Why do people smoke?

Question

The industry of tabac, it will never reach it's end.
Why this?
Because people smoke. So: why do people smoke?

Answer 1

The bogeyman known as Nicotine has got a strangle hold on them!

Answer 2

If I smoked because I thought I looked "cool", that would be a pretty dumb way to be cool. A lot of people, myself included, started smoking out of peer pressure. I didn't think I was cool, but at least I had friends. I have since moved on beyond those friends and keep the nasty habit with me. I have tried to quit on many occasions, and have succeeded for short periods of time. But in times of high stress, I always go back to the cig. I smoke as opposed to binge eating when I'm stressed out. Granted, I'm trading one vice for another, but that happens with anything, not just smoking. Different people, different vices. People smoke for different reasons. Some from peer pressure, some because they were raised in a different time before all research into its harmful effects, some out of boredom, some have oral fixations. There are a lot of reasons. There is no ONE reason.

Answer 3

smoking is an addiction like anything else... the huge difference is that this addiction is legal so its acceptable... Do you really think the tobacco industry will just shut down becasue that know its harmful... They make billions of dollars each year... thats not going to happen... i dont care how they pretend to be on the side of health... They have one of the largest lobbies in government so the house and senate will never outlaw smoking...

Also they spend a million dollars of advertising... They know how to target their audience ... its not all peer pressure to smoke... There are highly paid exec brain storming how to reach new smokers everyday... thats why people smoke...

Answer 4

I started smoking when I went in the Army at 17. Everyone smoked at that time. After I was shot through the chest I started back as soon as I got out of the hospital. I smoked for most of my life. Between the smoking and the chest wound. I am at age 58 unable to move around without an oxygen tube in my nose. It has been 5 years since I quit. It was not as hard to quit as I thought it would be. If you do smoke please quit. If you don't smoke do not start. Living your life dragging a tube around the house like a tail is not a good thing. No pleasure I got out of smoking was worth living like this. Please be smarter than I was.

Answer 5

Peer pressure. People think it looks cool. I used to smoke and I used to feel cooler when I had a cig in my hand. Stupid I know. I stopped when I got pregant and recently (five months after she was born) I went out with a friend who's a smoker and I tried to smoke and almost vomited. So, I think that if people can just stop for a while, the urge may be there but it'll be so disgusting that you won't want to smoke. Thank God I got knocked up!

Answer 6

I no longer drink , smoke weed or do any other drug ...but I do smoke cigarettes . I started at very young age (11,12) because for all of my life everyone around me did and it just felt like the natural thing to do . I didn't care if my friends thought I was cool , I was already popular and tough enough to where everyone was afraid to make me mad at them . So trust me it wasn't peer pressure .
The reason why I still smoke , because I'm not susceptible to peer pressure (if you haven't noticed smoking is no longer "cool") and because if I didn't I'd have nothing to restrain me from impaling anyone who says people shouldn't smoke . I mean what should you care , its not your body is it ? I don't smoke in crowded areas or around people who don't smoke because I know the risks of second hand smoking , I'm annoying no one but my own lungs , I wish I could say the same about those damn truth ads .

Answer 7

Some purely enjoy it and some are so addicted they can't quit. It used to be the big societal thing to have a cig, look at old movies. It was considered sexy for many years, before we learned of the addictions. The tobacco industry has been around for hundreds of years and will always be here in one way or another.

Answer 8

people smoke cause they think they'r not man or women enough if they don't, or because they want to be accepted by some particular group. so they end up being dependent, then mostly they smoke only cause they'r dependent.
smoke is bad 4 you and i don't think smokers r cool but just some dependent ppl that were not man/women enogh so they turned to this. quit smoking! it realy is bad 4 u. just because it hasn't been banned it doesn't mean it's not bad. what am i saying? most of u smokers don't have the necessary (plenty) amont of motivation to quit smoking. i'm glad i didn't start smoking and that my parents are ex-smokers, and taught me not to even start smoking.

don't listen to those they tell u to smoke. they don't care about ur wellfare so u don't need to care about they accepting u. (btw, passive smoking is proved to be dangerous as well)

Answer 9

I wish I knew exactly why I smoke. But I don't. Other than it's a bad habit I picked up as a teenager & I haven't been able to quit. I've quit lots of very addictive things, but can't seem to quit smoking. Maybe if people knew exactly why they smoke in the first place, it would be a lot easier to quit!!!

Answer 10

Cigarette smoking is one of the most common cancer-causing behaviours today, but people still do it even though they know it'll kill them.
1. Nicotine in cigarettes is very addictive.
2. People like the rush or high it gives them.
3. It's a hard-to-break habit once started.
4. It makes them look more mature or "cool".

Answer 11

people smoke because they become addicted to the nicotine that is in cigarettes and there are even some that smoke purely because the they enjoy it!I'm a smoker and a nurse and i'm presently in the process of giving up because there are no two ways about it, apart from others inhaling the smoke it is extremely bad for your health!