Smoking

[emjay]

I don't know... might not have been the nicotine though - personally I doubt it was; after 48 hours it's out of your system and the feeling is completely different. For instance could you imagine smoking some dry leaves or paper? that too would make you feel dizzy and feel like throwing up, and is in effect no different that what you are doing when you're having a cigarette, but somehow... when you're addicted... the nicotine disguises the sheer amount of smoke you're imhaling, which in any other situation would make you feel completely nauseous.

After 48 hours it's out of your system, but your tolerance for it hasn't changed. The longer you go without, the less tolerance you'll have.

OK, I stand corrected; I didn't know anything about that. I just thought about that tangible difference in feeling you have after the 48 hours, almost like literally flipping a switch between having tension and not. I'll never forget that feeling.

[Jackalope]

If only those good people would keep that shit at home and not at the bar, the office, the public transportation stops, or any of the many, many, outdoor areas designated by law as non-smoking, where they gleefully spew their noxious shit with abandon.

Sorry, but I no longer see any glamour in smoking. All I see is just how big a fucking dumbass I was for 35 years.

It seems perfectly reasonable to allow smoking only in private abodes and designated and licensed venues or areas.

This is essentially the law in the country I live in - it is unlawful to smoke in any public space.

Smokers broadly disregard the law, and light up wherever the fuck they feel like.