Why did I ever start smoking?

Whatsernamex33

I actually liked smoking but could never get addicted. Not that I tried..
Can't see the point in wasting 10 euro in something that could potentially end up destroying you. :P

GobblyNob

Get an electronic cigarette.

Besht.

Ting.

Ever.

FanadMan

Poll needs another option - "Yes, but I love my ciggies". I hate the fact that I ever started and the fact that I've tried at least 10 times to stop and failled but I really love my smokes.

catallus

I agree. Lovelytastyyummy fags

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

I had my first cigarette when I was 11 or 12, smoked more or less full time between the ages of 18 and 26, (~7 or 8 a day, was never really a heavy smoker), cut down to just smoking when I was out drinking for a bit, and have completely quit in the last 4 or 5 weeks after a heavy weekend in Liverpool which left me feeling like death.

I'm sorry I ever started, but if I could be guaranteed I'd never get cancer from smoking, I'd happily smoke away.

Green Hornet

lukesmom wrote: »

Hi can I ask what you would recommend to start vaping? I got the smokegreen but didn't stick to it as hit wasn't great

http://www.thebestshop.eu/shop/electronic-cigarettes-starter-kits/206-twisted-kanger-starter-kit.html?ps_full_site=1

As said earlier, pop over to the vaping forum.....an increasingly active forum!!

af_thefragile

81 blunts a day!

mewe

Shamozzle wrote: »

What a stupid fucking thing to be at. It's the only regret I have. The wasted money, the stink of them, my teeth, can't run around for 30 seconds without having to stop and catch my breath. Dirty disgusting habit!

Do you smoke? Do you regret it?

I am an idiot.

Just give up man! Sounds like you're ready.
I had the same thoughts as you about it when i finally did give up last June and haven't looked back.
Go for it man-you've nothin to lose and lots to gain

Irish Guitarist

I'm 37 and I've known since I was a child that smoking was dangerous. I don't get why teenagers still take up smoking. It might be somewhat understandable if it gave you an amazing high or something but all anyone seems to say about it is "it calms my nerves".

When I was about eight years old I saw a news report on the dangers of smoking. I rushed out to the kitchen and said to my parents "smoking can kill you". My father said "I know".

He died 13 years ago from lung problems.

I tried smoking once (when I was a teenager and before my father had died) and I was spluttering and wheezing for an hour afterwards. I didn't see the appeal in it so I never smoked another one.

holystungun9

"Smokers are jokers kid, now get in the van." Those words saved me from a very nasty habit.

Whatsisname

Smokers are jokers and jokers are funny and quitting is for quitters

internet_user

why do some young people think smoking helps them lose weight?

SV

internet_user wrote: »

why do some young people think smoking helps them lose weight?

'cos they have a fag instead of having a snack when the cravings hit.

it probably does help if you're already a smoker and just end up smoking more as the reason a lot of overeating occurs with snacks and such is down to boredom and the cigarette takes that away.


Never smoked tobacco on a regular basis. Don't see any benefit to it.

frozenfrozen

smoking what?

Loopy

8 months off them today.

/smug

Cee-Jay-Cee

I'm down to 60 a day after smoking nearly 100 a day for years. The plan is to cut down to 40 in the next 5-10 years then down to 20-30 in the following 7 years, then 20 or less in the following 5-7 years and then gradually over maybe 12-15 years to finally cut them out completely and by which time I will
Hopefully be dead anyway.

SV

frozenfrozen wrote: »

smoking what?

How to spot a weed smoker 101.

Pushtrak

lukesmom wrote: »

Hi can I ask what you would recommend to start vaping? I got the smokegreen but didn't stick to it as hit wasn't great

Boards has a Vaping section: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1497

I've been vaping for a year. A thread on 'em came up in AH a ways back.

looking_around

internet_user wrote: »

why do some young people think smoking helps them lose weight?

because you smoke when you're hungry, and you stop being hungry.
Thing is, chewing gum works too, without all the nasties from smoke.

..
My partner & my mother recently started e-cigarettes, both think they're excellent and have totally switched. It's cheaper, and just nicotine, and they're are quiting steps from that too, but heck, at least it's less harmful.

Cody Pomeray

When i was 20 I was living in Vienna and being all 'cool' (and dating a Slovakian who used to get his €3 packs of cigarettes across the border) what else was there to do but take up smoking??:o

Anyway I smoked every day for 4 maybe 5 months, and I think I must have been inhaling it wrong. I didn't develop an addiction, and in fact the cigarettes never gave me anything but a sore throat.

Is it possible that some people just don't have the cigarette gene or what?

Looking back now it was an incredibly stupid thing to do. My friends are at the age where they're trying to give them up for economic reasons, sounds like fcuking hell but fair play if you can manage it.

looking_around

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

Anyway I smoked every day for 4 maybe 5 months, and I think I must have been inhaling it wrong. I didn't develop an addiction, and in fact the cigarettes never gave me anything but a sore throat.

Is it possible that some people just don't have the cigarette gene or what?

I have an aunt who smokes for enjoyment, sometimes for a month or two, but easily goes months without it. Currently going without as she lost her job, but anyways, she never has cravings for it, anymore than we'd have craving for a favourite meal.

So maybe some people just don't get addicted as easily/aren't affected.

My grandfather quit after seeing his reflection in a mirror holding a cigarette. He'd been smoking for years. But when he saw that, threw the packet in a bin and has never touched one since.. but, he also had scary wilpower.

OneArt

Every time I see a smoking thread I just get the urge to smoke...