Have you ever smoked cigarette's because you thought you looked cool/to fit in?

Question

I tried a Newport, and got severely light headed/sort of high in H.S..never again!

How about you?

Answer 1

lol nope!

Answer 2

Bronz has it exactly right. The only reason anyone EVER starts smoking is because of peer pressure (unconscious or otherwise.) Nowadays, the only kids that will feel this peer pressure, are the ones that are trying the hardest not to fit in. In this generation, this is almost everyone. When I was a kid in the early 90s, everybody smoked to fit in, now they smoke to stand out ... but end up looking like sheep anyway. Kinda sad to be honest. Anyone who doesn't think they started smoking for any reason other then fitting in (or standing out) and being cool is lying to themselves. This includes President Obama.

Answer 3

I started smoking because all of the men I looked up to as a kid smoked. My dad, uncles, teachers, the Pastor of our church. It seemed as every man I knew smoked and It seemed like something you did as a man. None of the women I knew smoked, not one. I was in a hurry to grow up and I had good people for examples of how good men conduct themselves and it just seems like a natural progression to growing up. Back then people smoked on airplanes, in elevators, in the grocery store,[there was an ashtray at the ends of every isle of the store] you could smoke in line at the bank, while getting a hair cut at the barber shop, everywhere people went people smoked. They smoked in the basement of the church, but not during services, but everywhere else was accepted and NO one ever complained about 2nd hand smoke. Funny how times have changed. Now you can express your same sex love in public and kill babies with abortion but don't smoke cuz it'll give cancer to some guy 75 feet away.

Answer 4

I've never tried to smoke a cigarette. I couldn't stand the smell of them when my mother used to smoke them. It's a very bad habit..thank goodness I never tried them and got hooked. It's hard for people to quit.

Answer 5

I smoked a kent cigarette when I was 8. My mom used to smoke n I wanted to c what the big deal was...well she walked in, caught me and beat me to a pulp so I never tried it again

Answer 6

I never got into smoking. Alot of my friends in high school smoked but I never got into the habit. Cigarette smoke always bothered me.

Answer 7

I smoked Mary Jane to be cool before and yes horrible mistake

Answer 8

cigarettes no, hookah yes.

It was lame and tasted bad. The same thing happened to me, I got light headed and had a severe headache when I got home.

Answer 9

Actually, I started smoking because my father looked at me and told me not to start smoking. BUT he had a cigarette in his hand. So for me, I learned by example.

Answer 10

Yeah, about 25 years ago. Wish I never had. I still smoke.

Answer 11

no I smoked cause I was addicted... My sister in high school tried to smoke cause this guy she like smoke and she started to have an asthma attack and had to call the paramedics.