Peer pressured into smoking a cig when I was at a bar with a friend at 4 in the morning. A few days later, peer pressured again by a chick at another bar =.=

I don't smoke though.

GreatFall

United States1061 Posts

August 26 2010 17:35 GMT

#22

I've never smoked a cigarette =/

Chriamon

United States886 Posts

August 26 2010 17:38 GMT

#23

On August 27 2010 02:35 GreatFall wrote:
I've never smoked a cigarette =/

Me neither, but not because I am against it or anything, I just have asthma, so I'll die if I try it.

3clipse

Canada2555 Posts

August 26 2010 18:50 GMT

#24

I've smoked about 3 cigarettes in my life just because I was drunk and everything seemed like a good idea. I have no desire to smoke cigarettes again as I get nothing out of them and the financial and health costs are just too high. I do smoke the rare cigar or joint as I enjoy the taste/effects and the addictive potential is not the same.

On August 26 2010 17:19 bluefuzz wrote:
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.

This story is probably more common than you think. I've heard it from several smokers I know and felt the unfairness of those policies myself when working at Panago delivering Pizzas. I think I was 1 of 2 guys that didn't smoke.

alexpnd

Canada1857 Posts

August 26 2010 19:46 GMT

#25

Highschool. I wanted to hang out in the smoking section, plus I was anxious and didn't like being surrounded by a billion kids in the caf. I smoke rarely now adays but had like 5-7 a day for a good 3-4 years

tofucake

Hyrule19217 Posts

August 26 2010 19:55 GMT

#26

I was dumb. I'm pretty sure there was liquor involved.

I'm up to about half a pack a day now. FML.

Never.Die

Japan189 Posts

August 26 2010 22:38 GMT

#27

I started smoking cigars at 12 years old, used smoke em with my friend by a river to chill out and just forget about life and tell stories. It just basically grew from there into cigarettes. I think I now associate smoking to whenever I just want to clear my head or just forget about shit.

kzn

United States1218 Posts

August 26 2010 23:10 GMT

#28

just tried it to see what the fuss was about, liked it and kept doing it.

switched to snus because i dont really want lung cancer and the "high" from snus is way better

HeadhunteR

Argentina1258 Posts

August 26 2010 23:12 GMT

#29

i tried with some friends but was to tacky with my money so i didnt get addicted.. i smoked on weekends from time to time but it really wasnt an addiction as i didnt buy any packs. 2 years ago in the summer i smoked 2 packs in less than 2 days and my friends were like WTF? you are going to get addicted I said fuck no ill bet you i can last a whole year without smoking which i did it was for a sandwich (and the pride of course Now i can say I can stop when i want to)

and now im back to smoking whenever i want to.. so since about march from this year ive been buying packs when i wanted and smoked sometimes a bit and sometimes alot, i used to play rugby and i didnt smoke that much so no body ever really saw me as a smoker or an addicted smoker. that kind of a smoker that smokes 2 packs a day or 3 packs a week i had once in a long while 10 ciggarets on a saturday night yeah asking for ciggarets all night really dumb.

I really dont think as me as a smoker i smoke when i want to really and i have the will power to leave it for a year.. im not so certain if im able to do it for all my life but its like I smoke when I want to not when my body feels like it, usually when im drunk or bored as hell.
Today i bought a pack and I smoked about 3 or 4 ciggarets and im thinking of smoking one tommorow and throwing them away.
I dont really like to smell like cigarettes and the smell is horrible for your furniture, your home and it really sticks on you. I dont know I really feel like im not addicted at all and i can control the amount I smoke but i really dont feel the physical need to quit cause i still get a little dizzy by smoking only one every now and then. I have felt sometimes the real need but it was way back before the bet.

I feel that if you want to stop smoking you should not be around people that smoke. if i didnt have friends that smoked i would have never even tried it. But hey im hedonistic and i dont give much of a fuck about anything so a few ciggs wont kill me right away.

after 6 months of not even smoking a small puff you forget about the flavor of it and what it does to your body.. I dont have suggestions for heavy smokers but you non regular smokers that want to quit just stop fucking around and stop its will power dont be pussys you can do it say no and dont buy any fucking pack.
man that was long..

Amnesia

United States3818 Posts

August 26 2010 23:19 GMT

#30

I've been smoking on a semi regular basis because I started smoking spliffs all summer...

SuperJongMan

Jamaica11586 Posts

August 27 2010 01:25 GMT

#31

This girl I liked smoked... she offered me one. I accepted.

Subversion

South Africa3627 Posts

August 27 2010 01:51 GMT

#32

i never did.

the majority of people who tell me not to smoke are smokers. i think that speaks for itself.

torrie

United States2 Posts

April 02 2011 19:06 GMT

#33

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Renoir_scII

Canada112 Posts

April 02 2011 19:54 GMT

#34

Started smoking much like you around 17-18 or so, just having the random cigarette every once in awhile. However I started to get extremely stressed out about 6-7 months ago and took to smoking regularly and, damn, did it make a difference. I don't actually smoke that much - usually 0-2 cigarettes a day (although a lot more when i'm drinking) - but the little that I do tends to make a big difference.

itsmkr

1 Post

July 01 2014 20:27 GMT

#35

My parents are smokers and my older brother became a smoker at 16 so I thought it was normal that you started smoking when you grew up. Had my first cigarette at 14, told my parents I smoked at 16 and now am a pack a day smoker.

lazurm

1 Post

April 26 2018 13:49 GMT

#36

My attractive next door neighbor smokes all the time. She told me she'd never go out with a nonsmoker and followed up with an offer of one of her cigarettes, saying that she needs a "smoking buddy". So I took it and she instructed me. One thing led to another and after a few months I felt a need to smoke on my own. She'll occasionally laugh now about how she "corrupted" me. She's worth it, trust me.

739

Bearded Elder29904 Posts

April 28 2018 08:30 GMT

#37

I've actually started smoking pretty late, in my early 20's when I've started university.
Had a regular job, was studying at university, lot of stress and shit and smoking seemed relaxing to me.

I smoke till today and I'm 31