No I don't. And since you asked for reasons...
>> Smoking is an enjoyable past-time.
Um, sure. Maybe for you.
>> It gets you outside
I don't want to get too wet on rainy days. Or huddle in a smoking shelter on cold days. In the winter freezing huddled up outside the doors trying to satisfy an addiction doesn't sound like fun to me.
And with diminished lung capacity, diminished oxygen capacity of the blood, and constricted blood flow due to plaque buildup, I suppose you can enjoy your outside time by wheezing and coughing, rather than doing fun things like playing soccer or other games.
>> makes you feel alert and calm
Tobacco smoke is a chemical depressant. I have often wondered how much of the Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft and the rest of the anti-depressants market is related to it.
>> It also hurts your lungs
Which sort of cancels the affect of being outside, no?
or
>> increases your chance of cancer and lung disease
Smoking related cancer
is 62% of all cancer deaths.Also,
smoking is the #1 cause of preventable premature death>> makes you smell like a rotting corpse
And you think people LIKE that?
>> and yellows your teeth!
Also,
causes them to fall out faster with a 20% faster bone loss.You also forgot serious vision problems, infertility and birth defects, bone density loss, earlier onset of arthritis (you can have pain typing at 30), diminished breathing capacity, increased blood pressure and blood vessel plaque, carbon monoxide buildup in the blood, loss of sense of smell and taste, accelerated hair loss and tons of other problems.
If you smoke inside, you also get to deal with decreased home value due to the smoke getting absorbed in the drywall, insulation, flooring, and everything else. Computers have more problems, the residue eats through boards and makes caps short out faster, and smoke particles get into hard drives (all normal drives have breather holes, you have to pay a fortune for airtight drives) and causes more rapid HDD failures.
>> It's highly social
We have daily MtG games, daily soccer games, a game room (now stocked with PS3s and Wiis), and other highly social activities. And since we don't smell like rotting corpses, we can associate with anybody and not just the smoking crowd.
>> comes in delicious flavours like Mango and Apple.
I prefer to purchase and eat the fruit fresh. It is much cheaper. You smoke 5 cigarettes daily, so probably around $2.50 per day. I could buy three fresh fruit at that cost.
Or I could save the money, about $1000/year.
>> I love smoking, and you should too!
Um, no.
Smoking is a legal drug that when used as directed will cause death and serious injury with no health benefit.
I would take large doses of rat poison before taking up smoking.
