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Light/infrequent smoking?
#19237102 - 12/06/13 03:30 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is anybody here a light or infrequent smoker? I enjoy smoking a lot, usually Marlboro Reds. Most of the time I smoke one to three in a day, but usually just one. I have no delusion that I am in fact going to die eventually, maybe or maybe not from smoking I'm wondering how unhealthy a cigarette a day is? I've been thinking about this a lot lately because I know of people that smoke 1-2 packs a day for decades without experiencing any diseases related to smoking. Obviously any smoking at all isn't healthy, but just how detrimental do you think light smoking is?
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Horizon]
#19237109 - 12/06/13 03:31 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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it is highly unlikely that you will run into health problems as a result of smoking one cigarette a day unless you are highly predisposed to lung cancer in which case you probably would get it even you smoked zero cigarettes a day
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: morrowasted]
#19237144 - 12/06/13 03:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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morrowasted said: it is highly unlikely that you will run into health problems as a result of smoking one cigarette a day unless you are highly predisposed to lung cancer in which case you probably would get it even you smoked zero cigarettes a day
Thanks for helping me relieve some anxiety. I'm not too worried because I'm going to smoke anyway. I just wonder what other people think about smoking once a day, because all I see are scare tactics surrounding tobacco and I really don't think it's that bad to smoke lightly.
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Horizon] 1
#19237181 - 12/06/13 03:52 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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One aday huh? Thats a slipperly shit slope
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Horizon]
#19237195 - 12/06/13 03:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I used to only smoke 3 a day, now I'm at half to a full pack. Good luck.
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Legend]
#19237204 - 12/06/13 03:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've been at 1-3 a day for quite a while. I'm not concerned about smoking anymore than that because I have not let it exceed that and I don't plan to.
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Horizon]
#19237241 - 12/06/13 04:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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No one plans on smoking more, it just happens when one day you slip up. I'll take your word for it. However you probably won't develop grave illness as fast as a pack a day smoker. The possiblity is still there though, don't fool yourself.
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Legend]
#19237254 - 12/06/13 04:14 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Of course. And I know what you mean about ending up smoking more. But I actually started out smoking 3 and now I only smoke one a day, I just don't see myself becoming a heavier smoker. I'm not saying its impossible, just unlikely.
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Legend] 1
#19237309 - 12/06/13 04:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think the mental health impact of nicotine dependence is widely underestimated.
I'm not saying you are addicted, but if you continue to smoke daily it's a very real possibility that you will become so.
Speaking from personal experience now, I was a 'light smoker' of tobacco for about 5 years, and in the end I was truly addicted, despite smoking only 1-2 roll-ups per day after work. Each day before my first smoke I would feel the cravings build up to the point where they were intolerable and I would have to smoke to settle my mind; relaxing without nicotine was completely out of the question. Being addicted to nicotine puts you in a state of almost constant withdrawal. Every day is an emotional roller-coaster and you depend on the drug for your mental well-being; that is not healthy.
Looking back I can clearly see that my negative emotions were greatly intensified during that period of my life when I smoked. I'm far more mentally stable since I gave up.
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Re: Light/infrequent smoking? [Re: Libertin]
#19237457 - 12/06/13 05:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm somewhat psychologically addicted, I should overall try to cut back even more to maybe every other day or something. However I have stopped for a few days when I didn't feel like buying any and I haven't felt much if any withdrawals.
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