Do You Smoke?

[bertha katzenengel]

Poll question: Do You Smoke?

[Left Is Write]

1. I smoke nothing.

Former tobacco smoker for about fifteen years on and off; quit for good eight years ago.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. I tried a cigarette one time when I was seven and nearly

gagged and choked to death... (Well, not really to DEATH, but it was bad enough to give me a horrible coughing fit...:P) :rofl: I grabbed it out of my father's hand and took a drag off it because I wanted to see what the big deal was about smoking... Well, it was TERRIBLE and I hated it. Because of that and the fact that I HATE cigarette smoke, I'm a lifelong nonsmoker.

I smoked pot quite a few times when I dated my ex-BF, but not very many times since.

[bigwillq]

3. Yes, just tobacco

Use to be a pot smoker but I gave that up.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Neither.

[Zavulon]

5. Like a fucking chimney. Starting was the dumbest thing I ever did.

To demonstrate how goddamned dumb I am, I started at 22. You'd think if I were prone to it, I'd have started during high school or college, but no...

[bertha katzenengel]

6. looks like no one smokes pot and not tobacco

Hmm.

[BarenakedLady]

7. Hey

I'd smoke weed if I had it, but I don't so...well I don't.

[lumberjack_jeff]

8. When I was younger I did the former, but never the latter.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. That's really weird. Most of the pot smokers I know in real life don't

smoke tobacco.

[elocs]

17. Sorry, never smoked anything.

The only drug I ever "did" was alcohol and I gave that up back in August of 1975.

[Drum]

9. Yup, roll my own on both counts.

The tobacco I buy from a great tobacconist, very very mild.
The other: elsewhere, but also mild....
:evilgrin:

[Floogeldy]

10. THIS IS THE FBI!

LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS! LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS! GET DOWN ON THE GROUND! GET DOWN ON THE GROUND! LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS! STOP RESISTING! STOP RESISTING!

:scared:

[Drum]

11. oooh, I'm liking this...

and I haven't smoked any of that in weeks ;) (I'm traveling)

[Floogeldy]

12. That's good.

I really didn't want to see your hands, anyway. ;)

[Drum]

13. rest assured, one is in plain sight at all times....

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Thus your username

I "press" my own; American Spirit Original Blend and Gizeh tubes.

[Drum]

18. nice pic!

funnily enough, the "Drum" name is really from drums: a)I played 'em (classical) as a kid & through high school; b)I enjoy playing them now (hand-drums & percussion) years later as leader of a small dance co. when accompanying dance classes; and c)because the drum is also a communicative source of collective power, a code and tradition feared by powerful overlords :) And oh yeah...I'm not a great typist, so I wanted a short username!

Smokewise, I jettisoned all commercial cigarettes a coupla years ago due to the cough, the stench, the cost, and the nasty additives. I procure my tobacky from a fine place in NYC, Delaconcha, and it's their mildest of about 10 house-blended varieties...smooooth. I carry a leather pouch and handroll with Rizzla green papers when I'm on the go, and at home I use one of those little simple rollers and Gizeh filters. The tube arrangement never caught on with me, but I do appreciate being able to roll filtered ciggies when I'm settled somewhere. Fav papers are French ones, Abadie. Smoking nowadays is a much different act and mindset for me, infinitely better than the nasty slavery to Big Tobacco...their stuff is garbage. If commercial cigarettes were all there was, I'd never smoke again, truly!

If you're interested, check out www.delaconcha.com for info on this tobacconist. Their website by no means does justice to their selection and staff. Prices are reasonable, and the goods are very very fresh. They do mail order. I smoke "1390," named after their address on Sixth Avenue.

:)

[Spider Jerusalem]

48. Drum's not what it used to be....

they quit exporting to the US market some years back, and a US company licenses the name...not the same tobacco it was. And even in Europe, EU limits on tar and nicotine content have made Drum a shadow of its former self; I bought a pouch in Amsterdam a few months ago, and it SMELLED just the same as the old stuff, but taste-wise it was a disappointment.

American Spirit's a little harsh, IMO--I roll my own out of either straight Turkish or Turkish-Virginia blend tobacco...very mild (even unfiltered) and quite tasty.

[mark414]

55. same here

though my brand of choice is cheap and simple...TOP (jail cigarettes i'm told)

my other brand of choice is white widow...or purple kush, or whatever else i can get my hands on really...:)

[Ava]

16. never have

never will

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Tous les deux

Yep

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

28. Check your PM.

:loveya:

[TheBaldyMan]

20. I didn't smoke weed when I had work-related random drug-testing

but usually I prefer herbal tea.

[Broken_Hero]

21. neither,

8 weeks tobacco free...and hmm...over 4yrs smoke free from mary jane, maybe longer...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. I don't smoke anything........

I have had weed twice, but not in many years....

And I used to bum a cigarette off my friends in college, about once a year.......

But not in a very long time........:hi:

[LeftyMom]

23. No. I gave up cloves years ago (they were the thing to do for kids my age)

I miss them sometimes. Mostly when I'm nervous and would like something to have in my hands to keep from fidgeting.

[jonnyblitz]

24. weed -yes, tobacco -no. I am on on a weed hiatus, tho. nt

[evirus]

25. No, God No!

My dad gets extremly irratable around it, me and my girlfriend get headachs and nausia around it...

if your smoking please stop, if not then don't even bother showering your going to end up smelling like crap after you smoke anyways.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

26. *puts down Camel light*

Tell us how you really feel.

[evirus]

27. oh ill tell you how i feel

you pollute my lungs with toxins, you give me headaches, and you end up annoying me if not by smoking inside a building, by standing outside making me either hold my breath or breath the air from the cone of gasious crap that hovers around you... i figured i made that point obvious in the previous post

[LaraMN]

29. So.....you're saying you DON'T like smoke?

:D

[evirus]

31. yah pretty much

hay if there was some way for you to enjoy it without causing the afformentioned problems, more power too you...

[LaraMN]

33. Nah. I quit a while ago.

But I still have a sick love of second-hand. It's like smoking, but without the guilt.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

36. ...

:spray:

[LaraMN]

39. I see VERY bad things on my horizon,

having abruptly discovered THIS fantastic little bastard:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

40. I'm saving that one.

I found a really good spanking smiley the other day and I forgot to save it. I can't find it now.

:cry:

[LaraMN]

41. Bummer!

I bookmarked Mr. Pokey and pushed him waaay up the list. THAT is a smiley I can put to frequent good use!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. I was using sarcasm, dear.

I'll continue to shower daily though. As for your lungs, stay away from heavily trafficked areas; car exhaust pollutes far more than I do.

[evirus]

34. is that your defense?

something elese is worse? its not a matter of weather you harming other people a little bit compared to this or a lot compared to this, YOUR STILL CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS! thats like stabbing a guy your friend just shot "the bullet did more damage so its not my fualt"

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. Look, I'm actually a polite smoker.

If someone doesn't want me to smoke around them, I won't smoke around them. However, I think people can deal with simply walking past me on the street. It's still somewhat of a free society, and it's my right to smoke. If I knew you in person, I wouldn't smoke around you and you don't get to tell me I can't smoke at all. Deal?

"Is that your defense?

Something elese is worse? It's not a matter of weatherwhether you are harming other people a little bit, compared to this or a lot compared to this, YOU'RE STILL CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS! That's like stabbing a guy, your friend just shot and claiming, "the bullet did more damage, so it's not my fault."

;)

[Common Sense Party]

42. Thanks. Much better that way.

Still vapid and meaniingless, but at least legibly so.

[bertha katzenengel]

67. Jesus. Get off it.

So you're superior already. So you're dying because of all the smokers around you who don't give a shit. We get it.

[Mutley]

68. Your grammar is giving me a headache.

Maybe if you learn how to use it correctly, then one smoker in your life will quit smoking.

:shrug:

If you believe in karma 'n' all.

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. The question was 'Do you smoke?'

Not "Hey, wanna come in here and beat the shit out of smokers?"

[Ariana Celeste]

65. No shit...

:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

44. So do you eat cheeseburgers & drink coffee?

For the sake of your health, I feel I should point out that the cholesterol, antibiotics, and carcinogenic chemicals in beef will probably kill you quicker, than the second-hand smoke from walking past a guy on his smoke break.

And don't even get me started on the coffee...

I'm just looking out for you, buddy. You seem to be very health conscious, so you should watch out for that.

[cwydro]

52. yeah

it's a good thing bad grammar/spelling aren't injurious to his health - :P

[dolo amber]

57. What's wrong with coffee?

:o

No, nevermind, don't tell me. I'll just be content to chug my morning pints in ignorance. :D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

58. It has health advantages for women actually.

It's supposed to help us retain our mental abilities later in life, so we should be golden. Too bad it doesn't have that effect on men.

Really, unless you have some sort of health problem it could affect, it's fine. I just don't like uncalled for nasty posts about smokers.

[dolo amber]

59. Gotcha

;)

Also there have been new studies that suggest it helps protect your liver from alcohol. :bounce:

Oh coffee...is there anything you *can't* do? :loveya:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

60. Awesome, I hadn't heard that before.

And the Japanese believe miso protects against the health problems caused by smoking, so I'm golden.

Flippin' sweet!

[trackfan]

30. I said yes to both, but

weed - only in the most comfortable, opportune social situations, about once every three years.

tobacco - about once a week

[6000eliot]

37. Neither, but I miss both.

[Dulcinea]

43. Social & stress smoker.

No pot for me, it just puts me to sleep. Alcohol, nicotine & caffeine are my drugs of choice.

[WilliamPitt]

45. As we speak

*koff*

[Midlodemocrat]

46. No.

Neither.

[tjwmason]

47. No - never.

Albeit many hours in the pub, and in the company of weed smokers means I've probably inhaled a fair quantity of both types of smoke.

[Lilith Velkor]

49. mmmhmm

:smoke:

[cwydro]

50. Never smoked tobacco

but have enjoyed weed from time to time...:hippie:

[gfindu]

51. no

never had any desire. Especially given the problems it cause later.

[cobalt1999]

53. no.

Lungs are too important to me, plus the other damage it does to things like your skin and the fact people that smoke stink more than they realize.

[Lady Freedom]

54. Hey you forgot "Other"

There is nothing like poring a glass of gin and lighting up a ham after A long day! HEHE!:evilgrin:

[bikebloke]

56. A cigarette puff as a teenager

My mouth tasted so filthy dirty, I had no desire to try again. Good thing. All the smokers from the folk I'm from croak.

Never had the inclination to try the other. Took a lot of shit for my stance from so-called friends.

[kwassa]

61. Quit smoking 22 years ago; cigs were $.90 a pack.

Smoked for 14 years, 2.5 packs of Marlboros a day.

[HughBeaumont]

62. Worst thing I do is occasional multiple Red Bulls.

No smokeable products ever. My grandmother died of the Big L.C. at 49, my would-have-been future MIL died at 45 and that's just not going to be part of my life. Plus every time you light up one of those things, you're putting life-long money in the pockets of Repuke legislators and tobacco barons. Fuckers like them are why hemp will never be legal and this disease-o-rama, cemetery-filling foolishment will continue (that, and because anyone can grow it, no one would profit from it. At least not as much as they can from toba-kill).

Never got the whole "pot is cool" thing. Never saw one positive example of drug use. Just one more bad odor at concerts and parties. You'd be amazed at how concert pot smoke attaches to your insides. Not describing how, but let's just say you know the day after.

I quit drinking at 19, stopped drinking cola this year (in an effort to cut out High Fructose Corn Throw-up) and lost a good amount of weight. I don't know what I miss less, alcohol or Pepsi.

The smell of coffee makes me gag.

[HughBeaumont]

63. I'm POISON to a thread, I tells ya.

[Ariana Celeste]

64. I just smoke weed...

I quit cigarettes a half year ago.... :)

[rbnyc]

66. X both

Smoked pot every once in a while ages 10-15.
Smoked pot every day ages 16-35
Smoked cigarettes lightly ages 15-17
Smoked cigarettes heavily ages 17-22, 25-26, 28-30 and for 1 week after September 11th, 2001.

[femmocrat]

69. I quit smoking in 1972, but I still want a cigarette!