Why do people smoke?

Question

Smoking makes it hard for you to breath, smoking messes up your heart, smoking makes your house and you stink! smoking makes you teeth yellow, and smoking makes you breath stink. and so much more....so why DO people smoke?

Answer 1

Probably because of peer pressure and to get rid of stress. I don't like people that smoke and it's bad for the people around them.

Answer 2

Because most people start smoking when they are young and naive and think that they could never get hooked. Peer pressure can also play a part in it, probably a big part. Times have changed, smoking used to be cool, and was encouraged. Nicotine is very addictive, maybe as much or more than meth. It's a slow death, so it's not as obvious that it's killing you once you become addicted. If you smoke, you don't realize all the obvious things that non-smokers can smell. Don't even start, it's not worth it, and the withdrawals from nicotine are awful. It's like hunger pains that won't go away until you eat/smoke.

Answer 3

in spite of all those good reasons you gave.... which i told myself in order to liberate myself from the awful habit.....

the only ones in my family that smoked was my oldest brother - a navy man, and my third oldest - an army man. so my parents couldnt exactly say that smoking was a terrible habit..... so i guess that got me curious. plus the commercials, tv shows and movies that told me that it was sophisticated or cool. that's why i tried it when i was younger. but then i quit because i couldnt rub two nichols together and i still preferred spending what little money i'd get on candy.

but then at a later age... one day while your sitting in your 'break room' where you work .. its the middle of winter so you dont want to step outside to get some fresh air, and you cant spend your lunch in the bathroom.... so many others are smoking.... the room is saturated with it.... you start thinking... "i'm breathing it in second hand, i might as well get my own brand and start inhaling directly."

you tell yourself that you'll only smoke while at work...... then the addiction sets in

all it takes is one little thought to give into. and one little thought leads to another.... and another... and if you dont resist.... then they just grow like weeds... then there's the effort of pulling up all those weeds.

i've heard that some believers just asked God to deliver them and they immediately stopped without any cravings.

personally it took me a year and a half to quit.
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Answer 4

My sister started smoking at 13 yrs. old....she can't smell the smoke on her anymore. She has come to depend on the nicotine to help her relax instead of getting stressed. My mother bought her the patch several years ago and she quit for about 2 weeks but stress brought back the smoking...She actually enjoys it....I keep praying the God will give her the DESIRE to quit which at the moment she doesn't have....She likes being able to hang out with other smokers too.

Answer 5

The older generation smokes because they weren't aware of the harmful effects of it during their time but their bodies are too addicted to it that they can't stop (or try to) now. The younger generations do it probably because:

a.) they're dumb & uneducated & don't have all the facts
b.) seen their parents do it so they either do it in private or wait till they become of age and indulge in the puffs
c.) peer pressure, pressure to fit in w/ other lemmings
d.) want to purposely harm themselves because they want to rebel against a life they hate living
e.) all of the above

I go with E. : )

Answer 6

Kids start smoking as a rebellion against their parents, pure and simple. By the time they 'realise' that it's not the way to go, they're addicted.

If you really want somewhere to lay the blame, blame the cigarette manufacturers who make their product so addictive that it's almost impossible to stop.

Answer 7

Smoking can really help relieve stress. A lot of people live their lives searching for a way to let it out. Those who smoke, however, how found a way; a disgusting way.

Answer 8

Most smokers I know are either truly addicted or simply like the repetition and action of smoking. For many it is a social thing.

Answer 9

Some people do it for a habbit and they dont mind the effects..

it can also be a stress outlet for some people to release their stress

some are influenced to do smoking

hope i answered ur question

Answer 10

i think that most smokers start relatively young. i live in a rural area, & most parents are pretty lenient about their kids & tobacco (alcohol is another thing, lol). i think that at first kids are just curious & try it, then they realize that their peers somehow respect that (not sure why, but some kids respect things like that). peer pressure is a big factor, & family history is another.