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[NYC_Gal]

[orosee]

Make that a soapy massage and I'm in!

During my time in Bangkok there was no question how to relax and get my thoughts off work while driving home from office. Lying alone on a bed in Korea in any position wouldn't even come close

Now that I think about it, I smoked just half of what I do now when I was there...

[Drew10]

[asc422]

Man, I don't know what to call myself. I guess a social smoker?

I drank in college but never smoked cigarettes. I actually kinda detested heavy smoke like you'd find in a casino or strip club.

I moved to Korea and everyone smoked - I still didn't care for it.

After 4 months I dated a super hot Korean chick that liked to chain smoke. Of course I pretended to smoke when I was around her and found it enjoyable. I then started smoking at bars, etc. because it was a great way to meet people and chat. Plus all my Korean friends were chain smokers.

I never craved cigarettes really but I did start smoking heavily when I drank, like 15 cigarettes a night. I only smoked when I drank though.

After I finished my first contract I went to SE Asia and started smoking all the time ... waiting for a bus, hanging at the beach, etc. I guess it was just something to do.

I'm back in America but haven't craved a single cigarette. It's been nearly 2 months without a smoke and I've been out drinking several times. In total I probably smoked fairly heavy for almost a year. But, I didn't get addicted from what I can tell. Who knows.

[JMO]

I'm an ex smoker. Started when I was 14, quit when I was 21 at the 4th or 5th attempt. Smoked around a pack and a half a day, 17-21. I don't miss smoking at all.

I started to develop the morning cough pretty soon and I hated it. I hated the smell in the car, the taste in my mouth when I woke up, the half awake 2am cigarettes where I feel anxious and unsure where I am.

I'm lucky in a sense in that now I drink coffee instead of tea and thus don't have that connection in my head. I had to quit drinking alcohol for three months completely to kill that connection also. I drink a lot less now also. I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up a non drinker/non smoker for my thirties which would make me happy.

[Kaypea]

There's some inspirational stuff on here, whether or not we choose to be a smoker or a non-smoker.

I pegged myself as an ex-smoker, although my history with smoking's been very on again/ off again, since I was 18. I smoked a lot during my recent SE Asia vacation, and drank a lot of beer, too. I brought my running shoes because I meant to go running in exotic locales, but I made the choice to stay up late, drinking and smoking, instead.

Vacation Kaypea is transitioning to normal Kaypea. I'm doing a half marathon tomorrow, to force myself to become she-who-runs again. I'm recasting myself as a fit person, trusting that I'm still young and fit enough to run 21k after a month of relative inactivity.

Since coming back from vacation, I haven't had the heart to make myself run. I've been doing Youtube yoga videos, which have really been helping me make the transition from work to home.

I'd like to go into my 30s-- ok, I've been there for almost a week-- as the sort of person who really doesn't smoke, not even on vacation. But it seems that the more I think of it that way, the more crystalized my thinking becomes that smoking is something I do *on vacation*.

Self talk..."don't do this".
Self hears.. "... do this"

Argh.

[NM14456]

It may not sound like it but I'm actually for smokers rights but I must also say that the relatively high rate of smokers here sucks. Just trying to have a cup of coffee at a cafe and someone comes down and immediately lights up. It's my impression that Koreans are oblivious to sitting down next to someone not smoking and lighting the torch,.

[The Goalie]

I think smoking cigarettes is foul but when I imagine a decent person smoking at home with their various rituals and paraphernalia, if they are obsessive and precious enough, and in bars, if they are able to make their habit attractive, I won't complain (except, perhaps, for the sake of argument). Smoking on the street, however, is always ugly, much like swigging from a brown paper bag.

[NYC_Gal]

The only way it would ever be attractive were if they were doing it in one of those bubble suits. The smoke would look lovely swirling around, and I wouldn't have to breathe it.

[loveless]

oh, please, just quit. just stop it. no, you can do it. oh, not for me or any one around you, but for you. i love you and i know you just don't need it...no, really, it's just not worth it and you're smart enough to know that....oh gee, please, please, my dear friend. please, you don't need it. really, you're so so much smarter than that!

[John Connor]

I never touched the things till I came to Korea. My favourite thing back home on a Friday or Saturday night was to have a few whiskeys and top it off by smoking something more natural However, since it's a big no no here and a one way trip to trying to dodge bum rape in the showers every day, I found that the occasional puff was a little taste of what I was missing.

One causes cancer and all sorts of horrible things the other helps alleviate pain to people with MS and other diseases but the safe one is illegal as hell.

One man, one vote. Sometimes that just sucks.

[dumpring]

Ex smoker! Managed to quit here of all places. I get my nicotine and monoxide fix from the lovely Seoul air now.

[Globutron]

I hear over 40% of turkeys population smoke. And 35% of china.

[laguna]

[BaldTeacher]

When I'm in Korea I smoke two or more packs in one day because they're cheap, but I only smoke 'The One'. Now that I'm home, I smoke zero. If I can go back into Korea, or if I go somewhere else where they're cheap, I'll probably smoke a lot again.