Please answer these if you're a smoker?

Question

1) Why do you start smoking?
2) When did you start smoking?
3) Are you worried about what it does to you?
4) Was peer pressure a factor in deciding to smoke?
5) Does anyone in your family smoke?
6) Were you influenced by them?
7) What was your familys/friends reactions when they found out?
8) How much does it cost you? (in money)
9) Have you tried any other drugs?
10) What kind of cigarettes do you smoke?

This is for my bloody Afrikaans project so I'm not nosy... just need to do my work.

And nope I don't smoke. But I have sort of inhaled one breath a few weeks ago... no way other am I going to smoke... but I want to be a rock musician so there's alot of danger in me doing that...and my mom will really really really kill me if I do.

Answer 1

1. Because I was stressed and sad at the time
2. 15 year sold
3. I am especially because I have high blood pressure
4. Yes....my best friend!!!
5. My mom and dad use to smoke. My grandma and my brother still do.
6. No
7. They still dont know
8. $10 a week
9. Smoke weed a few time but I dont anymore
10. Marlboro Menthal lights

Answer 2

1) Why? I was really upset one day & a "friend" here smoke this & it will calm you down. Some friend, huh?
2) When? At 20 and now I'm 29.
3)Worried? No but I should be, I just don't know why I'm not.
4)Peer Pressure? I would have never started if not for that.
5)My mom & dad smoked before I was born mom still does but my dad quit last year. My brother did for 3 yrs & quit.
6)I was NOT influenced, I HATED THEM SMOKING! I hated the smell in the house and car and on my clothes. Funny, huh?
7)Reaction? SHOCK cause I hated it so much & I'm a nurse.
8)About $6 a day, I try to smoke 1 pack a day but some days it's like half a pack.
9)Drugs? Heroin, X, weed. Got addicted to heroin for a year.
10) Marlboro Menthol Mild 100's in a box.
I've quit a couple of times everytime it only lasted about 40 days and I've tried everything even the prescription meds but I think it's because I really do enjoy smoking.
Hope this helps. DONT EVER START. It was easier to get of Heroin than cigarettes! I SWEAR TO THAT!

Answer 3

1. I started smoking because my mom was going through a very serious surgery and I needed stress relief.
2. 11 years old.
3. Nope. I'm not.
4. No.
5. Yes.
6. In some way, I'm sure.
7. There was no "reaction".
8. Not a lot, actually.
9. No.
10. Marlboro Light 100's in a box.

Answer 4

1) Why do you start smoking? my first b/f smoked so i picked up the habit from him

2) When did you start smoking?15

3) Are you worried about what it does to you?yes very much so

4) Was peer pressure a factor in deciding to smoke?no not really nobody made me feel like i had to start, it just happened

5) Does anyone in your family smoke? my mom did for 15 years and quit, and my dad has all his life

6) Were you influenced by them?not really, i just knew that if i ended up being a smoker, they wouldnt hate me for it because they both did

7) What was your familys/friends reactions when they found out?my mom was shocked she didnt find out till i was 18, she was like, confused cus i always hated that they smoked, my friends didnt care

8) How much does it cost you? a lot i smoke a pack a day sooo roughly $5 a day

9) Have you tried any other drugs?yes

10) What kind of cigarettes do you smoke? newports

Answer 5

1) Why do you start smoking? Cos we are stupid kids!!
2) When did you start smoking? When I was about 15
3) Are you worried about what it does to you? Too right I am
4) Was peer pressure a factor in deciding to smoke? I guess, looking back - yes.
5) Does anyone in your family smoke? Most of us :(
6) Were you influenced by them? No, but I suspect my daughter smokes because her father and I both do.
7) What was your familys/friends reactions when they found out? My MOther was furious!
8) How much does it cost you? (in money) An absolute fortune - they are almost £5.00 a pack here now
9) Have you tried any other drugs? No
10) What kind of cigarettes do you smoke? Menthol

Answer 6

1. Because I felt like it.
2. 13 yrs old
3. No, i'm pretty sure something else will get me first. And if not, who wants to live long in this world anyways?
4. No, none of my friends smoked or wanted me to
5. My mom and dad both did at the time
6. By my dad, probably, I always thought he looked cool smoking.
7. No one said anything really. It wasn't a big deal back then.
8. I smoke about a pack a week, so now it's around $15 aa month.
9. Sure, nothing hard though
10. Salem Light 100's

Answer 7

1) Why do you start smoking?..... peers pressure at school, wanted to be part of the gang....silly me...
2) When did you start smoking?.... when i was 14..
3) Are you worried about what it does to you?.... yes all the time, but i'm ignorant
4) Was peer pressure a factor in deciding to smoke?.... see Q 1
5) Does anyone in your family smoke?.... yes all of them apart from my sons, none of them smoke
6) Were you influenced by them?.... nope i smoked before they knew
7) What was your familys/friends reactions when they found out?.... mum hit the roof...even though she smoked herself....
8) How much does it cost you? (in money).... i don't know but it's an expensive way to die
9) Have you tried any other drugs?.... in the early days....pot....not any more though, i've grown up alot since then
10) What kind of cigarettes do you smoke?.... Lambert & Butler, or Richmond superkings

Answer 8

1, Because I wanted to, 2, about 12 years old, 3, no, 4, no, 5, yes my mother smokes and my father used to, 6, no, 7, there was no real shock at all, 8, six pounds a day 9, yes crack, puff, and speed, 10, Full strength Marlboro for ease of availability but if available have Gitanes or other French cigarettes.

Answer 9

1. I started smoking in clubs and started smoking cloves. It was cheaper at the time than buying drinks.
2. 18 years old, I'm currently 31
3. Yes, very much, but it is a difficult habit to break
4. I suppose in a way, yes.
5. Yes, but both of them started after I did
6. No
7. My mother wasn't pleased, she told me how she felt but after that dropped it. My friends all were smokers, so they didn't really react at all
8. About 15 dollars a week
9. Yes, but I haven't taken anything else for a very long time
10. Marlboro Light 100s in a hard pack.

Answer 10

1) It came along with the drinking and partying thing.
2) 16 years old.
3) Yes.
4) No.
5) Yes.
6) No.
7) Disappointment.
8) $25.00 a month
9) Yes.
10) Parliament Lights.