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geneusutwerk  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Smoking prejudice. Do you practice it?

At this point I miss the social aspects more than anything. It is nice to just step out with a few friends and chat for like 5 minutes.



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slamare247  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I never experienced relaxation or pleasure from hurriedly sucking down a cigarette. I only experienced a nicotine high with the first cigarette of the morning, never with any subsequent unless I waited three hours for the next. A nice cigar on the other hand, that always resulted in relaxation, but that had more to do with the environment which came with the territory: a stick, an easy chair, some Blues emanating from my eighties-vintage Infinity speakers, and a pour of GlenDronach went a long way toward taking the edge off even the worst of days.

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slamare247  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't miss that aspect as I'm a bit of a misanthrope on jobsites - smoking was something I'd do alone at work to give myself a break from having to deal with the ego battles that are part-and-parcel to building trade environments.

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