Do you smoke cigarettes?

Not any more - smoked 20 a day (at least) for 20 years, quit 6 years ago. Mind you, the way things are going at work just now I'm tempted to start again...

TURK182! wrote: <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>Yes, I'm a smoker since I'm 15. Now I'm 28 and I begin to think to quit but it' not done!!!

You wouldn't be able to quit. In order to quit smoking, you need will power. If you only began to think about quitting and still haven't made up your mind, then I doubt you really want to quit. If you force yourself to quit without really wanting to, then (and I hope I'm wrong) you won't be 'strong' enough to quit to the fullest.
If you want my advice - stop thinking about quitting. When you'll really feel you want to quit smoking, then no 'thinking' will be needed, only blind determination.
Then again, I personally haven't tried to quit smoking, but this is as I see it.

yargh, I don't see why it is temping fate. If you're (god forbid) about to brake then buying a pack or having it in your car won't change anything.
I must say I like the idea though. Very clever.

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Yes, I'm a smoker since I'm 15. Now I'm 28 and I begin to think to quit but it' not done!!!

The Miracle wrote: Nope. And i dont plan to start at all

Same thing here.

Peter wrote: No, never -- by the time I was old enough to consider starting, I knew enough about it that to have started would have been very dumb. I guess I had enough will power and self-esteem to resist any peer pressure, though most of my friends as a teen were non-smokers too. My older brother (same upbringing) was a smoker until a couple of years ago, and he was always more of an athlete than I. Most of his friends smoked too. Sadly, this habit has not declined as it should have among new generations of teens. To the smokers: why did you start? (Seriously, I don't mean to be smug or condescending, I just want to know.)

I did it for all of the health benefits that come with breathing in fire.  I heard that second hand smoke kills more people than first hand smoke, so I took the healthier approach. 

Really though, I enjoy it.  It gives me much pleasure and the way I see it, somethings going to kill me sooner or later.  And yes I know that smoking will probably make it sooner rather than later, but in 100 years it won't matter, because I will be just as dead either way.

You fools, you're wasting your hard earned money on cd's when you could be smoking cigarettes. What a shame.

Nope.

And i dont plan to start anytime soon.

TheProgtologist wrote: Peter wrote: No, never -- by the time I was old enough to consider starting, I knew enough about it that to have started would have been very dumb. I guess I had enough will power and self-esteem to resist any peer pressure, though most of my friends as a teen were non-smokers too. My older brother (same upbringing) was a smoker until a couple of years ago, and he was always more of an athlete than I. Most of his friends smoked too. Sadly, this habit has not declined as it should have among new generations of teens. To the smokers: why did you start? (Seriously, I don't mean to be smug or condescending, I just want to know.)   Honestly Peter,I started for the stupidest reason there is.Because all my friends were doing it.

Thanks Progto! -- As you may know, I teach in a college, and I'm sure that more than half of our young students smoke. Sometimes that saddens me.

The young ladies often say they smoke to "stay thin." I find that sad, too. No one seems to think they'll live past 30.

Part of my role is to advise people re lifestyle issues, so I asked out of both professional and personal curiosity.

no...I've got far too many albums on my wants list to be able to afford to take up any other hobbies

No, never -- by the time I was old enough to consider starting, I knew enough about it that to have started would have been very dumb.

I guess I had enough will power and self-esteem to resist any peer pressure, though most of my friends as a teen were non-smokers too.

My older brother (same upbringing) was a smoker until a couple of years ago, and he was always more of an athlete than I. Most of his friends smoked too.

Sadly, this habit has not declined as it should have among new generations of teens.

To the smokers: why did you start? (Seriously, I don't mean to be smug or condescending, I just want to know.)