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Sam Kenobi
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 12:09 am    

I love cigarettes... menthols... they're like smoking a candy cane.... but in that sense, they have to be a rare treat that you only indulge yourself in quite infrequently.

(and now that this is the top post, the only thing people will see is "i love cigarettes" and no one will like me anymore. oh well. At leasat I'll have some candy canes to smoke)


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marimbaplayer
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 12:24 am    

Yep...menthols are like a bit of heaven rolled up in some cigarette paper. Goodness me, thinking about it is making me all calm and happy.

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borgslayer
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:35 am    

Why is smoking bad?

1 - Its a total waste of money.
2 - It will give you lung cancer and kill you.
3 - It will make you look older. (Like a 27 year old looking like a 40 year old)
4 - You will have a harder time breathing and all of that.
5 - Your health will deteriorate rather quickly over time.

I know you guys are mad because "you can't quit smoking because you choose not too"

I also know that tobacco companies are trying to convince people to smoke by lets say "having a sexy person on an ad smoking"

I also know that most smokers really don't care anymore. Its one of those "I smoked my health is bad who cares if I die!"


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IntrepidIsMe
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:38 am    

Well, if you choose not to and have enough willpower, anyone can quit. Its whether or not you really want it.

And as I said before, if you're stupid enough to want to smoke because you saw it on TV or in a movie, then you deserve to die.

Phillip Morris does all kinds of anti smoking stuff, and they're one of the larget tobacco comapanies.



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Sam Kenobi
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:39 am    

um.. yep. that just about says it. PLus it makes me look cool

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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:39 am    

I'd go for sexy.


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Sam Kenobi
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:40 am    

That too. Plus cowboys have to smoke. It's a rule.

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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:41 am    

Marlboro makes does those tobacco ads with cowboys...


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Sam Kenobi
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:43 am    

yeah. Yup. They're the ones with our smoking contract. BUt don't tell them, I smoke Salems.

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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 1:44 am    

Oki, we'll keep it on the DL. Scrool.


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madlilnerd
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 9:31 am    

IntrepidIsMe wrote:
I hate it how anti-smoking ads make it look like its the cigarette companies fault for people smoking. Its not as if they forced you start smoking, and wouldn't let you quit.

And that whole thing where they're trying to ban smoking in movies. If you're stupid enough to want to smoke because you saw it in a movie... then you're probably so stupid you don't deserve to live. Did that sound harsh?


Our anti smoking adverts are really funny. They have all these people with party hooters, you know the ones that are coiled up but then extend when you blow into them? And the slogan is something like "This may look ridiculous, but some people will do anything to fit in with their peers." They had this other one where the slogan was "If you smoke, you stink".

One big problem with smoking in the media is the image that it's cool... I've tried to think of a way that movies could prove that it's not... but it looks so hardcore cool.

Quote:
I smoke Salems

Do they have witches on the box?


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Starbuck
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 6:49 pm    

No, they're green and black and have a pair of eyes and it says "stir the senses". And I used to smoke the black lables, and then I switched to green because of the menthol. It smells better, it tastes better, and it doesn't burn as much.

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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 8:18 pm    

I thought Salem's logo was a green and black ying-yang?


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Starbuck
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 8:40 pm    

there's a pair of eyes on there too.

Oh, and Borgslayer? Quit eating chocolate, its bad for you, it'll clog your arteries, and you'll die of a heart attack. Okay? So don't eat chocolate.


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Sam Kenobi
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PostWed Aug 17, 2005 11:09 pm    

My box right here says

Full Flavor
100's

SALEM
*yingyang* Green label

Smooth refreshing menthol
box^


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madlilnerd
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PostThu Aug 18, 2005 5:20 am    

I don't mind americans smoking because they have to pay for their healthcare. What really pisses me off is British smokers getting treatment from my tax money!
And smokers who leave cigarette butts everywhere. That looks so gross. The bins here have a special thing on top for stubbing out your ciggies and putting your dogends in... so for god's sake put them in the bin!!!!

Enjoy your death sticks. The mint ones sound yummy.


Calling them death sticks makes them sound even cooler.


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zero
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PostThu Aug 18, 2005 2:43 pm    

Menthal Cigs are gross. I wont even smoke one because that is a whole other addiction to try to get rid of.

Malboro lights here! I tried to quit ... once ... But I gained 7 lbs in about a week and half. So yeah, that FREAKED me out! And if your going to quit ... you have to want to quit. Otherwise you can't....

I don't want to yeeet! I know I should, but mmmmmmmmmmmmm


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B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9
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PostThu Aug 18, 2005 2:46 pm    

I bought cigarettes for the 1st time back in Feb. They weren't for me though! My friend Max was only 17 at the time, so i got them for him. Bad aren't I.


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madlilnerd
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PostThu Aug 18, 2005 6:53 pm    

It sure would be hard to be a dancing queen if you're lungs were full of tar. You'd faint mid pirouette.

I can't smoke because i sing opera.


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Sam Kenobi
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PostThu Aug 18, 2005 7:35 pm    

Oh.... everybody sings opera.

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Captain Patrick
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PostThu Aug 18, 2005 7:48 pm    

I play the TUBA and i smoke all the time. Smoking and prefoming really don't affect each other.

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Starbuck
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PostThu Aug 18, 2005 7:54 pm    

It does when you sing. Thats why I'm trying to quit.

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B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9
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PostFri Aug 19, 2005 12:31 am    

madlilnerd wrote:
It sure would be hard to be a dancing queen if you're lungs were full of tar. You'd faint mid pirouette.

I can't smoke because i sing opera.


actually you'd be surprised! Many MANY dancers are smokers. Especially professional dancers. One of the reasons is to help them keep their weight down. I'm not one of those dancers though!! Nooooo thankyou!



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nadia
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PostFri Aug 19, 2005 12:39 am    

/\ I saw that on a movie once where all these ballet dancers would smoke so they would stay skinny

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Pan13
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PostFri Aug 19, 2005 4:33 am    

i don't smoke and i never will (although most of my friends smoke, and not only cigaretts, they also do "kiffen" i don't know what that's, lol, that kind of words we don't learn at school. in germany it's ilegal, but not in the netherlands, i don't know if you can do it in the US)

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