Lateralus

Nah, that's Benson and Hedges. And what a sexy packet it is.

Do they actually administer nicotene? If they help people stop smoking then that's good I suppose. I like the feeling of smoke in my throat though.

Just filters for cigarettes. I think rolling tobacco smells like homeless people. This question has more or less been answered already. I don't know if you didn't pick up on it or you're just trying to be smart. It would depend on the drug and the severity of addiction I suppose. If it was recreational use I would be a hypocrite if I recommended they stop. I would try to help them with a serious addiction. If I had an asthmatic friend I would voice my concerns about their smoking, but I don't think it would be my place to tell them to stop.

Can't say I've ever heard of them. I just enjoy a good Lambert. They're the no. 1 in the UK you know. :P

Why would you make an exception for a female? I should have explained the circumstances really I suppose. What I meant was I have a few female friends who after a few drinks too many might ask for a cigarette, but would never smoke otherwise. In that case, I wouldn't give them a cigarette. I don't have anything against females smoking, I quite like it sometimes actually.

Yes and no, I suppose. I don't regret starting at all. Not really sure how to answer this one, but it's not an absolute 'no'. Could you rephrase the first question? I'm not sure I understand. As for the second question, if a friend asks me for a cigarette I'll generally give it to them. There are some exceptions though, generally females. I'm not trying to justify anything. As far as I'm concerned this is a learning experience for me, and hopefully for others. There's no one on this forum I care to justify myself to. Lambert & Butler. Marlboro Lights if I can't get L&B.

Those are some tasty figures, but I don't assign monetary value to everything. I have enough money to do all the things I want to, and once I finish university I'll have a very well paying job which I can use to buy even more cigarettes if I'm still smoking. The 'looking 60 when you're 45' is very much a worst case scenario as well. My mother has smoked for since she was 16 and she's... 48 now (I think, haha), and much as it pains me to say it, the woman is a knockout. All the risks of smoking are possibilities, not absolute certainties. Yes, what I do is bad for my health, but I don't see why most non-smokers feel the need to convert me.

When I was about fourteen I used to smoke quite a lot of cannabis, and just ended up smoking cigarettes when I wasn't smoking that. I think having a mother and older brother who smoke as well was a big influence. I don't know whether or not I'll ever give it up. I think I read something like if you give up smoking before you're 30 you lose a lot of the health risks, so that's something to think about.

Because it's something I enjoy. Basically I just don't want to.

I don't really stress about anything, but I notice a self destructive streak in myself. I think the 'devil may care' sort of attitude is noticeable in a lot of smokers.

Booze.

I've toyed with the idea of quitting before for health reasons, but never went through with it because I just didn't want to really. I didn't notice any change in my sense of taste or smell, but I don't have any doubts that they've been affected. I spend around $5 a day on cigarettes.

Wow, someone has an agenda. Yes, I suppose I do consider the effects of passive smoking... Passively. Generally my actual consideration is not to expose people to a smell they don't like. I live in Scotland where smoking is banned in public buildings, so I'm almost always smoking outside. If I go to someone's house and the owner doesn't smoke, then I'll go outside to smoke. However, if I'm at a house where the owner smokes, then I'll smoke inside as well. Anyone else who enters the house knows the owner smokes and if they don't like it, they can leave.

Yes, definitely. That said though, there's still times when I go days without smoking. Last year I did the Tour du Mont Blanc and didn't smoke for over a week.

No more than usually. Once in the morning and once before bed. I haven't noticed my teeth being any less white than the average, but I know staining is inevitable. My teeth are going straight to hell anyway. Smoking, black coffee and an awful diet. Sigh. They raped my parents. This is my revenge. It's been retired really, maybe it'll return on a special ocassion.

I thought this would be an interesting topic, and as far as I know it shouldn't be a problem for mods. I know there's a lot of anti-smokers around here, but this topic is more for me than it is for them. I'm pretty pro-smoking and all that, and I really enjoy it, and I figure that if I'm posed questions about why I smoke, it'll help me to figure it out. So, basically I'll just answer any questions anyone wants to pose to a smoker - What brand I smoke, why I started - Whatever.

Agreed. I don't know what happened, and rules are rules, but this will only be detrimental to the community.

You can get 4 cans of lager from Sainsbury's for 88p, so there's never any excuse not to drink. Also, don't let the first thing you say to your female flatmate be a joke about her being a lesbian.

Political correctness, the death of the English language, and being stuck behind people who walk really slowly.

Well, considering we can track electrons and examine particles, um... :-s . That's not want I'm talking about. I'm talking about killing(or not killing) a cat in a box and then tracking how(if at all) the universe splits. I can't tell if you're quoting the analogy for people who know it or if you're just really mixed up. I know it is an analogy. I was simply using it as an example to show how conducting such a experiment to prove the existence of parallel universes is unpractical. The experiment just proves that photons can exist in superposition with themselves until observed. The parallel universe theory is just an idea about how.

Well, considering we can track electrons and examine particles, um... :-s . That's not want I'm talking about. I'm talking about killing(or not killing) a cat in a box and then tracking how(if at all) the universe splits. I can't tell if you're quoting the analogy for people who know it or if you're just really mixed up.

This is different again though. Richard Dawkins (I believe) coined the term Einsteinian God. When Einstein was talking about god he was just using it as a term for the governing forces and laws in the universe.

I stand by it.

I've been listening to Holst's Planets Suite a lot lately.

Been reading some Palahniuk?