Cosmo
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your all saying problems after excesive drink, Im not arguing that. I mean drinking in moderation which does nothing.
Compared to smoking one or two fags which could cause these problems.
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Robin
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yeah, I agree Cosmo, smoking is worse than drinking in moderation.
the thing is though, giving up is hard (i did it twice) and people say 'just stop' but it's not that easy, you don't get people saying that to alcoholics, or heroin addicts 
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Cosmo
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I would, and a quick slap round the back of their heads aswell.
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John
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Its easy for all the addicts.
You just go cold turkey for a few days and thats it.
They are all just weak.
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LeeM
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i quit all the time, but like i said i cant when im at college and i get stressed enough anyway,but can chill with a cig
mates get stressed and chill by goin pub but u cant really finish an assignment when ure half cut canya
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Its easy for all the addicts.
You just go cold turkey for a few days and thats it.
They are all just weak.
yeah thats right, all these rehab centres for addictions all round the world are useless, we'll just send u to tell em to "just stop"
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Jules S
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To be honest cosmo, if you drank in a pub with a half decent air extraction system you would probably be in less danger than standing at a zebra crossing in rush hour.
What pisses me off is people who moan about about the smell of smoke....sure im biased, but if i go out on the piss I usually smell of kebab in the morning. Either that or the puke from the bloke he threw up over me in the kebab queue*
*generalising, but I get fed up of binge drinkers puking and me treading in it 
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Jules S
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
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Originally posted by John
Its easy for all the addicts.
You just go cold turkey for a few days and thats it.
They are all just weak.
yeah thats right, all these rehab centres for addictions all round the world are useless, we'll just send u to tell em to "just stop"
He has the right idea though.
Don't start.
He would be telling a different story if he had started smoking.
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Robin
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that's the key, starting is the mistake.
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LeeM
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yeah, but anyone who smokes here im guessing we all started young due to some form of peer pressure?
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Cosmo
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yeah but smoking is cool, so even though you see all the shit it does to you while at school people still start smoking!
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John
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Would have to be peer pressure and the hardest thing in the world to quit.
Boo hoo.
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Jules S
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Would have to be peer pressure and the hardest thing in the world to quit.
Boo hoo.
Raise the age limit to 21+ gets my vote.
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Robin
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I didnt start smoking because it was cool.
I started smoking because I was massively stressed with the stuff going on at the same time as my exams.
BUT, the bonus was, I did look cool 
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LeeM
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well when your young you dont realise how bad it is or how hard its going to be to quit!
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John
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Smoking probably didn't de stress you until you started smoking and needed a smoke for the nicotine though.
I have never heard of starting smoking to stop stress.
Asda have stopped selling them to under 18's and everybody else is following suit afaik.
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Jules S
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
I didnt start smoking because it was cool.
I started smoking because I was massively stressed with the stuff going on at the same time as my exams.
BUT, the bonus was, I did look cool
Poor excuse Rob.....most people just bite their nails
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LeeM
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Originally posted by John
Smoking probably didn't de stress you until you started smoking and needed a smoke for the nicotine though.
I have never heard of starting smoking to stop stress.
Asda have stopped selling them to under 18's and everybody else is following suit afaik.
i dont sit stressing about needing a fag, there are other things that cause stress and thats what it helps with
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Robin
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I do that anyway. (bite my nails.)
It's not a poor excuse anyway it's the reason I started.
I shouldn't have done though, and I agree with raising the age limit.
[Edited on 07-11-2006 by Robin]
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John
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I might be wrong here but I can't see how you can go from sitting there being stressed and thinking i'll start smoking.
I know when you're a smoker you think it stops the stress but how does a non smoker think that starting will stop the stress?
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LeeM
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i'd agree with a think21 scheme, i remember i could buy fags when i was 14, never had a problem gettin served
scheme like that wouldnt help me but would stop younger kids startin
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Robin
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because my parents both smoked John, it's their fault, they smoked when they were stressed, so I immediately thought to do it.
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John
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Ahh thats how you linked it.
I thought I had missed out on some massive thing about non smokers starting smoking to relieve stress.
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Robin
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nope. it's a prime case to blame the parents tbh
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Jules S
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There is a darker issue here though.
Let's not forget that the age of these people snuffing it are generally people who smoked non filtered cigarettes. They were also exposed to any number of carcinogenics in their lifetime.
These people get conveniently looped into the 'lung cancer' goverment spin on the smoking figures quoted....
PS had a glass or 5 of wine tonight, not going to lose sleep over it 
My spelling might suffer though
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