Do you smoke???

United States
August 17, 2008 4:03pm CST
I just want to know how many mylotters smoke and when did you start??? I was 14 when i started smoking and i regret that i ever started cause every day i get more and more addicted... The reason i start smoking was because all my friends smoked and i wanted to be like them and be cool... So are you a smoker and when did you start and why did you start???
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@rbailey83 (1428)
• Canada
17 Aug 08
i smoke. the very first time i had a smoke was around the age of 7, my older brother stole some smokes from our parents, and because he was doing it i wanted to try. The first time i inhaled i was standing on the end of my grandfathers dock at night with my brother and it made me so dizzy i almost fell in the water. i really picked it up though when i was about 12, none of my friends smoked, it was just the way that it calmed me down sometimes when i had one, from there it got to be habitual. Going to try and quit. There is a perscription called Champax you can get that makes the smokes taste horrible so eventually because of the taste you just won't want one, patch and gum never worked for me so worth a try
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• United States
17 Aug 08
That is very young to start.. Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@rbailey83 (1428)
• Canada
18 Aug 08
lol nope not a heavy smoker anymore, was in my late teens, 1 pack will usually last me 2 or sometimes 3 times a day now
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@prettyD (123)
• Philippines
18 Aug 08
Fortunately, I don't smoke. I have not even tried it. I am allergic to it. I am also afraid of lung cancer that is why i don't get into it.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thats great that you don't smoke smokeing is bad for your health.. Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@prettyD (123)
• Philippines
20 Aug 08
Yeh! thank you so much friend. :-)
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
17 Aug 08
When I was 15 or 16 U started smoking, quite when I was pregnant with my son at 19, then started up again on and off. I quite when I met my current hubby b/c he said he wouldn't be with me if I Smoked. I quite cold turkey. I can't say I was ever really addicted. I would buy a pack and they would last forever. The only time I would smoke a lot was when I was out drinking with my friends who smoked too. I found it very easy to quit. I don't even remember why I started. I just got it in my head that I wanted to do it.I think it is genetic because all of my grandparents smoked (only one still did when I was little) and my mom smoked while in college (long before she ever had me).
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
18 Aug 08
I know he probably doesn't want to give up his habit because his buddies probably smoke. Have you thought about quitting on your own? I know there were a lot of resources available to military personnel and their families to help them quit. Plus, if you guys ever want to have kids, you have to quit months before getting pregnant (you can quit after you are pregnant but studies have shown that that is very stressful on the babies and many doctors are now starting to advise against it since there is not 100% proof that smoking causes birth problems).
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thats great that you are not a smoker anymore i wish that i had never started... No i am mre addicted than ever and i dont know if i will ever quit smoking... My husband and i both are both smokers remember meeting him and didnt know that he smoke and being scared to even light one in front of him... Thank for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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• Philippines
18 Aug 08
Hi pixiedustfor you! I started smoking when I was 16 years old but I have tried smoking when I was just 5 years old. My mom would ask me to light her cig. I started smoking because all of my friends were smoking. I stopped smoking when I was brought in the hospital because the blood vessels in my lungs burts becasue of excessive smoking. But lately I started to smoke again but I don't do it often. I just smoke occasionally but it is still bad. So I will really try not to smoke again.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
thats mssed up that your mother would ask you to light her a smoke... Thats great that you stopped smoking for a little while... You should smoke at all it really bad for your health.. Thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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• United States
18 Aug 08
I'm not a smoker and I am glad that I'm not. I don't really give into peer pressure easily and I never thought smoking was "cool". Also, I'm not very popular and I have few friends and we're like the ones who always follow directions and stuff so we never did anything bad, plus our parents didn't allow it.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
you should be glad that you aren't a smoker i wish that i hadn't never started and i wish that i could quit right now smoking so bad for your health i don't even know why i started smoking... Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@vidhyavini (6111)
• India
18 Aug 08
I don't actually smoke. I just want to enjoy my life. First thing that I need for that is good health. I don't want to spoil my health having such habits. Happy mylotting. Have fun.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@Cindyh2k (308)
• United States
18 Aug 08
I'm a smoker. (Hey, I feel like I'm at an AA meeting or something) I started when I was 12. The reason I smoked was the same reason many others started - it was cool (or so we thought). My best friend was older than I was, so I did everything earlier than normal because I did it with her - smoke, smoke pot, drink....the only habit I still have is the smoking. That's also the habit I wish I didn't have.....if only I could go back knowing what I know now......
• United States
18 Aug 08
Sorry if i have mad you feel like that you are in an aa meeting... But thank you for ther response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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• Canada
18 Aug 08
NO i don't smoke as it is real bad for health. one must stop smoking it there is not a single benefit in smoking.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thank you for the advice and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
18 Aug 08
No I don't. Neither does my hubby. My father has emphysema. The sick thing is it is killing him and he still smoking up to a pack a day. We are trying to set a healthier example for our daughter.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
My husband and i both are smoker.. I regret ever smoking i wish that i could stop cause each day that goes by i get more and more addicted thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@dhangski (3194)
• Philippines
18 Aug 08
I do smoke. I started years ago, when I was really depressed because of a fight between me and my husband. It was my mom-in-law who introduced me to this habit. LOL. She told me it's one way of releasing my stress. But now, I wanted to quit. I'm quiting slowly. I don't want this to have an effect on my health condition.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@rocker21 (2716)
• India
18 Aug 08
I bascially since my childhood hated smokers and drinkers. I always got into fights when some one used to smoke in front of me and i used to stop them or tell them its bad or else just go aside and smoke! or whatever it maybe. I never smoked or wont ever let anyone smoke oh yeah i remember i;ve made 30 people who i've met LEAVE smoking already lol some are who just fear me and some are who just really got aware that its really BAD!
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thats great that you have never liked smoker and never smoked... Thank you for your response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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• United States
18 Aug 08
I started smoking when I was 14 also. The first time I smoked it was to impress someone. I quit cold turkey 7 years later.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@ltsilent (14)
• United States
18 Aug 08
Yes I am a smoker, I have started when I was eight years old I thought at the time I was a big shot trying to impress a girl, boy was I ever wrong, now it seems I can not do anything unless I smoke, is there really any method in quiting? I have tryed so many times and failed everytime, can not seem to find anything that will work I am open to ideias, got one?
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Well i am pretty sure that you will quit.. It cant be easy to quit.. Thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@p3y5566 (171)
• Malaysia
18 Aug 08
hi, nice to meet you here.:) i'm not a smoker.... but in my family , 3 of of my family members are smoker... i hate to smell the smoke..... hv a nice day! happy my lotting!
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• United States
18 Aug 08
my mother and my two sister and my husband are all smokes. thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting to you too...
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@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
17 Aug 08
I don't smoke. I tried it once and my underdeveloped lungs rejected it. I ended up hospitalized and ill. Fortunately my mother didn't find out I did that. I was 17 at the time and if she had I wouldn't be typing to you today. In fact I might not be alive.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thats sucks thank god younever took up the habit.. Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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• United States
18 Aug 08
yes sure ... 18 times a day ... =]
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
17 Aug 08
I am not a smoker. I don't think smoking is a cool act. Smoking is really bad for our health,it's no point to take our health to play with. My advice to all Mylotters who has been smoking,please quit this habit as soon as possible. Nothing is impossible,include the addiction towards smoking.
• United States
18 Aug 08
Thank you for the advice... thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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• United States
17 Aug 08
I started when I was about 14 also, but quit a little over year ago because my mom had a heartattack and I felt guilty for smoking around her cause she couldn't anymore. Also, it just kinda seemed like commonsense to discontinue something that was most likely a factor in what could have killed someone I care about.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Yeah i would have quit smoking to if my mother has a heart attack.. Thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@Chevee (5905)
• United States
17 Aug 08
No I don't smoke nor drink, I never took up the habits, and I am happy that I didn't because now just about everything is going to no smoking, especially facilities.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
Thatss great that you never took up any habits... I don't really drink myself.. Thank you for the response and have a great day and happy mylotting...
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@rikkabren (238)
• Philippines
17 Aug 08
once in my life i tried to smoke. but when i get pregnant and had a son, i stopped smoking because i know that it would not hurt me but it would be a bad example for my little son, seeing his mom smokes. second hand smokes is more deadlier than those smokes inhaled by the users.
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• United States
18 Aug 08
My mother smoke through out my life she still smoke to this day... Thank you for the response have a great day and happy mylotting...
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