my apologies to guys in nairaland that smoke, Please this is not meant as an insult rather I am trying to seek public opinion.
To gals in the house what do you think of a guy that smokes?
would you honestly want to marry him?
and on what condition?

Most women would marry a guy who smokes - if he has loads of money

I wouldn't go out with a smoker and so I couldn't marry a guy who smoked because of my lungs and our children's lungs. I think I'm just not used to it because I didn't grow up around many smokers and I don't really have anyone in my circle that is more than a social occasional smoker. So I can't really imagine what condition it would have to be. I don't think there's anything wrong with it if you tolerated the smoking when you're going out with the guy, then I don't think it should make a difference to marry him.

Whats the big deal about smoking??

Okija_juju:

Whats the big deal about smoking??

Well, for one, it can kill

No big deal. . .

Okija_juju:

Whats the big deal about smoking??

It's a personal choice for the smoker but not for the people around who have to breathe the passive smoke and then smell like they're smokers. It's not that its a big deal as such, but I think it can be a deal-breaker in some relationships.

ibkaye:

Well, for one, it can kill

you can also get run over by a crzy driver, does that mean u shd never leave ur house?

For me, it's unethical

what has ethics got to do with smoking?

HR.hotness:

you can also get run over by a crzy driver, does that mean u should never leave ur house?

Are you sincerely comparing the two?

HR.hotness:

you can also get run over by a crzy driver, does that mean u should never leave ur house?

did not say anything about leaving the house or not, was just answering his question

HR.hotness:

what has ethics got to do with smoking?

Look, you can screw your mouth around all you like, to me, smoking is morally wrong.
If you love smoking, smoke on. Just dnt question my reason for staying a non-smoker.
I've learned the bad of it and tried to find the good, but cannot.
Abi, do you want to let us know how good it is?

KarmaMod:

Are you sincerely comparing the two?

Something has gotta kill you eventually.

HR.hotness:

what has ethics got to do with smoking?

Was gonna ask the same question.

Ruby_Pearl:

Look, you can screw your mouth around all you like, to me, smoking is morally wrong.
If you love smoking, smoke on. Just dnt question my reason for staying a non-smoker.
I've learned the bad of it and tried to find the good, but cannot.
Abi, do you want to let us know how good it is?

The questio is the ethics you talked about. Nobody is trying to convince you to smoke or whatever.

@topic

Hells no

smoking is morally wrong.

so is lying, corruption,fornication,adultery, drunkeness, killing, stealing,cursing etc

@ruby

Hw is smoking even morally wrong?

KarmaMod:

Are you sincerely comparing the two?

I'm just pointing out that there are many things that can kill us but r unavoidable in our daily lives, d argument that smoking kills is rather ridiculous in my book. . . . take a situation where someone who has never smoked develops leukemia and dies befor he is 30, while someone else who has smoked all his life lives till the ripe old age of 85 and dies with a cigarette in his hands. . .   a stronger argument for me wld be that one doesnt like the smell  

jennykadri:

@topic

Hells no

Dont say hell no, just thank goodness u did nt fall in love with a smoker.

*sigh* Like I said, it's unethical.
And common sense should tell any person (that isn't already addicted) that smoking kills.
I minute of pleasure for a life time of chronic cancer. Smoke on!

smoking has nothin to do with ethics or morals. . .  if u dont like it, say so, afterall it is a free country. . .  quit trying to make out like u r a better person for not doinh so

I'm just pointing out that there are many things that can kill us but r unavoidable in our daily lives, d argument that smoking kills is rather ridiculous in my book. . . . take a situation where someone who has never smoked develops leukemia and dies befor he is 30, while someone else who has smoked all his life lives till the ripe old age of 85 and dies with a cigarette in his hands. . .   a stronger argument for me would be that one doesnt like the smel

The % of people who smoke all their lives and end up VERY UNHEALTHY is higher than those who are fine and dandy.

and just because it's possible that a person can die in an accident or whatever, that means you must start killing yourself slowly before that day comes?

Seriously, I'd like to think you people can do better than this.

idupaul:

don't say hell no, just thank goodness u did nt fall in love with a smoker.

is it everybody u fall inlove wt ,dat u get married to ?
sweetheart falling inlove is quite diff from getting married,i can't marry a man who i will spend a few years wt and then then the rest of my life trying to give him his drugs and staying on his bed side,all for cancer

HR.hotness:

smoking has nothin to do with ethics or morals. . . if u don't like it, say so, afterall it is a free country. . . quit trying to make out like u r a better person for not doinh so

I already said NO times and times again.
A better person? possibly.
I mean, there has to be a reason why my friends and family so strongly warned me against smoking.

Ruby_Pearl:

*sigh* Like I said, it's unethical.
And common sense should tell any person (that isn't already addicted) that smoking kills.
I minute of pleasure for a life time of chronic cancer. Smoke on!

would u please elaborate on ur defination of ethics?

KarmaMod:

The % of people who smoke all their lives and end up VERY UNHEALTHY is higher than those who are fine and dandy.

and just because it's possible that a person can die in an accident or whatever, that means you must start killing yourself slowly before that day comes?

Seriously, I'D like to think you people can do better than this.

Mayb i'm suicidal but we all die eventually. .  . I don't see d point in vainly trying to elongate my life, i might as well enjoy myself, who knws I might be dead tomor  

@HR
If say you do get married to a smoker, do you plan on having children?

Personally i wouldn't consider getting married to a smoker.

HR.hotness:

I'm just pointing out that there are many things that can kill us but r unavoidable in our daily lives, d argument that smoking kills is rather ridiculous in my book. . . . take a situation where someone who has never smoked develops leukemia and dies befor he is 30, while someone else who has smoked all his life lives till the ripe old age of 85 and dies with a cigarette in his hands. . . a stronger argument for me would be that one doesnt like the smell

I concur

Ruby_Pearl:

*sigh* Like I said, it's unethical.
And common sense should tell any person (that isn't already addicted) that smoking kills.
I minute of pleasure for a life time of chronic cancer. Smoke on!

Smoking kills??
My dear eating kills, driving kills, swimming kills, drinking kills, e.t.c. Name it and it kills. So why isolate one and leave the others.

Ruby_Pearl:

I already said NO times and times again.
A better person? possibly.  
I mean, there has to be a reason why my friends and family so strongly warned me against smoking.

my dear pls dont,im not ready to lose u

HR.hotness:

would u please elaborate on ur defination of ethics?

It's what I've been taught. I know what is wrong and what is right.
And smoking is categorized as wrong.

HR.hotness:

I don't see d point in vainly trying to elongate my life,

That's the point.
Well, I really dnt think you have the choice anymore.
Darl, if you can, tell me how long you've been smoking.

HR.hotness:

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Mayb i'm suicidal but we all die eventually. .  . I don't see d point in vainly trying to elongate my life, i might as well enjoy myself, who knws I might be dead tomor  

how is one "vainly elongating" their life by avoiding what can destory the cells of the body? Why not smoke crack/inject heroin and look for ways to get Aids, after all why elongate your life for no reason abi?

ibkaye:

@HR
If say you do get married to a smoker, do you plan on having children?

I do!

i grew up in a house with smokers and for years i didnt understand what it was they always went outside to do. . .  

my philosophy is, its a free world. . . smoking is a personal decison just like choosing a certan brand of drink over another. . .  i respect other ppls decison not to smoke, i do hav a problem when they get in my face for [size=10ptz]MY own decison to smoke with MY own loungs. I really can't stand d holier-than-thou attitude som people take to smoking. fine, u don't want to die, i get it! i am not afraid of dying so let me be!

Okija_juju:

Smoking kills??
My dear eating kills, driving kills, swimming kills, drinking kills, e.t.c. Name it and it kills. So why isolate one and leave the others.

Yes smoking kills.
And all those kill.
But smoking does not kill right away, unless you're willing to kill yourself once the doc diagnose you with emphysema, lung cancer, bronchitis etc.
Apart from that, driving is essential, eating is essential, drinking (non alcoholic) is essential, swimming (maybe not so essential unless its done as a career). . . .all this are important part of living.
But how is smoking essential to the body, is it categorized as an exercise or what?