Thread: Why do people start smoking?

I really don't understand at all. They know it kills them, and to start, you have to get over the initial reaction of disgust for it, so why even begin?
Smokers, insight?

cigarettes not pot :P

peer pressure, and family
for most people around here, their PARENTS are forcing them to start smoking and shoving cigarettes down their throats till they become used and addicted!!


please answer my questions:
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Tobacco is addictive so once you start, you get hooked. Some people don't get hooked at all but do it to look cool or just for the hell of it.

I can't stand the smell of it and I hate cigarettes. I have 2 smokers in my family, both started because of stress so I'm guessing that's a main contributor.

to be cool
lame ppl!!

When I was a teenager, I used to think its cool to smoke ciggies. In those days awareness campaign was non-existent.

I used to smoke a lot, no real good reason I started, I honestly just wanted to look cool and lose weight haha... I never got addicted no matter how hard I tried. I've been off them for months and well, I haven't had a craving the whole time. Some people are just born to be addicts!

To relieve themselves of stress.

dares, pressure, depression, that kind of stuff
but if you think about it, almost everyone thinks "what if I smoked" every now and then

MMM pot. Anyway, usually because of peer pressure. Or alcohol related. I have my first and only cig cause I was black out drunk.