sorts into my head...................

Ki

i'm a smoker too... and i dont smoke in a non smoker area but if i am (for example ) in Mc Donalds and people near me dont like the smoke of my cigarette they should change the place ( and i mean in the smoker area of course )

i have asthma so absolutely hate smoke, but that doesn't say I hate smokers (nothing bad with them at all they're also very normal ppl)...

btw, i feel there's a difference when you sit besides someone who smokes and while being in a club where a lot of ppl smoke...

it's better to be in a club


oh, and it's also for me so important that i should quit a relation with a g/f when she smokes

i seldom smoke, and i quite for about 1/2 a year and then started again
(yeah yeah i know it sucks ass), i like to smoke, thats the only reason
i do it, but i also love trying to get fit, and even though it's not an excuse,
i know for a fact that fitness to me is more important. when the time comes
for me to get fed up, i know i will be able to do it......

for those who question my confidence, when i first started to go gym, i could
never be assed to go, but i knew it was for the better. these kinds of situations
strengthen ure will power

I dont like people smoking but its their own choice basically

Ive given up drugs .... which was easy

but I cant give up smoking

HELP

well i'm trying to quit now , and i heard that you can't really ever give it up , cause it's an addiction ... so you'll just have to start another addiction...

so i think i'll get addicted to something good instead cause i wanna quit , maybe this will help you as well

You know what scares me about some smokers? They don't smoke in doors, because they don't want the wall papers to get mis-coloured!
Duh! What does it do to your lungs if that's what it does to the wall paper?
Still scarey that some of them don't acknowledge the effect it has on the human body.
But alas, it's their own choice. I'd have a hard time explaining to my 3-year old son, who I love more than anything in this wold, that I'm dying of lung cancer because I smoked for years.

They should quit it's bad for their health, but they know it and keep smoking so I let them be.
But don't like the smell of some strong smokers.

as a 14 year smoker i must say its their choice let them me , if they wanna quit smoking they have to do it on their own , the more you tell them its bad , the worse it is.
how do i know ?

cuz i quit about 8 months ago and still crave it often . i will never start again but for those who dont know what it is and try to tell someone to quit , they should just be quiet cuz it aint easy , trust me

ps:

i dont mean marijuana too, aint nothing wrong with that once in a while

I'm anti smoker.
I know people that are ok that smoke and I'm fine with that. I feel sorry if they are friends or even family, but I don't like anyone smoking around me. It makes me feel sick!.
When I go clubbing in Germany I have to wash my hair TWICE to rid it of the infernal smoke stench and oh... my clothes too.
Here in the States it's paradise... no smoking in clubs

I have the same experience
After night in a club the smoke stench is all over me. During the way home I reek like an ash-tray

i didnt know you smoked Sandy

anyone know what Shisha is btw

same here. both of my parents have been smoking for many years, and it annoys the s**t out of me when they smoke around me cause i have trouble breathing it, i dont know y tho...

i've never smoked i hate the smell of it and never was attracted with cigarettes
but whoever wanna smoke it's his own life and his own choice.
no one can tell one what to do

LOL the same

dont care much so their own

i smoke water pipe but no ciggies

I gave up smoking 7 weeks ago after sm oking for 15 years (so it's early days yet ) I love smoking but I love not smoking even more! I don't have to worry about smelling, dying, annoying other people or ruining their health. I look at smokers and I feel sorry for them. It's such a terrible habit! So addictive, so enjoyable yet so disgusting at the same time. Giving up hasn't been too bad but I have used patches, they're great! (and it's better than smoking). Nicotine cravings are horrible. Why do you think smoker smoke? They're so unpleasant that smokers are compelled to smoke despite it being so bad for them and those around them. I think we should feel sorry for smokers. It's a disease. I think banning smoking in public place is good as it will make it easier for smokers who want to stop, and it will give smokers more incentive to stop.

+1

fortunatly you cannot smoke in a public place anymore in this country. no bars, pubs, restuarants etc.

its all good for us no smokers. shame for smokers but hey, they will get over it and it will only help people decide to stop.


its a discusting habit, and wouldnt be half as bad as it is if it wasnt so addictive and people who did it have to do it through addiction rather than just plain choice

"fags"

heh heh. so the rumors are true.

Sorry, immature American humor over here...

"It's their own choice let them be" as long as they smoke in the "smoking section". Personally I quit smoking years ago.

i would smoke u if I could.

smoking in public is being progressively phased out where i live... no smoking in bars or restaraunts. i smoke "pleasant smelling" things such as hookah or mj on occasion, and on very rare drunken occasions i'll smoke part of a cigarette but thats about it.... to each their own i say as long as it is not disrespectful to the people around.

everyone makes their choice to pick up smoking...

smokers just need to remember to be considerate to non-smokers when hanging around each other