It was behind their backs. I was a latch key kid. And don't ever talk shit about my parents again...got it?
OK. Let's clear this up right now. I did smoke at eight. I was not a chain smoker at eight. I smoked like a cigarette or two a week - maybe a few more sometimes. I don't want to hear anymore ignorant posts about terrible parents or you'll see a mushroom cloud up in here...I just wanted to contribute a breif snippet and help to those who want to quit; not defend my family. ...and you know what else, I had friends who smoked that early too...and so on and so on. It's not that unusual...really. Ever seen bad news bears? That pretty much sums up the seventies in my town. [edit]Oh, sorry dcristo I didn't answer your question. A latch key kid was someone who saw themselves to and from school and took care of themselves while both parents worked. Hence, plenty of free time.
OK, sorry MC. I have kids that age and I'd be horrified if they'd even had the opportunity to smoke - let alone did it regularly enough that in 20 years they might say "I smoked at 8". When I was growing up there were plenty of "latch key kids" with parents who chain smoked. The kids didn't though.
I accept your apology. Did I mention that when you quit you get REALLY EDGY Sorry to the OP. I didn't mean to hijack your thread with my life story. I'm done now...
Didn't have the money for it when I was younger, and now that I do, I just think it's a pointless waste of money, so never got into it. Luckily.
SMoking is weill, uhhhh, horrible. I don't mind smoking while I'm having a few drinks but Ii regret it afterwards. Plus it slows you down.
Smokers support the economy by paying all that tax. "If you saved all the money the average smoker spends on cigarettes, you could buy a new car every year." I guess it stands to reason, then, that we non-smokers are polluting the planet with our new cars, while the dirt-poor smokers walk to work each day.
I've never smoked, although when I was pregnant I craved cigarettes...odd... I don't like smelling of them when I go out and because my ex smoked like a chimney, my kid ended up in hospital with breathing difficulties so that didn't make it appeal much to me either. Most of my friends smoke and I'm not fussed - I only object when it's near my kid or someone does it when I'm trying to eat - I think it's so rude to have smoke blown all over you when you are trying to enjoy a meal. Mind you, a couple got in trouble over here in the UK for smoking in their own homes when a neighbour complained about the smell drifting into her house next door...that is taking things a bit too far, IMO
I started smoking some six years back. I started with one cigarette and now I smoke 2 every day , regularly . I never buy a full pack . I have this notion that 2 cigs a day will hardly effect my health . What do u say ?
Anybody can he just needs to know that he can. My friend used to smoke 3 packs a day now he quit. Anyone can do it! - Prilep
i dont like smoking and hates the smell of it! a case may be that date of birth is Feb 29 and only birthdays a re couted to get the age!!
Did you guys hear about the Harvard study released recently that found that amount of nicotine is rising in cigarettes in US? http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/18/nicotine.study.reut/index.html
I heard about that. I also remember hearing that makers put gunpowder (or equivalent) to make cigarettes burn faster and to the butt. In 1996, I tried to make a nicotine gum after trying the original nicorette. It tasted like road apples. I went pretty far with it - all the way to the FDA where I was basically called the antichrist for proposing the idea. I wonder how much tobacco money made it's way to the FDA to push the acceptable levels of nicotine up in the average cig?
Now that's a story I'd be interested in hearing more about. The innovator and entrepreneur should be supported and not quashed by Government and Government should not be silenced by business. I read a story years ago about PowerBars and the struggle they had to get through the FDA. Something about how to be classed as a food a person has to be able to survive on it for 30 days (The premise behind the McD docos I guess). I've no doubt you could survive on them for so long but as much as I love them after an event (all soft and warm and chewy from being down your sports bra) you wouldn't want them as a solid diet. Anyway they had to tweak the formula to enable their classification as a "food". I've no doubt such compromises happen every day, but when you criticise a product for not meeting expectations how much is due to FDA / Patent / Standards requirements and how much is a flaw in the product?
I hate the people who smokes especially when their smoke sticks into your body like in your hair or in your clothes!!!... ahhh, i really hate that!.. but I'm happy and proud to those people who have survived and quits smoking...