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It's not the smoking per se. Sometimes people want to indulge, so whatever. It's the smell that never goes away. Stale smoke is every where. Always on the hands, breath, clothes. It gets on people who don't smoke. Besides the health risks that's the worst of it. Maybe electronic cigs will get more popular in the future. And without the addiction even better!
I can't be around cigarette smoke at all with out it making my eyes hurt and water. I'm also a singer so breathing in smoke is definitely bad, bad, bad. I just couldn't date a smoker. I have a couple friends that smoke a bit - and I try not to be anywhere near them when they do. Bottom line - it's just not healthy and it's just not something I want to be around.
If you are a smoker and you are happy with it - that's fine. But honestly - maybe I'm just a "hater" - why would anyone want to keep smoking? My grandmother died from complications due to smoking, my great aunt died from lung cancer, and my aunt is doing okay after having lung cancer a few years ago. I just don't understand why people do something that is so bad for them. I care about my friends and family - and want them to be as healthy as possible. Sorry - I guess I'm just a hater who's going to hate.
Naw.... you sound pretty reasonable about it. I guess it's just a matter of personal preference is all. I don't actively look for smoking women, but if I find one, it isn't a game changer at all. And, the day I smoke that proverbial "last cigarette" my outlook will remian the same assuming I'm still single.
There have been great singers who smoked. Patsy Cline?
Okay - I wasn't going to get specific but I guess it needs to be done. Smoking lowers your voice. If you are an alto or a belter - like Amy Winehouse and Patsy Cline - the damage isn't going to be as noticeable as it is if you are a high soprano - like Renee Fleming or me. Smoking also makes your voice raspier the longer you do it. If you sing country or soul or the blues or anything like that - it probably only adds to your "style." If you sing opera or musical theatre and you have a really clear voice - it's going to make it a lot worse. I sing high and clear. I don't want my voice to be lowered or sound raspier.
Magic Johnson is living with HIV - does that make it healthy?
Naw.... you sound pretty reasonable about it. I guess it's just a matter of personal preference is all. I don't actively look for smoking women, but if I find one, it isn't a game changer at all. And, the day I smoke that proverbial "last cigarette" my outlook will remian the same assuming I'm still single.
Thanks. My dad had asthma when he was a kid and the Dr. told his mother that she needed to stop smoking. She refused. My dad HATED smokers and was very vocal about it. He was also almost completely deaf - so when he complained about smokers (often in their presence) - he did it very loudly even though he thought he was being quiet! It was so embarrassing when I was young! I try to be more reasonable about it - but it would still have been a deal breaker for me.
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I wonder if some blues singers smoke on purpose for that raspy sound, lol.
I would strongly, strongly prefer not to date a smoker. If it's more than even half a pack a day, that's a dealbreaker. I've had some friends who smoke and it just seems they're smoking half the time or trying to bum a smoke. So annoying. Even if they know what they put into cigs they still continue doing it. I know it's an addiction, but the 'oh poor me everybody hates me' attitude from some smokers doesn't get sympathy from me. Kinda like those obese women who want to 'celebrate' how big they are, calling it 'big and beautiful' when it's just grotesquely obese and unhealthy.
Okay - I wasn't going to get specific but I guess it needs to be done. Smoking lowers your voice. If you are an alto or a belter - like Amy Winehouse and Patsy Cline - the damage isn't going to be as noticeable as it is if you are a high soprano - like Renee Fleming or me. Smoking also makes your voice raspier the longer you do it. If you sing country or soul or the blues or anything like that - it probably only adds to your "style." If you sing opera or musical theatre and you have a really clear voice - it's going to make it a lot worse. I sing high and clear. I don't want my voice to be lowered or sound raspier.
Magic Johnson is living with HIV - does that make it healthy?
I'm partial to Alison Krauss when I wanna hear a soprano. But that's just me. Opera just isn't my thing, except for Le Nozzi Di Figaro.
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