Poll: Why do you smoke?
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I tried it a few times and became addicted.
I enjoy smoking, the addiction is just a by-product.
A bit of both of these to be honest. When I first started at 12 (yeah I know, shocking) it was because everyone else did, and then I actually enjoyed it as well.
Nowadays (now 24, so been tabbing for 12 years, half of my life
) while I do "enjoy" a smoke, it's more down to additction than anything else. So although I do enjoy a ciggy, the fact that my clothes stink and my lungs feel like they have been through a cheese grater after a night out menas I'd really rather not smoke anymore.
I've tried to quit twice and obviously failed. So now I'm actually somewhat looking forward to the smoking ban in July to help me quit for good. In the past I've failed primarily because of having just one or two on a night out after a few beers.
Here's hoping it'll go better this time round.
I enjoy smoking, the addiction is just a by-product.
A bit of both of these to be honest. When I first started at 12 (yeah I know, shocking) it was because everyone else did, and then I actually enjoyed it as well.
Nowadays (now 24, so been tabbing for 12 years, half of my life
) while I do "enjoy" a smoke, it's more down to additction than anything else. So although I do enjoy a ciggy, the fact that my clothes stink and my lungs feel like they have been through a cheese grater after a night out menas I'd really rather not smoke anymore. I've tried to quit twice and obviously failed. So now I'm actually somewhat looking forward to the smoking ban in July to help me quit for good. In the past I've failed primarily because of having just one or two on a night out after a few beers.
Here's hoping it'll go better this time round.
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& can't say I ever intend to start either...G-MAN2004 said:
divine_madness said:There tends to be more curiosity surrounding something it seems everyone else is doing than something barely a living soul on the planet would consider doing
But to non-smokers they aren't that far apart.
Both are disgusting and no doubt taste bad.
Put nicotine in cockroaches and see what happens.
iCraig said:But to non-smokers they aren't that far apart.
Both are disgusting and no doubt taste bad.
Put nicotine in cockroaches and see what happens.
Of course they're far apart... I go out, i'm surrounded by people smoking, left, right and centre. Quite a lot of people would find themselves curious as to why the majority of people seemed to be doing this.
I have yet to attend any kind of social function whereby I have been surrounded by a room full of people eating cockroaches. You cannot sensibly compare the two things.
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I did smoke through social pressures.
I quit 2 1/2 years ago but still have the odd one when I'm very drunk.
No more than maybe 10 a year though!
I quit 2 1/2 years ago but still have the odd one when I'm very drunk.
No more than maybe 10 a year though!
divine_madness said:
I'm curious to why people do it out of the situations I already know about. The curiosity doesn't lie in what smoking is like, it's in why they do it in the first place. I'm curious as to why people have sex with animals. Mental? Twisted? Lonely? But it's certainly not the type of curiosity I want to satisfy by doing it myself.
divine_madness said:
If cockroaches had lots of naturally occuring nicotine in them, you probably would.
Filling your lungs full of tar.
Filling your stomach full of cockroach juice.
If eating cockroaches had become ingratiated into society like smoking has, people might not think twice about biting into one.
I recently stopped smoking and as a result feel better than I have in a long time. I have more energy, feel healthier, and don't have the guilt that accompanies lighting up.
I read a book called "The Nicotine Trick" a few months back and gave stopping a shot, it didn't work as I don't believe I was ready to give up. However, 3 weeks ago I decided I'd had enough, and I'm now a non-smoker.
According to the book, the mistake arises not when you smoke your first cigarette, but when you smoke your second. The second cigarette you smoke (assuming it's within a 4 day period) effectively cures the anxiety that accompanies the nicotine withdrawl. The withdrawl being a result of smoking that first cigarettem with nicotine withdrawl occuring roughly an hour after consuming nicotine. The second cigarette then, by curing the withdrawl, is then perceived as pleasurable, just as is smoking in general. There's also a self-justification aspect whereby inevitably smokers question why they are indulging in something they know will kill them, and the logical inference they make will be that it is pleasurable.
Quitting smoking is one of the hardest things I've done, though a recent lifestyle change made it somewhat easier. I think non-smokers would do well to give a little more understanding to smokers, and try not to judge too harshly for no one is perfect.
Nicotine addiction is also possible through smoking class c drugs and this is how I personally got hooked. Most people who indulge in this don't realise that nicotine addiction will probably be a result, and usually occurs pretty quickly whether they realise it or not, nicotine is after all more addictive than Heroin.
I read a book called "The Nicotine Trick" a few months back and gave stopping a shot, it didn't work as I don't believe I was ready to give up. However, 3 weeks ago I decided I'd had enough, and I'm now a non-smoker.
According to the book, the mistake arises not when you smoke your first cigarette, but when you smoke your second. The second cigarette you smoke (assuming it's within a 4 day period) effectively cures the anxiety that accompanies the nicotine withdrawl. The withdrawl being a result of smoking that first cigarettem with nicotine withdrawl occuring roughly an hour after consuming nicotine. The second cigarette then, by curing the withdrawl, is then perceived as pleasurable, just as is smoking in general. There's also a self-justification aspect whereby inevitably smokers question why they are indulging in something they know will kill them, and the logical inference they make will be that it is pleasurable.
Quitting smoking is one of the hardest things I've done, though a recent lifestyle change made it somewhat easier. I think non-smokers would do well to give a little more understanding to smokers, and try not to judge too harshly for no one is perfect.
Nicotine addiction is also possible through smoking class c drugs and this is how I personally got hooked. Most people who indulge in this don't realise that nicotine addiction will probably be a result, and usually occurs pretty quickly whether they realise it or not, nicotine is after all more addictive than Heroin.
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I started smoking when i was 15/16, my then 'mates' (no longer) beat the crap out of me and made me smoke a ***** (you know what i mean) and I couldn't resist. Afterwards I left school and got real bored and had no direction in life - so I took it up to pass time, got to know all the fine makes and tobacco's, cigars etc and now I don't give up because
I like the taste
Anyone in my family who gave up smoking when they were young died of cancer (the ironing, eh?
)
I get 'postal' when I stop after about 5 days
Plus, I smoke about 4 in work (8.5hrs) and then about 14 at home (thats 7.5 hours or so). I have been known to smoke 80-100 at the weekends when I drink, but thats in a 48 hr period straight up; and I would only drink maybe 2 or 3 times a year, so it's a kind of evil for evil I guess?
I like the taste
Anyone in my family who gave up smoking when they were young died of cancer (the ironing, eh?
)I get 'postal' when I stop after about 5 days
Plus, I smoke about 4 in work (8.5hrs) and then about 14 at home (thats 7.5 hours or so). I have been known to smoke 80-100 at the weekends when I drink, but thats in a 48 hr period straight up; and I would only drink maybe 2 or 3 times a year, so it's a kind of evil for evil I guess?