do you smoke?

smoking - Basically this is a picture of a guy taking a puff from a cigarette.
Malta
December 11, 2009 11:32am CST
I am asking on a general term. I just would like to know if people smoke, why and what made them start. Are you aware of the effects on your health? Despite this question, i want to share my own experience. I only took a one buff of smoke from a cigarette (willingly) when i was in college. This was mainly because of peer pressure. All my friends were smoking and they kept pushing me to try and try. Anyway after that time, i really hated it, and never touched a cigarette ever again. So i thought if it didn't feel good, and it wasn't good for your health, i just stopped. I appreciate your responses.
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11 responses
• Canada
11 Dec 09
NO i don't smoke and drink at all. I remember in my school days we students tried to smoke and sell our notebook to purchase cigratte and one of my fathers friend told him and in evening he become very angry and i did not get my dinner. That was good lesson for me and i never returned back.
• Malta
12 Dec 09
that is very good, well done on keeping off smoking. Your father has quite a means of teaching lessons. Since it worked than +1 for him :P.
@benhilo (871)
• Tripoli, Libya
11 Dec 09
Yes, I smoke. Just like you my start came college. I was in student govenment at the time and we were in a heated budget session. Yes, I would say it was peer pressure and stress too. Yes, I am aware of the health risks. In fact, I just wrote an article for textbroker on the subject. And yes, I want to quit!
• Malta
12 Dec 09
thanks for your response, have you tried going to your local clinic and asking for medical supplies? it is difficult to quite, but trust me, you can!.
• United States
12 Dec 09
No Smoking Sign - No smoking sign.
Nope, I don't smoke. That is one habit that I am glad that I never picked up. It's not good for your health as you said. I care more about having good health than being addicted to something that will help kill me someday.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
12 Dec 09
I don't smoke. I have never tried it. I don't know if I will get addicted to it if I start trying. I have some friends who smoke. I hate the smell of the smoke. I also hate to go to pubs filled with smoke. My father used to smoke when I was a kid, later he realized that is not good for his health and family's health and stopped it. I have seen my father with cookies in his pocket soon after he stopped smoking. He attended a retreat which helped him to that god hates smokers and decided to smoke smoking. When he used to smoke, my sister and I used to find cigrattes and destroy them. We got a lot of scolding from him for destroying cigrattes. Now, when I look back to those situations, it gives me a smile on my face. Now, I am married and lives away from my Dad. I miss him. I hate smoking.
@reco13 (605)
• Philippines
12 Dec 09
I have never tried smoking. Not even a puff. Although all my college friends are into it, I firmly stand on my decision of not engaging in such activity. I do not want to try it because first and foremost, it won't do any good for me. And secondly, I do not want to do it for the sake of my friends. I believe that when I do not want to do something, no one can ever force me to do it. I also felt that pressure from them. They asked me many times to do it for fun. But I stick on my decision and I just asked them to respect me or else they'll lose a friend... lol. Since then, they never asked me to do it and they stay away from me when they smoke because they know that I hate the smell of the smoke.
@OYGAK2005 (371)
• Saudi Arabia
12 Dec 09
no ,i don't smoke.hostely i don't like that oversmoking people...good luck.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
11 Dec 09
No, I don't smoke. I never took up the nasty habit. Never even tried it once. Happy mylotting!
@dodo19 (47117)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
11 Dec 09
No, I don't smoke. I never have, and I don't plan on ever smoking. It's a bad habit, and it's unhealthy. I hope to be able to have a fairly healthy lifestyle, and smoking won't help me do this.
@sublime03 (2339)
• Philippines
12 Dec 09
I have to say no. I do not like the smell because it sticks on all forms so no thanks. Back when I was in college most of my friends smoke and whenever we would hangout I am always the only one who ends up choking with all the smoke. It is indeed bad for our health but of course people tend to go with what is wrong.
• United States
11 Dec 09
I don't smoke. My mom does but she's tried to quit a million times and has never been able to. But when I was growing up she constantly told me how bad it was and how she wished she had never started and if I started she'd kill me lol... In high school I actually tried it with a few friends just to see what the fuss was all about. I remember standing there wondering "okay, i don't really get the point of this...it isn't making me feel good or anything...it's actually a big waste of time..." and so I just never picked it up.
@xizhilang (106)
• China
12 Dec 09
I don't smoke.It has a lot of bad effect,especially your health.In my dorm,somebody does.For me ,i won't smoke forever.I hate it .