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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 1120

well I understand that sometimes smoking is hard to be stopped hearing from caroline's topic

well a few hours ago I tried to smoke just one cigarette for the first time trying to feel how it is, It felt...interesting
I was smoking a light menthol cigarette
at first I almost cought but I can suck all the smoke into my lungs, as it fills me, the menthol starts to work, I finished one cigar and decided that is it

after that all I felt is the tobacco taste on my mouth, then I don;t feel the need to smoke anymore, I suppose the addiction didn;t get to me thankfully

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 2173

...a menthol cigarette really isn't a cigarette... And neither are Marlboro's, Mystics, Camel's and the like. Real cigarettes are hand made. Those mass-produced ones are little more than chem-sticks.

GAH! I'm suppossed to be quitting! Well... I've made it this far so far...

...but... for me I guess it kinda started with fidgety hands and some weird oral fixation thing. I had to have something in my mouth... *snarls at all the boys starting to droll and snicker* ZIP IT!

Anyhows, I know I shouldn't be doing this, but try a hand rolled cigarette first... or maybe a pipe with some pipe tobacco. The art isn't inhaling, holding, and puffing out. A cigarette isn't a joint. You just kinda breathe naturally... if that makes any sense. Some of the natural oils in tobacco act as a bit of a calmer... kinda the same way alcohol can. It stimulates endorphine production, causing a generally mild euphoric state. That, doesn't have the same crash associated with it, that other euphoria enducing compounds can.

However, depending on the purity of the tobacco leaf, and its amount of processing, it can leave residual chemicals. Chronic dosages, not acute.

Anyway, if you really want to smoke, don't smoke menthols.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 12351

you don't get addicted to ANYTHING by doing it once. you gotta do it at least 3 to 4 times before you start to feel the desire to keep doing it. and as you continued to do it the addiction gradually builds up, maybe 5 to 10 items, by not once.

i tried smoking once, my sister gave me one when i was about 7 or 8 i think. coughed myself senseless hehe.

Rank: Veteran Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 728

you cant get addicted from one try of anything it takes regular and repetitive use for the body to develop a chemical dependency

Rank: Veteran Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 803

I agree with Caroline. the mass produced deals are not cigarettes, they are quite literally "cancer sticks." ON top of that they smell like crap. real cigarettes actually have an ok aroma to them, and cigar and pipe tobacco is very pleasant smelling imo

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 4287

Believe the cigar and pipe make you more classy lookin. Just need a monocle and top hat.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

I smoked when I was in the CG. Mostly it was just whenever some of the guys got together and it gave me a reason not to be in the communications center whenever I needed a break. Still, I could'nt suck those things into my lungs.

Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 30 Sep 2009 Posts: 9138

never have smoked never will smoke i dont see why we need them the only thing that cigarette's did in my family was give my nan lung cancer and then a funaral with was my first ever so screw them thats all i say.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 1120

Rank: Veteran Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 728

as far as needing something to do with your hands or having an oral fixation goes (damnit if i hear oral fixation one more time i will scream) mental addiction is an entirely different matter and can have effects which mimic chemical dependency to a disturbing degree or to quote morpheus "the mind makes it real" *loud fart* "you think thats air your breathing now?"

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 1521

I had two brief smoking stints. The first started out of curiosity. When you work at a convenience store selling a pack of cigarettes with every other purchase or so, it's easy to wonder why they're so popular. I never smoked the real cigarettes, though. I never really smoked anything other than Salem Black Label full flavor (which has since been discontinued to the best of my knowledge). I quit after a month or two and started up again when I moved from my dad's place to my mom's. It's at least a 3-hour drive between the two places, so it was really a bit of a change. My mother had always been more laid back and didn't care if I smoked (she smokes herself) whereas my dad didn't want me doing it period. The thrill lasted for a little while, but when I couldn't really find a job and had no money, I decided to quit. Shortly after I enlisted in the Navy and began some intense workouts. The most memorable being a 2-mile run through snow that was knee deep. Hard to think you could feel like you were in the desert for an hour when you're in snowy, frigid, and slightly mountainous terrain.

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