Was it TV adds, G/F or B/F didn't like it, the cost, health reasons.
If you never smoked...why didn't it tempt you?
2006-12-07 15:57:38 · 11 answers · asked by steve 5 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
My dad was a heavy smoker. I tried smoking in 8th grade--it did NOTHING for me. So there was nothing to be tempted by. That fact has always made me wonder if there is a genetic tendency to like it...or not like it.
My husband, on the other hand, started smoking by the time he was 13. (His mother was a smoker). When he was 36, he was in an accident. He had to quit smoking temporarily to have surgery. And when it was all over with, he realized he had not smoked for three weeks due to the hospitalization, so he asked himself "Why start??" And he didn't.
Bottom line: I think that smoking has a social push, and is furthered by liking it, and is furthered by the addiction that it becomes. But the consequences are SO high.......not worth it. I'll stick with my chocolate addiction.
2006-12-07 16:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by followingmybliss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was an invitation. I started smoking at 14, When I was 66 sitting in the back yard smoking a still small voice said to me " that is the last cigarette you are to smoke" I looked in the pack, there were 3 left. Wonder of wonders, I considered that and said "OK" Those 3 lasted as long as I could drag them out that day.. I havn"t had one since. That was 4 years ago. Never a withdrawal symptom ,In fact I do not even smell second hand smoke.
2006-12-07 16:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by swamp elf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I smoked for a short time as a teen. Why did I quit? Found it pointless.
My kids are cured of the idea of ever smoking because their grandma had a full lung replacement two years ago- due to smoking from age 14 to 50.
2006-12-07 16:05:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was 14 I had a gym teacher I really hated. I wasn't even thinking about smoking until he told us not to do it. I immediately started. I showed him! I smoked for years and it really sucked. It's a nasty habit. I quit many, many more times than I can count. One time it worked. After two weeks I never wanted a cigarette again. That was over thirty years ago. I no more want to smoke a cigarette than to put one in my ear.
2006-12-07 16:13:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I smoked for almost thirty years. If I was drinking I would smoke 3-4 packs a day. Then I became a Christian, God delivered me six years ago and I haven't smoked since or drank.
2006-12-07 16:03:57 · answer #5 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was 15 i started to smoke cloves the little mini cigars, but then my friends at the time smoked so i started it up for about a year and thought it was gross. then a few years later i got really sick and started smoking weed to ease the pain i quit but i still do it every once in awhile.
2006-12-07 16:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by meg_509 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I smoked tobacco for about 3 years. I quit because my mom gave me 100 dollars.
2006-12-07 20:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by Sleep deprived 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't smoke. The reason.... When I actually tried it in high school, the smoke burned my throat. It wasn't a pleasant exprience. I know the risks, i tried it and didn't find it soothing. Why continue?
2006-12-07 16:02:40 · answer #8 · answered by Shiomi Ryuu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did and what made me quit Cold Turkey was I got pregnant.
2006-12-07 16:03:37 · answer #9 · answered by teeza18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, enough people smoke for me.
2006-12-07 16:07:08 · answer #10 · answered by jaso~kaba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋