http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/ Writer of Military and Science Fiction Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:14:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1366 jason Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:09:32 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1366 Thanks, Mel. And thanks for following the blog. :) Thanks, Mel. And thanks for following the blog. :)

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Melanie Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:40:20 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1360 Jason, I really enjoyed this post. I agree that you need a bigger audience. Jason, I really enjoyed this post. I agree that you need a bigger audience.

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 My Twitter Roundup for the Week of 2010-02-28 | Jason Tudor Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:17:46 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1298 [...] Blog – smoking made us more interesting: http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/ [...] [...] Blog – smoking made us more interesting: http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/ [...]

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 jason Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:34:01 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1273 To support Sara's point, there's also this: http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2010/02/23/eline/links/20100223elin001.html. To support Sara’s point, there’s also this: http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2010/02/23/eline/links/20100223elin001.html.

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Sara Spock Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:34:31 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1264 To me, smoking = hive mind and for just the reasons you state here. People think smoking makes them cool. Even you think smoking makes people cool! Our childhoods were inundated with images of über-cool people with a pack of smokes. Sure, the 30-somethings aren't thinking that now, but why did they pick it up in the first place? Because they/their friends thought it was cool? And honestly, I don't think it's the lack of smoking that's making people dull. People are doing just fine with that on their own ;) To me, smoking = hive mind and for just the reasons you state here. People think smoking makes them cool. Even you think smoking makes people cool! Our childhoods were inundated with images of über-cool people with a pack of smokes. Sure, the 30-somethings aren’t thinking that now, but why did they pick it up in the first place? Because they/their friends thought it was cool? And honestly, I don’t think it’s the lack of smoking that’s making people dull. People are doing just fine with that on their own ;)

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Becky Roady Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:11:20 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1257 Never smoked or drank beer, but I still gravitate toward people who do both. (I don't know if they're more interesting, but they're definitely less "holier-than-thou" to hang with.) I also learned early in my public affairs career that the first and best place to get news leads is on the smoke deck. Thanks for speaking up for our addicted friends! Never smoked or drank beer, but I still gravitate toward people who do both. (I don’t know if they’re more interesting, but they’re definitely less “holier-than-thou” to hang with.) I also learned early in my public affairs career that the first and best place to get news leads is on the smoke deck. Thanks for speaking up for our addicted friends!

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Khouin Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:43:09 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1256 Love this post Jason. This really needs a bigger audience. Love this post Jason. This really needs a bigger audience.

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 The Furnace » Attention furnace smokers! Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:36:32 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1252 [...] Linky Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] Linky Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> http://www.jasontudor.com/2010/02/24/smoking-made-us-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 John Banusiewicz Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:06:13 +0000 http://851189078#comment-1251 More than 40 years of smoking didn't make me rich, powerful or famous, but it's part of who I am -- a part I miss terribly almost three months into my third serious attempt to quit. Each attempt, including this one, has added 20-plus permanent pounds to a frame that was one step ahead of the weight-control monitor for much of my military career. Therefore, given the fact I really don't want to be a nonsmoker anyway, I've decided this is the last time I'll try to quit. If I fall off the wagon, it's for good this time. It's not like quitting is a ticket to immortality. Even if all the damage of those 40-plus years has been undone -- which most assuredly is not the case -- something else will get me. It may be this year, or it may be 30 years from now, but no one here gets out alive. I don't want to spend the rest of my time here wanting a cigarette. I'm sticking with quittage for now, but if the longing doesn't go away soon, I'm going to light up and will never look back. More than 40 years of smoking didn’t make me rich, powerful or famous, but it’s part of who I am — a part I miss terribly almost three months into my third serious attempt to quit. Each attempt, including this one, has added 20-plus permanent pounds to a frame that was one step ahead of the weight-control monitor for much of my military career. Therefore, given the fact I really don’t want to be a nonsmoker anyway, I’ve decided this is the last time I’ll try to quit. If I fall off the wagon, it’s for good this time. It’s not like quitting is a ticket to immortality. Even if all the damage of those 40-plus years has been undone — which most assuredly is not the case — something else will get me. It may be this year, or it may be 30 years from now, but no one here gets out alive. I don’t want to spend the rest of my time here wanting a cigarette. I’m sticking with quittage for now, but if the longing doesn’t go away soon, I’m going to light up and will never look back.

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