Smokers- Why And When Did You Start This Shit?
Phill_Most
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Not trying to dis those addicted to the poisonous nicotine, because I know it's a helluva monkey to have sittin' sideways on your back and all, but when and why did you get started smokin' cigs? Were you like really young and had no idea what you were getting into? (Hard to believe in this day and age, but I guess anything's possible.) Were you like so nerdy that you felt like you'd do anything to make yourself seem "cooler"? Did you even really think that smoking makes you seem cooler? Or was it more a thing of wanting to be more grown up, to not get sonned all the time because people look at you as a little kid or something? Again, not trying to ridicule y'all puffers... I'm just curious because I've always hated cigarette smoke and could never fathom why people would want to start up with something like that. I've had friends who didn't really get started smoking until they were in their mid to late 20's, usually due to running with a partying crowd and I guess being on some monkey-see-monkey-do shit, and I'd be like "what the f**k is wrong with you, dude (or ma), you don't smoke!!"Now, I know there are plenty of bad things out there that people partake of regularly, myself included. But I understand why someone would partake of most of these things. Sugar, fast food, etc... yeah, too much of that shit is bad for you, but the shit taste good, mane. Even hard drugs- cocaine, heroin, whatever whatever. Terrible for you. But that shit will get you hiiiiiiiigh like a muhfucka (at least at first, until you get to the point that you're taking just to try to feel normal). Cigarettes? I've never understood the allure. I know we got a lot of smokers on here, so plaese to knowledge me on what made you put that first square to your lips, and after you choked on it and almost vomited, what made you force yourself to learn how to do it comfortably. I KNOW why you're still doing it... no need to explain that part. 
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I only smoke once in a while.
It's good, once in a while.
p.s. Phill where are the squirters and the men who love them?
Im sure most "addicts" started back in highschool, when it was "cool"
But what made you light up that first smoke? Did you not know of the health risks? I mean, they are printed right on the side of each pack, after all. Just the rush of living dangerously?
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I'm very self-destructive by nature so the alarm of health risks didn't really do anything. It was really just a "hmm, i think i'd like one" moment. As said, I only like them on rare occasions. So in the long run, i don't think they're more harmful then the french fries i eat.
Good luck, mang. Progress.
Peace.
my girlfriend is a squirter and I love her very much.
shit was scary the first time tho.... I thought it was peepee or sumthin.
that is all.
So do you think that's what it is that makes a lot of people who you'd think would know better even consider something as potentially dangerous as smoking, just a self-destructive nature? Because it's cool that you're able to just smoke now and then, but I'm sure you are aware that smoking is HIGHLY addictive to many people and they couldn't stop smoking excessively if they wanted to (and I think many, if not most, do want to stop), right? And of course you've heard of the health hazards. If it's basically all about having a self-destructive nature then that's really pretty scary, 'cause that would mean that there's a LOT of self-destructive people out there- I guess I already know this but I just don't understand it. I seek a higher understanding on this and many other questions about life, people and the world we people live in.
At the time I used to think smoking had some charm, like the ads would say and make someone stupid like me believe; and almost all my friends smoked and I used to see them as cool people, so I thought "wtf?, I can be like them".
The worst thing is that when I started I really believed I could quit it any time I wanted. Obviously, I tried quitting many times and failed, till the last time (4 years ago) when I succeed.
Nowadays, when I think smoking again, I remember the hell it was when I was quitting and how I felt bad and sick, so I say to myself 'no, thanks'.
Peace
Word. I only mentioned the self-destructive thing in regards to the health risks.
I personally think people start smoking for mainly two reasons,
1) Marketing. As in cool. Movies, ad's, etc...
2) Social effect. As in cool friends, easy to meet people, comfort in group practice, etc...
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yea i picked up smoking when i just got into college, cuz this one girl i deeply had a crush on didn't like me. i had that, and the fact that the start of college was pretty intense in terms of meeting new people and getting used to people screaming and shouting til 2am every night. i was in college, and had all these new things in my life, smoking was just another that i didn't think too much about. Having a cigg late at night out on the grass or during study breaks really did have a calming effect.
and then people who hated smoking, started smoking around me. DUMB SHIT.
btw i do smoke.
It started because all the people around me smoked and I just picked up the habit. ANd the thing is when you first start smoking you do get a buzz. It's kind of nice to have a drink somewhere and get a little buzz from the cigarette and alchohal. After a while though you don't get a buzz.
I started when I was about 21, quit for 3 years and started up again about 3 years ago. I guess it's pear pressure and I don't know there is an unkwown psychological dynamic to slowly killing yourself.
I only smoke about 6 cigarettes a day so it could be worse.
dave
I think it was the marketing, but ill be damned if i can remember.
People that I know who started in college did so as an excuse to talk to girls or something.
Im also a self destructive type of guy. But I wont let someone socially bum a cigarette without telling them how fucking terrible they are. Unless i know them to be a smoker already.
Ive recently been given welbutrin to help me try and get off them. So hopefully that will work.
SO many people in my family have died from this bullshit that its not even funny. Alot of my family is from west virginia though. I think that has something to do with it too.
If your from the south, towns like Winston, Salem, shit like that, you can still smoke in the fucking mcdonalds. Its just a big part of life down there. They farm it, and they smoke it. Not an excuse, but you did say you wanted to better understand peoples reasons.
So there you go. Thats as close as I can tell you for a reason why my dumbass still sucks down cancer sticks.
who wants to quit with me on monday??
Sometimes when you're just sitting outside you wanna look busy and that's the best way. I think a lot of people pick up smoking for that same reason. When you just wanna go outside for a bit and get out of a crowd but you want to look like you're doing something.
word. that summarizes why many people in Europe and Asia are avid smokers. When fuckers around you are all smoking, it's hard not to! but you gots to!
-You do light it up
-You do hold it in your hands
-You do get to see smoke flow out your mouth
-You get to tap the ashes off
i dont know, but there's something about the whole ritual of smoking that makes it even harder to quit...there's a systematic routine being played each time you have a smoke. the absolute worst association i've made is when i have a drink i need a smoke. its fucking terrible, cause i have this thing where if i have a drink, i'l save the last 1/4 of the drink in the glass and have a smoke with the remainder of it...got to get out of that pattern. one thing that has helped IMMENSELY is the smoking ban here in Toronto. thank god for that.
that's dope.
yes. i absolutely cannot drink without a smoke these days. whack. and i've developed a coffee-cigarette association as well. so even on days i don't drink i end up smoking at least one or two cigs because i can't go a day without coffee.