i'm a smoker. i smoke a lot. primarily 'cos i'm addicted, but mostly 'cos i lurve it. there's nothing like that first smoke when you've just woken up.
for buck dee, have you ever smoked White Ox tobbacco? it'll make those Gauloises taste like paper! as good as pot while rolling, without the associated head fuck.
to mona, 20 marlboro lights? pah, nothing. try 40 craven special filters in a night. i appreciate your points, but i still like to smoke. i only started four years ago. why? don't know. so i knew the whole "smoking is bad, mmkay!" rhetoric, but it's addictive, and i'm still doing it three years, eleven months and thirty days after i should have stopped. i do try and keep it away from people who aren't smokers. i don't smoke in the house, or in the cars of friends that don't. i do tend to be inconsiderate in clubs, but i'm trying to improve.
and bt, right on brother. another biccie? yeah, sure mate, just as long as you don't offer me one of those filthy, evil fag thingies!
free choice. i do agree that my habit has a direct impact upon the health of others, unlike a lot of other drugs. but i should still be allowed to make my decision without everyone else going "tsk, tsk, tsk".
and spacecadet, i'm stepping outside for a tick. all this smoke talk has got me in the mood for another fag.
ps. mona, you speak with the vehemence of a reformed smoker. i might join you in a while, 'cos i do recognise that i'm damaging my body. but it won't be for a while yet.
and another reason to quit smoking pot? 'cos it's smoking.