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[Q] How did you start smoking cigarettes?

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OMin
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States545 Posts
August 26 2010 07:16 GMT
#1
As a person who does not really smoke , I'm curious as to how people got started into doing it. I'm not thinking about starting or anything - I smoke the occasional cigarette while drinking with my buds or something, but nothing more than that - I'm just wondering how people who smoke on a regular basis started doing so. When the nicotine hits me, the sensation is definitely there, but I don't feel like it's exactly great or anything... which may probably have to do with the fact that I don't have nicotine dependence. When I google this shit, its mostly anti-smoking organization based articles, which are undoubtedly at least a little biased. So basically I want some not scientifcally processed anecdotal input on this matter.

So how did you get introduced to smoking, and why did you continue doing it to make it become a regular habit?

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MutaDoom
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1163 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-26 07:25:08
August 26 2010 07:24 GMT
#2
Well, I started smoking when I was in grade 3(8 years old, fyi), because my twin brother and I thought we were being badass. A group consisting of us and 4 friends started.

Edit: We stole smokes from my parents, and hid them in M&M's Minis containers. They'd smell like chocolate. It's a bonus.
news
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
892 Posts
August 26 2010 07:29 GMT
#3
Smoked a cig before I hit the joint for the first time because my friend told me I was going to cough and thus waste the product. After smoking that first cigarette I realized people don't just smoke them to look cool.
"Althought it sounds sexism, and probably is, given the right context, we cannot classify the statement itself as a sexist statement by itself," - evanthebouncy!
MutaDoom
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1163 Posts
August 26 2010 07:30 GMT
#4
On a more positive note, only 3 of us continue to smoke to this day, and I'm now 23 years old. 15 years ago... wow. Wow.
brian
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States9617 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-26 07:35:10
August 26 2010 07:34 GMT
#5
i had my first cigarette while i was tripping face
then i bought a pack, loved it
stopped when i started dating someone
but then when i started going down with the relationship i picked it up as a sort of act of defiance, and then when it ended smoking filled my time.
then i smoked for about 3 years
and now i dont
hoborg
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States430 Posts
August 26 2010 07:40 GMT
#6
On August 26 2010 16:16 OMin wrote:
I smoke the occasional cigarette while drinking with my buds or something, but nothing more than that


That is how people start smoking.

I started smoking the occasional cigarette in college, because I made friends with people who smoke and I'd occasionally bum cigarettes when we were drinking at a party or something. After a few months of that, I felt guilty for bumming cigs, so I bought my own, and naturally I smoked more frequently because I had my own cigarettes right there in my pocket. I never smoked heavily, but midway my second year of college I regularly smoked around 3 cigarettes a day, often just as an excuse to go outside, or to keep myself warm while walking in the winter, or just something to do when I'm bored. I never felt that I NEEDED a cigarette, I would just sometimes want one like you might want a piece of candy.

I gradually stopped being interested in smoking when I moved away from my friends who smoked all the time, and when I started drinking less. If I had stayed with them, though, I'd probably be a heavy smoker.
blbl | CJ and ACE fighting!
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
August 26 2010 07:43 GMT
#7
military school
the courage to be a lazy bum
bluefuzz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States112 Posts
August 26 2010 08:19 GMT
#8
I feel so stupid about the way I started smoking. It started when I was bussing tables in a 4 star restaurant. Busy all the time, like crazy busy, and I worked my ass off. Well it didn't take long before I noticed the other employees leaving for about 10-15 minutes every hour or so for cigarette breaks, which mean I had to cover all their slack and work 3 times as hard.

Well finally I decided that smoking or not I was going to take those breaks too. Took about two breaks before the boss came out when I was with a couple other employees and asked what I was doing. After explaining that I was taking a break I was informed that I couldn't take a break unless I was smoking. The solution seemed simple to me... start smoking.

Was just a gradual increase of how much I smoked after that. From smoking 2 a day all the way up to a pack. I quit for two years and just started again. Trying to drop it as fast as I can again. Cigarette free is the way to be.
In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro
XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2269 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-26 08:38:45
August 26 2010 08:33 GMT
#9
i was 16 years old when i started... my mom, dad and even my dog (lol) smokes , so it was just a matter of time for me to get into it... since i was a pasive-smoker all my life...

On August 26 2010 16:30 MutaDoom wrote:
On a more positive note, only 3 of us continue to smoke to this day, and I'm now 23 years old. 15 years ago... wow. Wow.

i guess the other guy got cancer
StarCraft & Audax Italiano.
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
August 26 2010 08:37 GMT
#10
My cousin and I (9 and 7) stole a stick from our heavy-smoking blind grandpa and lit it outside before a shack. It was too much. Fucking winstons.

during high school I'd only have a few only during summers. During and after college.......

Right now I only like it after I have a few good beers.
XK ßubonic
ohaicami
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States103 Posts
August 26 2010 09:12 GMT
#11
Hanging out with Pro-Gamers at tournaments, and HAVING to have a cig break every hour.
No matter what game you play, there are always smoke breaks.
Appetitus Rationi Pareat - Cicero (Let your desires be ruled by reason.)
kuresuti
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
1393 Posts
August 26 2010 09:20 GMT
#12
Smoked with my buddies when we were kids cause it was cool!

I kept smoking, even though it became less and less cool as the years passed.

Two years ago I actually stopped smoking, didn't smoke for about 6 months, then started again. It's pretty stupid but meh, enjoy life to the fullest etc.
Doctorasul
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Romania1145 Posts
August 26 2010 09:24 GMT
#13
"Smoking one cigarette is not smoking, it's experimenting."
"I am indifferent to smoking and I feel no guilt for smoking, therefore I'm not addicted."
"I only smoke when socializing and not when alone, therefore I'm not a real smoker."
"I'm not a smoker, I quit after every cigarette and I am cigarette-free inbetween them."
"I know someone that smokes more than me, therefore they're addicted and I'm not."
"I don't wake up sweating and screaming in the middle of the night, therefore I'm not an addict."
"I may be addicted to nicotine, but no one is perfect and at least I'm not an alcoholic, therefore no reason to change."
"I've gotten so used to it, it's a lot harder to quit now, therefore I don't even want to."
"I believe in Spinoza's god who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, but not in a god who concerns himself with the fate and actions of human beings." - Albert Einstein
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
August 26 2010 10:23 GMT
#14
I tried when I was 14 and loved it. I smoke ever since. But I never smoke in the morning (I feel it's disgusting, like drinking alcohol for breakfast). I am not a heavy smoker, I smoke like 3/4 cigs a day, it's the best way to enjoy it. And I don't feel bad at all if I can't smoke.
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Nikon
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bulgaria5710 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-26 10:44:10
August 26 2010 10:30 GMT
#15
The first time I smoked was... in third grade, me and a buddy bought a pack (said it was for his father) and hid in the woods in the local park, smoked the whole of it. Didn't take it up then however, as we didn't like the taste. We also chewed tree leaves to cover up the smell coming from our mouths so we wouldn't get caught

Fast forward six years into the future. There was this small pc bang with just 4 computers in it close to my house and I'd hang there pretty often, even if I wasn't going to play with the other people that frequented it, I'd just sit around and watch them play. Now, there's the fact that most of them (read: all) were smokers, and then there's the fact that the pc bang was rather small so the owner didn't permit smoking inside. Those two facts led to droves of people often going outside for a smoke break and being a non-smoker during those times felt quite awkward, so I picked it up.

There were such smoker circles in school too, but you weren't exactly forced to go outside of the school during recess as there were plenty of people to socialise with that stayed inside. I only started joining these circles after I took up smoking, but it opened a lot of new social interaction, so it wasn't all that bad. What was bad was the "smoke every 40 minutes" habit that we all developed through the years. Man, that was almost as hard to shake off as smoking itself.

And then, of course, I started going to clubs, house parties, all that jazz. Mixing drinks and cigarettes didn't do anything to force me out of the habit. (I'd like to open a bracket here and say that to this day I must have a cigarette when I'm drinking. I really wish I didn't, because it leaves horrible aftertaste on the next morning, but hey, what can I do now?) As a sidenote sharing ciggies with people that had ran out at the club could potentially land you a free drink, depending on how drunk they were.

So, in conclusion, peer pressure and the social aspect of it played a pretty major role of picking the habit up and keeping doing it.
MacroNcheesE
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States508 Posts
August 26 2010 10:33 GMT
#16
I quit smoking weed.
Doubt is the venom that has paralyzed humanity.
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2013 Posts
August 26 2010 11:43 GMT
#17
Ex-girlfriend, over 2 years ago. Never smoked before, but we used to smoke a cigarette a time together.
I smoke occasionally now, though usually only when I drink. If I drink heavily that night I can take out like 10 cigarettes.
I don't smoke more than a cigarette on a regular day though, usually none.
I'm not addicted because I can go without for weeks and if I smoke a lot one day I don't want to have any the day after.
I seem to prefer sniffing tobacco sometimes over a cigarette if I want to stay up longer in the night(seems to have a better kick).
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
August 26 2010 12:01 GMT
#18
I tried it for the first time with a friend when I was drunk and I felt really relaxed afterwards. A few months ago I had a very stressfull time and it is still very stressfull so I smoke to help myself cool down a bit.
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
August 26 2010 12:23 GMT
#19
Smoking while drinking is the best shit ever... Other than that i just snus (:
whatusername
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1181 Posts
August 26 2010 12:38 GMT
#20
my first one was when i saw one of my buds smoking and then i was like hey man can i try that and he was like sure dude!!!

i started smoking heavily when my first girlfriend broke up with me i was just so bummed out so id smoke early in the morning and once that routine set in i started smoking more and more until it got to the point where it was like a pack a day. now im cutting down though lol
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