What do you think of Capri cigarettes?
They are the best cigarettes I've ever had and because they're so thin and long, I only smoke half of it, figuring I at least won't get the nasty effects by smoking them to the filter. Does anyone know where I can buy them online (reputable site please) for cheaper than the $50+ I've been spending a carton? I live overseas but still can receive APO mail. I saw one site that sold 10 cartons for the price I'm paying for four, but it warned against using a credit card and wanted cash so it seemed a bit shady for me.
Do you like smoking cigarettes?
Oh my, I loved smoking cigarettes, the taste, the smell, the sense of relaxation or focus, stress reliever or, or. I had a million reasons to smoke. The problem is that smoking had become too much of a good thing and it became more an obsession to smoke, no longer smoking for the sheer enjoyment of it. I started as an occasional smoker in my teens to a 2-1/2-packs-a-day cigarette addict. I developed chronic bronchitis (COPD). I ended up in the hospital half dead due to smoking but, guess what? After a few months release from the hospital, I was again smoking. I was going to only smoke a couple a day. You know, the ones I really enjoyed! Well, three guesses what happened. I was soon back to my old 2-1/2-packs-a-day habit. Did I enjoy smoking? Yeah, you bet! I enjoyed it too much. I was enjoying myself to death. I have since quit and that wasn't easy. It's been over 10 years and I still occasionally have that desire to smoke. If it hadn't led my health into a severely compromised position, would I still be smoking? Yeah, probably. Best advice, don't start. It smells, it makes you smell and it robs you of good health.
What do you think about cigarettes ?
Addiction.
Do you like the way cigarettes smell?
i think i like it because its a smell-memory for me. like you know when you smell a certian thing and it reminds you of a time or a place. cigarettes remind me of a concert i went to, it was one of the most fun things i have ever done.
Why do you smoke cigarettes?
I smoked for almost ten years. I started with my then best friend, just to try it out, when I was a teen, but I really got addicted by myself, when I made a habit of going for a walk outside to smoke, given that I never disclosed it to my family. I can’t say it felt good, but it never really felt bad, I suppose.Every cigarette was a time of silence, a reward after all kinds of upset, a chance to share a moment with someone, be it a friend, a stranger or a lover. There is a surprising sense of connection between two smokers, for reasons I never really understood. In the worst days, I remember thinking that at least I had cigarettes to pick myself up. It’s not like they magically relieved anger, sadness or even hunger, but I think I associated smoking with relax and fulfillment.It was an addiction, so it wasn’t rational, as I’m sure it isn’t for any smoker anywhere. There are tons of rationalizations that I’ve made so many times, and many more that I can imagine that could sound even plausible. The truth is, however, there isn’t a rational response to this question, nor an universal one. People choose to do things that harm them all the time and, even if they think they know why, when they look back they can’t explain it.I have now completely stopped smoking and this time I know why. I know that I don’t want to smoke anymore because I don’t like being dependent on cigarettes, I don’t like how my body reacts to smoking, I don’t like how easily my judgement can be clouded by withdrawal, and I consider quitting a good exercise on discipline, which I’ve come to realise is more conducive to well-being than momentary bouts of pleasure are.Even though I am now actively against smoking, I will say that the fact that cigarettes may be bad doesn’t make smokers bad, too. While maybe it isn’t true of all smokers, many times smoking is used to fill a void, like any other addiction and it’s not right nor helpful to judge anyone that does something that you or even they don’t understand. Human behavior is not always (if ever) rational.
Do you think E-Cigarettes will put an end to tobacco, why or why not?
That really depends on the person. My personal opinion is no because of the way nicotine is. Sure you can get a "nicotine high" from E-Cigs, but it's not necessarily the same as an actual cigarette. While E-Cigs are better for you, others may prefer to have the actual thing as opposed to a fake, with the ability to put as much nicotine as a person wants. So all in all, no. I do not thing that E-Cigs will put an end to tobacco.
What does it feel like to smoke cigarettes?
Hi.I no longer smoke cigarettes. My smoking ‘'career' lasted approximately 25years.At its best smoking was great. In the pub (bar) with a pint of warmish British beer, chatting about the serious and trivial in the smokey atmosphere with the Jukebox blaring in the corner.Different cigarettes for different occasions. Handrolling ‘baccy most of the time but having the ‘'treat' of a civvie, a straight (a ‘'real' ready made cigarette) perhaps a packet of Peter Stuyvesant (“your international passport to smoking pleasure" “longer than King size, so much more to enjoy")Woodbine filterless, I'll always think of my Mother with those. Strong! As were Capstan Full Strength - the nicotine would make me feel dizzy!The satisfaction of unwrapping a new pack. The crinkling of the surrounding wrap, the smell of the fresh tobacco - the odour of adulthood, of choice, of freedom, of relaxation.Rolling the tobacco was a great ritual. Just the right amount of baccy, lick the gummed strip and roll between the fingers like a skilled Barista (look at me everyone I'm a real smoker!) the click of the lighter (a Zippo if possible) or the snap of a match. Then the pull of smoke as deep into your lungs as you could, the rough scratch on the back of the throat, the immediate relaxation even before the release of the smoke through mouth or nose.The best was always first thing in the morning. Make a cup of tea ( not lemon, blackcurrant, rooibos or any of that nonsense) a Pg Tips tea bag. Have the cigarette rolled, spark it up, a gulp of tea then the first long drag of the day.The best ever cigarettes? For me those were when I used to start drinking alcohol as soon as I had woken and made my way downstairs. A new bottle of gin ready to go. Pour a third of a glass (about 6 measures) fill the rest with tonic water, spark up a rolly - let the alcohol and nicotine do their thing. Watch football, a film or some porn on the Internet and life looked bearable for a time.If it was so good, why did I stop? Not the expense!I reached a point where 1 or 2 a day were good, the rest were ritual and tasted like an ashtray smells. Of course I started to smell of stale tobacco as did my clothes, my flat. There was the cough and the idleness of smoking - sitting down with a cuppa and a fag (cigarette) nothing getting done. As I got older it became a symbol of a wasted life, rather than the mark of cool it had once been. Ciggies and booze were enslaving me, they were no longer symbols of freedom.
As time goes on do you think e-cigarettes will help people give up nicotine or result in more people being addicted to nicotine?
This question highlights the issue of “how disinformation can be murderous”. If we, as a nation, did the 'correct' thing and said:Since the technology is now available (and improving) to minimally impact American smokers, we shall be embarking on a 'sunset' to combustion as a form of consumption of nicotine. There will be no cigarette production or sales in the US in five years.Then there would be some economic disruption, some tax revenue juggling, and hundreds of thousands fewer early deaths a year, billions of dollars less in fire damage and tens of billions of dollars in public spending saved. I have no clue how many nicotine addicts there might be and don't really care that much since it's not that deadly. Way less harmful than booze, but worse than caffeine.Instead, there's a debate about e-cigarettes being “bad” or anywhere nearly as harmful as smokes. That's insane. The ONLY valid argument ceases to be valid if you ban or relatively discourage combustion. Make cigarettes twice as expensive and harder to buy. Or ban them.