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Yes
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No
63.3% (57)
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Gone Gonzo
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It wouldn't give you cancer or make you smell?

Pretty much, if it had no serious health effects.

***EDIT***

You still need to pay for cigarettes, thanks hazakura for pointing that out

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1646
Joined: 16 Nov 2008

If it did nothing to my health then yeah most likely i would.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 29 Aug 2008

If it had all of the above and was given out like you would give out free mints.

Yes.

Then I could save money for booze.

Press Junketeer
Posts: 394
Joined: 7 Mar 2008

I can only smoke if I've had some drinks, otherwise no, I don't like to smoke.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1662
Joined: 2 Nov 2008

If you took out all the health issues, sure, why not?

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1701
Joined: 7 May 2008

Na,I still wouldn't (Even if it didn't have major Health effects)Then It would be a waste of money for me.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2484
Joined: 24 Sep 2008

Why would I spend the money?

On the Record
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Joined: 9 Jul 2008

What's the point, even without health risks? No one's explained that to me.

Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 578
Joined: 9 Jul 2008

No. Too much money, too hard to quit, plus it smells horrible and if the taste is in any way similar I'd prefer vomiting as my personal pastime.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1061
Joined: 23 Dec 2008

Nope, now if they grew on tree that would be another story

On the Record
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Joined: 8 Nov 2008

Nope. It would still be addicting.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 25 May 2008

He didn't say all the health issues were taken out. You'd still get addicted to nicotine, which seems like a pretty serious health issue to me. Also cigarettes are still expensive, and I never liked the smell of them or felt the need to smoke them so why would I start now?

Copy Clerk
Posts: 125
Joined: 7 Nov 2008

I only smoke when i drink, makes it more enjoyable for me!

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 31 Jan 2008

Cigars

Booyah

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1492
Joined: 21 Dec 2007

This needs more awesome options like

Would you smoke:

If you had a healing factor like Wolverine?
If you were a vampire?
If this was a film noir/retro-future society?
If it made you able to fly temporarily (with cancer still though)?

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1587
Joined: 7 Dec 2008

Nope. Too expensive. I'll waste my money in WoW thank you (that is, if I were going to pick an addiction).

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 12 Sep 2008

zen5887:
Cigars

Booyah

4 inches of heaven. :P

BANNED
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Joined: 3 Jan 2009

i probably would it would be to addictive to stop

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 13 Jul 2008

How much would a pack per day cost?

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 12 Aug 2008

No. Waaay too much money would be spent.

Copy Clerk
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Joined: 7 Jan 2008

Considering I am TERRIBLY allergic to the stuff?

Umno.

Pulitzer Laureate
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Joined: 26 Jul 2008

zen5887:
Cigars

Booyah

I see your cigar and I raise you a PIPE!

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 31 Aug 2008

No because I don't see the enjoyment in it.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 25 Jun 2008

orannis62:
What's the point, even without health risks? No one's explained that to me.

It fixes your craving for Nicotine, temporarily.

Pulitzer Laureate
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Joined: 25 Jun 2008

Hmmm would I intentionally pay money for something that addicted me to it and that I eventually needed to get to normal? No. Even without health risks its still addictive and addictions can bleed you dry and leave you feeling worse about things when you are not in the process of feeding them. That is how they work. I already had to break a video game addiction (Yes you can get addicted to anything) and it was a while before I cold really game again like I wanted. Why would I do that for something that ate up even MORE of my money than video games?

On the Record
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Jamash:

orannis62:
What's the point, even without health risks? No one's explained that to me.

It fixes your craving for Nicotine, temporarily.

Well, yes. But that can only really be used as an excuse if you can become addicted to Nicotine some other way, but you can't. I mean, it's sole purpose is to temporarily fix a craving it itself created.

Paperboy
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Joined: 13 Dec 2008

Even though the health risks are gone, there's still the money factor. Providing that I'm totally loaded and could spare the dough, yes.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 16 Nov 2008

no because i would still get addicted and waste lots of money on it

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 25 Jun 2008

orannis62:

Jamash:

orannis62:
What's the point, even without health risks? No one's explained that to me.

It fixes your craving for Nicotine, temporarily.

Well, yes. But that can only really be used as an excuse if you can become addicted to Nicotine some other way, but you can't. I mean, it's sole purpose is to temporarily fix a craving it itself created.

That's the point and the absurdity of tobacco, it's only purpose is to fix the craving it causes in the first place.

I suppose you could argue that it produces a 'calming' effect, but it's really only smokers who feel this calming effect, in non-smokers it usually makes them feel sick.

As a smoker, I suppose it is good to have a little coping mechanism or small 'pick-me-up' available to me, but it probably would be better if I wasn't addicted in the first place.

It's strange that to smokers, having a cigarette feels like o much more than having a Nicotine fix, a 'fag break' helps break up the monotony of the working day, your 'morning cigarette' prepares you for the day, smoking areas make you socialise with people you wouldn't have contact with otherwise.

On the Record
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zen5887:
Cigars

Booyah

Who needs cigars when you could smoke a pipe?

Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 527
Joined: 23 Jul 2008

Embarrassing Confession: At first I thought the topic question said "Would you smoke it?"

Embarrassing Confession 2: My first thought was, "...Maybe."

Press Junketeer
Posts: 382
Joined: 28 Aug 2008

My grandpappy smoked a pipe.
If there were no adverse effects I suppose I would use one like his on special occasions.

Nothing comes to mind
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Joined: 8 Nov 2008

Eiseman:
Embarrassing Confession: At first I thought the topic question said "Would you smoke it?"

Embarrassing Confession 2: My first thought was, "...Maybe."

I misread the title too at first :P
My answer would be no. But for cigarettes with no health risk or chemical addiction I would.

Pulitzer Laureate
Posts: 941
Joined: 9 Oct 2008

No, just think, smoking sounds utterly retarded on paper. Do firemen come out of burning buildings going "That smoke is smoothe and refreshing, i think i'll go back in for a bit". Yeah, lets roll up a leaf, set it on fire, and stick it between our lips so we can inhale the smoke.

Smoking is the whoopie cushion of the Apache (am i the only one who has heard that shtick?)

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 10 Oct 2008

BrynThomas:
This needs more awesome options like

Would you smoke:

If you had a healing factor like Wolverine?
If you were a vampire?
If this was a film noir/retro-future society?
If it made you able to fly temporarily (with cancer still though)?

yes, yes, yes, and no in that order. However, if none of those first three things are involved in my smoking then no, I would not smoke cigarettes. Even if there were no serious health effects. I might smoke a pipe, but I would have to grow a huge beard, develop a british accent, and buy a monocle first.

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