LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:I agree, youvedonewhat. I honestly can hardly even be friends w/ smokers b/c of what smoking has done to my family. I know it sounds judgemental, but I think smoking is one of the most selfish things people can do and I'm sorry if that's mean, but personal experience has left me very angry and bitter about this topic. My grandpa smoked well into adult-hood and it took FOUR massive heart attacks, the last one leaving him comatose and requiring a huge surgery, before he finally quit. He really doesn't deserve to be alive after all he's done to his body. My dad is well on his way. He's been smoking since his late teens, is 49 now and has already had 2 tumors removed. One was a little one on his back, but the other was a huge one from his neck under his left ear. It was very risky, many people lose nerve function and can't even smile after this surgery but my dad is one lucky bastard! And that tumor was at LEAST ten years ago now so he was only 39 at the oldest. My mom is really starting to get on him about it, b/c if he keeps up, he will become a vegetable and then we'll be stuck having to decide whether to keep him on tubes or let him go.
Anyway, enough about that. Personally, I just can't handle smoking, period. It's so terrible I can't imagine why anyone would even smoke "casually" (which is a term I don't agree with...you either smoke, or you don't). It's not the same as drinking either b/c drinking can be beneficial, smoking only destroys lives and families.
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:I think smoking is one of the most selfish things people can do
VicksSs said:
I totally agree on that! I ahte smoking too, both my parents do smoke and EVERYTHING in this house has that awful smell, plus, the health problems, most important of all.
I'm very sorry about your family, and I'm glad you got to realise how harmful it can be. Being a teenager, I consider that it sucks that lots of ppl who I know only smoke because it is cool socially, ppl who judge you by you being a smoker or not should really get a brain, is really really stupid. And worst of all, then you can't get rid of the nasty habit!!
BonosBaby12 said:Admire and love Bono a great deal but I really wish he would get rid of this nasty habit completely. There is nothing good that comes out of smoking!
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:
Same here. I mean, it doesn't make me like him less, b/c everyone has their faults. I don't need to drink 4 cans of mountain dew everyday. What really irks me is when people joke about him or others smoking or try to justify it by using the "casual" or "social" smoker labels. Chain smoker, pack-a-day, casual, social....either way, you're inhaling black tar into your body and then blowing it out and everyone else around you. That is sick.
BonosBaby12 said:Ive lost relatives also to illnesses caused from smoking. My father was a heavy smoker from the time he was a teenager up until 2000. Back in the 80's he suffered a very bad heart attack from smoking and now has emphysema. What really irritates the hell out of me is to see pregnant women smoking or anyone smoking around children. That right there just makes my blood boil! Admire and love Bono a great deal but I really wish he would get rid of this nasty habit completely. There is nothing good that comes out of smoking!
Bono caught smoking in his own hotel
Bono has been ticked off for smoking a cigarette - in his own hotel.
The U2 singer was entertaining the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the Clarence Hotel in Dublin when he lit up.
Staff and friends asked him to stub it out - even though the singer and his U2 bandmates own the hotel.
"It was the wee small hours," Bono said. "I was in the company of people from out of town who didn't know about the ban and for a moment nor did I.
"I was quickly reminded by the staff and a few friends. I apologised then and I apologise now."
Ireland passed strict new anti-smoking laws earlier this year outlawing smoking in public places.
Dismantled said:
I totally agree with you........
except there is one good thing that came out of smoking
and its this pic
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but smoking is nasty and he should quit