All the above make it out that smoking is what life is worth living for
it clearly isnt.

I smoked for over 10 yrs, gave up (4 years ago).

If you believe that Smoking is an achivement in life, you wont be living much of a life in the first place.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 12:35, 2 replies)

No.
Just that it's one of life's pleasures, and pleasure is what life is worth living for (unless one is some kind of masochistic freak, in which case one needs to be shot).
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 13:06, closed)

You're fooling yourself if you believe that smoking is one of life's pleasures.

I get it, I know that having that first cigarette of the day, or the one after a meal, or the one after sex, feels pleasurable. It's not really, though. It's just getting you back to the state the rest of us are in all the time.

Smoking = your mind fucking with you, not pleasure.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 14:24, closed)

Fuck me
I'm tempted to start smoking again if it will prevent me becoming this hectoring.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 14:31, closed)

^What she said^
Jesus Christ - sanctimoniousness is never pretty.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 16:09, closed)

Thanks, AV.
I really needed that laugh. That ironic pot, kettle thing is hilarious.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 18:08, closed)

He's going to start banging on about letting the love of Jesus into your life in a minute.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 18:48, closed)

Pffft
You said "banging."
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 23:50, closed)

I have to agree with this.
I used to smoke because I got a buzz, then I smoked because it was something to do, then I realised I smoked because I was craving it. After giving up I've not missed it.
That said, I do li,e the taste of a cigar every now and again, and I have no problem with people smoking around me.
If you want to smoke, do it, but don't pretend for a second it really makes you feel better or that feeling like you need a cig every few hours means you're experiencing some kind of pleasure that non-smokers don't.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 17:52, closed)

I realise giving up smoking makes you feel great,
but it's fucking difficult, and I want to do it in my own time, not because someone with the world's most annoying voice keeps nagging me to do it.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 15:35, closed)