Posted on 01/28/2005 1:50:34 PM PST by SheLion
This may seem wierd. But here goes. I am not a smoker. I sort of smoked (non chain, sporadic) for a few years in my late teens and early 20s then stopped cold turkey (I had never been addicted). All of my life, I have actually somewhat enjoyed second hand smoke. Especially when someone first lights up, I love that smell and I always have, ever since I was a toddler. Anyhow, for what it's worth. I guess I am just a natural, non smoking appreciator of tobacco! LOL ... :=)
I always thought someone was attempting to blow smoke.
The confirmation is great!
~cough~
-unc.
The tiniest unhealthy reddish-browning of the tiny blood vessels in her skin, are so remarkable, they are a warning, yet go unnoticed.
Interesting statistic: 9 out of 10 people who buy cigarettes at gas filling stations, are women; and among them, most do that buying on their way home from work; and after that, on their way out for the evening.
Tragic.
I love second hand smoke. I don't smoke often because my husband throws a fit if I smoke. So I am stuck with just enjoying second hand smoke. I LOVE IT~! I go to my favorite liquor store, Peter's Cut Rate in Angleton TX, just because everyone who works there smokes and I love the experience. Call me crazy... I don't mind.
i agree...i have always loved the smell of tobacco
My father was a cigar/tobacco salesman when I was growing up. We used to sneak little cigars off his van and take them out in the woods to smoke them, my girlfriends and I did that. hee hee hee
You are right, you can tell a smoker, especially female, by her facial skin. It discolors the face and causes deep ugly wrinkles. That is true. I can spot a smoker from a mile away, after they are a certain age. And they do develop a terrible cough/hack.
Keep up the good work!!!!....Bob
I am the SAME way about cigar smoke. I've never smoked but mi abuelo (mom's dad) smoked Cuban cigars and in a funny way, cigar smoke reminds me of how when I was a kid we would visit my grandparents during the summer. My grandma would make enough food to feed an army and grandpa taught me how to play chess and how to follow sports on TV, especially baseball.
I have been trying for years to explain to non-smokers that the cigarette smoke they breathe is so dilute it couldn't possibly cause the kind of health risks the EPA maintains.
Smoking may be annoying and obnoxious to nonsmokers, and may cause some physical discomfort to asthmatics and those who are allergic, but it's dangers are highly exxaggerated.
#11 author Hostel's wife, FR screen name Severa
(That's what I get for not paying attention *s*)
Someone should contact the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, The National Cancer Institute, the British Medical Journal, the Environmental Health Information Service, and the Surgeon General's office, because they've all been wrong on second hand smoke. It's about time they hear the 'truth.'
They are the folks who distorted the science in the first place and they knew damn well what they were doing at the time. Maybe they did it with "good intentions" but the long term damage they do to science and their credibility far outweighs any good they could be doing.
The "boy who cried wolf" syndrome sets in.
The only reason I don't smoke around non-smokers (until or if they say it's okay) is out of mere courtesy, not because I think it's dangerous to them.
Heck, I sit in non-smoking sections when out to eat, because I don't like having smoke wafting in my face when I'm trying to eat.
Funny that so many non-smokers can't be as polite with their own bad habit. Namely, nagging perfect strangers and shooting daggers with their eyes.
Bump for truth!
Yesterday marked my 2nd year without a cig, after 40 years of puffing.
Well, common sense is justified after all.
If you lived in some eastern states, they'd tax you anyway, for secondary benefits.
lol
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