Posted on 07/24/2023 8:01:34 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Today I became nostalgic for a smell. You wake up on top of the covers in your underwear, and through the gloaming of your bedroom, through the smug pint of water, through the angst and exhaustion and joy and regret that comes from five hours in a nightclub and two hours on the wrong bus home, there is some bitter relief in the smell of smoke on your hair. That smell! Like barbecued teenagers and pepper and beer, almost lovely, pleasantly vile, a kind of lovebite memory, bruised on the throat in passion. That smell. It all seems quite mad now, the idea that people smoked, not just inside, but underground, in windowless rooms. Though I suppose so much seems mad to me about young fun still: come out, drink until you’re sick, it’ll be a laugh! …
When I read the news that smoking was coming back, I thought: that smell. Then I thought: of course. The wellness era is truly at its end, celery water pooling under the door, hot yoga cooled down to a single tepid pilate. In a recent exchange with another artist, David Hockney wrote, “I too am BORED with WELLNESS. The concept seems ridiculous and too bossy for me, I’m still smoking, and ENJOYING it ENORMOUSLY.” His cigarette set off a fire alarm at the launch of his latest exhibition…
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But the problem with our major shift away from smoking was, while they could persuasively prove that it killed people, they were unable to convince anyone that cigarettes were not cool. This fact, I’m afraid, has come back to bite us.
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They already have their fredom to smoke, but the blindness to the destructive nature of smoking is staggering.
I guess they are glad that more people will end up with COPD and lung cancer and other cancerscigarette smoking causes.
If they want to celebrate freedom to smoke, it isn’t by celebrating more people destroying their health. It would be celebrating the repeal of laws that restrict smoking. THAT means more freedom.
I smoke cigars about once a month. I do it in the backyard or when I'm mowing, and it's always away from other people. Somehow I don't feel oppressed; maybe that's just me. Cigarette smokers sound like snowflakes, always looking to be offended.
But to the point about pollution from cars, if someone is huffing carbon monoxide from their tail pipe on a running vehicle several feet away from you in a restaurant, then yes, it would be wise for you to say "stay the hell away from me."
...places like hospitals can have designated smoking (and many did, UNTIL the Karen’s of,the world complained that they could,smell smoke,once in awhile if the wind was just right- so they banned that too)
Good. The idea that you cigarette addicts can't put your addiction on hold for time spent in a HOSPITAL of all places just proves that you're not to be treated seriously. Do hospitals need a designating drinking section for the alcoholics who can't go an hour without a drink, or a designated weed smoking lounge too?
Should we bring smoking back on commercial flights so everyone in the fuselage can breathe cancer fumes?
To all of it, good riddance. Take your filthy addictions elsewhere.
And if you care at all about your body, please take steps to stop smoking poison.
” Suborning young people to start smoking makes them slaves to a deadly addiction. “
Your entire post is a sissified nanny State that thinks it knows what is good for people. Might as well say the government can set your bed time. What a liberal!
It’s cute how you attached smoking to almost every vice and the attendant collateral damage under the sun.
It IS curious that you left off misplaced arrogance. Maybe you believe that’s genetic.
Thanks for the fun. Have a good day!
“If they want to celebrate freedom to smoke, it isn’t by celebrating more people destroying their health. It would be celebrating the repeal of laws that restrict smoking. THAT means more freedom.”
That is exactly our point. Getting rid of restrictive laws doesn’t mean no information available for people to make their own choices. It doesn’t mean private businesses like restaurants cannot ban smoking, or you ban smoking from your home. It means tobacco companies cannot censor the information and even get the government to help them do that.
Guns kill 35,000 people each year, so you would also be for banning those dangerous devices. You might want to change your fake screen name.
Reagan, smoker.
Rush Limbaugh: Smoker.
Ban cars, too. Cars kill 45,000 people each year. Gotta save lives.
We also expect to see your each morning at 5:30am at the public exercise yard to perform your exercises. It’s good for you.
Switched to jelly beans.
“If you are destitute enough to be living in public housing, you don’t need to be wasting your money on cigarettes.”
Listen to yourself—you sound like that dedicated non-smoker Adolph.
Keith Richards, smoker
Zen’s fascists will control you
Hundred percent natural
You will jog for the master race
And always wear the happy face
He actually quit a few years ago.
Smart
Sort of.
Some of the posts here remind me of the wonderful David Horowitz quote:
“Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”
We seem to have some conservatives with the same issue.
“Keith Richards, smoker”
That man is invited to my funeral, whenever that is. He’ll be around.
We’ve taken care of everything
The words you hear, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It’s one for all and all for one
We work together, common sons
Never need to wonder how or why
Look around at this world we’ve made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the brotherhood of man
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