Question For Young Smokers

[Bluebonnet Herp]

I'll probably never smoke tobacco since nearly all my grandparents had a near death experience involving tobacco, and I'm not really pro tobacco either, but I don't hold it against anyone who is.
The only smoking that socially surrounds me is weed and e-cig tricks. That's what today's youth generation is doing, anyway.
A little off-topic, but is it bad if I like the smell of 2nd hand smoke?

[Mike41793]

Is it bad that i've always had a strong urge to try smoking just to prove i could quit cold turkey? People always say its so hard, i just wanna do it to say i did. Lol

[Bluebonnet Herp]

Is it bad that i've always had a strong urge to try smoking just to prove i could quit cold turkey? People always say its so hard, i just wanna do it to say i did. Lol

Careful, cuz if they can't, what guarantees you can?

[Raven01]

Is it bad that i've always had a strong urge to try smoking just to prove i could quit cold turkey? People always say its so hard, i just wanna do it to say i did. Lol

With tobacco the physical addiction is broken in only a few weeks and depending on the individual that can be a hard or fairly easy time.
I quit cold turkey for 18 months because I just didn't feel like smoking anymore.
The real problem is the psychological addiction, if you can beat your brain you can quit if you can't or cannot motivate yourself sufficiently you are going to have trouble.
I can't recall the source but, I think I did read the average quitter will try 4-6 times before succeeding.

Living in Canada the one thing that seriously rattles my cage is "Health Canada" the joke that it is is stopping any e-Cigs/E-Cigars with nicotine from entering the country as best they can. Because, they are not big pharma products i.e. big money and they are not tobacco products so they aren't taxed stupid. And, of course the tobacco which is widely available is sooooo much safer.
The same clowns that did not stop nickel, lead and, cadmium laced kids drinking glasses from China from being sold here because, "they were meant for display not actual use".

[Kodieh]

If you quit for a period of time and then resumed, you didn't actually quit. You took a break. Sorry, but that's the truth of it.

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[Raven01]

If you quit for a period of time and then resumed, you didn't actually quit. You took a break. Sorry, but that's the truth of it.

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That is about as logical as saying that anyone that ever starts anything has always done it.
It might sound catchy or "feel" right but, it is completely illogical.
You can quit driving for 10 years and take it up again, just like anything else.

[BrandiR]

I'm 35 now. I started smoking at 18 because there were two things I could do that day that I couldn't do the day before - rent a porno and buy cigarettes. So I did both!

[sunshinenorcas]

Smoking is disguisting and horrible, anyone who does is soooooo stupid

Theres an awesome thing about being an adult and making independent choices- you can make your own. If you don't want to smoke, that's great, you are not obligated to smoke.
If you do want to? Awesome, your money and your life and as long as you aren't being a butt (smoking around lots of people and in very tight spaces) that's your choice. It is not your place to call other adults stupid for making a choice that you are not. Their bodies, their health, absolutely none of your business


I would say for me its a habit not an addiction (I watch myself pretty carefully to try an avoid it developing into an addiction). I grew up with a smoker so I've always been exposed it and the first time was when i was 19 or 20... I primarily smoke when I'm out with friends and being social, or having a VERY bad anxiety night (which are fortunately very rare) or hookah with my roommates. Idk. I maybe go through a pack every few months so its not a normal thing

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[Bluebonnet Herp]

I'm 35 now. I started smoking at 18 because there were two things I could do that day that I couldn't do the day before - rent a porno and buy cigarettes. So I did both!

[MasonC2K]

Lots of responses. I appreciate the feedback.

The only thing that I can't agree with is someone said that it's not harming anyone else. That's not true. People can and do get cancer and other illnesses from second hand smoke. Which is why I get mad when I see people smoking in public or around kids. To me that shows a person has no regard to the health of those around them.

Otherwise, keep them coming.