[CamelMan324]

Ok, so as a smoker for about 5 years now. I'm only 23 years old and I started when i was 18. One thing I hate about being a smoker are the "Cigarette bums"- you know who I'm talking about. These are the people who will approach you while you are enjoying a cigarette and for some reason feel too lazy to go drive up to the store and buy a pack themselves and say "Hey, do u think u can spare a smoke for me?". I'm getting really sick of these people, I think at least 6 times this week I've been nice to these people and was like "Here you go, take one". But now, this is starting to piss me off, next time someone does this, I'm tempted to just yell "NOOO!" and walk away.

[Max]

Just do what I do and tell them you don't have many left and need them to get through the rest of the day. I don't mind if it's my friends, but if I'm smoking a cigarette and one of my friends doesn't have a pack, I always give them one.

[cooljay788]

I know this is easier said than done. But don't smoke in an area of where you can be easily seen in public. If the bums can't see you while you smoke, you would have no worries.

[jlong]

LOL. I ride the buss on occasion and run into them frequently. Since I roll my own in a machine, I get tons of papers so I stuff a few hand rolls in the pack for when the bums approach me. They usually go away and never approach me a second time.

[Sally]

LOL, I always say yes I have one extra cig for $5.00 LOL

[thor91]

My friends and I always give each other cigarettes, but when it comes to strangers I usually say yes when I am caught smoking in public, which is rare since I usually hide out my car, but I would never ask a stranger for a cigarette, I just think it would feel too weird if I did. I've asked for a light for my cigarette, but never for a cigarette.

[luigi]

I don't smoke out in public. I smoke in my car or at home.

[Max420UK]

I never get this off strangers but one guy I no takes the piss, he just scabs cigs of everyone he knows and never seems to sort himself out. I once asked him if he ever buys his own tobacco and he said "Yeah but I smoke it all within half a day". He is the true annoying ciggy fiend.

[NicotineFiend]

There's nothing wrong with being a jerk to strangers when it comes to your cigarettes. Next time someone comes up to you for a smoke, simply say you only have 2 more cigarettes left in the pack. That's if you mind being rude, but if you don't care, just say "no man, sorry". And if they have the nerve to question you when you say you only have two left, then that's a great excuse for you not to give them one. If they insist, just say get lost. Or, no, you're not getting one.

[TheSmokingDM]

Indeed; Cigarettes cost enough nowadays (even though I smoke very little). I just flat-out look them in the eye & say "No". Works every time!