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Smoking is one of the worst things kids or adults can do to their bodies. Yet every single day nearly 4,400 kids between the ages 11 and 17 start smoking. Why?!

P.S. I, personally, hate smoking because it damages the health and it sucks...

I quit years ago.

one of the best things I ever did.

I don't, but it annoys me when people attack those who do. Unless someone's being incredibly inconsiderate of others when doing it, I feel it's their own business.

Pantero Blanco wrote:Unless someone's being incredibly inconsiderate of others when doing it, I feel it's their own business.

I agree, howeve it becomes my business if I'm sitting next to someone who is smoking, or someone tries to light up in my car or house.

I smoke. A lot.

I get urges, especially when around non-smokers, so I can blow smoke in their faces and laugh at them, knowing there's nothing they can do because I'm twice bigger than they are. (I'm kidding).

I smoked once, and i took one drag and threw it away. i hated it. Don't start. Its disgisting. My friend has been smoking since he was 13 and now he can barely run 100 meters without choking to death. Seriously, this is one topic im very passionate about, DONT START. My sister smokes and she wants to quit really bad. I havent met one person who doesnt want to quit...

I have (met the person who doesn't wanna quit).

I've been smoking for 10 years as well, and I agree it's nasty. This is the way I see it - when am I gonna smoke if not now? :) I'm giving myself 10 more months, and then I'm starting my quitting process. Then I'm giving myself a year to quit completely. I'm a realistic person :D Of course, I'm talking about cigarettes.

I can't stand smoking... hate the smell of it.
I never had any urge to start, but if I ever did, seeing both my grandparents suffer from lung diseases because of the 30 years they spend smoking ended that.

i also smoke... i was trying to give up a month ago because my girlfriend didnt like it... i didnt smoke for a week or so but we broke up and im back on cigarettes... Im 19 years old and i smoke from my 15, so this mean 4 years smoking... i smoked about a box a week at the beginning... now i smoke about a box on 1 or 2 days... depends on what am i doing... i am also against smoking but people just dont belive it how can you get addicted to it.... i hate the smell of my clothes, i hate to spend so much money, i hate my parents dont like it... but, what the hell... i'll quit someday... someday...

I smoke from time to time (2 - 3 boxes a year). And I enjoy it! I enjoy the feeling of the smoke running trough.

I smoke, but no cigarretes, only the good stuff for my lungs. Pipes and cigars all the way, but it's more of a hobby for me than an addiction. I haven't smoked a pipe in about two months because it sucks in the winter.

lol i saw a warning on a cigar box that my dad had once...


"WARNING-DO NOT INHALE!

...Wow...

Because you aren't supposed to inhale cigars, supposably.

Heh, if you dont inhale the cigar, then why waste money one it ?

Because there is more to cigars then cigarettes

"Cigar smokers typically do not inhale the smoke, instead puffing it into their mouths, not reaching their lungs, unlike cigarette smokers. Cigar smokers consequently have lower incidence of lung cancer and emphysema than cigarette smokers, but still higher than that of non-smokers."

They taste better too.