Why do people start smoking?

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Nobody in this country can truly say that they don't know that ciggarettes are bad for you.

Every packet carries a health warning, there are adverts everywhere and you are taught it at school that it seriously affects your health. So why I ask does anyone light up a cigarette for the first time today?

I can have some sympathy for those that struggle to quite as it is undeniably addictive but those who start now well I have no words for them.

This probably wouldn't go down well but personally I think that smoking related illnesses should not be treated on the NHS unless that person can prove that they have at least attempted to stop.
 
There are many reasons why people would smoke. Probable stress, or that people think it's 'Cool'. But, to be honest, I don't really know.

I guess some people don't really care.
 
Thats what I just can't understand.

I just cannot see the logic of doing something you know is going to hurt you and make you suffer in later life.

But maybe thats just me being autistic again.
 
Social pressure, when you friends are smoking and you want to join in. Smoking tobacco or shisha can be very social and enjoyable.

Stress is also a big factor - nicotine is extremely good at short term stress relief, of course in the long term it just makes you more stressed and requires you to smoke in order to feel normal.

Lots of people that used to smoke marijuana also get addicted to nicotine through smoking weed with tobacco. At the end of the day some people just don't care so much for their bodies.
 
classicdailies said:
Thats what I just can't understand.

I just cannot see the logic of doing something you know is going to hurt you and make you suffer in later life.

But maybe thats just me being autistic again.
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People aren't rational all the time. Emotions make us make some decisions that don't make sense sometimes.
 
probably just because of friends influence. i sometimes smoke especially when me and my friend gather and drink 😀
 
Yep, peer pressure for me, you weren't cool if you weren't doing it sadly 🙁
 
There's a lot of peer pressure to do things like that at school, but some kids also do it because of stress and things like that. I've made a pact with a group of friends that if one of us gets into it like that, we all gang up to help him stop 😛
 
Jonathan said:
Lots of people that used to smoke marijuana also get addicted to nicotine through smoking weed with tobacco. At the end of the day some people just don't care so much for their bodies.
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This. Many of the people I know that smoke tobacco use it as a filler for weed (ie have half weed/half tobacco in a blunt). Tobacco is much cheaper than weed and college kids are poor.
 
Because smoking makes you cool, and smoking makes you rule! so just light up a smoke and you'll never go broke and you'll be the most popular kid in school!

the coolest kid in school! 😀
 
Peer pressure would be the reason for most, unfortunately. My dad is afraid my brother may be a victim of this because he always copies his friends.

I don't understand what could possibly be cool about smoking. You waste thousands of dollars killing yourself, how is that 'cool' ? If your friends think your 'uncool' for not smoking you need some better friends.
 
Hissae2 said:
Peer pressure would be the reason for most, unfortunately. My dad is afraid my brother may be a victim of this because he always copies his friends.

I don't understand what could possibly be cool about smoking. You waste thousands of dollars killing yourself, how is that 'cool' ? If your friends think your 'uncool' for not smoking you need some better friends.
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I agree. People mainly start smoking out of curiosity, because most people like their family do it and everyone else does.
 
Gimgak said:
Because smoking makes you cool, and smoking makes you rule! so just light up a smoke and you'll never go broke and you'll be the most popular kid in school!

the coolest kid in school! 😀
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You're only the coolest kid in school if you trip on acid.

*Ponders the idea that this is not appropriate for a 13+ forum*
 
But acid can be harmless if you're ready for it, cooler kids do meth since it'll definitely f*ck you up.

Oh yeah and that's a song btw, Andrew Jackson Jihad is a pretty damn cool band.
 
Well the reason I started was peer pressure and once I actually smoke consistently it became a habit formed to help me relieve stress. Cigarettes aren't like marijuana with mental highs but it just mellows me out :sleep:
 
Jonathan said:
Social pressure, when you friends are smoking and you want to join in. Smoking tobacco or shisha can be very social and enjoyable.
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Wait.. Shisha is a drug? I thought it was just flavoured smoke >.>
 
it's tobacco... and lol you realize any kind of smoke is bad on some level when breathing it in?
 
funnily enough i got offered a ciggy a week or so ago and i took it and smoked it at home, fu*king horrible, made me feel sick right after, bah how could i use to smoke that shit...
 
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