My Best Friend Started Smoking and they asked me too..help me please?

Question

I was with some of my friends and they were smoking and i HATE the smell of smoke and i am a cheerleader for my school so i didnt want anything to go wrong.
So i dont no what to do.
what if they ask me to smoke ?
And what if they start pure pressuring me and i say yes..?
what will happen ?
please help me out here

Answer 1

Sweetie, real friends wont ask you to smoke and wont preasure you into it. Practially every one of my friends in high school/college smoked, I never did. I knew what would happen. My mom, smoked since she was 11 years old, I seen what it did to her day after day. She would cough constantly in the morning/afternoon and evening. She couldn't walk up the stairs without being out of breathe and coughing up her lungs. She smelt like an ash tray, my brother and I constantly smelled of smoke and we were breathing in the harmful fumes. Our white walls turned yellow from all the smoke, her skin aged prematurely, her hair went gray prematurely, her fingers were yellow where she held the cig. Her teeth were yellow and brown and here breathe constantly stunk. Then one day, she started coughing up blood. She went to the doctor they found something on her lung. 38 years old and they thought she had lung cancer. She dealt with this by herself for 2 weeks until she got the results back.... I cried and wanted to die when I found out...It was the worst thing ever..Let this be a lesson to you, smoking my look cool, but you really aren't..Its discuting. Guys dont like kissing ashtrays and just think. You wont be a pretty little cheerleader anymore. You will start looking old and smelling nasty. And have an extremely shortened life span...

Answer 2

You can't control her, or fix her. If she wants to smoke -- and while you get hooked, which occurs really rapidly with nicotine, then you without doubt suppose you need to -- you then cannot make her discontinue. Which you can refuse to be around her when she does, maybe; in any case, you do not want to be respiration the nasty stuff, or smelling dangerous, too. However unless you need to reduce her out of your life totally (and now not trying to manipulate her with threats of that, both: addicts are far too likely to go along with the dependancy instead of the buddy) then there may be nothing so much else that you may particularly do.

Answer 3

Just don't give in to the pressure. Plenty of my friends smoke and at first tried to get me to start, but just stay strong. Give them a simple no every time and eventually they'll stop. You can still join them outside when they go for smokes so you don't miss out on hanging out with them, but that doesnt mean you gotta smoke too.

Answer 4

You are not able to manage her, or repair her. If she needs to smoke -- and when you get hooked, which occurs fairly speedily with nicotine, you then obviously believe you desire to -- you then are not able to make her give up. You can refuse to be round her whilst she does, maybe; in spite of everything, you do not desire to be respiring the nasty stuff, or smelling dangerous, too. But except you desire to reduce her from your existence wholly (and now not looking to manage her with threats of that, both: addicts are some distance too more likely to move with the dependancy rather of the pal) then there is not anything so much else you'll be able to fairly do.

Answer 5

Hon, NEVER let anyone pressure you into anything, especially something you feel strongly about, and, you do, about smoking.

Tell them if they want to smoke go ahead, but,don't expect you to join them. NEVER SAY YES!

Smoking is nasty and causes cancer. If they keep trying to pressure you, don't associate with them and get new friends.

Those girls are not real friends if they try to pressure you into something you do NOT want to do.

Walk away and go home. Tell your parents what happened.

Good for you. Keep being strong like that, it will work in your favor. Don't let them bully you.

Answer 6

usually if your friends smoke, they will ask u to join them. if you don't, they'll call u a chicken..well, if it is a fact that u don't want to smoke and you don't like the smell of it, i would suggest you tell them that you don't want to and they shouldn't as well. it's bad for their health. if they still insist, a firm 'no' will do. if they are really your good friends, they wouldn't force you into doing what you don't like. if they really want to stop being friends with you just because you don't wanna smoke, then, in my opinion, they're not worth keeping.. i hope this helps.. relax alright

Answer 7

Cigarette smoking is a horrable habit. It drains your wallet and sucks the life out of you. I smoked for many years and one day i just layed then down and have never smoked another one.That was 14years aga. I can tell you this. not a day goes by that I wouldn't like to have one but i must stay strong and resist that temptation Please don't start and then you won't have to try to get thu each day without them

Answer 8

You should explain your best friend that smoking is not good for health. Answer them that you don't need to smoke and believe that you can answer them that. You have to know what will happen if you start smoking. If your friend doesn't listen to you, tell him or her that you won't be his or her friend anymore.

Answer 9

Please don't, it is so dangerous for your health, boys find it a turnoff, if they were real friends they wouldn't try to get you to smoke, just say I don't want don't be shy tell them you would rather have your health, you need it for your sports, smoking will slow you down and eventually kill you, say you want a healthy lifestyle and smoking doesn't fit in with you, they are the loosers not you. Good luck :-)

Answer 10

Just say no, if there your real friends they wont care if you smoke or not, and they should respect your answer. But i wouldnt worry about it if they havent asked you. Just make it clear that you never will.