Question about smoking cigarettes for EVERYONE.?
If you smoke cigarettes: -Would you rather date someone who smoked as well, or would it even matter to you? If you don't smoke cigarettes: Would you rather be with someone who didn't smoke, or does it matter? Please specify whether or not you smoke. Thanks!
Cigarette smokers and littering question?
I looked at my email this morning and was found to be in violation by an angry smoker. WOW talk about freedom of speach. My point was this, People that smoke cigarettes are not only ruining their own health which they care nothing about, but also polluting the air anywhere within 20 feet of where they are. I also pointed out the fact that they very act of smoking is littering. Have you ever studied a smoker with their dangling ashes falling onto carpet or floor? They do not care about anything. Also, I am tired of people throwing cigarettes out the windows of their cars or just any old place they choose. On the beach on the street anywhere. These people are zombies and complete idiots. These people have wrinkled up faces look 25 years older than they should and have a terrible gray complexion to their faces. Lets put an end to all public smoking this year and then ban them all together. The cigarette companies have helped ruin America. What should we do?
Question about cigarette smoke and martial arts...?
Just to get this aside, I fully understand the dangers of cigarettes. Ok, onto the question: I'm a light smoker. I smoke about 2-3 cigarettes a day, on average. It isn't consistent though, because there are days when I don't smoke at all. I started a Karate class last month. It's a lot of calisthenics and cardio involved. I can keep up, given the fact that I'm 23 years old and in athletic shape. When I mentioned it, my sensei recommended I quit smoking all together. He says it'll make things very hard for me in the future. Since I'm NOT a heavy smoker (and assuming I keep it that way), will my 2 cigarettes a day hurt my Karate performance? Thanks for reading. I appreciate all answers.
To all of my smokers...what made you begin smoking? Cigarette smoking Poll?
i started because my friend smoked, so we both smoked together... hmm....I smoked for the first time at maybe 14 y.o., but I became a true "smoker" i think at 18 or 19. I have been a smoker for about 10 years now. I never seriously tried to quit before, but I quit a week ago. Every once in a while I could use a cigarette, but I'm doing well. I came up with my own way to quit and it's actually working. Here it is (if anyone cares): Last Saturday, I said to myself this is it, I'm done smoking, I quit. That wasn't working. By monday, I was dying for a cigarette. So...I went to the LIquor store and bought a brand of cigarettes that was much cheaper than the ones I used to smoke (yuck). I tell myself that my brand of cigarettes no longer exist, Only this brand that I hate. I do not take them out of the house with me. So when I get home, and I'm dying for a cigarette, I only have this cigarette that I hate, I light it and I can't even finish half of it. I used to smoke about 8 to 10 a day, I still have 11 cigarettes from that same pack (my boyfriend took two) so I actually only smoked 7 cigarettes half way, and I haven't even done that in the last 3 days!
Fellow cigarette smokers - do you chain smoke sometimes?
1) An old fashioned cigarette case that holds 5-10 cigarettes. Take it when you go out and, usually, knowing you only have a few will make you think when lighting up. Also, the cases open like a book, and you remove the cigarette from under a clasp, so you have to /look/ every time you grab a smoke - added benefit: other people are less likely to "bum" a smoke. 2) At home, as often as possibe, make your own cigarettes. Nowadays, they have inexppensive machines that will roll a proper cigarette, with a filter, in seconds. Most major tobacco comanies put out their own tobacco and filter-tubes, so ittastes like "the real thing". Keep the machine in another room so you have to get up and /work/ for the cigarette when you need them. 3) Make one area you use most (for example, the computer desk) a smoke-free zone. Many people don't have the willpower to restrict smoking to the outdoors or to a single room, but /do/ have it in them to refrain from smoking in a small area. 4) Put yourself on a schedule. 1 smoke every X hours. Seta timer or alarm, and keep the cigarettes near the timer. Occasionally you may slip, but the timer is a good/frequent reminder. 5) Only buy enough cigarettes for 1 pay period. If you smoke your allotment for one day, you must suffer till the next day. I've tried every possible combination of the above, and actually ended up cutting down to 5 a day :) Best of luck~
What happens to your body when you quit smoking cigarettes?
Ah, just the question I was looking to answer. I tried to go cold-turkey on Monday, broke down by Wednesday and chain smoked a pack, and well, today is Thursday and I am beginning the whole cold-turkey thing again. I should say I have been smoking for about 7 years now. Its been 3 hours since my last cigarette, and I'm not feeling particularly cheery right now. There is a very definite sense of despair, and I have to make a conscious effort to stay awake. Over the course of the next two days, this sense of despair will grow only stronger. Yeah sure, I ll be able to smell things again, and my nasal passage would start to clear, but really, I would rather just have a cigarette right now. I'll definitely start sleeping more, because I would feel tired easily. Oh yeah, I would start putting on weight if I am not watching what I eat. Which is bloody idiotic because quitting smoking will increase my craving for food. I can't have too much caffeine because it will make me jittery, and if I pop a modafinil or a similar nootropic then I would become a robotic work-horse. I'll keep working-out regularly, and by a week I ll note a very definite increase in my stamina. I will most definitely get a sore throat, because my body will start to get rid of the gunk lodged in my lungs. That really does sound awesome, but really, I would rather just have a cigarette right now. By the end of the second week, the excessive cravings would start to peter out a bit. I still would feel immensely horrid, but hey, whats a depression when you re getting cleaner lungs in exchange, right ? On second thought, I would just rather light a cigarette right now. Tip 1: Get an exercise schedule in place. All that extra oxygen going to you head will definitely life your mood. Tip 2: Pick up something else that relaxes you, something like meditation or yoga. I personally think a dip in a swimming pool works wonders