Posted by d on October 17, 2009, 17:48:23, in reply to "Sorta wanting to try smoking"
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Most people are hooked by the first few cigarettes and then are slowly (or quickly) reeled in by the addictive quality of nicotine biochemistry into long or permanent addiction. Also, most new smokers do not realize that they are addicted until long after they are (at most after a few weeks or a few packs). Your friends are addicted. The addiction becomes both physical craving for nicotine and psychological craving for the act of smoking, which provide pleasure and relaxation, but at a price.
A tobacco marketer once said something like: "If I can get them to smoke 2 cigarettes, I'll have a customer for life".
From your message, where you wrote that you think it looks cool, and think about smoking every day, you are even less likely to be just a social, take-it-or-leave-it smoker.
Very few people remain just "social" smokers.
If you start, my guess is that you will need to hide it and sneak around. Then you will feel guilty about both smoking and about sneaking around.
Don't try it. Wait a few years, at least.
--Previous Message--
: Hi,
: I am 16 female from
: Indiana.I have been
: thinking about starting
: to to smoke.I have 3
: friends that started a
: few months ago and they
: have been asking me to
: try it.I kinda want to
: cause they look cool
: smoking but the problem
: is none of my parents
: smoke and im one of the
: girl next door type.I am
: a cheerleader, play
: sports top of my class
: in school,go to church
: every sunday. But i
: still think about
: smoking everyday day now
: so i was wondering if i
: try it can you just be a
: social smoker or will i
: become addicted. Cause i
: cant let anyone around
: town know that i
: smoke.And what is a good
: brand to try.Or is it
: just best to never try
: it at all.My head is
: just all confused right
: now sorry for rambling
: so much..I would welcome
: all advice
:
:
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