"Aspies don't smoke"

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I hate it and never saw the point in starting a drug that has no high whatsoever, but I guess I can't judge. I've made plenty of stupid mistakes in the past; I'm just glad that was never one of them. As for whether Aspies are any less likely to smoke than NTs, I honestly have no idea.

I know two people with AS that smoke marijuana and three that smoke cigarettes. Myth busted. But yeah, I could see people with AS being less likely to try it.

I happen to agree with dunbots. I laughed when my mom thought I was smoking at school because she smelled it on my clothes. Seriously, my mission in life is not to impress people, especially those who think its cool to slowly kill yourself. Just because everybody else smokes out here doesn't mean that I do. Hell, I already stick out in many ways, what more is another one?

Meh. While I dislike smoking and it worries me that a lot of people I know do it, technically we are all slowly killing ourselves just by living.

I'm guessing less of us do than NTs because we're logical and don't tend to give in to peer pressure, but I'm also quite certain that there are at least some Aspies who do smoke.

I have several proponents, so ha!

As ashamed as I am to admit it; I smoked for awhile when I was in my late teens/early 20s. I came from a smoker family, and I guess I thought it was a mature thing to do, and I also thought it would be an anti-nerdly thing. Stupid is in fact what it was! I quit cold turkey one day, and never looked back. For the past 20 years, I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke. There aren't words in the English language with which I can describe how much better my life is, with no smokers in my circle of friends or family. I feel healthier and more active now at 44 than ever in my life, and I stopped getting colds and flu, and I got into fitness & bodybuilding much more strongly (pun intended), than when I was younger.

Anybody who smokes, is making a very very sad mistake in judgement, and I hope for their sake that they can do what I did, and I wish them the same feeling of youth and health that comes with quitting forever!

Charles

That's correct, I don't.

But then again, there are millions of Aspies...

My sense of judgement has been piss poor in the past and still is a lot of the time today. I am certain many many Aspies smoke because not all of them consider the consequences.

Would be interesting to see statistics on the habbits of Aspies compared to NT people. (if NT really exists lol)

I have to agree with you there, smokers (I'm unfortunately included in that demographic), are addicts. I may have been stupid to start in the first place, but I'm not too stupid to realise the consequences.

I think it's very easy for non smokers to say "give up", or "why don't you give up if you know what it's doing to you?"; it really isn't that easy, particularly like me when you have very little will power!

I grew up with parents who smoked (hated the smell, hated the idea of what it was doing to them) and vowed NEVER to smoke myself. I saw people in my school smoking in the back of the bus at the age of 16/17 and wasn't interested in joining their rebelious, 'cool', 'in crowd' habit. But when I went to Uni, things changed, I recall someone sticking one in my mouth when I'd had a few drinks and the next morning I bought my first pack, I still to this day don't know why.

I wasn't necessarily trying to fit in (but I suppose there was an element of it at the time), but it was more to do with having something to do with my hands if I was out at night, or having somewhere to go when there was the dreaded 'break' during the lectures rather than sitting alone or trying to strike a conversation with someone.

Although I am most definitely addicted, I still use it as a tool to get out of situations I feel uncomfortable in, or as a 'comfort blanket' to hide my awkwardness when I don't know what to do with myself!

So, I am another Aspie who smokes!

It does have a high. If you've never smoked, a few puffs should make the room *spin*. Seasoned smokers lose that effect, but instead gain nicotine withdrawl, which is near the top end of stressful situations. Smoking is popular with those who feel powerless because it gives you the ability to do something about the biggest stress in your life for much cheapness. It is quite popular around mental hospital patients, and I think that is the reason.

It may be a false economy, because you do end up keeping taking a drug that reinforces your dependence on it, and you are more stressed as a smoker than you would be as a non-smoker, but despite that, it's a trap many fall into

On another thread called "What's Your Opinion on Smoking," a lot of Aspies actually said that they smoked. On that thread, it seemed like Aspies are just as likely to smoke as NTs.

LMAO I know. These same people think we're some sort of super rational cyborgs too and have an annoying douchey attitude. Aren't sweeping generalizations considered a logical fallacy? I smoke cigarettes and weed. I must be an irrational sheep

That's what it seems like to me.

I guess I'm not unique enough. Perhaps I should write with my left hand just to spite the conformist majority

I smoke ciggerettes and have smoked cannabis and that type of tobacco you smoke from a hookah it tastes delicious....The knowledge that smoking can cause damage does not decrease my desire to smoke if anything it increases it. I mean I have no desire to strech out my life any.