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So, a serious discussion. My opinions on knockoff titles aside. >_>

Smoking.

I smoke, some other people smoke, the government has decided(long a go) that second hand smoke should be controlled by it's hands rather than allowing private businesses to deal with their own turf.

Now, what are your views on smoking, other than "ew that's gross".
Now that you know I smoke irl, has your view of me changed?
Have you ever been friends with someone, found out they smoked, and then your view of them changed? Why do you think that is?

What's your view of smoking things other than tobacco(but not limited to weed)?
What are your views on second hand smoke, in general?
In regards to public and private domain?

What's your first impression of someone when you see them smoking?

Do YOU smoke?

Edit:

Why do you smoke, if you smoke?
Do you want to smoke? Why?
Why do you think other people smoke?

My opinions will come later. 3nodding

I used to have asthma, then I grew out of it. (Doctor said I was a lucky b*****d).

I found it rather funny that I know more people who have asthma and smoke than smoke and then got asthma.

Makes me wonder why they started smoking if they had asthma. 0.o;

I hope I read that right. 0.o;

Actually weed is rather beneficial, and in some states that have re-legalized it to be used as a prescription drug.

Smoking and Drinking don't really have any medicinal value, and could be considered as just huge big heaps of cancer(exceptions aside).

But as far as weed goes, I'm really sort of hypocritical. I'd never do weed, and I tend to look down on people who smoke it because it's illegal, period.

Then I found out more than 80% of my friends smoked it on a regular basis. Hell, I was friends with a few dealers in highschool. My view is, of course, slowly changing.

I'm unsure if I'll ever do weed. I used to say I never would, but now I don't know. I'd certainly never buy weed for myself, but actually smoking it could be a different story.

how so?

I learned I could get AIDS from kissing someone who was HIV+. School when addressing "morally wrong" concepts = not usually true.

Better than it used to be, but still pretty bad with their scare tactics.

Edit, but hell, I looked up for myself anyway. HEY LOOK.


Hell, there's an officially-recognized association for the benefits of Marijuana.
http://americanmarijuana.org/



Oh snap!
Looks like school was wrong.

Unfortunately,I think this is true as well.

Most smokers you ask about smoking will say not to start(that I have asked, and from 2nd-hand expierence) but at the same time, won't patronize you for wanting to try it.

I think smokers are nicer not because they smoke, but just because they're used to be having a thumb pushed down on them, and don't want to have that same "bad luck" fall on anyone else. Like how most gay people are really nice(that was a bad example).
Maybe it's because the government/others make smokers(and gay people) look really bad, so these people are nice so they don't make themselves look worse?

Regardless, you prove a good point. Especially about christians. But chrisitans are a topic for another thread.

There are more non-smokers out there who will walk by someone smoking and intentionally cough really loud, or be rude and say "Won't you put that OUT" when in most cases it doesn't even bother them at all.

Every smoker I know and have ever meant will always ask the people they're around before they light up if it's okay to light up. You go to a pretty much any other group that has some sort of addiction, they're not going to ask "Hey, is it okay if I force my views of [insert thing here] on you?"

For some reason I keep thinking of Native Americans when I think of smokers and their relationship to the government.

Government keeps pushing buttons and limiting what they can do, and the smokers just take it.

Only difference is, I don't see any thousand-dollar grants, scholarships, and tribe-owned reservations not applicable to US government for smokers any time in the future. :/

... This post probably made no sense. Sorry. D:

I don't smoke, mostly because I had severe asthma when I was little; it was really bad. Even now I sometimes have trouble breathing, especially when spring rolls around. Smoking would probably harm my health even further, so I don't want to risk it.

I have nothing against smokers. Most of them are really courteous and ask if it's okay before they light up. And when they do, they usually do it downwind so that the smoke won't blow into anyone's face. I have had a few bad experiences, though. One time I was walking behind someone, the smoke and ashes from their cigarette kept on lowing back into my face. He wouldn't stop or let me pass either, and he knew I was walking behind him.

I don't run into many people like that, though.

I don't care if people smoke, as long as they don't pose a threat to other people. I've only known a few smokers in my life, and while I wasn't fond of them (like my father or teachers) I didn't really hate them either.

I say, if people want to kill themeselves with smoking, it's their choice. But don't drag other people's health into it.

Frankly, though I don't talk to people I don't know, regardless of whether they smoke or not. I just avoid them.