Oh no, CA is running out of smokers! (Nice: government, smoking)

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by jaijai

what's more odious? racism or classism?

Ya left out feet! More odious than all of them! I wonder, can body odor be regulated, taxed and banned?

[New Horizons]

Originally Posted by tickyul

Wow, not big bonus for me and many folks.

What....the national smoking rate is about 19-20%??? But if you live around people who are lower middle class (and below)....well, the rate is probably at least 3 times the national average. Says a lot about what type of people are smokers.

You're right. I work in a job that caters to the lowest socioeconomic class, a pawn shop. Most of the customers are poor southern blacks, and ALL of them get up in my face reeking of cigarette smoke, it drives my allergies crazy. I don't give them anything for the garbage they bring in, at $5 a pack I figure they must have plenty of discretionary income. And the lowlife coworkers are just as bad. All day they take smoke breaks, and reek of smoke. To make it worse their Kunta Kinte dreadlocks act a sponge to retain the smell even longer.

I guess the dirty south breeds dirty people.

[jaijai]

What is happening to the California forum lately? I've never seen so many bigoted and ignorant posts.
What's your problem that you need to s*** on people?
Find another job if you're such a brilliant non-low life person.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by jaijai

What is happening to the California forum lately? I've never seen so many bigoted and ignorant posts.

That's been how the California forum has been ever since it started.

[tickyul]

Originally Posted by desert_scene

You're right. I work in a job that caters to the lowest socioeconomic class, a pawn shop. Most of the customers are poor southern blacks, and ALL of them get up in my face reeking of cigarette smoke, it drives my allergies crazy. I don't give them anything for the garbage they bring in, at $5 a pack I figure they must have plenty of discretionary income. And the lowlife coworkers are just as bad. All day they take smoke breaks, and reek of smoke. To make it worse their Kunta Kinte dreadlocks act a sponge to retain the smell even longer.

I guess the dirty south breeds dirty people.

I wonder how you are supposed to get dreadlocks clean, getting filthare**e smoke out of them things is another matter.

MANY lower income folks fall for every filthy, petty addiction under the sun......filthare**e smoking is just the most disgusting and vile one out of them all. The Lottery........LMFAO, how much do idiotic, lower income folks waste on that scam???

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by majoun

That's been how the California forum has been ever since it started.

and will continue that was I'm afraid.

[tickyul]

Originally Posted by New Horizons

You're right. I work in a job that caters to the lowest socioeconomic class, a pawn shop. Most of the customers are poor southern blacks, and ALL of them get up in my face reeking of cigarette smoke, it drives my allergies crazy. I don't give them anything for the garbage they bring in, at $5 a pack I figure they must have plenty of discretionary income. And the lowlife coworkers are just as bad. All day they take smoke breaks, and reek of smoke. To make it worse their Kunta Kinte dreadlocks act a sponge to retain the smell even longer.

I guess the dirty south breeds dirty people.

HAHA, I live in a trashy city called Spokane.....filled to the brim with Methzombies. And the smoking rate here.....it has to be at least 60%.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Whoa Nelly! How did this interesting thread disintegrate so badly into a hater thread. Yikes.

I think low income people smoke more because it's a small way to get some pleasure in a stressful life.

I love smoking. Wish I could afford it, but I finally got too poor even to smoke. Which, of course, my lungs thank me for now.

But, I am also no longer helping out the economy.

I find it hilarious that the state charges tobacco companies to fund healthcare, yet they depend on tobacco sales to be able to charge the tobacco companies for healthcare. That's almost too ironic to be ironic.

[bigdumbgod]

Just don't mess with my Djarum prices, and all will be OK.

[marshallcrawford]

Originally Posted by tickyul

Wow, not big bonus for me and many folks.

What....the national smoking rate is about 19-20%??? But if you live around people who are lower middle class (and below)....well, the rate is probably at least 3 times the national average. Says a lot about what type of people are smokers.

It's nice to know that national smoking rate is too low. Although, the rate may be different to the lower middle class. The government should think about this section of people.