Is there no one on this forum with enough sense of wit to understand that the "30 seconds to 3 minutes" remark about sex was a joke? A deliberate satire?

Why do you think I put the word "Heh!" immediately after it?

Maybe the smoking kills brain cells off too...?

Frank - Interesting thought you have there about the emotional distancing. It think it's possible that in some cases (certainly not all) that could be a factor.

It's simple. If you grow up taking cigarettes for granted, and think of smoking as something cool and desirable, then you will probably see nothing wrong with smoking as a personal choice, after sex or at other times. If you grow up as I did, in a non-smoking household, you will NOT take it for granted, you will view it as a very unpleasant act, and an act that is, frankly, totally irrational as well as totally bad for people's health...and you will avoid it if at all possible.

The "holier-than-thou" syndrome is just as obvious among the more militant (or defensive) smokers as it is among the more militant non-smokers. They both like having it their way, and they both resent the other point of view on the matter. That is typical human behaviour all the way around.

I knew a very militant smoker in Orillia for the last 20 years, an older lady, who wore a "Thank You For Not Smoking" button everywhere she went, as a sarcastic "Fuck you!" comment to the world in general, because she smoked ostentatiously and constantly wherever she went. She was damn proud of it too, and made sure that everyone knew it. She was fighting a personal crusade against people who are against other people smoking in public places. I call that being "holier-than-thou" with a vengeance. Well, she's still alive, but not looking too healthy these days...and she still smokes, but she can't smoke in any restaurant in Orillia anymore. She has given up wearing the button, and can no longer have the satisfaction of flaunting her habit loftily and contemptuously in front of the "holier-than-thou" people at the next table over.