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All of the above smoke. The poor have turned to robbing in order to sustain their habit. I said this would happen years back when they decided to discriminate against smokers and raise the tax on tobacco to ridiculous proportions. Their thought was, make smoking so expensive people would quit. The majority still smoke and as I said, the one's who can no longer afford it are committing crimes to get their tobacco. 

I think it's time this country had a tobacco party. The government makes too much money off the tobacco industry. A tobacco party would hurt the government or more rightly, the pockets of those on capitol hill. 

I smoke and whats worse is, I smoke the little cigars that look like cigarettes because they are cheaper....

I rember in the eary eighties when a carton of cigarettes was $ 5,00. in NH. I would not pay another dollar for a pack. I have plent of chewing gum. The only problem is, I crave more food. Last time I quit, I put on 10 pounds. I have to watch that. and stock up on yogurt when I am hungry. I dont  like beeing bigger than size 10.

People with "FAGS in there "Mouths. Sorry itsmee. No not "YOU but me I really Feel sorry for the people that  smoke .Someone should  lobby "Government's  .The Tobacco Industry  are making huge "profits Every time there is a TAX  Hike !!   Just like alcohol !! It does not matter who you are "RICH or  "POOR .you   PAY. HEALTH  Issues come to the fore !! very  good  argument  .Should  the UK smokers pay for treatment ? I say NO. But  then "WHO am I.

Colleen

Drinking too much soda is an issue too.

Just a note for any who may not know, fag is UK term for cigarettes.

A lot of the people who smoke are those that at a younger age were exposed to all the advertising and hype of that time claiming it to be O.K,  it was totally acceptable and cigarettes were offered to guests and friends as you would a coffee or a drink, unfortunately some have remained addicted as I have and have suffered health problems as a result, we all are aware now they can cause a myriad of problems including social isolation. I believe if the government were sincere in their concern about smoking they would withdraw them from the market, which of course will never happen, though after exhausting numerous avenues to quit, I wish they would

Only after sex which isn't very often these days..look at all the money Im saving...none !

I quit about 8-9 months ago. Cigarettes in Maine are around $7.00 per pack...I like having that extra pocket money nowadays.

Quit for a few weeks, felt terrible. Bad attitude, major appetite, wife was ready to put a bullet in me. I'm smoking again and feel normal once more. An expensive bad habit. Their $5.50 here in PA at anyone of the smoke shops. Every class of people here, smoke, rich or not so rich.

Some of all categories you mentioned. I quit long time ago !

I quit 30 years ago.

me!

In my early 20's I smoked.  I went from a "lightweight" cigarette to Marlboro reds within a couple of months.  I liked smoking, but it wasn't good for me.  I'm glad I quit. 
All three of my sons smoke.  The youngest one quite last year.  He was buying Camels and pulling the filters off.   The middle one hasn't smoked since 3/28/11....when he got arrested.  The eldest had a two month break, and has been exposed for nearly a week.  He says he doesn't like it anymore and doesn't want to smoke.  I hope he doesn't smoke just because his GF does. It would be nice if SHE quit, too.  (They have neither a pot to piXX in nor a window out of which to throw it, but she still manages to have money for fags.)
My dad got cancer in  glands in his neck when I was 3. He had some saliva glads removed  and went through radiation therapy (it was the mid-1950s). The doctor told my mother there was a good chance his personality would be different following the surgery and treatment. It was...he was not as nice from then on.  He lived until 2001, though, a real survivor. 

Statistics show that smoking can delay the onset of Alzheimers disease as one component appears to prevent the plaques that develop in the brain, though it is not a cure.

If you find smoking pleasurable and worry about the cost, why not grow your own tobacco? If you are in the USA, that is where it grew originally so you should have no problems.

smoking cigarettes is very much a habit of the poor. The educated classes do it a lot less, because most of them knew of the health risks.

i quit 14 years ago. had a stroke from smoking and a clot in my carotid artery, which was removed. never got full use of my left side back. was paralized about a year.was a long road back.