i dipise smoking!i can't stand it!the only close person in my family that smoked is my uncle.i hate it and he won't stop!whenever i see someone smoking it drives me crazy.and some of my friends somke and i fin dit digusting!
216098
Not at all!!  I aboslutely love it! \n\nSMOKERS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!  America is a free country.  What really bothers me is people that long to remove freedoms from others around them!\n\nps....I think women that smoke are VERY sexy!
42458
Don't!!!    Not sure how you are hiding it anyway.  I can smell smoke on people.  I get my nieces sometimes and I smell them as soon as they get into the car....why? because their mother smokes....    Smoking stinks.  Advice?  Don't keep it from him.  If you want to do it, just do it outside.  Stand up for what you believe in or quit.  Good luck.  Keep it honest though.  Don't keep things.
557556
I'm there with you! I actually quit about 2 months ago, and then 2 weeks ago I was under a lot of stress and started back up again. I kept smoking one or two a day and kept telling myself, I'm not smoking again, I'll quit tomorrow, but I haven't. I think that you really, really have to want to quit. Not for your family, or your health, but just because you don't want to do it anymore. My dad, who is 54, quit a few weeks ago, and he has smoked since he was 16. He is using the patches. I'll pray for you and you pray for me! Good luck!
535078
Simple answer is NO!!! Whatever you smoke,you are introducing,foreign matter,products of combustion,and chemicals into your lungs.As these are very sensitive organs,you stand a very good chance of damaging them very badly.Grit your teeth,kick the habit,and live longer.....................your family deserve that!!!!(By the way,I am an ex-smoker!!!) Cheers mucker, Take it easy,Rob
145555
I hate second hand smoke. Smokers digust me!!!
488741
no not really i think its the mst duisgting thing in the world. i cant stand the smell, what it deos to your body, and just the overall profomnce. i would rather drink then smoke witch both i try to stay away from. it causes to much problems and its a depressence, once you take it unless you get more your depressed or stressed. and thats not how i want to live my life.
118524
I think that people who hate people who smoke are non-thinking morons.  It is stupid to hate someone because they smoke or do other things.  But, yes I bet those people who hate smokers find it easy to hate all kinds of things, people and practices.  They are narrow-minded and self-righteous.
135743
cold turkey is the way to go - i am on day 93 today.  counting the days since i have had a cigarette has gotten me through a lot of cravings as well.  i tell myself that even if i smoke just one, i have to start again at day zero.  it has been a big deterrent - and i feel great.  i am also planning to have a party on day 100 - and maybe keep on having parties every 100 days for the rest of my life if i stay smoke free.  it's really just a great excuse to have people over.
404914
I smoked from the age of 11 until I got pregnant with my daughter at 24. I was able to quit because I was pregnant and didn't want to put her at risk, but after I had my son, it seemed my reason to quit had disappeared. I only wanted 2 kids, so I knew I would never be pregnant again, When she was 2 and he was 9 months, i started again. I smoked for 3 more years, before I quit again. You have to find the inspiration to quit. I did it for 2 reason, my children, and because I watched my father die from lung cancer. I don't want to put my children through that torture if I don't have to. It may be too late, but at least I'm doing what I can to prevent it now.\nI quit slowly. First I only smoked outdoors, never in the house. In the summer it's fine, but during the cold windy days, smoking started to lose it appeal. I stopped smoking in my car. And I avoided alcohol. Then I started smoking half of the cigarette. I got to the point that a pack would last me 2 weeks, then 3 and at that point I stopped all together. The wole process probably took me about 3 months, but it was the only way that worked for me. I tried the patch and it made my arm feel weird, I tried cold turkey, but that only lasted a couple of days for me. The gradual method was best for me, but everybody is different. My step-uncle quit after 35 years cold turkey, but he would cut up carrots and celery and other veges and snack on them whenever he had a craving. It worked fo him, I had a friend quit using the nicitine gum. and I had another friend go to the doctor for a prescrition antidepressent that helped her quit. So far we are all still smoke free.\nJust try to find a reason that is very important to you, your health, the health of people around you, money, the smell on your clothes or hair, bad breath or whatever motivates you.\nIt's still not always easy (July of 05 was the last time I smoked). Stress triggers cravings and so does alcohol still, but I just focus on my reasons for stopping. If you can make it through the next five minutes without smoking, you can do it for a lifetime. A craving only last that long. Distract yourself in thos e five minutes by checking the mail, calling a friend, fold a load of laundry, or something that needs your hands to do it. \n\nYou can do it!!\n\nP.S. I feel better about myself now too, I don't feel like a lepper for smoking. I always felt a little ashamed whenever I lit up, not to mention that I have so much more money since I quit too. Not only do I save on the cigarettes and lighters, but breath mints, and air fresheners too!
76479
I smoke to wish i could quit but its hard i did for a year, but yes i agree, you know what i cant stand is when your smoking outside and someone has the nerve to complain about the smell for people that don't want to breathe it then stay away from us and everyone is happy. For the record we don't choose to want lung cancer we are just addicted and I'm sure you are addicted to something so GUESS WHAT YOUR NOT PERFECT EITHER......I have a great idea if you people don't like it then you better never leave your house, you cant tell people what they can or cannot do we are humans to and have equal rights
356648
Poor kid, I could say worse. \nMy parents smoke the stuff in front of my friends and family.  I was engaged to a man once, and after meeting my parents he ended the engagement.  He said he didnt want kids ever visitin' them. That was only 6 years ago.
75614
I agree with you.  My parents smoked in front of me and my 2 sisters all our lives.  I have lung problems and my sisters have allergies because of it.  I would never do that to a child.  My Mom even smoked while pregnant.  How could that be called love?
621423
I think everybody has missed the point here; smoking causes lung cancer, and oh-yeah, kills people.\n\nYou do what you feel comfortable doing but get this kid to stop.  As a smoker for 20 years, and spending 150 bucks a month on it-I can tell you, I wished somebody had intervened in my life.\n\nHe may pissed now but when he's older, has a family, and not smoking around them, or having them worry about his health, he'll look back and thank you
356998
Why don't you try an ethnographic study of a group trying to quit smoking.\n\nYou could take a video camera to a smokers support group and interview people- make sure they know it's for a class project. You might be able to get family members outside the meeting or in the meeting.\n\nFor the project, write up your experience, the answers you recieved, and if you have to do an oral presentaion you have the video. \n\nGood luck!
260460
It's just like ciggarette smoke more harmful breathe in than the person who is smoking it.Just stay away from any kind of smoke.
35684
I knew all of the risks involved in smoking and started anyway because I simply just wanted to fit in.  Stupid I know, but I am proud to say that I quit smoking 2 years ago.  I also lost someone close to me to cancer.  It was my mother and she died of colon cancer.  She never smoked a day in her life.  Some people die from lung cancer and never smoke either.  Smoking is a highly addictive drug.  Even though people know what could happen to them, they just don't care anymore because the nicotine has control of them.  Its sad, but true.
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Personally, it's not the toxins in second hand smoke that bother me, it's the terrible smell which clings to your clothes and your hair, and for me, triggers my asthma.\n\nIf I'm sitting waiting for a train, and someone comes and sits next to me and just lights up a cigarette, I find it incredibly rude. They show no consideration for other people. I CANNOT be in smokey atmospheres without it triggering an asthma attack......that's my main complaint against it, besides the horrible smell.