Why did YOU start smoking (cigarettes)?
 

I mean, I can see why someone would want to smoke pot or something. it has its obvious upsides.

I just have never fully comprehended why people start smoking cigarettes. sure, in school they tell us all those dorky reasons (peer pressure, to look "cool", ect), but I'm curious as to why YOU started. eh?

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i didn't start. mwa ha ha ha.

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anyone who would willingly give themselves cancer is an idiot.

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The usual, typical reasons. Worst decision of my life. Seriously.

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build a man a fire and he is warm for a day... set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life...

i wanted cigarette breaks at work (honestly). i smoked occasionally before that and really didn't think i'd get hooked.

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hehe...the surgeon general's warning "cigarettes are addictive" written on the pack wasn't enough?

Stress.

My great, great aunt was over the other day for Easter. She's ninety-nine and really out of it. I asked my uncle if he aimed to live to such an old age. He pointed to his cigarette and said, "No, I've got these on my side."

what does the surgeon general know about medicine?

You subject yourself to cancer with nearly everything that you come in contact with, idiot. You can either die at 65, after a boring life. Or at 60, after an amazing one.

i guess i'm weak. then again, i did manage to quit despite being a major chain smoker.

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build a man a fire and he is warm for a day... set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life...

Although I'm not really disagreeing, I don't think that smoking cigarettes makes your life amazing.

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i wasted all my years, been chasing all my fears

that sounds stupid.


you need them to handle stress and you've been smoking for 9 years, yet you're not addicted?

hmmm.

You must not have read that carefully enough. I occasionally have a cigarette to calm me down. Occasionally as in once every other month.

I've been smoking for eleven years, not nine.

Having a cigarette every few weeks hardly sounds like addiction, chief.

obviously you didn't read what i said, dipshit. of course there are numerous, uncontroleable ways that one can get cancer. however, anyone who would knowledgeably and willingly give it to themselves when they have the choice not to is an idiot. and since when does smoking make your life 'amazing'?

I was 15 and had recently dumped my boyfriend. When I was 17 I got bored of the habit and quit.

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Sure it does, it's just that the odds of it diminish the less you smoke.



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build a man a fire and he is warm for a day... set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life...

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I started I guess when I was about 12 when I was riding dirt bikes with older friends. Started smoking alot when I went to college because it seemed to go well with beer.

I like you.

I don't smoke often, but when I do, it's to look cool. Honestly.

Looking cool, and dying before you're too old. This is what life is all about.

I can tell you why my brother just started. (he's 19) He's insecure and thinks that smoking will make him cool in the eyes of his stoner surfer friends while at the same time pissing off his parents and sister. SOUNDSL IKE A WINNER, DUDES!!!

Oh, and other than that, I actually like it. It's something to do.

I also like taking smoking breaks at work... plus I work in a resturaunt, so that dosen't help any. Mainly, I smoke because I enjoy it. It calms me down and I genuinley enjoy sitting down to smoke a cigarette.

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i took one look at him. ^

Nothing cooler than a smoking camel. Nothing.



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it's sad to admit, but i do find smoking to be glamorous. of course it does horrible shit to your body, but the actual act and visuals are quite sexy and 'cool'. it's shameful to say. of course not everyone who smokes is cool, ha, who would ever think that? it makes the gesture cool, not the person. blue smoke slithering out of the corner of your mouth and nostrils is an undeniably stylish and sensual thing.

I kind of agree with you here. However the reason i started was partly to this, partly to get breaks at work, and pratly becuase of stress. It was the worst descion i have made, but i guess i will deal with it for the time being..

Rock On..


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No matter what reason anyone gives, the real reason was, "To look cool."

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I smoke because I want to give second hand smoke to you. I'm trying to murder you with my breath.

well i'm quite sorry that every smoker on this planet doesn't have the strong, anti-addiction blockade that such an amazing person like yourself has. but, it's pretty fucking commonly known that the good majority of people who smoke are addicted. it's also common knowledge that those people will more-than-likely get cancer. so, with the exception of such resilient and powerful people as yourself who fear nothing and live life to the fullest, these people are smoking knowing that they will probably get cancer, and i have no sympathy for that. so fuck off.

Ditto.
I started out of boredom, literally. I went to a high school way out in the middle of nowhere. The ONLY thing to do during lunch or spares was hang outside and smoke. I didnt really do it to fit in per se, but it was definitely a social thing. And I liked it....still do. I think that if i didnt enjoy my first cigarette, then I probably wouldnt be a smoker today.

Oh, and you Canadians....have u seen the pack with the guy lying on his back with all those blue tubes goin into him? Its the "CIGARETTES CAUSE LUNG CANCER" one. That guy looks EXACTLY like me. Its pretty freaky, actually. Almost freaky enough to make me quit......almost.