I started because all of mates smoked I was curious and sure it tasted sh*t and made me feel sick the first time, but hey I couldnt let the side down!
After a while it makes you feel relaxed and even starts to taste really good. The best bit for me was the 'bite' I got at the back of my throat, I smoked strong cigarettes and quite often cigars.
When I stopped 3 years ago in April I was smoking between 20-30 a day and it was costing me a fortune, anyway I decided enough was enough a close friend was always nagging me to stop so I did.
Without the help of anything but will power as well.
3 years I'm glad I stopped!
Gender: Male Location: Huntington Beach, California
Re: Why Smoke?
dude 2nd hand smoke doesn't make you wanna start smoking...that's not news. People get enticed into smoking when they have had a couple of drinks. It's very addicting once you start. You may not understand what it's like to have an addiction and to have your body crave something (and no not like ice cream). I don't pitting those who can't quit because they're just weak willed but i try to understand their situation.
and my mom says all the cool kids are smoking..so why shouldn't we?
i started smoking before i started drinking. my friends at the time did not smoke, but i wanted to try it. how you get addicted obviously varies from person to person, but it is a subtle process.
i never smoked to look 'cool'--it has nothing to do with it. it is just a habit, like anything else.
for a better life, do not smoke. it makes you a more irritable person when you're unable to go for a cigarette break, or when other people give you hell for it. etc etc. anyone want to follow this up, be my guest. this is just my (less than) two cents.
Gender: Male Location: Huntington Beach, California
yeah i don't smoke cigarettes unless i'm ish face drunk....but my parents both smoke...so all my clothes smell like smoke. I even think my ice and water in the house taste like smoke....
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Why Smoke?
i am around alot of 2nd hand smoke n i never got addicted. why start? you know it is gunna rot ur teeth and lead to a quicker death... 
Jan 22nd, 2004 04:59 AM
*glares* whos brave enough to confess 
I dont smoke and if you shoot me it'll mean that smoking never killed but stopping did 
