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Ever since I knew what a cigarette was I've been absolutely against that foul smelling cancer stick. I mean why would anyone of any sane mind wrap dried up, chemical filled grass with paper and inhale the fumes from it when lit? Makes absolutely no sense does it? I convinced myself that it was the stuff of delinquent juveniles bound for a life of crime and sin. Someone in the same league as the creators of Barney “the-fucked-up-purple-twat”. It's the devil's work I tell you!

 

Then I grew up. I went to uni. I hung out with more people. I shed the confines of a sheltered view on life and along the way also found that consumption of excessive amounts of alchohol (Haleluja!) can be fun…given the right circumstances (ie. watching Chris give Dom a lapdance on a sofa for a 50 pound cheque). Then for some reason I picked up a ciggie and lit it and one thing lead to another…

 

Every now and then I meet people from my childhood and past who are absolutely shocked that I smoke. Justin? Smoking? Nooooooo….only bad kids do that. Seriously. The hell is up with that? I admit smoking’s bad for your health. Anyone who says otherwise should have a 2 by 4 cracked over their heads. But then again anyone who thinks that smoking correlates with a person being no better than another person deserves the same, or worse still for bluntly putting it, being naïve. In no ways am I advocating smoking to anyone at all. In fact it’s a filthy habit and hard to boot too for the matter. Trust me. And I’m pretty sure every smoker out there knows it as well.

 

But what I don’t get is the whole idea that a large percentage of non-smokers tend to automatically categorize smokers as beneath them. Let me just say that most of the premeds I know drink more and smoke more than the non-premeds I know of. Let’s all note also that the tobacco industry is a huge multi-billion dollar global industry which is a huge part of the global economy. Tobacco tax is huge….ask any government. Given a choice of pissing off the enviromentalists and pro-lifers out there or keeping big tobacco in business, they’d prolly screw over the tree-huggers and overly paranoid life lovers out there. There’s really no reason to give someone stick over smoking, unless you’re some 12 yr old kid trying to prove something or a pregnant mom (Jordan should have been shot).

 

That being said, I can understand disdain on certain levels for smokers. For example I can understand when a non smoker kisses a smoker. It aint nice having ashtray as a bubblegum flavour. So smokers remember to brush, scrape and gargle with listerine before you start playing tonsil-tennis. Or at the very least keep breath mints handy, they don’t work as well but it’s better than nothing I suppose.

 

I digress. I just felt like rambling cause I bumped into an old friend who was absolutely gob smacked that I picked up this “worst” of deadly sins. Please, I could have done coke lines instead. Kindly do crawl back into your shell and spare the world your ignorance…

 

*Side note: Those Listerine thin strip breath thingies really work ;)

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