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In reply to the discussion: I hate cigarettes, hate cigarette smoke, and wish no one smoked them... [View all]KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)108. I Would And Will
I was a 35 year two pack a day smoker...thought I would never be able to quit. I also did homework on E-cigs...switched to one last April and haven't had a real cigarette since. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't as difficult as I had expected. The advantages are many...from no longer smelling like an ashtray to being able to still puff away on something while I'm busy with work.
If you're serious, do some research...there are many good blogs out there on how other people's experiences and the various types of E-cigs out there. Good luck and hope you join those of us who have found E-cigs to be the answer to ending a lifelong habit.
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I hate cigarettes, hate cigarette smoke, and wish no one smoked them... [View all]
TheWraith
Jan 2012
OP
I've been annoying non-christians for years trying to save their souls from burning/death
The Straight Story
Jan 2012
#6
Smoke is not an allergen and doesn't contain any allergens. sarcasm tag not needed. eom
TransitJohn
Jan 2012
#96
True, but then again, alcohol prohibitionists certainly considered "social costs" of alcohol abuse
markpkessinger
Jan 2012
#107
My downstairs neighbors smoke and so I can't open my door or front windows in the summer.
Guy Montag
Jan 2012
#24
Would you feel the same if your neighbor was a sculptor who put a smelting operation in his backyard
Texas Lawyer
Jan 2012
#26
Nicotine is an almost entirely benign drug, it's the tar and other shit that kills.
Lance_Boyle
Jan 2012
#55
Like I said, I don't really understand the whole e-cig thing. As such I haven't taken a position
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#66
As well as driving, which isn't a vice, but still causes most of our actual air pollution
Lionessa
Jan 2012
#36
We all piss in our water supplies. Have been doing it for a million years.
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#67
What do we do about lawn mowers that emit millions of times more pollutants than cigs?
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#69
Lawn mowers are generally not allowed where cigarette restrictions are in place.
onehandle
Jan 2012
#73
Ah, I see. Those emissions from internal combustion engine do not travel through the air.
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#75
I certainly don't support banning them. We have enough unenforceable laws as it is.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#46
As long as it's illegal to attempt suicide, there's no rational basis for cigarettes being legal
theAntiRand
Jan 2012
#49
A gunshot to the head is on whole different level of risky behavior. Most smokers don't die
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#92
anti smoking propaganda was paid for by Big Pharma to sell nicotine patches
divide_and_rule
Jan 2012
#57
I'm on my way to your home with an open container filled with radioactive isotopes.
onehandle
Jan 2012
#74
... and I'm an adult with free will who can choose what he wants to do with his life...
harmonicon
Jan 2012
#102
The smokers would be in the bar and/or the smoking area if the crusade was called off.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#93