Then post away. YOU tell me what I and others smokers need to know.

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i'm a non smoker now,i needed the fag money for my other addiction Hi-Fi,so
i understand smokers problems,my house is non smoking unless guests smoke,ashtrays are provided,here in ontario public buildings are all non smoking,but if you want to open a bar,when you apply for the liquor license you have to agree to sell at least three brands of cigarettes,hypocrisy from our bleeding heart liberal govenment

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you can alway's tell a limey,But Not Much


I'm so miserable with out you,

It's almost like having you here

I have been a smoker all my adult life. I feel like a second class citizen and if non-smokers (or reformed smokers worse yet) have their way, those of us that do smoke will have to resort to sneaking behind the barn like we did when we were kids. The current attitude towards smoking reminds me of the period leading up to prohibition (and we all know how well that went don't we). Tax me all you want. Over-taxing a substance like tobacco in an effort to get people to stop is just another way for the socialists in our society to try and get their claws into my life. I know it is killing me, I've seen the photographs and know it was one of the chief reasons my dad passed away some years back. I am an adult though and can make my own choices. If I want to smoke I will - just don't come into my life and try to regulate it with your values. My values work just fine for me and it is one of the vices I have in my life that I enjoy. Now when I am on my death bed suffering from some lung disease you can come and laugh at me and say I told you so - but until then, please leave me and my cigarettes alone thank you very much! Hope I didn't offend anyone, but I have some pretty strong opinions on the subject as you can tell. Thanks for the thread - just what the doctor ordered!

WI and Aqua seem to be the type of person that would go somewhere ie bar
for smokers,then complain that people are smoking in there

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you can alway's tell a limey,But Not Much


I'm so miserable with out you,

It's almost like having you here

No Nada NOT ON YOUR LIFE!

This thread is not about flaming anyone like that! This thread, though could turn into a venting thread, is not a place for comments like that. Aqua and WI are 2 of the many very understanding people I know here on Pixies and your comment is very unjustified!

blkcat - you don't like being pigeonholled into a certain stereotype because you smoke and those who do not smoke like it less. I, for one, would like to see you apologize to them both.

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A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

You obviously haven't read one single thing I've ever posted, but thanks for not letting that get in the way of judging me anyway.

PF - As I said before, I appreciated the content of this thread and was able to put it to good use. I objected to your vehement opposition to my entering. You all want to compare that to how a smoker feels? I don't think it's similar. It's more like having a family member slam the door on you when you show up for Thanksgiving Dinner.

I don't think this thread should be buried at all. I think it's a great idea and a great topic. I also think it's a useful tool.....yes lixy...I said "tool" . I said my piece and those who know me understand what I mean by it.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.