taking up smoking

as an investment banking analyst, is it a good idea to start smoking to deal with the stress of being in the office all time, constant deadlines, etc. It might be addicting but, hey, you can always quit once you go to the buy side right when the stress goes down?

 

The stupidest thing I have ever heard off. I know too many people trying to quit they never do. In US you may be lucky or unlucky that smokes are cheaper than in Australia but the amount of money wasted on something so stupid is not worth it. Cause then everytime you stress you will want to smoke more. Life will just get more and more stressful. So you will literally let your job kill you and your health. phew /end of rant.

tldr..? DON'T DO IT... we love you

 
Cluelessfromoz:
The stupidest thing I have ever heard off.

How stupid do you mean though? Like critiquing someone else for being stupid without proper grammar - yeah definitely stupid all across the board here.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
GoodBread:
Marlboro Reds are the most prestigious to the layman but anyone in the business knows that Davidoff is for true BSDs.

100% agree. Davidoff's are great cigarettes.

With that said, what the fuck man? Don't start smoking. I've been smoking for 6 years and I'm just starting to cut down, hopefully to quit soon. Don't be an idiot and start smoking to 'relieve stress'. Because it doesn't.

 
rothyman:
GoodBread:
Marlboro Reds are the most prestigious to the layman but anyone in the business knows that Davidoff is for true BSDs.

100% agree. Davidoff's are great cigarettes.

With that said, what the fuck man? Don't start smoking. I've been smoking for 6 years and I'm just starting to cut down, hopefully to quit soon. Don't be an idiot and start smoking to 'relieve stress'. Because it doesn't.

Agree on the Davidoffs, too bad they're an extra $3 per pack. And I just passed the 6 year mark, hoping I can quit before I turn 25

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 
bIastoise:
as an investment banking analyst, is it a good idea to start smoking to deal with the stress of being in the office all time, constant deadlines, etc. It might be addicting but, hey, you can always quit once you go to the buy side right when the stress goes down?

Yes your analysis is spot-on. DO IT DO IT DO IT

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
 

I know blastoise is trolling, but just to put this in perspective:

Smokes cost $6.50/pack here (which some would consider pretty cheap), or $4.75/pack if you buy two at a time. Last year I spent $1,500 on cigarettes. In the 6 years I've been smoking, I've probably spent around $6k-$7k. And that's not even a tenth of the cost of the hospital bills for when I get lung/throat cancer

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 
happypantsmcgee:
Why would you smoke when you could dip?

Why would you dip when you can chew?

"For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen."
 
duffmt6:
happypantsmcgee:
Why would you smoke when you could dip?

Why would you dip when you can chew?

Because I can hide a lip much more easily than you can a large pinch of Red Man.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

DO ITTT smoking is awesome and it makes you look cool. Dont listen to the haters, by the time you get lung cancer modern medicine will have already cured it/invented robot lungs

I say fuck change, I don't chase dimes
 
AnATLieninNY:
DO ITTT smoking is awesome and it makes you look cool. Dont listen to the haters, by the time you get lung cancer modern medicine will have already cured it/invented robot lungs

The man makes a good point

 

ok, we need a ranking for smokes..

i love parliament but it is not easy to find where i live. Davidoff are ok. Hate Camel. I will quit once I leave where I live, everyone smokes in here. I smoke about 2 cigarrettes a day, and when i party i smoke many many more, about 15 in a span of 3 or 4 hours

 

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