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55. I agree with you on that.

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 02:40 PM

Oct 2013

I started smoking at 14 when we figured out we could steal cigarettes from my best friends drunken father. He always had cartons of Winstons and never noticed when a pack went missing. Then in Jr. High, which for me was 7-9th grade, we had "smoking sections" at the school. One of them was a courtyard right off the cafeteria. Literally a square open-air spot right in the middle of the building. Same for high school. And back when I first started stores would sell cigarettes to anyone who came in the door with $1.10. Didnt matter if you were 25 or 12. There was never any issue.

Now though? Things are totally different and I do NOT understand why anyone chooses to get hooked. Nor do I understand how they can afford it. I sure as hell couldnt.

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Dear stupid people smoking inside the bus shelter: [View all] Brigid Oct 2013 OP

ugh. Totally agree. progressivebydesign Oct 2013 #1

When I was a small child I knew a heart surgeon that smoked. L0oniX Oct 2013 #6

Tell me about it. The train station into Philly, walking distance from our home... onehandle Oct 2013 #2

Do ya' think ... IggleDoer Oct 2013 #3

Smoking at the entrance to restaurants and food stores is always nice too. L0oniX Oct 2013 #4

Yes, just so appetizing. MoonRiver Oct 2013 #64

and exhaling when they get INSIDE! mikeysnot Oct 2013 #77

I HATE that. Codeine Oct 2013 #85

They do it on purpose mikeysnot Oct 2013 #115

Maybe you should keep a little thing of febreeze or some room freshener SheilaT Oct 2013 #129

Yech pipi_k Oct 2013 #103

I was pumping gas a few days ago, and a car pulls up at the pump right next to me. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #5

Smoking near gas pumps? Brigid Oct 2013 #7

As a smoker, I consider that a definite no-no. RebelOne Oct 2013 #61

I have called the cops when that happens dickthegrouch Oct 2013 #22

It is much more difficult to start a gasoline fire with sparks than with flame Mopar151 Oct 2013 #28

that's happened to me twice mnmoderatedem Oct 2013 #56

you have a better chance of the fuel igniting due to static electricity datasuspect Oct 2013 #117

Silly me. Guess I overreacted. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #120

if the pump has vapor capture datasuspect Oct 2013 #122

OK. They really should remove those "No Smoking" signs, then. (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #123

that's because of an overabundance of caution datasuspect Oct 2013 #124

It is very unlikely that ignition will occur... wercal Oct 2013 #131

As you fuel your vehicle, ronnie624 Oct 2013 #127

Ugh. Disgusting, selfish, inconsiderate. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #8

I wonder if non-smokers realize how much it SUCKS to be addicted to cigarettes... bunnies Oct 2013 #25

Yeah, I guess you're right Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #50

I agree with you on that. bunnies Oct 2013 #55

That's what pipi_k Oct 2013 #104

I had no idea how badly some of us smokers smell until a couple of months TheDebbieDee Oct 2013 #9

yeah it is amazing isn't it? arely staircase Oct 2013 #69

I'm glad you're succeeding in getting off the stuff. pnwmom Oct 2013 #79

thanks arely staircase Oct 2013 #113

I made the smell discovery wercal Oct 2013 #132

Reminds me of a song snooper2 Oct 2013 #10

Ooooo! FredStembottom Oct 2013 #17

Do the smokers post/read here? Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #11

Maybe. You never know. Brigid Oct 2013 #12

Oh, they're around starroute Oct 2013 #18

I do. I am a smoker. mecherosegarden Oct 2013 #101

What you may not understand is that no matter where you smoke, SheilaT Oct 2013 #130

Ex-smoker here, and now I cannot stand it excepting tobacco that does NOT have chemicals in it. KittyWampus Oct 2013 #13

I agree. I was walking on the street behind a guy not long ago and he was smoking a cigarette kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #39

Both my grandfathers smoked. laundry_queen Oct 2013 #51

some cigs smell like incense sticks Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #90

THis wasn't like that. It was just sort of a mild tobacco smell but kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #96

organic american spirit... n/t nebenaube Oct 2013 #135

Wouldn't surprise me if that's what it was. And if everybody smoked that one, kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #137

just curious but I hope you told them the way you're telling us? Skittles Oct 2013 #14

No, but I did tell them I was sending you . . . Brigid Oct 2013 #15

seriously though, speak up Skittles Oct 2013 #16

Can't blame them at all. They have been banished and treated like pariahs. Forced Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #19

That is how people think you get things done these days. Shame and bully people liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #20

These threads are always a perfect example of that. bunnies Oct 2013 #24

You are SO right. I go home to Dem CT and there are SO many rules for everything now. Went to Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #32

Unfortunately Democrats never do it to Republicans. lol. laundry_queen Oct 2013 #57

think society as a whole, has become so incredibly judgemental. Wonder why that Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #59

They choose to stand outside in the freezing cold. No one is forcing them to do anything. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #26

Hmmmm. don't agree - they are being forced to go outside if they want to smoke. Wish Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #33

And people who drown themselves....... Amaril Oct 2013 #41

I've become more sensitive to perfume myself. It gives me headaches. liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #42

Can't smoke anywhere except home and car anymore. SomethingFishy Oct 2013 #65

Just get an e-cig that doesn't resemble a cigarette. Mariana Oct 2013 #91

I've got a Blu.. It looks like a pen I guess... SomethingFishy Oct 2013 #92

If you exhale slowly Mariana Oct 2013 #94

Boo hoo. And drunks aren't allowed to wander the streets, chugging all day long either. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #40

We should beat them all up! All addicts suck and their disease should give us licence to Dragonfli Oct 2013 #46

That's not what I'm saying and you know it. I just think addicts shouldn't be able to inflict their kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #68

I don't smoke, but tell me since I also don't drive, how much more of YOUR smoke Dragonfli Oct 2013 #71

Kind of not pipi_k Oct 2013 #105

Well, they sort of are here in Houston and down on Galveston Island... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #63

I feel like neither a pariah nor banished; merely a bit stupid for continuing to smoke... LanternWaste Oct 2013 #45

I won't consider the battle "won" until smoking is banned in all public places. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #47

Oh please. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #52

I was called a smoking Nazi years ago because I wouldn't let someone hold my baby while smoking. alphafemale Oct 2013 #72

reminscent of the house GOP SoCalDem Oct 2013 #89

Fact is, they are breaking the law. There are signs posted all over about that. n/t AngryOldDem Oct 2013 #107

Then the police should be called. Mariana Oct 2013 #108

Yes, but reading and comprehending the signs would be helpful, too. AngryOldDem Oct 2013 #110

They read and comprehend the signs just fine. Mariana Oct 2013 #112

People look so silly when they smoke I can't even stand to look at them Zorra Oct 2013 #21

I'm sorry you lost your mom. Smoking like many other things is an addiction. I myself am addicted liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #23

Your sugar addiction doesn't blow sugar into other people's lungs. pnwmom Oct 2013 #27

Yes you appear to be just overflowing with compassion Dragonfli Oct 2013 #36

I am a person with asthma pnwmom Oct 2013 #70

Same could be said of drivers whose emissions are far greater and pose an exponentially higher Dragonfli Oct 2013 #73

Auto-emissions in my city are far LESS of a risk to my health than working with pnwmom Oct 2013 #74

If auto emissions were less of a health risk than cigarette smoke as you arbitrarily claim Dragonfli Oct 2013 #76

You example is completely beside the point. The point is that pnwmom Oct 2013 #78

Interesting study, all about just particles, the weather is cool today so there is no climate change Dragonfli Oct 2013 #82

People enjoy hating people, God I hate people like that! (bad joke sorry, but true about the hate) Dragonfli Oct 2013 #31

AMEN to the Nth Degree Dragonfli Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #34

+1 nt Live and Learn Oct 2013 #49

I wonder if people are hard-wired to have to feel superior to other people. nt raccoon Oct 2013 #66

I believe it may be yet another unfortunate remnaint of a hard wired primate psychology Dragonfli Oct 2013 #67

Your reponses don't seem cynical at all. Zorra Oct 2013 #75

That woman on the bus is lucky I wasn't the driver. Brigid Oct 2013 #88

Actually, the woman must have realized she was making a huge fool out of herself, Zorra Oct 2013 #99

I've been around addictions of all kinds most of my life. Zorra Oct 2013 #44

I do understand it is not always easy to have compassion for addicts. My sister in law is a liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #48

My mother and father both died because of smoking. RebelOne Oct 2013 #30

I know several people who never smoked, yet they died, too. Go figure. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #35

I am a smoker, but I always obey No Smoking signs. n/t RebelOne Oct 2013 #29

Cigar smoke is nasty too. I hate that smell even more than cigarettes. Dash87 Oct 2013 #37

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #38

I like the ones that smoke outside a hospital emergency ward graywarrior Oct 2013 #43

"The saddest thing that I'd ever seen were smokers outside the hospital doors" Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #53

Yay! The smoking thread! Earth_First Oct 2013 #54

YUCK to cigars, cigarettes, and heavy perfume/cologne... Owl Oct 2013 #58

apparently we're all nazis for wanting to breath air without toxins, allergens, and carcinogens unblock Oct 2013 #60

You should call 911 when that happens. MineralMan Oct 2013 #62

. arthritisR_US Oct 2013 #80

yeah I hate intaking some one elses cig also gopiscrap Oct 2013 #81

They'd tell you that being out in the rain would put their cigarettes out Warpy Oct 2013 #83

Uh-oh, Brigid. Now you've done it. You're going to piss off the smokers in GD. Aristus Oct 2013 #84

. . . Brigid Oct 2013 #87

How are you holding up so far? Aristus Oct 2013 #95

Bring 'em on. Brigid Oct 2013 #97

That's the spirit! Aristus Oct 2013 #98

Yeah, you smoking Cha Oct 2013 #100

Gotta love the addicts defending their addiction in threads like these. nt RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #86

When you observe someone breaking the law Mariana Oct 2013 #93

oh jeez riverwalker Oct 2013 #102

Didn't you get the memo? AngryOldDem Oct 2013 #106

^^^THIS^^^ Aristus Oct 2013 #125

Calling someone stupid isn't an effective way of changing behavior taterguy Oct 2013 #109

It's disgusting! LukeFL Oct 2013 #111

Dear inhuman jerks: Provide a separate shelter for people who have Fawke Em Oct 2013 #114

Probably not pipi_k Oct 2013 #118

I'll take that bet wercal Oct 2013 #134

Ah, yes -- police calls. Brigid Oct 2013 #139

I never understood wercal Oct 2013 #140

if you're in illinois, wait for the bus inside a bar datasuspect Oct 2013 #116

Once upon a time... Javaman Oct 2013 #119

So yeah, let's get a pissed off cop to beat the shit out of the smokers! Bake Oct 2013 #121

Ah, these people never actually call the cops. Mariana Oct 2013 #128

they're too afraid of their own shadow to do anything else. datasuspect Oct 2013 #133

I love the smell of tobacco mokawanis Oct 2013 #126

I love the smell of my methane/sulphur farts. Bucky Oct 2013 #136

I hereby dub thee . . . Brigid Oct 2013 #138