Chronic smokers are bad. Even if your hot or sexy looking and smoking at the same time while you cough. That's nto sexy anymore.

I feel bad for people who look really nice and they end up holding that piece of rolled up tobacco in their mouths and it doesn't look good. ITs like an accessory that doesn't go with the dress lol.

I know its bad for your health and gives you major breath problems. So I make a pledge not to smoke. ANd even if i do it will only be second hand smoking. lol. but not like i wanted it.

Of course people who don´t smoke can get ugly and older, and all of that. There are lots of genetical, metabolical and environmental factors

Only because driving can result in your death doesn´t mean that people who doesn´t drive don´t die.

PS: I don´t smoke cigaretes because they taste awfully. I couldn´t get addicted to that.

Smoking doesn't necessarily give you bad skin but it does yellow your teeth which can make you look very unattractive. As for that lady, maybe she just has bad genes or is on an unhealthy diet.

Anyone who tries to say that smoking can be a good thing is stupid. Seriously. I mean, it's like arguing with a doctor.

I used to smoke, till I came to realise how amazingly stupid it was. Unless you've got something like severe Irritible Bowel Syndrome it has no positive aspects whatsoever. There is nothing good about it, only bad. Every cigarette you smoke takes 5 minutes off your life that will require one year of non-smoking to get back. 5 minutes might not seem like much until you add up all the cigarettes over your life and then it becomes a lot. I've known a lot of people who have died or are on their way out because of smoking. My sister and her partner smoke but only outside because they have children and yet I found my 4 year old niece (her daughter) alseep with mucus frothing out of her mouth from her lungs. Smokers (my sister included) always try to make excuses but that is all they are - excuses. Excuses make you feel better about something you know is wrong and you'd be hard pressed to find a smoker who doesn't know that smoking is bad. Stupidity, that's all it is.
Don't use the excuse that you're stressed - there are healthy alternatives like St John's Wort and B vitamins. Stop kidding yourselves - it IS harming you, you WILL die before you're meant to and it does NOT look cool, it looks revolting, breathing in toxic smoke.
The stupidity never ceases to astound me.

This post has been edited by Thorned Rose: Mar 16 2006, 10:39 PM

yes i am agree with u and it is true that smoking is bad for health. and it makes people ugly. it makes harm effects on body of humans. but it is also true that most of the Male and female models used to smoke for giving a good shape to their face and body. isnt right. even i smoke but not on regular basis. but occassionaly. now i am have dark circles. under my eyes. so i am trying to quit smoking. and can u tell me the proper medicare to remove this dark circle.

and i drink beer also. is that also bad for health for human body. but i dont think so. i think that smoking is more injurious for health then beer. because if beer gives harmfull effect then on the other hand it give good effect also . because it removes stones from the stomatch, it is useful in jondice. it is cold for the body. it makes ur body cool. so give me suggestion on drinking beer is helpful or harmful

Smoking is a disgusting habit. i work at the hospital and i see so many patients smoking outside the main entrance of the hospital. We recently introduced a smoking ban in the hospital premise but many people ignore this. very annoying indeed. Smoking INCREASES the risk of getting lung cancer etc.. It's really bad for your gums, skin, etc.. Why goes through all these health problems by smoking? I think it's pointless.
I saw a person who smoked 30 cigarettes a day and she was only 29 years old but she looked more like 40...
What's suprising is that i see medical and dental students smoking in the area too..... yet they are the ones who tell the patients to give up smoking....

Everybody says that... try not somking for 2 weeks, see if you'll still say it. Oh btw, if ever during those 2 weeks you feel a strong crave for a ciagarette (nevermind giving in to the crave) you are addicted.

This post has been edited by Blacklaser: Apr 18 2006, 02:16 AM

I've found the effects smoking has upon the body, though real, are exagerrated in the media. For example, relating to the topic. Though, with many cigarettes and many years, it has proven smoking can cause the skin to loosen, causing wrinkles, it is not as drastric as seen in the media. You see an anti-smoking commercial, and the smoker is this, old rinkled guy with sun spots and pale yellow skin. In reality, it's not so profound. I myself, am a smoke and do not deny the negative health effects it causes upon the body, but being underage, I'm more concerened by the fine given to those caught.

Though I have a question for you. I can't understand why you would go out of your way to name yourself 'nonsmoker' then create a thread about it. It seems as if your showing off the fact that you do not smoke.