Women smoking..... Is it attractive?

[dawnette]

I got this idea from another thread and it got me curious about something.
I have always personally thought that smoking leaves your breath awful and you smelling like shit. I have very good friends that smoke and don't hold it against them. But if you are a non-smoker...would you kiss someone who does? Would you pretend their breath was wonderful? I feel that a female with a cigerette hanging out of her mouth is not feminine.... lets see how people think.....

[calicomorgan]

i hate smoking all around and been trying to get the bf to quit (he claims its b/c i'm not around is why he cant quit right now....b/s) i dont think its attractive and what it does to your teeth and lungs...yuck

[sweet-one]

I wouldn't, no. I've never dated a smoker and never would.

[IGemini]

I did date a girl whose family were smokers, so the smell was there. But I haven't kissed anyone who was a smoker themselves. I've been attracted to a couple that were smokers, though the cigarettes were the major deterrant.

[dawnette]

i hate smoking all around and been trying to get the bf to quit (he claims its b/c i'm not around is why he cant quit right now....b/s) i dont think its attractive and what it does to your teeth and lungs...yuck

My boyfriend used to smoke and he said that he just quite cold turkey and he smoked since he was 16. He says it was really hard and he ate alot of sunflower seeds but it was worth it. Its good thing he quite....he gets to keep me LOL.

[kuju]

I have never dated a smoker, and I don't think I would. No matter how attractive a guy is,a s soon as I see a cigarette I am turned off. I have enough trouble being around someone smoking, I can't imagine how bad it would be to kiss them. I can tolerate someone who isn't smoking around me, but for the closeness that is involved in kissing, the smoke that is inevitably on their clothes and hair and breath... no.

[Aret]

I would never. I have something like an allergy to cigarette smoke, so even the smell is enough to upset me. I mean, I don't want to associate something fun like kissing to something awful like gasping for air while my throat closes and my eyes and nose run.

That's not sexy at all. :(

[Gezus]

I'm turned off by my generation already, so smoking is a guaranteed no-no. Either way though, practically all the female smokers in my school are social predators who adore Paris Hilton and fashion and etc. so it doesn't change much.

[SoSweetAngel]

I smoke, but before I started I dated a smoker. Can't say it's an issue for me. Kissing him wasn't fantastic if he'd just had a cigarette, but I can't say it was a massive turn off. Just kinda got used to it after a while.

I don't find it attractive though.

[vmarcus]

Women smoking?

Yeah, I agree smoking sucks!
However, what are you going to do? Say you are really in love someone. Then some time later, they start smoking. I hate smoke, but after all efforts to get them to quit fails, do you let them go?

[Troy]

My ex girlfriend smoked and I found it so unattractive. I've been trying to get her to quit and she refused, so we ended the relationship.

[DJ Dope]

Why the hell would smoking be attractive? Maybe it would be if I was looking for a better tailpipe.

I'll never date a girl who smokes though, I don't appreciate people who disrespect their bodies.

[Madeleine]

I would never date a smoker, it's a huge turn-off. I really can't stand the smell, and I was much happier once smoking was completely banned in NZ in all bars and restaurants. I found the way that the smell clings to your clothes and hair is really disgusting, so I could never date anyone who had the smell on them, let alone kiss them.

Say you in really in love someone. Then some time later, they start smoking. I hate smoke, but after all efforts to get them to quit fails, do you let them go? Well, I'd like to think that I'd be with someone who has similar ideals to me in many regards, and if they were to start smoking it would be completely against something I thought we had the same views on. The fact that my current partner has smoked before (as in, before I even met him) is not really an issue since he is very much against it now. However, I'm not sure what I would do if he started smoking and couldn't/wouldn't quit. I can't really imagine it would be a possibility, but if it were I think the fact that he smokes would eat away at me, not only because I don't like it, but because I would feel that we didn't share the same view on it. (This is not to say that I think we should share the same view on everything, just certain things I/we feel strongly about).

[SoSweetAngel]

I agree with Madeline. Obviously I find the various comments about how disgusting women like me are quite offensive -- but I'll leave that, since everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess.

But what i agree with is the "we don't have the same outlook on life" thing. Take another drug, for example coccaine (different because it's illegal, but bear with me). I have no particular issue with users, but I wouldn't date one because I think that'd make us just way too different from one another. And if I guy I was with started using, then I'd have very serious doubts about continuing with the relationship.


On the other hand, I can't stand you self righteous bastards who try to make people quit. If you're so against it then you shouldn't have dated them in the first place. My last boyfriend was a non-smoker and wanted me to quit.... but he wanted me to because he cared about me and knew it was bad for me. If he'd said "quit or I'll break up with you" I would have been out of there faster than you can....well, light up. Not because I'm emotionally attached to cigarettes, but because I think it's my choice and trying to stop me by way of an ultimatum makes you a control freak. I don't like control freaks.

[DJ Dope]

You're saying in different words if your boyfriend decided he wanted to become a suicide bomber you'd let him because you wouldn't want to be a control freak.

[Gezus]

I don't hate smokers, I just wouldn't date them and I wouldn't enjoy them smoking near me all the time. Forcing people to quit isn't my parte either. They've chosen not to quit so they have to live with the consequences.

Don't deny that smoking is cool though. It is. It's just that now that we know about all the health risks, we automatically get turned off by them, and because of the smell and etc.

[Madeleine]

Just to clarify, I did not meant to suggest that I think people who smoke are disgusting, just that I find the habit and smell of it disgusting. The smell makes me feel a little ill and I hate the way it lingers. I don't hate smokers, but because of how it makes me feel I wouldn't enjoy spending a lot of time with someone who was smoking often. I'd prefer that people didn't smoke, but I'm not really the type to enforce quitting either.
I think it's important for non-smokers to have some respect for smokers and vice versa. I mean, I don't like it, but obviously people are different and some people do. At one of my old jobs we used to all sit outside on our lunchbreaks and there were several smokers in the group. Naturally, I don't really want to have to sit downwind of someone smoking so I would just say something to the effect of "sorry, I don't like cigarette smoke" and shift to the other side or another spot. In turn they did not take offence, which I appreciated, since I didn't mean to offend by moving in the first place. Again, sure I would rather that no one there was smoking, but it is their choice after all. If my boyfriend chose to smoke? Well it goes back to the outlook on life thing. Incidentally, none of my close friends are smokers, and I don't think that's because I chose not to befriend smokers, but because we have similar views towards such things. For instance, of these friends most of us don't drink much alcohol if at all. And that's not to say that we have anything against drinking - my boyfriend likes to drink - just that we choose not to partake (or partake often) in it ourselves.

That was a bit of a longwinded explanation but hopefully it makes it clearer where I'm coming from.

[paulo888]

Its cool and it sociable, but its so nasty kissing a smoker, and the smell of your bedroom afterwards...ruins your clothes teeth etc etc....so no to smoking from me!!!

[SoSweetAngel]

You're saying in different words if your boyfriend decided he wanted to become a suicide bomber you'd let him because you wouldn't want to be a control freak.

I find your comparison to be invalid. Of course, you're going to bring up passive smoking and say that I'm not just hurting myself, but hurting others too? I don't smoke around non smokers because I want to kill them.... I do it because I have an addiction to nicotine. I wouldn't go out with someone who had deliberate wishes to hurt (or kill) other people.

Madeline, Gezus:

Fair enough. I understand your point of view -- and I have always been respectful of non-smokers. I'll always make an effort to sit downwind, but for some reason the wind always seems to change to pick on non smokers!!


paulo, Gezus:

I don't think that smoking is cool. Perhaps a few years ago it was, but it's not now. The only people who think it's cool are other smokers, generally -- everyone has come across the smokers clique.... and seen the instant friendships forged by "oh, you're a smoker? Me too!". But cool? I wouldn't say so. What's cool about killing yourself because you don't have the willpower to stop?

[deadinside]

I got this idea from another thread and it got me curious about something.
I have always personally thought that smoking leaves your breath awful and you smelling like shit. I have very good friends that smoke and don't hold it against them. But if you are a non-smoker...would you kiss someone who does? Would you pretend their breath was wonderful? I feel that a female with a cigerette hanging out of her mouth is not feminine.... lets see how people think.....


There's a lot more to it. A lot of it depends on much they smoke in an given time. Also there own personal oral hygene has a lot to do with it. I've dated a girl that smokes and honestly you could not tell when you kissed her. But like I said it depends on their oral hygene and the amount they smoke.

[Nonny]

It's not a total deal-breaker for me, but I'm not crazy on it. That being said, most brands of cigarettes give me migraines due to the additives; my ex-fiance rolled his own from organic tobacco, and I didn't have a problem with it on the migraine front.

I don't have much problem with occasional/social smoking, though. (Yes, I do know people who aren't regular smokers. Though, they usually smoke cloves, not regular cigs.)

[helpme]

no its not

[Rolla_MaXXed]

I used to be a former smoker. The girl that I am seeing now smokes, but she is on her way to quitting. When she smokes I refuse to kiss her. I don't like kissing an ashtray...honestly.

[DJ Dope]

I find your comparison to be invalid. Of course, you're going to bring up passive smoking and say that I'm not just hurting myself, but hurting others too? I don't smoke around non smokers because I want to kill them.... I do it because I have an addiction to nicotine. I wouldn't go out with someone who had deliberate wishes to hurt (or kill) other people.

What's invalid about my point? Absolutely nothing. It brings up the same concept, just different situations. The point was you wouldn't try to get your bf to quit smoking because you wouldn't want to act like a control freak. Which means you wouldn't try to stop your bf from pursuing dreams of becoming a suicide bomber if he decided to because you wouldn't want to be a control freak.

[calicomorgan]

I want my bf to quit smoking b/c i care about his health not b/c i want to control him. I dont ask (nor do i want to) to change anything else about himself or what he does....in fact he was the one who said he wanted to quit in the first place...i'm just trying to help him along by giving some encouraging pushes.

[Cashew]

I dated a guy that smoked, and it was not a good thing. I couldn't stand kissing him. When we first started dating he was always really concerned about me not liking the smell, taste, etc., (without me bugging him about it actually), and he took steps to keep it away from me. But then he slowly stopped brushing his teeth or having a mint after he'd smoke, or start doing it when I was around, and that was when I just couldn't stand it.

His smoking didn't bother me so much at first, because he was always telling me that he really really really wanted to quit. But as time went on it became obvious that he was never going to, and I came to resent how gross my clothing smelled after I'd been around him. It just wasn't cool.

That said... I obviously don't dislike smokers. I mean, I knowingly dated one. But I wouldn't do it again. I really dislike the habit. The idea of someone knowingly hurting their body like that really bothers me, and I also don't like the smell or taste of cigarettes. I wouldn't ever try to force someone to quit after we started dating, but I'd be choked if someone picked up the habit after we'd been dating for awhile - I couldn't handle that.

[Gezus]

I don't think that smoking is cool. Perhaps a few years ago it was, but it's not now. The only people who think it's cool are other smokers, generally -- everyone has come across the smokers clique.... and seen the instant friendships forged by "oh, you're a smoker? Me too!". But cool? I wouldn't say so. What's cool about killing yourself because you don't have the willpower to stop?

If you put all the health risks and such aside, it is cool. Perhaps it isn't anymore, and I totally agree about the smokers clique, but if there's anything that gets people smoking, it's the alleged coolness of "everybody's doing it!" It used to be that it just looked cool and defined social status, but nowadays things have changed.

I don't find smoking cool, but to a certain extent it sort of is, just like drinking can be considered cool.

[dtbmnec]

I very briefly dated someone who was a smoker.

His breath was rather gross and I really didn't like kissing him much. Though on the plus side he never really did smoke in an enclosed area around me (he knew I didn't like the smell *that* much but that I could stand it outside) and he was often chewing gum which helped a bit with the kissing part.

My roomate is going out with a guy who goes back and forth on the smoking thing. He's tried quitting (and actually quit for a good two or three months) before and it is something he's working on. Its strange though because his stubborness and willpower is rather...formidable and with just about anything else he'll stick with it but not the smoking...Don't know how she does it.

Megan

[DJ Dope]

The next time you decide to date a smoker ask yourself is it attractive that they decided to smoke because they didn't have the backbone to go against what everyone else was doing? They simply started because even though they knew it was bad and addictive, it was popular? If they smoke, it's more likely than not they're easily persuaded to do other things as well.

[dawnette]

If you put all the health risks and such aside, it is cool. Perhaps it isn't anymore, and I totally agree about the smokers clique, but if there's anything that gets people smoking, it's the alleged coolness of "everybody's doing it!" It used to be that it just looked cool and defined social status, but nowadays things have changed.

I don't find smoking cool, but to a certain extent it sort of is, just like drinking can be considered cool.

There is nothing cool about smoking period. That is a word that I would understand a teenager to use to describe smoking,,, not an adult. I don't know your age but you must be slightly young.. ( no offense please).

Nobody can make me understand or view their point about inhaling nasty tobacco and nicotine in their lungs to just blow it out again. How stupid! Why do you think health insurance is so high for a smoker and life insurance. A $250,000 dollar life insurance policy for a smoker doubles in premium because the chances of death sooner are higher in smokers. duh people..If your knowingly increasing your chances of death because you so badly "need" that damn cigerette...then it is on you to be stupid and non-classy. Your body is your temple and idiots out there just keep on smoking.....

Here is my advice: Stop smoking and get some class and somone might actually find you attractive and classy enough to kiss.

[Gezus]

There is nothing cool about smoking period. That is a word that I would understand a teenager to use to describe smoking,,, not an adult. I don't know your age but you must be slightly young.. ( no offense please).

Nobody can make me understand or view their point about inhaling nasty tobacco and nicotine in their lungs to just blow it out again. How stupid! Why do you think health insurance is so high for a smoker and life insurance. A $250,000 dollar life insurance policy for a smoker doubles in premium because the chances of death sooner are higher in smokers. duh people..If your knowingly increasing your chances of death because you so badly "need" that damn cigerette...then it is on you to be stupid and non-classy. Your body is your temple and idiots out there just keep on smoking.....

Here is my advice: Stop smoking and get some class and somone might actually find you attractive and classy enough to kiss.

Wohoho. I don't like smoking, I can't stand smoke, I don't smoke, I wouldn't date somebody who smoked, I'll never try smoking. But the fact remains that it is sort of cool if you put everything like health risks aside, and it used to show status and BE cool a while ago. You had pics of respectable women smoking in magazines and such, and alot of people did it because the health risks weren't known.

Now that they are known, all of a sudden everybody hates it. And they're right. But because it used to be considered cool before we knew about the health risks as much shows that the act of smoking is cool, it's just that the act coupled with all the effects isn't. Once the effects were known, people didn't consider it cool anymore because all these risks were added, but without the risks the act itself is indeed cool.

That's just the way I see it though, and everything I've said till now might seem like complete rubbish, but hey, I'm just a moronic teenager with views who does use the word cool. Oh my.

[Crash Override]

I'm a smoker, and personally, I'd rather date a non-smoker. I know it sounds hypocritical, but the fact of the matter is, when I'm dating a smoker, we both end up smoking way, way more than either of us would on our own.

That said, I end up dating smokers more often than not. This isn't because I find them more 'attractive' per se, it's just that when meeting someone new for the first time, the fact that both of you smoke is an unbelievably great icebreaker. The fact that you can't smoke in bars anymore in Toronto means that all the smokers have to go to a designated spot outside, which creates even more of an opportunity for communication/bonding/flirting, one that actually isn't even available to the non-smokers inside.

Believe me, we're aware of the smell/taste/whatever where non-smokers are concerned. I never smoked around my ex-girlfriend, and we were together for nearly two years.

[tylert120]

Smoking, and smokers in general make me gag...

[Sydney123456]

Having experience kissing smokers, I'll say: it's disgusting.

Oh, I cringe at the memory of these encounters. I don't think I would allow myself to fall for a smoker after those experiences. I don't mind smoking, and I don't throw a fit when people smoke around me...but, kissing is just VERY up-close-and-personal, and I do not enjoy those experiences.

On women in particular...I couldn't say, but all I can think about when I see ANYONE smoking if their smelly kisses! :P

[chiukit]

kissing smokers... blech.

but a female smoker... is kind of attractive. i dont know why. maybe cos i used to smoke. or maybe its the smoke on she's holding that's attractive. hmm.

[justinbucherj]

I am a smoker and i refuse to date a girl who smokes, i think it is just nasty. I know, I know.... Hypocritical as hell, and i cant explain it but a girl smoking is extremely unattractive to me. I would be hesitant to even have sex with a girl who smokes, and i have been smoking since i was 12. Doesn't make sense to me either, lol

[JHXMT]

I find smoking an absolutely massive turn-off, personally. It's not simply the smell or any other particular part of it - it's just that I find the act itself unpleasant.

[AllHailTheThief]

Fuck all y'all, I'm going out for a cigarette.

[Asphodelle13]

I don't think it makes a girl look unattractive. I still think of the black and white movies with the fancy gals lookin sexy while smoking.

However, it is just bad for you obviously and makes you smell and taste rotten. My husband has been smoking on and off and I don't like the smell on him AT ALL. It also can take you away from friends(non smokers) and socializing now that every public place prohibits it.

[Nurseman]

Here's another perspective:

After a few years, smoking makes you look OLD. In guys its not so bad, because they start to look like Sean Connery. For the women its real bad because THEY start to look like....Sean Connery.

Serously, it is something I have started to notice in that lots of women, my age, look about 10 or so years older. Not so good.

[Pickled Feet]

Coming from a smoker, I find nonsmokers who are very anti-smoking a tad...well, ridiculous. Don't want to date me? Fine, I'm not chasing after you anyway, I prefer dating smokers actually. Just don't tell people what to do. Oh shit, second hand smoke...wait a second, every time a person starts a gas run car you're getting the fumes. How about you run around telling them how they're killing you as well? They could always take the bus or get a solar car, right? Pollution and fumes and chemicals in the water and pesticides on the fruit, I could go on about all these other things for days but I won't. Smoking is not that big a deal.

[Barefoot Matt]

Haha, Pickled Feet: ironically enough, I don't tell people not to smoke (usually), but I do harp on people for idling their cars. For me, though, that's an environmental issue more than a health issue. People can do whatever the fuck they want to their bodies, and I can live with a bit of smoke, but if you kill my planet I'll bust a cap in your ass :lol:

<--- drives a hybrid car and bikes to work in the summer.

To the OP: No, smoking isn't particularly attractive. However, I don't mind smoke that much (except for the smell of stale smoke that accumulates in smokers' houses), and if it weren't for the health issue, I probably wouldn't mind dating a smoker. The only thing I can't handle is watching them kill themselves.

On a side note, I love the smell of marijuana smoke. mmm...

[AllHailTheThief]

I see people flip on smokers all the time, for ruining their health, teeth, skin, etc.

So where are the people who rail on obese people stuffing double quarterpounders down their maw?

There's so many things to kill you on this planet, it seems so senseless to get so bent out of shape about something. I can't even smoke in fucking bars anymore. What the hell is the point of going to a bar other than to smoke cigarettes and drink over priced beer with my friends? I'm certainly not there to meet any of the insipid assholes who frequent such a place in order to fuck.

Needless to say I haven't been to a bar in a while. I can smoke outside, while I'm at home.

[geckosnipp]

I do not find smoking attractive and can completely be turned off by a girl smoking.

If you want to ruin your health, your choice. you wont ruin mine though through 2nd hand smoke. I am no catch so there is no loss :-P

Except Audrey Heapurn... god damn that woman can look fine doing anything.

[Pickled Feet]

I see people flip on smokers all the time, for ruining their health, teeth, skin, etc.

So where are the people who rail on obese people stuffing double quarterpounders down their maw?

There's so many things to kill you on this planet, it seems so senseless to get so bent out of shape about something. I can't even smoke in fucking bars anymore. What the hell is the point of going to a bar other than to smoke cigarettes and drink over priced beer with my friends? I'm certainly not there to meet any of the insipid assholes who frequent such a place in order to fuck.

Needless to say I haven't been to a bar in a while. I can smoke outside, while I'm at home.

:werd:

I completely agree about the bar thing. I hate that. People go to bars to ruin their livers...so what if there's a little smoke? The only time I can't stand smoke is when it's a lot of people smoking in an unventilated small space, that I can't stand. It's just too much. But in a bar with air conditioning on and people slowly killing their livers...what is the problem with smoking there? It's just the tiniest bit hypocritical. Everyone has their poison. I've had a lot of bad habits in my time, which I'm glad I'm not burdened with anymore. But give up smoking on top of everything else I've already given up? No thanks. And something a lot of people don't seem to understand is that we're all going to die. Maybe this fear of death is what spurs all the antismoking sentiment, but really, a lot of things can kill you. And we are all going to die, why not have our little creature comforts while we're alive? I really don't mind the idea that I'm shaving years off my life, I'd rather live a full shorter life than a long one in which all I do is deny myself the little pleasures I enjoy.

[AllHailTheThief]

The very simple and easy solution (the solution being easy in OH so many situations) is to have establishments do what they want. Maybe make laws based on ventilation, whatever, but banning a perfectly legal substance based on the desires of a select group of people?

It's much like the puritanical laws on alcohol in MA, PA, and VA (all three of which i've resided in ironically). It's legal. Why should they limit how many fucking six packs I can and cannot buy. They don't limit my consumption of bread. Hell I can kill myself with gasoline, so why not limit how many one gallon containers I can fill to take home and huff?

I thought this was free market capitalism. If a business wants to cater to smokers, and another wants to cater to non-smokers, why is the government getting involved? They sure don't turn down the outrageous taxes incurred on such products.

Whatever. This country is killing themselves with fat, radiation, smog, foreign oil, and god knows what else we've been consuming since the supermarket (and thus perservatives) have come about. It matters not if they ban cigarettes, I'll continue smoking them til I no longer desire to do so, just like with all the illegal substances I choose to consume.

[floidhimself]

I have hooked up with a girl who smoked one time. I could taste the cigarettes when I kiss her and it was just gross. Actually now that I think about it I have hooked up with two girls who smoked.

Its a gross habit and I am turned off by the whole thing. Thats not to say I would never be attracted to a smoker, but I could never be in a serious relationship with one.

The thing is a lot of people hate smoking because they have had family members who have died from cancer due to smoking. This is myself. I do smoke a cigarette from time to time depending, but its very very rare that I do. I maybe smoke 5 a year at most. If that!

I don't get people freaking out. I had a ex freak out on me one time cause I smoked a cigarette right in front of her. She went psycho on me and went nutzo.

But I do believe in a public ban on cigarettes. Allow private establishments to make their own rules on smoking, but in public places it be banned. I am also pro-decriminalization for Marijuana.

Your argument with gas fumes is invalid and has no basis. You don't hear of hundreds of thousands of people dying from gas fumes, but you do with cigarettes. In the case of gas fumes, its more of necessary evil. Where as cigarette smoking isn't. Its a personal choice.

[Wolf]

Oh shit, second hand smoke...wait a second, every time a person starts a gas run car you're getting the fumes. How about you run around telling them how they're killing you as well?

k well next time I see someone light a car up in a restaurant I will. :rolleyes:



I find tobacco to be gross, but I smoke pot and prefer girls that also smoke pot and not tobacco. But I'm not picky in this area.

[firstdate]

smoking is unhealthy and smelly

[Beth]

I dont understand why people think smoking makes you look ' cool '.I just think it looks disgusting,the smell is horrible and i bet it tastes horrible,i wouldnt know,obviously ive never smoked,and of course,its bad for your health

[Gezus]

Smoking is lame. I'm sticking to sniffing glue, paint and gasoline.

[KrystalDawn]

I smoke.. And I'm dating a non-smoker. He hates it. But in respect for him, I do not smoke around him and I brush my teeth before I see him. It's actually been good for me being with him because we are around each other pretty regularly(sp?) so my smoking has cut down quite a lot. So now I'm trying to quit. It's very interesting reading what others think on the subject of smoking.

[Lady]

I couldn't date a guy who smokes. I have a few friends who do, and I can't stand the smell on them, and I actually get a headache when I'm around the smoke. I've never kissed a guy who has smoke either, because as soon as I see that cigarette I get turned off so fast.

My father said that he dated a couple girls who smoked when he was a kid (He was a non smoker) and he said that it was like kissing an ash tray.

[funmusicgirl]

definitely not attractive...or when guys do it either

[Nonny]

I have a few friends who do, and I can't stand the smell on them, and I actually get a headache when I'm around the smoke.

Most cigarette smoke is a migraine trigger for me, also. That said, I've found it's usually the additives in them. It's unbelievable the shit they put in cigarettes.

My ex-fiance was a smoker but bought organic tobacco and rolled his own. The smell didn't bother me at all. Cloves don't, either, for that matter; the scent of those is completely different, more like incense.

But yeah, what most people smoke? Horrible.

[Pickled Feet]

k well next time I see someone light a car up in a restaurant I will. :rolleyes:


I meant more like when you walk down a street and a line of cars passes you. You don't think you're getting fumes from that? There's nothing wrong with public transportation, why do these selfish bastards need to own private vehicles and increase the air pollution entering your lungs every time you take a breath? :rolleyes:

[Kuky]

I don't find it attractive. I've never kissed a smoker, but I've smelled enough smoker breaths to know it wouldn't exactly be like eating a cinnamon bun.

I never flip out on smokers. I don't tell them what to do, I don't bitch about second hand smoke... In fact, I typically defend them in debates. I think outlawing smoking in bars is stupid. All the "THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN" drones keep going on about second hand smoke, but lady, if your kid gets cancer from second hand smoke in a bar at 3am, that's probably the least of your concerns.

That being said, I probably wouldn't date a smoker. I don't make this a rule (cause really, you never know), but think of it this way: I've found that when I'm checking someone out, seeing a cigarette in their hand has the same effect on me as seeing a wedding ring. I kind of acknowledge their hotness, and then move on.

[joric]

I got this idea from another thread and it got me curious about something.
I have always personally thought that smoking leaves your breath awful and you smelling like shit. I have very good friends that smoke and don't hold it against them. But if you are a non-smoker...would you kiss someone who does? Would you pretend their breath was wonderful? I feel that a female with a cigerette hanging out of her mouth is not feminine.... lets see how people think.....

It does excite some people, but the breath as you say is...........

[honey415]

I would never date or kiss a smoker. They smell makes me nausea.

[IGemini]

Smoking has that attractiveness allure because if you look at a lot of classic movies and ads, they spin attractive people smoking in the most appealing form possible. Has the appearance of looking classy, sophisticated, rebellious, or tempting (depending on what star is doing the smoking).

Beyond all the anti-smoking ads, one of my first memories is a vivid recollection of what 40+ years of tobacco smoking does to your body. It's hideous...probably the most effective deterrent ever.

[joric]

I would never date or kiss a smoker. They smell makes me nausea.

Would you think of smell if you are feeling passionate?