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3. I have often wondered the same thing, Aristus.

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 02:29 PM

Aug 2019

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The stink alone is repellent enough. My mom smoked when I was a kid, and we hated it. Never tried one, never even held one. I have never heard anyone say their first cigarette was a pleasant experience - usually quite the opposite.

If a food tasted and smelled that bad, and made you cough and puke, would anyone ask for a second helping?

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Cigarettes--reading mystery from 30s/40s, and everyone smokes constantly [View all] bobbieinok Aug 2019 OP

The real mystery is how anyone could stand to smoke long enough to Aristus Aug 2019 #1

IMO for parents (b 08, 13), smoking was in. Mom started in college , part of being a 'modern' woman bobbieinok Aug 2019 #2

I have often wondered the same thing, Aristus. 3catwoman3 Aug 2019 #3

Good analogy. Aristus Aug 2019 #4

My brother and I had parents who both smoked like chimneys when we were Nay Aug 2019 #21

people can get hooked on second hand cigarette smoke. I know. demigoddess Aug 2019 #5

That's a fact. Aristus Aug 2019 #8

Nicotine is addictive. LisaL Aug 2019 #7

And that's what I tell my smoking patients when urging them to quit. Aristus Aug 2019 #9

I'm still smoking tobacco at age 70. (2 packs/day) abqtommy Aug 2019 #11

It's not the nicotine that is carcinogenic. It's everything else about a burning cigarette. Aristus Aug 2019 #12

What's your take on vaping, as far as bystanders are concerned? Is the breathed-out Nay Aug 2019 #22

If it smells bad and makes bystanders ill or uncomfortable, Aristus Aug 2019 #24

I don't wish to be offensive or insensitive so I'm not. abqtommy Aug 2019 #45

I don't think it's an inappropriate description of the smoker's mindset. Aristus Aug 2019 #46

You're welcome to your opinions/feelings abqtommy Aug 2019 #47

Opinion? The only person who still thinks the deadliness of cigarette smoking is a matter of opinion Aristus Aug 2019 #48

from what I have heard Juul is even worse. Different cancer but worse. demigoddess Aug 2019 #41

yes Skittles Aug 2019 #18

To answer your question, as a former smoker, it made me feel better. raccoon Aug 2019 #19

Did you immediately love your first booze? malthaussen Aug 2019 #28

I'm not entirely sure that's analogous. Aristus Aug 2019 #29

Sure, but I wasn't arguing cigs were safe... malthaussen Aug 2019 #30

That part is true, helped along by the cigarette companies' adulteration of tobacco Aristus Aug 2019 #31

Saying that even one cigarette can be bad for you virgogal Aug 2019 #35

But it can be. Aristus Aug 2019 #37

hey, I have gotten a migraine from the air coming out of someone's lungs demigoddess Aug 2019 #43

I think that 'rush' might have something to do with the ammonia on demigoddess Aug 2019 #42

If you watch old movies, there is a lot of smoking as well. LisaL Aug 2019 #6

Yeah. When watching "Apollo 13", my eyes start to itch and water when it shows everyone Aristus Aug 2019 #10

I'm glad smoking is not allowed in restaurants any more. the only place where I run into the foul in2herbs Aug 2019 #13

Until the late 70s early 80s smoking Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #14

When last in Germany(89,90,91) was stunned at how much smoking there was everywhere bobbieinok Aug 2019 #15

Yeah I traveled to France and Germany frequently Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #16

Smoking was allowed everywhere until about the early '70s. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Aug 2019 #20

Sometimes watching TV shows from the '60s, area51 Aug 2019 #23

Smoking seemed to give people something to do while they figured out what to say/do bobbieinok Aug 2019 #25

My ex had a v nervous TA in college. 1 day during class he picked up chalk instead of cig to smoke bobbieinok Aug 2019 #26

I watched a documentary on David Lynch the other day Beringia Aug 2019 #27

We should all give thanks he makes fantastic movies not policy. Runningdawg Aug 2019 #39

In the 30s/40s in real life just about everyone smoked. sarge43 Aug 2019 #32

It wasn't until the mid 80's smoking was restricted in the OR Runningdawg Aug 2019 #33

In hospital in Nfld mid 70s 2 patients in 4 lung cancer smoked whenever they could bobbieinok Aug 2019 #34

Even I admit to having been surprised watching 'Mad Men', when Betty Draper's gynecologist Aristus Aug 2019 #38

I remember my pediatrician smoking during an a appointment. ploppy Aug 2019 #40

www.otr.net Marthe48 Aug 2019 #36

I'm stunned that smoking was ever allowed on airlines Shrek Aug 2019 #44

An aircraft mechanic once told me that checking for pressurization leaks The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #49