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What made you start smoking?
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I have never smoked myself so dont understand the whys & wherefores.
Obviously once the addiction takes over thats different but why would you think to start in the first place?
Was it mostly peer pressure/being encouraged to by others?
Obviously once the addiction takes over thats different but why would you think to start in the first place?
Was it mostly peer pressure/being encouraged to by others?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.@puzzlenat - Looking back ,I am amazed at how persistent I was when I started smoking.
I still remember making myself sick with packs of Players (?) No.6 in an attempt to be a smoker - ridiculous really.
And then there was the spell of smoking menthol cigarettes, in the mistaken belief that somehow this would hide the fact that I was experimenting with smoking from my parents ;)
I still remember making myself sick with packs of Players (?) No.6 in an attempt to be a smoker - ridiculous really.
And then there was the spell of smoking menthol cigarettes, in the mistaken belief that somehow this would hide the fact that I was experimenting with smoking from my parents ;)
At the time I began smoking all the television ads. and newspaper and radio ads were telling us how good these cigarettes were and how fashionable we would look if we had a cigarette in one hand and the packet in the other. Usually the company selling them would have the most beautiful girls showing them off
Never smoked cigarettes but Father-in-Law introduced me to smoking a pipe which had such a variety of tastes. Then Havana cigars at business functions, also good. Stopped when told to after a heart attack but then on losing my wife and needing to get my health back again through exercise, my doctor agreed that I would never be an inveterate smoker so took up pipe & cigars again. NEVER a habit, no problem to have stopped just a joy at 81 to smoke an occasional pipe and cigar.
I can only speak for the generation I belong to, I am 59 years old and started smoking at th age of 15 along with a lot of my friends, I finally gave up 2 years ago after 42 years. In my youth nearly everyone smoked and it was a surprise when you offered someone a cigarette and for them to refuse and say 'I don't smoke'. It was a very 'sociable' thing to do (oh how times have changed) and could be an ice breaker when meeting somebody for the first time!
I found smoking a relaxing activity and I still miss it even after 2 years of quitting, it is extremely diffcult to explain to anyone who has never smoked what it is all about. What I do say is don't feel too smug or superior about being a lifelong non-smoker, just be thankful you were sensible enough never to have succumbed to the temptation because a lot of smokers and ex-smokers wish they'd done the same as you!
I found smoking a relaxing activity and I still miss it even after 2 years of quitting, it is extremely diffcult to explain to anyone who has never smoked what it is all about. What I do say is don't feel too smug or superior about being a lifelong non-smoker, just be thankful you were sensible enough never to have succumbed to the temptation because a lot of smokers and ex-smokers wish they'd done the same as you!
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19:41 Tue 09th Oct 2012
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@Mib LoL - taken me about 3 hours, but i finally get your post! :)
19:41 Tue 09th Oct 2012
I believe Site Rules prohibit me for divulging my next attempt at replacement therapy, LG. ;o)