Pretty much everyone who posted is NOT a smoker. Well...I am. When i was little,
my dad and pretty much all adults that i knew of smoked. I knew to never do it
then, cuz i was little and little kids are never supposed to do that. When i got
into middle school...i hated smokers. My dad didnt live with us anymore so i
wasn't surrounded by smoke anymore, but when i went to his house to visit
him...the smell of smoke killed me. I'd come home, wash ALL my clothes and take
a shower before i could sit down and actually be comfortable. It was that way
for a while. Then high school came...i met a girl and became friends with her. I
found out sophomore year that she smoked. I was shocked and disgusted. I
couldn't look at her the same way. So then shortly later i met up with an old
friend after a four year seperation. She was at my house visiting and needed a
cigarette really bad. Her mom didn't know that she smoked, so i snuck and got
her a cigarette. She asked if i wanted to share so i did. I was about 15...but
we had so much fun smoking that cigarette, so anytime i was offered....i never
refused. That got me going and now i'm up to a pack or more a day. I think i
would like to quit...but the point is i don't want to. Sure, i probably smell
like an ashtray...but i don't mind. I have no problem with smoking being banned
in restaurants or inside public buildings...but when you ban smoking outside?
What is that? The air belongs to everyone...if someone is smoking near you and
you don't like the smell....move. You can get all the fresh air you want, your
not forced to stand by a smoker. The point is, when you need a cigarette, you
need it. It's a feeling like hunger almost. Hunger that can't be satisfied with
all of the food in the world. You wouldn't deny someone of food would you? Why
deny them a cigarette? You might say it's a weakness and it can be healed with
nicotine gum or the patch. I say if the person doesn't have a problem with
damaging their own body then you shouldn't either. Everyone has a choice. Some
choose to smoke, others don't. We're not forcing you to smoke, so you shouldn't
try to force us not to smoke. As far as necessity goes, it's not a necessity for
ALL humans...but it is a necessity for some. So stop looking at other people's
weaknesses and judging them and focus on your own. There are a lot more harmful
things in the world that smoking cigarettes.
Pretty much everyone who posted is NOT a smoker. Well...I am. When i was little, my dad and pretty much all adults that i knew of smoked. I knew to never do it then, cuz i was little and little kids are never supposed to do that. When i got into middle school...i hated smokers. My dad didnt live with us anymore so i wasn't surrounded by smoke anymore, but when i went to his house to visit him...the smell of smoke killed me. I'd come home, wash ALL my clothes and take a shower before i could sit down and actually be comfortable. It was that way for a while. Then high school came...i met a girl and became friends with her. I found out sophomore year that she smoked. I was shocked and disgusted. I couldn't look at her the same way. So then shortly later i met up with an old friend after a four year seperation. She was at my house visiting and needed a cigarette really bad. Her mom didn't know that she smoked, so i snuck and got her a cigarette. She asked if i wanted to share so i did. I was about 15...but we had so much fun smoking that cigarette, so anytime i was offered....i never refused. That got me going and now i'm up to a pack or more a day. I think i would like to quit...but the point is i don't want to. Sure, i probably smell like an ashtray...but i don't mind. I have no problem with smoking being banned in restaurants or inside public buildings...but when you ban smoking outside? What is that? The air belongs to everyone...if someone is smoking near you and you don't like the smell....move. You can get all the fresh air you want, your not forced to stand by a smoker. The point is, when you need a cigarette, you need it. It's a feeling like hunger almost. Hunger that can't be satisfied with all of the food in the world. You wouldn't deny someone of food would you? Why deny them a cigarette? You might say it's a weakness and it can be healed with nicotine gum or the patch. I say if the person doesn't have a problem with damaging their own body then you shouldn't either. Everyone has a choice. Some choose to smoke, others don't. We're not forcing you to smoke, so you shouldn't try to force us not to smoke. As far as necessity goes, it's not a necessity for ALL humans...but it is a necessity for some. So stop looking at other people's weaknesses and judging them and focus on your own. There are a lot more harmful things in the world that smoking cigarettes.