Do you smoke?
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I was looking at some photos of one of my children's collectibles: PEZ. In the photo were several very expensive PEZ... and the owner was smoking; within inches of the PEZ.
Nicotine will stain plastic, discolor paint, etc. We've all seen eBay listings that state "This item comes from a smoke-free, pet-free home."
If you smoke, do you notice your slabs becoming discolored, are cloudy or have a yellow tint (stain)?
If you don't smoke, do you stay away from coins with nicotine film? Cloudy slabs?
I assume nicotine stained coins can be dipped? Of course cloudy slabs can be reslabbed... I wonder if the nicotine penetrates the slab?
Does nicotine produce attractive "toning" on coins?
Edited to add: I just read that 21% of American adults smoke cigarettes... let's see if coin collectors are "normal"!
Nicotine will stain plastic, discolor paint, etc. We've all seen eBay listings that state "This item comes from a smoke-free, pet-free home."
If you smoke, do you notice your slabs becoming discolored, are cloudy or have a yellow tint (stain)?
If you don't smoke, do you stay away from coins with nicotine film? Cloudy slabs?
I assume nicotine stained coins can be dipped? Of course cloudy slabs can be reslabbed... I wonder if the nicotine penetrates the slab?
Does nicotine produce attractive "toning" on coins?
Edited to add: I just read that 21% of American adults smoke cigarettes... let's see if coin collectors are "normal"!
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Yes, I don't like smoke residue on items I buy. Fortunately my smell is diminished do
to age and prior smoking so it has to be pretty bad for me to get upset.
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A lot of times I can tell who does by the smell of the slabs in their possession or if they send a parcel the initial smell when you open that package.
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Why would you want to spend all that money on something that is "KNOWN" to cause cancer, heart disease and all other kinds of organ problems!
I just don't understand!
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When I was young we had smoking crammed down our throats by television ads. It seems every show on TV was sponsored by cigarettes. You just were not socially acceptable unless you smoked. When I was in high school we had designated smoking areas at the school and smoking breaks during the school day. I have never had but two addictions in my life, cigarettes and machines that take my money. I don't play the machines anymore but smoking is a different story. It is now my one weakness unless you count coins.
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<< <i>Not cigarettes or cigars. >>
I hear you Big.
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<< <i>No and I don't understand why anybody would?
Why would you want to spend all that money on something that is "KNOWN" to cause cancer, heart disease and all other kinds of organ problems!
I just don't understand! >>
They started because of peer pressure and they now can't stop because they are addicted. I never started which is good because I have enough other bad habits.
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I sure LOVED it though, and still miss it sometimes....
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<< <i>Used to, and quit some years ago.
I sure LOVED it though, and still miss it sometimes.... >>
That goes for me, too. I quit in 1989 when my first son was born and am glad I did.
No I do not like nicotine or smoke in any form, yet both of my son's smoke now.
What can you do? They don't listen to me any more than i did to my parents.
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<< <i>I don't but my uncle who was an avid collector did. He used to keep the cents he took out of circulation in old Lucky Stripe packs. When he died in 1980 my aunt asked me to look at his collection. It was kind of weird to see an old Lucky Stripe pack with 1909SVDB written on it and have the coin inside. >>
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<< <i>It is a scientific fact that smoking stunts your growth.
I'm 6'7". Nuff said.
I never smoked, I'm 6'6'. My brother said quitting smoking was the toughest habit he ever beat (with God's help), harder than cocaine, heroin, or any other drug that he was hooked on.
It's a cultural thing, some cultures have high percentages of various vices that become accepted. The politically correct thing these days is health food and active exercise programs due to what science has determined to be good for you. A while back doctors were not on record against smoking (60 years?).
Never paid attention to it with the coins I've purchased, but I feel like my sense of smell was essentially sacrificed for the temporary pleasures of Marlboro Lights... unless is the smoke itself, I have a hard time noticing it, unless I'm near a smoker's clothes closet...
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I never started smoking and am in a non-smoking immediate family (thank God).
I work in the heathcare field as an X-ray Technologist and see first hand the affects of smoking. That in itself is reason enough not to ever consider picking up a cigarette. Much less the way the smoke stinks to high heavens and the way it makes people smell like a rotton ashtray.
Like Wei said, when I open a package I can tell from the way the packaging material smells if the sender is a smoker.
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<< <i>I am a former 5-pack/day smoker. I quit cold turkey in 1986, started again in 1994, and quit for good through hypnosis in 2004. I was back up to 2-packs/day at that point. And I believe it is the tar in the smoke that causes the stains as nicotine itself is colorless.
Cheers,
Bob >>
It could be the tar or a host of other things....or just the ash from the paper, who knows...maybe a combo. From what I have read, PURE NICOTINE is not colorless. It is slightly yellow.
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<< <i>I quit back in '98... I wanted to complete a hike on the John Muir Trail (JMT), which is 211 miles long, and in the Sierra... about 10 peaks were as high as 12,000+, and Mt. Whitney was 13,500. No way on Earth I could've started, much less completed that hike, as I was up to two packs a day... quit 9 months before the hike, but it still kicked my backside... been cigarette-free ever since.
Never paid attention to it with the coins I've purchased, but I feel like my sense of smell was essentially sacrificed for the temporary pleasures of Marlboro Lights... unless is the smoke itself, I have a hard time noticing it, unless I'm near a smoker's clothes closet... >>
People definitely notice greater lung capacity and energy when they quit, my brother did. I have hiked most of the Appalachian Trail, averaging about 20 miles a day, I was able to do a 40 mile day in Maine.
One pet peeve in the coin and precious metals field is how few of us eat healthy and have good exercise programs. I have one friend I met in coins who came to a summer organic farming conference I recommended to him to get information on running his farm better.
Think of what it does to lungs!
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him wither away during the last three years of his life was enough to keep me away from smoking
forever -- my kids, too. Who cares about staining on coins from smoke -- it destroys lives in a way
that needs to be experienced to understand.