cigarette money

sidekick · #1 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

the money that i've been saving because i quit smoking (and i never realized HOW much money i spent on cigarettes each month, until i quit) has been going towards alcohol.

did i just trade one vice for participating more heavily in another?

krisamata · #2 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

ahahahahaha nice jake

my moms friend quit smoking years ago and put five bucks in a jar everytime she normally would have bought a pack of smokes...she has something like 2000 at the end of the year...it was insane

Varney Rae · #3 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

Oh well...your liver can outstand your lungs. And you dont smell.

MangoJuice · #4 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

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Originally Posted by varn

Oh well...your liver can outstand your lungs. And you dont smell.

I don't think thats necessarily true, considering when you are intoxicated you are putting major strain on your liver which causes it to deteriorate rapidly, especially if it is on a constant basis, your lungs however - you dont put that much smoke in it on any given day.

BOTH are no good.

clevich · #5 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

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Originally Posted by varn

Oh well...your liver can outstand your lungs. And you dont smell.

you'd smell like a drunk.

Varney Rae · #6 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

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Originally Posted by clevich

you'd smell like a drunk.

Not during the day I should hope. Unless sidekick has used his previous alcohol money and his ex-cigarette money together to be drunk everyday all day then yes, I suppose you would smell like a drunk.

decypher · #7 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

Yeh i started smoking more pot after quitting smoking. Still im not spening as much, and its easier on my lungs.

charly · #8 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

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Originally Posted by MangoJuice

I don't think thats necessarily true, considering when you are intoxicated you are putting major strain on your liver which causes it to deteriorate rapidly, especially if it is on a constant basis, your lungs however - you dont put that much smoke in it on any given day.

BOTH are no good.

but if you take the alcohol away, the liver can start to regenerate, as opposed to your lungs which are pretty much fucked.

COMATOS3 · #9 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

smoking is dope...mind u its done for the image....and then addiction comes round. id rather drink than smoke. be glad you made the change.

mapleleaf4ever · #10 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

Good job Jake! Stopping drinking is easier than stopping smoking. :)

sidekick · #11 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

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Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

Good job Jake! Stopping drinking is easier than stopping smoking. :)

we'll see!

penguinabc123 · #12 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

jake i totally know what you mean, only i tend to find myself at the casino more than i did before when iw as smoking lol, damnitt,

Varney Rae · #13 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

[quote=decypher]Yeh i started smoking more pot after quitting smoking.[quote]
Pot is different. There is a point to pot, a reason to smoke it, unlike cigarettes.

sidekick · #14 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

after you have already become a smoker, there is definitly a reason to smoke cigarettes. sweet, sweet nicotine.

IntakE · #15 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

I wonder how much money I spend on smokes.....
to much probly

sidekick · #16 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

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Originally Posted by IntakE

I wonder how much money I spend on smokes.....
to much probly

i figured out how much i'm saving. i bought about two packs per week. so that's approximately 18 bucks a week, which works out to 72 dollars a month that i am saving.

James · #17 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

i smoke to much....but i have cut down a hell of alot

mapleleaf4ever · #18 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 05

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Originally Posted by Sidekick

i figured out how much i'm saving. i bought about two packs per week. so that's approximately 18 bucks a week, which works out to 72 dollars a month that i am saving.

$864 a year! Not too bad really!

tmh · #19 (**permalink**) Jan 24, 05

then there's the few of us who enjoy the act of smoking, and the smoke itself, and do not smoke for the reasons above....so dont be so quick to pass generalized judgement...im sure there are many different reasons for people to smoke wutever it is they smoke.

sidekick · #20 (**permalink**) Jan 24, 05

^hey man, i know where you're coming from. i used to really like smoking, but then for some reason, i just stopped liking it. so it was easier to quit because i just didn't want to smoke anymore.

penguinabc123 · #21 (**permalink**) Jan 24, 05

see i had to stop in the still enjoying having a smoke phase, which was rough, and thats why i keep slipping, nooo!!!

crookedking · #22 (**permalink**) Jan 24, 05

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Originally Posted by Sidekick

i figured out how much i'm saving. i bought about two packs per week. so that's approximately 18 bucks a week, which works out to 72 dollars a month that i am saving.

heh for a pack a day smoker they spend more than that in a week.

-ff- · #23 (**permalink**) Jan 24, 05

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Originally Posted by Sidekick

did i just trade one vice for participating more heavily in another?

No man, smoking is gross; drinking is fun.

Custard · #24 (**permalink**) Jan 24, 05

$72 a month?? try $350.

FeelGood · #25 (**permalink**) Jan 24, 05

Never really like cigarettes because my mom used to smoke them around me all the time when I was growing up, and I used to have really bad allergies, and with the smoke on top of that it more or less pissed me off. I guess in the end that was a good thing, because I didnt start smoking, but dont get me wrong, I dont mind smokers heh.