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OT Intelligent Design and is this really way way off topic
wrote:
: You have fallen for the nicotine cartel propoganda. Smokers
: find smoking 'pleasurable' the same way that migraine sufferers
: find imitrex 'pleasurable'. Smoking temporarily relieves
: suffering that is brought on by the addiction itself. Perhaps
: the biggest lie about smoking is that people want to smoke.
: Very few people do, most smoke exclusively to relieve the
: symptoms of withdrawal sickness.
While I agree with most everything you've said in this thread, I beg to
differ. I'm a former smoker, and know a lot of other former smokers. I
can't think of a one who misses the positive aspects of smoking: the
ability to concentrate profoundly on one thing, the nicety of lighting up
in a cafe with a friend, the sense of energy and focus nicotine brings.
The withdrawal symptoms are awful, and that's ONE reason to light up, but
the other aspects need to be recognized. Nictine is a wonderful
stimulant, and a decade plus after quitting smoking, I still remember it
fondly. While being really, really happy I no longer smoke.
Every ex-smoker I know feels the same way.
-- Andy Barss
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