Why did I ever start smoking?

Shamozzle

What a stupid fucking thing to be at. It's the only regret I have. The wasted money, the stink of them, my teeth, can't run around for 30 seconds without having to stop and catch my breath. Dirty disgusting habit!

Do you smoke? Do you regret it?

I am an idiot.

Joe Hart

Shamozzle wrote: »

What a stupid fucking thing to be at. It's the only regret I have. The wasted money, the stink of them, my teeth, can't run around for 30 seconds without having to stop and catch my breath. Dirty disgusting habit!

Do you smoke? Do you regret it?

I am an idiot.

I've always wondered about why people smoked. I knew all of the above would happen when I was growing up so I stayed away from them. Same friends also knew the above and now are pissed off about smoking.

Artful_Badger

I quit but even still I am an idiot for starting in the first place.

Prodigious

The saddest thing is that literally 30-40% of my schoolmates smoke, that includes a good few in first year. Pathetic, and sickening to look at.

Ihatecuddles-old

I'm a smoker but I think I'm going to try get off them this week.

Artful_Badger

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I'm a smoker but I think I'm going to try get off them this week.

Fixed. Do or do not, there is no try. As Michael D Higgins said in that movie.....Jaws.

AgileMyth

I enjoyed smoking when I was a smoker. When I stopped enjoying it I stopped doing it.

Quitting is simple, just do everything the same except without smoking.

bgrizzley

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I'm a smoker but I think I'm going to try get off them this week.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1497

you wont regret it!

good luck!

ShatterProof

Smoking is cool

schnitzelEater

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Fixed. Do or do not, there is no try. As Michael D Higgins said in that movie.....Jaws.

What's this got to do with The Hobbit?

Artful_Badger

schnitzelEater wrote: »

What's this got to do with The Hobbit?

Didnt Michael D Higgins play a hobbit called Yoda in that movie Jaws ? You know the one in the Dinosaur park where the ship sank ?

Mrs Garth Brooks

Smokers are rotten

Artful_Badger

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Didnt Michael D Higgins play a hobbit called Yoda in that movie Jaws ? You know the one in the Dinosaur park where the ship sank ?

I believe it was called 'The bus that couldn't slow down'.

PhlegmyMoses

I enjoy smoking. It's great.

Shamozzle

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Smokers are rotten

Very insightful.

MadsL

Champix. Problem solved. Recommend.
If you want a motivator, I have saved €10,000 in three years of not smoking.

Why do smokers always say they can quit anytime they want? Do you start smoking believing this, even though you know its very addictive? Is it that enjoyable that it's worth the cost to your pocket, your life expectancy and your health in the meantime?

The smell of a smoker makes me gag, especially if they've just had one. I don't think smokers ever realise how bad they smell because they live with it all day.

toastedpickles

shaaane wrote: »

I believe it was called 'The bus that couldn't slow down'.

No no you're thinking of the matrix, that's the one he was talking about

Anyways, yeah most of my family smoke, so I don't need to, besides what's the point? I don't get who goes hey I'll do that, it's great craic altogether

Whats worse though is, social smokers "I don't smoke, I just do it on nights out"

You smoke
Gtfo

Fr_Dougal

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Smokers are rotten

You mean smoking is rotten.

I'm an ex-smoker. Smoking is fairly manky, expensive for a silly habit too.

2Mad2BeMad

Candie wrote: »

Why do smokers always say they can quit anytime they want? Do you start smoking believing this, even though you know its very addictive? Is it that enjoyable that it's worth the cost to your pocket, your life expectancy and your health in the meantime?

The smell of a smoker makes me gag, especially if they've just had one. I don't think smokers ever realise how bad they smell because they live with it all day.

you wont believe how bad non smokers smell
the sweat, the smell of old age hitting them hard

thank god i started smoking
i cant smell anything anymore

2Mad2BeMad

2Mad2BeMad wrote: »

you wont believe how bad non smokers smell
the sweat, the smell of old age hitting them hard

thank god i started smoking
i cant smell anything anymore

Is it true it damages your taste buds too?

Actually now that I think of it, a couple of people I know who smoke tend to drown their food in salt. Maybe it is true so.

And I'm not sweaty or old just yet but when I am at least I won't be sweaty, old AND smell of smoke :P

IM0

Candie wrote: »

Why do smokers always say they can quit anytime they want? Do you start smoking believing this, even though you know its very addictive? Is it that enjoyable that it's worth the cost to your pocket, your life expectancy and your health in the meantime?

The smell of a smoker makes me gag, especially if they've just had one. I don't think smokers ever realise how bad they smell because they live with it all day.

reminds me of going to a funeral, you when they come through the church with the death ashes or whaver that stuff is *shudder*

TheMilkyPirate

Just start vaping instead, I used to smoke 20 rollies a day until I started vaping a month ago. Haven't touched a fag since.

Now after I vape I smell of menthol or chocolate instead of smelling of ashtray after a fag.

Head over to the vaping forum there great with newbies over there.

shopaholic01

IM0 wrote: »

reminds me of going to a funeral, you when they come through the church with the death ashes or whaver that stuff is *shudder*

Incense.

blade1

MadsL wrote: »

Champix. Problem solved. Recommend.
If you want a motivator, I have saved €10,000 in three years of not smoking.

Can anyone tell if you are on Champix is it ok to use e-cigarettes when out having a few pints?

Fr_Dougal

baraca wrote: »

Just start vaping instead, I used to smoke 20 rollies a day until I started vaping a month ago. Haven't touched a fag since.

Now after I vape I smell of menthol or chocolate instead of smelling of ashtray after a fag.

Head over to the vaping forum there great with newbies over there.

That's how I quit too, off them nearly 5 months.

Malari

How long did it take for smokers to be hooked? I smoked the odd cigarette when I was in school but never felt the urge to continue.

Malari

Malari wrote: »

How long did it take for smokers to be hooked? I smoked the odd cigarette when I was in school but never felt the urge to continue.

I suppose some people become more addicted to certain things than others, faster.

You're probably one of the lucky ones.:) Don't go experimenting with heroin to test that theory though :P

Catphish

Like a lot of other people, I tried it once as a teenager. The taste is just revolting, I don't know how people can just keep doing it until the addiction forms. I'm sure it doesn't kick in from the first few, I don't understand it at all to be honest.

lukesmom

baraca wrote: »

Just start vaping instead, I used to smoke 20 rollies a day until I started vaping a month ago. Haven't touched a fag since.

Now after I vape I smell of menthol or chocolate instead of smelling of ashtray after a fag.

Head over to the vaping forum there great with newbies over there.

Hi can I ask what you would recommend to start vaping? I got the smokegreen but didn't stick to it as hit wasn't great

gg2

I have been off them for a little while. Can't even remember how I startef. They are gross little things

Malari

Catphish wrote: »

Like a lot of other people, I tried it once as a teenager. The taste is just revolting, I don't know how people can just keep doing it until the addiction forms. I'm sure it doesn't kick in from the first few, I don't understand it at all to be honest.

I remember watching Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club and the way she had arguments pointing with her cigarette and thinking "that looks so cool!" And I wasn't a kid either There's got to be a lot of fitting in and rebellious feeling behind it.

Catphish

Malari wrote: »

I remember watching Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club and the way she had arguments pointing with her cigarette and thinking "that looks so cool!" And I wasn't a kid either There's got to be a lot of fitting in and rebellious feeling behind it.

Great film, I like your style

I come from two smoking parents, and when I was a child (when there was less information about the damages of smoking), I remember going for day trips out with them up mountains and what not. You could be several hours in a car with them smoking with the windows up because the weather was crap. I always hated the smell, so when my friends asked me if I wanted to try it I said no. After a few g'wan g'wans I said I would if it shut them up. Well.. the taste, I kept wretching.

I wonder what makes people want to do it again and again until there is a dependency

gg2

A friend of a friends grandfather discovered his son was smoking (this was I think in the mid/late 60's) he brought him into the kitchen and made him smoke 40 one after another, after another. The thought makes me want to vom! Think the granda was a bit of a tyrant but it done the job, the guy started to throw up and never touched a cigarette again!

Miss Lockhart

I understand why people start as teenagers and then find it hard to stop, but I find it really hard to understand those who start in their late twenties or even thirties.

I have smoked two cigarettes, when I was at a music festival in my early 20s. I actually really liked the taste and I enjoyed it. But at the end of the day I could never ignore the facts that it is damaging to health (my own and others), smells disgusting, aging and a waste of money.

nervous_twitch

I smoke and mostly I love each and every cigarette.

yuloni

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Catphish

Condi wrote: »

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You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. It's more common that peer pressure has some involvement, but like yourself there are probably a lot of people that just experimented on their own. Smokers seem to really enjoy it, and I've often heard someone say "oh I'd love a cigarette now", you do start to wonder is there something that you're missing out on. I am glad I tried it once, because it only affirms that I will never be a smoker, it was a horrible experience. Good luck with getting off them Condi

Ol' Donie

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Smokers are rotten

That's Zombies you're thinking of.

WumBuster

Uugh, this old chestnut. yes i smoke and regret ever starting. Anyone who does and says otherwise is delusional. I dont really know why i do it, i guess i must enjoy it at some level to keep doing it, and I dont really want to stop badly enough to give up. Its all a bit of a paradox i guess..

April O Neill

Picked 'never smoked' but of course I had the obligatory one behind the bike shed as a young wan. I smoked while I was there too. :P

bnt

Only time I've ever smoked was that time my hair caught fire while welding ... I don't count the one puff I took at age 13, before I handed the smoke back and told the other kid "you can have that all to yourself, thanks".

If all cigarettes disappeared overnight, along with the urge to smoke, would the world be a better place, or worse? Me, I totally fail to see any upside to smoking. Compete waste of ... everything.

Auldloon

Quit 5 weeks ago after 25 years of smoking didn't enjoy it anymore and had reduced it to a few a day so quitting was easy.
For years I loved it but I'm really glad that when I had enough I was able to quit
I've always been fitter than most non smokers I know, no noticeable shortness of breath etc so hopefully I haven't done much lasting damage to my body.

bgrizzley

lukesmom wrote: »

Hi can I ask what you would recommend to start vaping? I got the smokegreen but didn't stick to it as hit wasn't great

since noone else answered you, i'd recommend you get a tank system, lukesmom. i had a kanger t2 and a vivi nova, lots of fruity flavours. you can get variable resistance batteries and different strenght juices to get the right hit for you.
i started vaping in september and stopped christmas day and haven smoked or vaped since. i do get an odd urge but if i had to i'd prefer to go back to vaping rather than smoking.

head over to the vaping forum for more up to date models and info. wealth of info there. good luck

pragmatic1

One of my worst decisions was to take up smoking. It's been a chain around my neck for the past 18 years. Absolutely hate seeing young people smoking.

Lando Griffin

Smoked 18 years I did every day.
The misses told me to ditch them or no hanky hanky.
It only took 2 years to give them up fully after that. I even had the odd sly one but she used to sniff me and no matter what I sprayed or ate she knew.
Eventually I did it and I remember me on my knees swearing to god I had them given up a few weeks at that stage and begging her for the shift.

Standman

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Smoked 18 years I did every day.
The misses told me to ditch them or no hanky hanky.
It only took 2 years to give them up fully after that. I even had the odd sly one but she used to sniff me and no matter what I sprayed or ate she knew.
Eventually I did it and I remember me on my knees swearing to god I had them given up a few weeks at that stage and begging her for the shift.

Sounds like smoking is the least of your worries.

UCDVet

I've never smoked, but I have to say, I'm honestly a little jealous of smokers. It's always seemed like a very social thing and now that it's less common it really seems like a 'bond' people can share.

I have co-workers who all head out for smoke breaks together. When I was still in school I had a friend who would go outside for a smoke and come back with a girl he'd met. Everyone is standing around, in the same place, doing the same thing, it just seems like such an easy way to met people.

Lucyfur

Off them 3 years. Miss them so so so much but will stay off them. If I get to 65, I'm buying 40 benson and a bottle of something nice.

Me_Grapes

ShatterProof wrote: »

Smoking is cool

Smoking is only cool if the person smoking is a winner. Think James Dean on a motorcycle, Clint Eastwood walking into a saloon or Marilyn Monroe in a cabaret.

Some no-mark puffing away at a bus shelter or outside some doorway in a boozer (i.e. 99.999999% of all smokers) just look rotten, no matter how 'cool' they like to think they are.

meoklmrk91

Decided to give them up this morning after I smoked the bones of 20 out last night woke up wheezing, nearly 24 hours since I've had one and I'm grand, but I regularly go days without smoking. We'll see how I go when I call over to peeps for a chat. Will be getting an E-cig at some point because I really love smoking, I just felt like **** this morning and I'm sick to the teeth of spending money!