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by jin jang on September 30th, 2009
Considering what we know about cigarettes and the deadly damage they do to the body over the years,it is a self induced suicide.The sad thing is that the end is much more painful and could last for years,other then a quick suicide.
by Shanel with an S on September 30th, 2009
yes, b/c eventually it will do some serious damage to the body and cause an earlier death.
by Coexist on November 3rd, 2009
If that's the case, then eating fast food would be considered suicide as well.
by Anonymous on September 30th, 2009
No. Suicide is killing yourself on purpose. Cigarettes are bad for you, but so is coffee, and most of the food we eat, and cellphones, and alot of things. I smoke weed. I don't consider it a slow-motion suicide. On the contrary, lol, I smoke so I don't commit suicide or kill someone else.
by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on November 3rd, 2009
Aging, which everyone does, is slow-motion suicide. And, even though cigarettes are destructive, many smokers live a long life. I stopped but only because it's still an unhealthy and risky thing to do.
by Tom on September 30th, 2009
I'm not sure, but I think suicide has to be done on purpose. Smokers are usually not trying to kill themselves on purpose, it would take way too long that way. They are just unimformed or else they are informed, but choose to ignore the warnings. I suppose that if someone said "If you don't stop smoking, the cigarettes will kill you," then the person is now informed, so if they continue, knowing that the cigarettes will kill them, then they are now doing it of their own free will and not out of ignorance. It's just like someone saying "you are about to walk over a cliff. If you don't stop, you will fall to your death." If the person continues to walk and falls over the cliff, then this is suicide, right?
by WilAtHart is DONE on September 30th, 2009
i hadnt thought of it that way. but yeah, i guess so
by Schonberg on September 30th, 2009
Somebody who smokes does it out of free will.They are all fully aware what smoking does to their bodies and the related diseases that are caused by smoking.They have the free will to stop,but its their choice to carry on,and cannot blame nobody but themselves when their smoking addiction causes them ill health or a premature death.So I would say that they are killing themselves very slowly.
by dumdum on September 30th, 2009
As long as I don't have to join them or inhale their smoke I don't consider it at all.
by Just-A-Pineapple on November 4th, 2009
From the moment we were born we have started to die. So anything along the way that slows or speeds up the process I do see as suicide.
by qwerty on November 3rd, 2009
Not everyone who smokes dies of lung cancer
Many ppl die of lung cancer who don't smoke
Christopher Reeves wife for one
I've know ppl who have smoked for 70 + yrs and didn't die of lung cancer
so, no not always
The same can be said for MCd's
by AnonymousGirl on November 3rd, 2009
Yes.
by malevolentbutticklis on October 15th, 2009
No. Otherwise you could say the same of travel or anything else which puts you at even a low risk. Enough over time will get you!
by Redrum on September 30th, 2009
Depends....
by Icebox April on November 8th, 2009
Maybe not that drastic, but I don't understand it. Now that I'm in college and I see all these people smoking I'm like, "You do realize that smoking stopped being cool once you were legally old enough to do it, right?" I don't see the point.
by philosopher-saint on November 3rd, 2009
Sheeet. One can say the same thing about drivin' on the freeway (and a buncha other like-activities), no?
;-)
by DudeLer 2 on November 3rd, 2009
i think of their face like an exhaust pipe. something to steer cleer of.
by HoboJoe on November 3rd, 2009
No. Not all smokers die of lung cancer. My boyhood friends all smoked and they are all still alive after decades.
by Spirit of the Nomad on November 3rd, 2009
I don't really concern myself with what other people do to their own bodies.
by Gene H on November 3rd, 2009
What's wrong with that? Life's not all that worth living to the very last second for.
by bighabit on November 3rd, 2009
you're gradually slicing part of your body...
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 3rd, 2009
I don't get it. I don't. They taste like shit.
by Gypsey on November 4th, 2009
If anything is slow-motion suicide it is chronic obesity and all that fat, preservatives and junk food we stuff down our throats. Heart disease is the number one killer in America!! Far ahead of lung cancer. We are killing ourselves with food which is far more unhealthy than cigarettes.
by Doc holiday on November 8th, 2009
well since every addiction is a self help form of suicide id have to be inclined to say yes . most people who smoke smoke from stress or a need to relaxe that this world apperently doesnt provide for them so they fill the space with an addiction to slow or numb the pain or stress. the problem of this is that most addiction lead to death of an early sort in short the answer would be yes
by Galeanda on November 3rd, 2009
Yes, it's like a personal layaway plan.
by cold_cut on November 3rd, 2009
ofcourse!! without a doubt..i mean i smoke n i kno for sure m going to have something bad if not cancer. Can i help it?? no!!
by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on November 3rd, 2009
In a very real sense of the term, it could be for some people.
by MasterS on November 3rd, 2009
Well one thing is for sure if it doesn't kill you, it will make you look absolutely horrible when you get alittle older, lots of lines on the face, you will look rough and 10-20 if not more years older.
Do you think there is any event that would cause you to consider committing suicide?
by Closed Cal on November 29th, 2011
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Be honest, would you rather have a privileged life in a world rapidly falling apart around you(but not close enough to effect you), or
by Have A Nice Day on November 6th, 2011
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"Can I just die right now?" Have you ever felt this way? If so, why?
by AnonymousGirl on December 9th, 2011
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What about suicide?
by ErgoStep on November 18th, 2011
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Is suicide nature's way of showing mercy? Knowing that if things get truly unbearable that you can just end the pain in an instant?
by KDP on October 13th, 2011
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