Why Cigarettes Should Cost $10 a Pack
- Thread starter Hairy&Stumpy
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Ditto.
And I'd just like to say that just because I smoke doesn't mean I blow smoke up everyone's ass. I consider smoking a right, but it's also someone else's right for me not to pass on a ton of second hand smoke to them. But seriously, I've had someone WALK OVER to where I was alone, outside a building in the smoking area, and bitch at me about the smoke that was in her face. Yes, it is, douchebag, if you walk 50 yards away from where you were to stick your face at the end of my cigarette. /rant
And I'd just like to say that just because I smoke doesn't mean I blow smoke up everyone's ass. I consider smoking a right, but it's also someone else's right for me not to pass on a ton of second hand smoke to them. But seriously, I've had someone WALK OVER to where I was alone, outside a building in the smoking area, and bitch at me about the smoke that was in her face. Yes, it is, douchebag, if you walk 50 yards away from where you were to stick your face at the end of my cigarette. /rant
Ok I'm here... posting.
I've had two large glasses (don't know the size but they aren't your average glasses) of Vodka and Sierra mist and am halwayf through a large glass of whiskey and pepsi lol.
I'm still rather coherent LOL.
I am a non smoker... but honestly I don't bitch at people who smoke near me. I don't really appreciate it especially when I am in a restaurant trying to enjoy my food but I don't complain about it. If I am in someone else's car and they decide to have a smoke despite the fact that I don't smoke... well I am in their car so I don't complain... however most people are courteous enough to not do that. If I am outside and someone is smoking and the WIND is blowing it in my direction... I simply MOVE. Basically unless they are blowing it right in my face just to be rude I dont' complain. I can just move.
But I have to admit I am glad that they banned smoking inside restaurants to be honest. I didn't complain to anyone before but I didn't really like it... especially once I had Hannah.
I've had two large glasses (don't know the size but they aren't your average glasses) of Vodka and Sierra mist and am halwayf through a large glass of whiskey and pepsi lol.
I'm still rather coherent LOL.
I am a non smoker... but honestly I don't bitch at people who smoke near me. I don't really appreciate it especially when I am in a restaurant trying to enjoy my food but I don't complain about it. If I am in someone else's car and they decide to have a smoke despite the fact that I don't smoke... well I am in their car so I don't complain... however most people are courteous enough to not do that. If I am outside and someone is smoking and the WIND is blowing it in my direction... I simply MOVE. Basically unless they are blowing it right in my face just to be rude I dont' complain. I can just move.
But I have to admit I am glad that they banned smoking inside restaurants to be honest. I didn't complain to anyone before but I didn't really like it... especially once I had Hannah.
Don't get me wrong. I was a very, very polite smoker. I liked the non-smoking section while eating out, etc...when that was an option. In fact, I am so old that I can remember smoking on airplanes...but I digress.
My point isn't that one side is right or the other isn't. For me, being a non-smoker for all of, what, 3 weeks now...is that it was an economic decision. Taxes on cigs had jumped dramatically and to the point that for me, I couldn't justify spending that type of money on the filthy habit.
Don't kid your self and say, oh, I'm a social smoker, etc., I only smoke X amount and I'll never smoke that much...I've smoked for over 20 years, have you?
When I first started smoking, I think cigs were less than a buck a pack. Affordable...not only were they cheap, but you could buy them as a 14 year old and no one cared.
If $10 per pack cigs are cool by you than I suppose a $25.00 a day habit is acceptable too? Prices/taxes are going to go up on cigs again...some day soon.
My choice, to quit, was based on economics. Could I afford it? Sure. Was it super stupid financially to continue...um, yes. I love cigarettes. I love them lots.
I just can't smoke them, or at least just one or a couple.
My point isn't that one side is right or the other isn't. For me, being a non-smoker for all of, what, 3 weeks now...is that it was an economic decision. Taxes on cigs had jumped dramatically and to the point that for me, I couldn't justify spending that type of money on the filthy habit.
Don't kid your self and say, oh, I'm a social smoker, etc., I only smoke X amount and I'll never smoke that much...I've smoked for over 20 years, have you?
When I first started smoking, I think cigs were less than a buck a pack. Affordable...not only were they cheap, but you could buy them as a 14 year old and no one cared.
If $10 per pack cigs are cool by you than I suppose a $25.00 a day habit is acceptable too? Prices/taxes are going to go up on cigs again...some day soon.
My choice, to quit, was based on economics. Could I afford it? Sure. Was it super stupid financially to continue...um, yes. I love cigarettes. I love them lots.
I just can't smoke them, or at least just one or a couple.
I was the type of smoker that if you didn't smoke and you were in my car...I wouldn't smoke.
My Father now smokes outside the home and has for many years...but I am most positive, I was addicted to nicotine via second hand smoke in the early 70's. The smell of cig smoke was my alarm clock as a kid and young adult.
My Father now smokes outside the home and has for many years...but I am most positive, I was addicted to nicotine via second hand smoke in the early 70's. The smell of cig smoke was my alarm clock as a kid and young adult.
My dad used to smoke a lot too. as a kid he never really gave a second thought to smoking with me or my siblings in the house. but when the grandkids came along that was a different story... he would have never DREAMED of smoking inside with them around.
Now he is smoke free. He finally took serious the fact that we wanted him around for more than just the few years that we would have if he didn't quit.
Now he is smoke free. He finally took serious the fact that we wanted him around for more than just the few years that we would have if he didn't quit.
I didn't say anything about only being a social smoker, or kid myself that I could never smoke "that much." I average 1.5 to 2 packs a day. I'm addicted to them, there's no way I could only smoke occasionally. Just like an alcoholic can not keep drinking in moderation.
I take as many side jobs as I can to pay for my addiction. I'm trying to cut down on smoking quite a bit, though. I disagree with making smoking more expensive just to get people to smoke less. I despise guns, but that doesn't mean I would ever try to pass some sort of law making them ridiculously expensive so the average person could never afford one.
I take as many side jobs as I can to pay for my addiction. I'm trying to cut down on smoking quite a bit, though. I disagree with making smoking more expensive just to get people to smoke less. I despise guns, but that doesn't mean I would ever try to pass some sort of law making them ridiculously expensive so the average person could never afford one.