Why you stressing, geesh? You want a cigarette?

"It's like smoking brings a few people just a little bit of joy, and [they]want to take it from them"--Cartman, south park...

I swear if one more person comes up to me on the street while I am smoking a cigarette and says, "you know those are bad for you", i am going to lose it. WOOOOWWW, REALLY? Thank you C. Everett Freaking Koop. If you hadn't come along I would have never known b/c I haven't read a paper or seen a news program or seen one of those cheesy "Truth commercials" in the past, oh i dont know, 17 years...

If you havent figured it out yet, I am smoker. I am not too proud of it and I know it's not healthy, but you know what, you gotta die from something. If I never smoked a cigarette and got hit by a bus at 25, what are you gonna say? "Man that bus really creamed him but at least his lungs weren't black." This is a foul habit, I know. My breath stinks pretty much all the time. My lips are getting black(if you cant tell from my pic i am pretty dark as it is). But, I dont care. Not in the first.

There is one and only one thing that truly irks me about the smoker/non-smoker relationship. Its not that I can't, as Cedric the entertainer said, "smoke a square on earth anymore." I actually like that rule b/c as hypocritical as it sounds, I hate 2nd hand smoke(like my smoke first hand, thank you!). Let's not front like this new rule is solely for health reasons. It may be a little bit, but there is no definitive link between second hand smoke and lung cancer. Only 2% of lung cancer patients are non-smokers(and maybe just maybe that is caused by the poison in our air that is far worse than a little stinky smoke). So, if this second hand smoke is causing all this cancer, where are the numbers? Think about this for a minute: If smokers are inhaling all the carcinogens, just what exactly are you inhaling? Smoke and breath is all. People just hate it and quite frankly, I dont blame them. So while I hate smoking in 15 degree weather, I know its for the best.

Its not that they keep raising the tax on cigarettes, either. They say that it is to curb smoking. That smells like the kind of B.S. Bill clinton lays on Hilary everytime he interviews a new intern. Do the people raising the taxes know anything about addiction. Raising the price on cigarettes will do nothing but make us pay more. We are not gonna stop. Have you ever had a strung out junkie try to sell you a 15 dollar ipod? Whatever the price is, an addict will get that product by hook or by crook, and if they need to steal the hook, so be it. So, dont come at me with the raise taxes to curb smoking thing. You know and i know that aint what its about. Now give me my 7 dollar pack of cigs b/f i come behind that counter...ok, ok im cool. im cool...

Its not any of that that gets my fire up. Its the freaking sanctimony non-smokers have toward smokers, that "holier than thou" attitude. You should see their smug faces when they say "you should stop"...No, YOU should START maybe then I can take 5 mins to hit a CI in peace. Ask yourself if your life is THAT much better? True, your breath doesn't stink(or maybe it does but not of tar) and you may live longer(emphasis on MAY), but when you get stressed out, what do you do? Take it out on your friends and family? Break something? And, besides you aren't any better than a smoker b/c:

Let's face it, every one in this society nowadays is addicted to something. There are 17 year olds that freak out if they leave their cell phone at home. Addiction. There are execs that cant go 10 mins without checking their blackberry. Addiction. There are ppl that will pee in your orange juice if you even talk to them before that morning coffee fix. Addiction. And do i even need to go into our nations weight problem? So, yes smoking is annoying but now that we are outside(and walking through a cloud of smoke will not give you lung cancer missy so wipe that stank look off your face) and now that we have to sell our blood go get a pack of squares, why must you still get in our face about smoking...Sheesh you cant even smoke in PG-13and below(not that I think Nemo should be sparking up, but you get the point) movies .

We are killing ourselves not you. So, mind your own business and go fix the worlds other problems first. I think some underage teen somewhere is listening to that hippity hop. And, once all those are properly taken care of, then and only then can you come back to the smokers(yeah that means you you silly guys in the truth commercial. Do you really think execs on the 40th floor can hear your little bullhorn). We just might listen to you, but you better do it after our cigarette. We can get pretty snippy without one...

Bruce Eagle the full metal Peace!!!