Smoking in general

Tobacco smoking is the practice where tobacco is burned and the vapours either tasted or inhaled. The practice began as early as 5000-3000 BC. Many burnt incense during religious rituals, which was later adopted for pleasure or as a social tool Tobacco was introduced to the old world in the late 1500s where it followed common trade routes. The substance was met with frequent criticism, but became popular nonetheless.German scientists formally identified the link between smoking and lung cancer in the late 1920s leading the first anti-smoking campaign in modern history. The movement, however, failed to reach across enemy lines during the Second World War, and quickly ...  Read the complete review

I am a smoker, I wish I wasn't but I am. The reason I smoke is because I believe it relaxes me and stops me being stressed (which is total rubbish anyway as nicotine is a stimulant). I think the genuinely truthful reason is that A. I am addicted. B. I have not been ready to try and fight the addiction yet. It tastes disgusting but yet I look forward to the immense feeling of relief when I have inhaled that first drag. Cigarettes contain over 4000 different compountds apparently, and the most damagining of these is Tar, Nicotine and Carbon Monoxide. The amount of these ingredients varies as to what brand you smoke. I won't bother going into all the ...  Read the complete review

It's controversial. I like smoking, i enjoy it and i know i'm hopelessly addicted to it. It's harmful, it's cloying, makes things smell but there's nothing better, for me, as a treat after work or as a tool for psychological wind down after a stressful day herding psychiatric patients. I love the taste, i love how the different papers affect the glorious taste of Old Holborn, i love to smoke it in a pipe...The lavender plumes as they waft up and away, the aroma of fresh burning tobacco and the aesthetic of generations glorified through iconic images. I don't like the stains on the teeth though and sometimes i wonder if i should quit ...  Read the complete review

Smoking is where tobacco is burned and the smoke is inhaled. It has been around for years now, first starting in around 5000BC although I don't think they had Bensen and Hedges then. When you first start smoking at a young age, often against your parents will, it can seem fun and excited and different. You can get pleasurable sensations at first which can make you want to smoke more before you become addicted. I think the whole reason people smoke at a young age is because they either want to fit in with their friends, are being pressured into it or because their parents have told them not to. I remember a few years ago, walking into my daughters ...  Read the complete review

No-one under 18 should smoke, or consider smoking, and they should stop reading now. I smoked for around 10 years, then gave up around 4 years ago and restarted a couple of months ago. I quit mainly to save money, as the cost of smoking is one of the main drawbacks of the habit, along with health issues of course. There's no escaping the fact it's not good for you, but as another reviewer mentioned, neither is alcohol, lack of exercise or unhealthy foods! I made an informed choice to try cigarettes as an adult (in my 20s) and enjoyed it, subsequently becoming a fully-fledged smoker soon afterwards. Of course, smoking becomes addictive, but some ...  Read the complete review