Smokers on javaranch

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I Chain Smoker No. 1

I Chain Smoker No. 1

Govinda 's movie name huh?

I stopped smoking after college. Great naa...

Originally posted by rathi ji:
I stopped smoking after college. Great naa...

What is great about that, I leave smoking everday.

8-10 Wills Classic Milds in a day

GIVING UP SMOKING

Originally posted by agrah upadhyay:
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Agrah, count is initialized with 0 or 1???

I'm a reformed reformed reformed smoker.
Happily I no lnger consider 'riding to the shops' as exercise.

Posted by Rathji
Agrah, count is initialized with 0 or 1???

Well its declared as 'double static count=0' leaving a space for occasionally smokers!

Not smoke yet....

Planning to start....

Smoking is so uncool! And smokers stink! Why would anyone want to smoke in the first place!?

Originally posted by Vinod Ennes:
Not smoke yet....

Planning to start....

Bad idea. Smoking doesn't do any good - it's not "cool", makes your breath
and clothes smell, it'll increase the risk of cancer, it's expensive.. do
you want me to go on?

/Svend Rost

For the record: Im no smoker, and have never been one.

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I'm not either, and never will

I agree. Smoking is not good for health, nobody should smoke be it children, adults, women, old, dead people..nobody should smoke.

But in this world there are lot of things one should not do like:
Coveting your neighbours wife, jumping from 5 storeyed building, telling lies, swearing at elders, avoiding work, drinking alcohol..etc etc

But we all do...

Originally posted by Rajah Nagur:
..jumping from 5 storeyed building...

But we all do...

You did!?

Originally posted by Ashok Mash:

quote:

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Originally posted by Rajah Nagur:
..jumping from 5 storeyed building...

But we all do...
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You did!?

Aah,

for Rajah

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(Negative from Both sides..)

Originally posted by Ashok Mash:

You did!?

Of all the *should not do* things, I agree I smoke, but I'm clean at others

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The remaining *should not do* things (from above list) are applicable for non-smokers

Originally posted by Svend Rost:

Bad idea. Smoking doesn't do any good - it's not "cool", makes your breath
and clothes smell, it'll increase the risk of cancer, it's expensive.. do
you want me to go on?

/Svend Rost

For the record: Im no smoker, and have never been one.

sure .... you can

Smoking is injuries to (h/w)ealth!

Smoking in office is disgusting, luckly my current work place don't allow that privilege.

Ahh, the good stuff. But it hurts. I was hoping the scientists would research on a harmless cigarette.

Havent smoked for a long time already; happy about that.

Smokers as wells as Non-smokers --> Check this out..

Originally posted by Vinod Ennes:

sure .... you can

:roll:

In that case, I'll recommend cigarets without filters - that way you get
most of the good stuff out of the cigaret.

There's a lot of dry hay here at the ranch (the place is a tinder box man!), so we enforce a strict NO SMOKING policy while visiting.

It's not that I don't understand the temptation of vices, but I just don't get the allure of smoking. Drinking puts you in an altered state where problems seem minimized, inhibitions are reduced, and your perceived attraction to the opposite sex is increased. Drugs have similar advantages. Gambling lets you dream of easy wealth, and very occasionally provides it. Womanizing, well, it has its own set of bonuses.

Smoking gives you nothing. It's unpleasant, makes you smell, gives you all kinds of diseases, can make men impotent, reduces senses of taste and smell, increases the risk of lighting yourself on fire. It's vice just for the sake of vice. Jumping off the five story building would be more attractive to me. Hmm, there's one of those right down the street. Maybe I could get some friends together and ...

Womanizing, well, it has its own set of bonuses.

I find it offensive that there's no such thing as "Manizing". Well, I guess there is, but the titles are far less complimentary.

Not to digress too far, but it's a funny world in which we live.

Originally posted by Maureen Augustus:

I find it offensive that there's no such thing as "Manizing".

What do you mean? That's not offensive at all. The fact the female equivalent is "slutting it up", well, that's offensive.

I'm sure I speak for the majority of single men at Java Ranch when I say, if it helps, any time you're in a manizing mood, we'll be here for you. (Provided, of course, that you don't smoke.)

Never smoked. Dont plan to either.

Posted by Greg Charles
Smoking gives you nothing. It's unpleasant,....

Non smokers think like this!

Posted by Greg Charles
Jumping off the five story building would be more attractive to me. Hmm, there's one of those right down the street. Maybe I could get some friends together and ...

Suicide is a crime!Have a cigarette,lighten youeself,go to work,repent for your failures/misdeeds,have cigarette again and then start a new life.But dont suicide,IT IS CRIME!

[Bert]: There's a lot of dry hay here at the ranch (the place is a tinder box man!), so we enforce a strict NO SMOKING policy while visiting.

Bert, maybe you can tell me. Since the JavaRanch server is hosted in Colorado, aren't we required by law to escort these smelly-breathed folks to a separate facility of some sort? Ultimately all of JavaRanch runs on a single server, so without a separate ventilation system for a second server we really have no choice but to evict these people entirely, isn't that right? Can't have them encroaching on our clean air after all.

Posted by Bert Bates
There's a lot of dry hay here at the ranch (the place is a tinder box man!), so we enforce a strict NO SMOKING policy while visiting.

Please do not do it!!

Originally posted by Greg Charles:
It's not that I don't understand the temptation of vices, but I just don't get the allure of smoking. .... Smoking gives you nothing.

It seems to me as if most smokers only smoke to get rid of the nasty symptoms they have from not having had a cigarette in a while. So why do they start in the first place?

I suspect that many smokers start because of peer pressure when they are young. For some strange reason many teenagers seem to think smoking is cool, so many people have their first cigarette just to fit in with the crowd. Then they're stuck as the addiction kicks in.

If cigarettes were only just invented, its likely that they would be banned as a dangerous drug. Its probably only historical reasons which mean we see them as being more socially acceptable then other drugs. Perhaps the same applies to beer.

On the other hand, opinions on smoking can vary largely between cultures. In the UK we now have laws banning smoking in most work places, and hopefully soon in pubs and other buildings used by the public. In contrast to this, I recently went to Greece (the most smokers as a percentage of the population in the EU) and it is common to see people smoking in offices. Quite often I'm sure they aren't even convinced that its unhealthy.

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Several times above I was going to use the word "fag" for cigarette, but then remembered that this has a slightly different meaning in some parts of the world! Funny ol' language, English.

In the UK we now have laws banning smoking in most work places, and hopefully soon in pubs and other buildings used by the public

We (in Scotland) have already banned smoking in all enclosed public spaces. What a difference its made. The sooner you south of the border catch up the better

Cancer is a last step for smokers.

But don't you feel
-heartburn
-gastro problems
-breathlessness
-stomach pain
-pain in ear
-shaking of hands
-confused thoghts
-forgeting the things
-not able to make fast decisions

these symptoms daily??
[ September 08, 2006: Message edited by: nishwas mahindra ]

Originally posted by Paul Sturrock:
We (in Scotland) have already banned smoking in all enclosed public spaces. What a difference its made. The sooner you south of the border catch up the better

I can't wait. Its so annoying to come back from the pub and have to wash all my clothes because they stink of smoke. The sooner smoking is also banned at bus stops, railway platforms and restaurants the better as well.

One day we'll look back and wonder why on earth we put up with smoking in pubs in the same way as it would now seem strange to work in an office with people smoking in it. Hopefully.

Been there. done that.

gave up after smoking for 10 years

Cheers