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Are cigars as unhealthy as cigarettes, or are they both equally unhealthy.

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree on this topic!

I puff like a magic dragon. I am not averse to dying or to being the cause of my own death. I enjoy smoking and am glad to have a small stress reliever. I enjoy the smell of tobacco smoke, though I have been told I do not 'smell like a smoker' from people who have just learned that I smoke.

I have quit smoking several times. The physical symptoms of withdrawal are annoying for a few days (okay, nearly unbearably annoying) but the mental craving lasts longer than nicotine withdrawal. I always come back after a few months, with no regret.

Oh, and the greatest joy of smoking comes from creating my own little packet of hand-rolled, organic, additive-free indulgence! When I can make the trip downtown to the tobacconist, it's rollies all the way for me. Sometimes, after a long day, I'll roll in a little greenery too. Light it up!

I have tried a cigarette, a cigar, a joint, some weird Iranian tobacco from a pipe (all whilst very drunk), just once, and they were all awful . I have no reason to try these again.

I used to be a smoker - for about 10 years, and smoked 20 per day.

I've been smoke-free for 6 months - no cravings, no willpower required, and no way I'm ever smoking again

If any of you smokers want to quit I highly recommend Easyway.
The books are as little as 1p from Amazon, although I some aspies/autistic folk may find it works better in one of their clinics which cost a bit but it's cheaper than smoking and there's a money back guarantee (I got the method, but it didn't kick-in for me until I attended one of their clinics). No willpower, no nicotine replacement, and it's around 90% effective - after trying EVERYTHING to quit this worked straight away, total freaking miracle! I bought a few of the books for friends and they're now smoke-free too. And no, I don't work for them

I'm still a supporter of smokers rights - I'm anti-smoking but pro-smokers.
People forget smokers are victims of an addiction (not a habit), one that you have to work so hard in maintaining while it takes so much from you, not just your health and money - I personally also think it's worse for ASD people as it can increase anxiety to boot. It was once socially acceptable, it's largely government supported given money made in taxes and how little is done to help smoker quit v's what is done to encourage smokers to continue smoking, and no one ever chose to become a nicotine addict...that first smoke is so disgusting you think you will never become addicted so it's safe to try another, before you know what's happening you're hooked.

Do you know what day smokers will smoke most on?
National no-smoking day.

Seriously, the idea of giving up an addiction makes you panic, makes you anxious and stressed, and what does a nicotine addict do when they are panicked, anxious and stressed? Reach for a pack of cigarettes of course - so nagging doesn't work.

No smoker enjoys smoking - what the hell is there to enjoy?
Non-smokers have to try to explain why smokers smoke, it's hard for them to understand why smokers continue to smoke when they know it's bad for them, and smokers have to justify it to themselves to remain smokers, it's part of the trap of nicotine addiction. Smokers know it's bad for them, they're not idiots and don't need non-smokers pointing it out to them as if they are idiots - nothing worse than lighting up to someone saying "That's bad for you ya know" - "Nooooo, REALLY??! Hell all this time I thought it was GOOD for me! How stupid am I?! Thank you for teaching me the error of my ways oh wise one...can you also clarify something to me oh sage; laying down in front of a bus, bad idea right?"

*steps off soap box*

Smoking is awful. It doesn't help you fit in because most people don't smoke--even teenagers. It doesn't make you look cool unless you think rotten teeth look cool. It can cause heart and lung disease.

I absolutely hate it, as do my three brothers. I'd even go as far as saying I have a phobia, I feel sick to even say or write the word 'cigarette' or even touch a pack.

It's awful and I hate it. But, I've done it a few times drunk.