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Do you STILL smoke cigarettes?

Desert Storm said:
Is it perhaps time we banned cigarettes altogether??!!

For those who say prohibition wont work for cigs, I disagree because cigs dont exactly get you high like marijuana does. So I dont really see a black market for it if they were banned altogether.

Am I right or am I wrong??


#exSmokerBTW. Militant, at that!!! :argue
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Cigs are lime moonshine. Cant secretly grow tens of millions of plants to supply millions of smokers like moonshine.
 
I went through a party phase in my late teens / early 20's and I took up social smoking then. It was fun at the time... stimulating, social and just something to do. There was something sexy about it at the time too. I enjoyed taking forced breaks from the day to day chaos to have a smoke and collect myself. I also liked smokers circles... it was like a private club and a great way to meet people. Bumming a smoke or a light was an instant way to connect. It was never addictive though for some reason and I quit right away when I decided to.

We should continue to create incentives to curb cigarette smoking in society, but I don't think we should shame smokers. There are smokers out there of all ages who will never quit for the simple fact that they enjoy it, and they aren't harming anyone. Just choose to not be around them if it bothers you so much. It's banned indoors now in most places so who cares.
 
I did a social smoking thing for about a year in high school. For whatever reason, I never got the least bit hooked and quit when I went to buy a pack and the price was 5 cents higher. I think they were 50 cents a pack then (yeah, I'm that old).

My wife was addicted. When we got serious she quit. She had tried to quit many times before. It's been 19 years since she's had any tobacco. She said quitting that was the hardest thing she ever did.

I'm glad it's been driven outdoors. The smoke in bars and restaurants used to really drive me nuts. You cannot make part of an open room a 'smoking section'.
 
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