Cigarette smokers - why did you start, and what was the appeal?

[Sephiroth_IX]

Very interesting to me. At what age, and for what reason did you begin smoking? Why did you continue?

 

[chiwawa626]

eh im 15, i will never start, its disgusting!!!!

 

[Russ]

I need the fix. It's the only way to tolerate the idiots in this world. Without it, I might go completely insane, and I'd be camped at the top of a tall building and all you'd see is the glint of the scope in the afternoon sun.

Russ, NCNE

 

[skemlawn]

13 or 14. I'm 20 right now. I started because the buzz was fun. Got hooked before I knew it and couldn't stop. No camel joe didn't have anything to do with it, nor did being cool. I'll have to back Russ up on that one.

 

[CrumCake]

17, and i started due to the fact i think, both parents were smokers while i was growing up. Seen them lighting up all my life, so me and cigarette's were bound for each other.

 

[Sephiroth_IX]

Do you guys regret smoking at all?

 

[CrumCake]

Regret, damn skippy, i could buy a brand new GMC Z71 if i had all the money i've spent on smokes back. Truthfully, willpower is what i need greatly to oneday beat smoking. I know what a smoking parent looks like to a child growing up. I think my greatest willpower will come when starting a family of my own, and reflecting on my childhood and cigarette's. I do not want to be a bad influence oneday for a child growing up.

 

[kmike75]

Started when I was 12...stole them from my brother...something my parents never did...rebel without a brain...43 now, and things aren't real good here................If you started this thread because you are considering smoking, I would suggest if you want to live past 44, don't do it. If you started this thread to see gory details, now you have some. MOD's PLEASE KILL THIS THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chiwawa626]

dont kill it, its intresting how most of u regret starting, just incase someone like heh paulson little 14 year old comes along, he can read this and not start

 

[abracadabra1]

started when i was 19, stopped when i was 23 and heard of the dangers of smoking.

i know, i was slow :0

 

[bigvince]

i have to agree with Russ. at fifteen there were to many idiots who didn't understand anything other than "i throw ball you catch huh huh huh..." so out of frustration i began to smoke. I found it to be rewarding in that if i was fedup with the world (and at fifteen that was quite alot) i could just smoke a ciggarette and i would feel alot better, it really took the edge off...plus i looked really cool doing it and all the girls thought i was like sophisticated or something because i somked and wore black all the time...anyway that was my first introduction to a mood altering substance so it's no wonder that i'm a pot head now but that's another thread...

P.S. i don 't regret a minute of it

 

[FrogDog]

Good for you, abracadabra1. I can see why people started in the 70's and maybe even early 80's by why the fu*k would someone start now?! You're aware that it KILLS you, but you start anyways.

Your not addicted when you start...

 

[Isla]

I smoked from the age of 14 to the age of 22 or so.

I started because of peer pressure. There was this big, blond, mean chick who was always threatening to beat me up, and I was friends with one of her friends. The logic was, if I started smoking like they did, I would fit in better. It didn't really work.... we were never on the same level to begin with, but I didn't understand that then.

I remember actually having to get used to the smoke, because the first few times you feel like you are going wretch wickedly. You have to learn to tolerate the poisons. Isn't that special?

I look back and am just amazed at how desperately I must have wanted to be accepted. I think I also wanted to rebel to some degree. There is not much fun in being a little-goody-two-shoes know-it-all and I wanted to be seen as having a bit more of an 'edge'.

I am infinitely grateful that A) I was able to quit with relative ease and B) I don't really care to fit in anymore. If I do, great, if I don't... oh well.

I admire people who never gave into the peer pressure!

 

[RagingGuardian]

Never smoked a cancer stick in all my life. Been smoking herb since I was 10 and now I'm 19.

 

[Xzaver]

Smoking is baaaaaaaaaaaad for you , your better of just rolling up a 20$ bill and puffing on that.

Regards,
-Xzaver-

 

[Czar]

I dont smoke and I´m 20 now, I dont care is smoking kills the smoker, thats their own damn business, what I do care about is that one smoker can kill others. That is the biggest problems with smoking.

 

[denali]

Russ, You should have the sun at your back so we won't see the glint.

 

[Yeeny]

I have smoked on and off since the age of 14. I have quit three times, when I was pregnant. It did not seem worth it when I was pregnant, but afterwards I always keep going back. And yes I do regret it, and would love to be able to quit for good.

 

[jinglingxl]

Xzaver
what's the difference between a 20$ bill and $1 bill?

 

[JellyBaby]

What good is temporarily quitting smoking during pregnancy? Second hand smoke is still harmful, if not as harmful, to that 1 year old, 5 year old, 10 year old still living in your vacinity. Plus you run the risk of separating yourself emotionally from your kids -- normal people hate hugging or being around smelly smokers. Stop doing nicotine for your kids if nothing else.

 

[bigvince]

normal people hate hugging smelly smokers

lets not start calling people that smoke not normal cause it's not true...

 

[Yeeny]

Jellybaby: When did I ever say I smoke around my kids? I don't, I tend to smoke outside when they are home. And any doctor will be able to tell you the benefits of quitting smoking when you are pregnant. It can lead to low birth weight and many other major problems.

 

[StageLeft]

Well as bad as second hand smoke is you gotta at least commend girlfriday for quiting during the pregnancy - something that unfortunately a surprising number of women do not do.

Oh, and also what Frogdog said. My gf works in the hospital and I have second hand knowledge of just how bad it is for you...dying at the age of 50 from lung cancer...man, that sucks.

 

[DABANSHEE]

I gave up smoking like 10 years ago or something. It was no big deal, I wasn't much of a smoker anyway.

 

[Buddha Bart]

Interesting...

A few of you said in one form or another that you started smoking as a way of relaxing from the idiots in your lives.

And yet, smoking itself is idiocy.

How does that make you any better/different?

bart