[Lou Foxwell]

Now, finally, a topic I can get smoked about. I quit smoking cigarettes about 30 years ago but have been smoking cigars for about 4 months, one a day, good quality hand rolled Fuentes. My current favorite is Gran Reservo.
There is an emotional satisfaction in smoking that goes well beyond nicotine's addictive nature. Part of that satisfaction is akin to punching certain puritans in the nose. Another aspect is the pure enjoyment of a fine cigar.
There are lots of ways to kill oneself. Determining one's destiny should remain sacrosanct in a free society. There is nothing high minded or superior about those who condemn others for their personal choices. I would much rather work alongside the smokers I know than the prissy prudes who wrinkle their noses at a whiff of tobacco smoke. Anti-this-that-and-the-other-thing zealots must be made outcasts. Getting their noses out of joint by smoking a cigar has become a joyously serendipitous pastime.

[Aquinasfan]

There is an emotional satisfaction in smoking that goes well beyond nicotine's addictive nature. Part of that satisfaction is akin to punching certain puritans in the nose.

LOL!

[SheLion]

I would much rather work alongside the smokers I know than the prissy prudes who wrinkle their noses at a whiff of tobacco smoke. Anti-this-that-and-the-other-thing zealots must be made outcasts. Getting their noses out of joint by smoking a cigar has become a joyously serendipitous pastime.

heheh!  High Five!!!

[muawiyah]

Nothing more politically or socially disgusting than a prissy prude who sniffs her nose at smokers as she dismounts from her V8 powered SUV.

[Melinda in TN]

I love the smell of a good cigar or pipe but my condition (see post #4) doesn't allow me to sniff. LOL Some of my favorite childhood memories are of helping my grandfather roll his own Bugler cigarettes. Of course at that time, we didn't know why I was so sick when around the smoke.

I think it should be a personal choice and not a ban by the government. I mean, where does it stop? Things like that should be left up to the people, business owners and patrons.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Part of that satisfaction is akin to punching certain puritans in the nose.

The only thing between me and your taking Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to the hospital is this cigarette.

[RedStateRocker]

I am taking a bit of joy in watching the same fascists who suggest or support drug testing for weed or coke now being weeded out because of their nicotine habit (Don't indulge in anything but think there should NEVER be allowed any testing for substance use nor it it the slightest business of any employer what someone does after quitting time); now I've seen one of those 'old guard' worried that HE may lose his job for smoking cigs.

[gidget7]

"There is an emotional satisfaction in smoking that goes well beyond nicotine's addictive nature. Part of that satisfaction is akin to punching certain puritans in the nose. Another aspect is the pure enjoyment of a fine cigar." Come on now Lou, you know you are suppose to use psychiatrist prescribed drugs that have more dangerous side effect than smoking does, for that !!

[Mears]

"Determining one's destiny should remain sacrosanct in a free society"

Truer word were never spoken.

This seems to be lost on all of the nannies who want to take care of us.

It drives me nuts!