Just wondering!!!! if so i wont advise them to stop smoking:P:PLOL
sometimes i think that they know the consequences of smoking why should i tell them

i smoke also, I DO NOT GET MAD if someone tells me i need to quit smoking, in the most part they just care about me and i am glad they do, but it is my choice, i do respect others(people that dont smoke) i do not smoke in peoples homes,cars etc that are non smokers they need to respect our decisions to ..as a smoker! I WOULD LOVE to quit smoking by the way…easier said than done!!

I am a smoker, and I want every little reason on why I should quit smoking.

I wouldn’t say that it’s a healthy habit, but I personally believe that just how bad it is is blown way out of proportion.

During the Roaring 20’s & WWII, everyone smoked. If they were all dropping like flies, you’d think someone would notice.

When a doctor (a highly educated and well respected individual) tells you that if you keep smoking you’ll get cancer – how is that different from a placebo?

I don’t suppose that’s what you were looking for. Sorry about that. If you want to quit, just go ahead & quit. It’s a very difficult thing to do.

I smoked 1 1/2 packs a day and I had my last cigarette this morning around 9:30-10:00 (only had 4 before that). Around 7:30p.m. I started feeling dizzy and a little nauseous. With in about 10 mins I started to feel a sharp pain in my chest when I breathed in then it stopped. The pain has come back twice within the hour. My doctor says to ignore the sick feeling for a while and it is more important that i am quitting. Is it normal to feel sick when you quit smoking? Should I be more concerned about how I feel. I quit twice before(during pregnancy, after daughter’s 1st birthday) and I don’t remember feeling this way before. Did any one else feel differently each time they attempted to quit. I still feel worried and was hoping for smoke ex-smoker advice.

Yes, it’s normal. You will have various kinds of quit smoking withdrawal symptoms. I had nausea, dizziness, chest soreness and tightness, etc. after I quit in last April. Many ex-smokers feel sick after they quit smoking but it will go easier, I have had many bad withdrawal symptoms myself too.

Make sure you don’t smoke again. Good luck!

i smoke pot and have for 6 months should i quit and if so why? also i dont want to be told "it will kill you" i have done some research. i would like to have a response from curent and former smokers so if you are or not let me know in your answer thank you.

yes, i don’t know how old you may be but i am not experienced myself. What i do know is, at a young age it will not show but when you hit 40, all your lung cells will be too short to function. Then, you may suffer from lung cancer. Plus, why would you WANT to smoke something you know that is bad? Quiting might be hard, but it will save you from regret.

They both do go hand in hand. It’s like having a beer without a cigarette. Why is that?

No way !!
I’m not giving up either. It would be like giving up breathing and eating

I started smoking when I was 3 and smoked until I was 34. Then i quit on New Years eve this year…i just quit cold turkey because I thought I had to…but I didn’t want to. I like smoking actually. Its other people that don’t like it.

I thought I was going to join the military, so I quit smoking because you are not allowed to smoke in boot camp. Well, I found out I can’t get in the military because I am color blind.

I’m not to worried about smoking’s damage to my health. I can still run a mile under 6 minutes and my genetics are pretty good. My grandfather started smoking at age 5 and he dies of emphysema from smoking… but, that was when he was 95 – it took smoking 90 years to kill him.

At age 3, my mother gave me a cigarette and i started regular pack a day at 12 years old. My mother is a pot head and she didn’t know any better.

Here’s my dilemma. I enjoy smoking and I’ve been doing it for 30 years. Its easy for me to quit because I understand why people smoke and why they quit. Most people can’t quit because they think its hard… but its actually easy. People only think its hard because that is what people said. In actuality all you have to do to stop smoking is stop smoking. It requires no physical effort… You do nothing!

I figure I made it 3 months with no smoking maybe i should just continue. But i will always miss smoking. I also like to drink alcohol and get drunk but i never got addicted to that. I haven’t had a beer in over a year.

What do you guys think i should do. I like smoking and drinking but i don’t do them anymore because everyone else seems to not like them. I always cared about what other people think – but now i miss out on the enjoyable things in life.

What should I do?

If you can’t fully quit because you enjoy it too much, then maybe don’t fully stop, but cut back on it? Although it’s probably mainly the smell that people don’t like, and I’m afraid if you continue to smoke then there’s not really much you can do about that :/
Ultimately it’s up to you, you can choose to keep smoking, much to the chagrin of your friends, or you can find something else that you enjoy to replace the smoking, which is going to be hard to do, but is an option.

I started smoking when I was 3 and smoked until I was 34. Then i quit on New Years eve this year…i just quit cold turkey because I thought I had to…but I didn’t want to. I like smoking actually. Its other people that don’t like it.

I thought I was going to join the military, so I quit smoking because you are not allowed to smoke in boot camp. Well, I found out I can’t get in the military because I am color blind.

I’m not to worried about smoking’s damage to my health. I can still run a mile under 6 minutes and my genetics are pretty good. My grandfather started smoking at age 5 and he dies of emphysema from smoking… but, that was when he was 95 – it took smoking 90 years to kill him.

At age 3, my mother gave me a cigarette and i started regular pack a day at 12 years old. My mother is a pot head and she didn’t know any better.

Here’s my dilemma. I enjoy smoking and I’ve been doing it for 30 years. Its easy for me to quit because I understand why people smoke and why they quit. Most people can’t quit because they think its hard… but its actually easy. People only think its hard because that is what people said. In actuality all you have to do to stop smoking is stop smoking. It requires no physical effort… You do nothing!

I figure I made it 3 months with no smoking maybe i should just continue. But i will always miss smoking. I also like to drink alcohol and get drunk but i never got addicted to that. I haven’t had a beer in over a year.

What do you guys think i should do. I like smoking and drinking but i don’t do them anymore because everyone else seems to not like them. I always cared about what other people think – but now i miss out on the enjoyable things in life.

What should I do?

If everything you say is true, then your grandpa was a very lucky man. But imagine how much longer he would have lived without smoking! And you’re lucky, too, since you’ve apparently inherited these genes. You’re also lucky you were able to quit cold turkey without any cravings or withdrawal symptoms. Most people have a very hard time quitting. Sounds to me like staying quit should be no problem to you.

But then you said you "miss out on the enjoyable things in life" without them. That, to me, sounds you do have a dependency on them. Having a dependency on anything you don’t really need is unhealthy. And then you also said your mom is, unfortunately, a pot head. That tells me that maybe the genes in your family might not be as strong as you think they are.

Plus, if you’re not worried about your own health, and since you apparently care about others (what they think, anyway), you should stay quit for them and their health. I know of people who died from second-hand smoke. And we all know of people who died as a result of drunkenness.

And like the second poster said, your parents abused you by giving you cigarettes at the age of 3. If I were in your position, I would stay quit just to make sure that I don’t follow their footsteps. You said you’ve been drunk before. What made you stop drinking? Obviously, I don’t know why you stopped, but it’s a good thing that you did. Getting drunk (especially if it’s often) puts you and other people in immediate danger.

In conclusion: I would strongly recommend that you stay quit. The way I see it, you have little to lose and a lot to gain.

hi..i am 25 years old and i have been smoking since i was 14..it has been many years..everyone tells me i should quit smoking..but the problem is that i am very very ugly..i couldnt find a girlfriend if i was alone in a room full of 100 women..trust me my face looks like gary busey and im overweight..i have acne scars..i have pretty much no money..i have a feeling i will live my life alone..yet ppl say "why dont you quit, dont u know you will live longer?" the thing is, i dont want to live into my 70’s..smoking is one of the few satisfactions i find in my life..i now cancer is painful..i witnessed my grandmom die from it..but i dont want to live long and smoking decreases my chances of suffering for 80 years..im sorry if this depresses you, but in my world, life sucks! why should i quit smoking

Yeh right.

The only thing you’re lacking is self-confidence.

Stop criticizing yourself, stop listening to people telling you how you look.

Ge tin shape, do some sport, people who are serious about partners go beyond looking at facial features of a person.

Stop comparing yourself to Brad Pitt, Tom Cru… etc

No one is born perfect.

Everyone has a gift,

everyone has atleast one thing wrong with them.

Get your self into "self Help" books.

Go for it. You’re young and too self criticizing. Stop that!

You have a world in front of you to make something worthwhile – it is a challenge even to a normal looking fella to look into life and try to make something out of it,

MOST IMPORTANT:

STOP EATING JUNK, get on a diet and eat plenty of fresh food that will boost your confidence,
There is a saying:

You are wht you eat!

and QUIT SMOKING!

THESE 2 things cause lots of darkness to envelope oneself and bring in demons that yap yap into ones ears 24×7.

The most important strategy in remaining free from smoking is to put an exercise component into your life. The major benefits of exercise are these:

* Exercise brings a true, natural, and sustained high.

* Exercise gives relief from tension, a benefit smokers falsely think they get from cigarettes.

* Exercise decreases neuromuscular tension and increases relaxation.

* Aerobic exercise slows and even reverses the aging process.

* The exercised heart pumps more blood with each stroke, so this efficiency saves 20 million superfluous heartbeats per year.

* Exercise offers a long-term reduction of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

* Exercise dilates blood vessels, allowing blood to circulate freely to the hands, feet, and surface areas of the body. (Most smokers complain of cold hands and feet.)

* Exercise can prevent the potential weight gain connected with breaking free of cigarettes.

* You can develop a healthy addiction to exercise, which will be manifested in many positive changes in addition to losing interest in cigarettes.

I started smoking when I was 3 and smoked until I was 34. Then i quit on New Years eve this year…i just quit cold turkey because I thought I had to…but I didn’t want to. I like smoking actually. Its other people that don’t like it.

I thought I was going to join the military, so I quit smoking because you are not allowed to smoke in boot camp. Well, I found out I can’t get in the military because I am color blind.

I’m not to worried about smoking’s damage to my health. I can still run a mile under 6 minutes and my genetics are pretty good. My grandfather started smoking at age 5 and he dies of emphysema from smoking… but, that was when he was 95 – it took smoking 90 years to kill him.

At age 3, my mother gave me a cigarette and i started regular pack a day at 12 years old. My mother is a pot head and she didn’t know any better.

Here’s my dilemma. I enjoy smoking and I’ve been doing it for 30 years. Its easy for me to quit because I understand why people smoke and why they quit. Most people can’t quit because they think its hard… but its actually easy. People only think its hard because that is what people said. In actuality all you have to do to stop smoking is stop smoking. It requires no physical effort… You do nothing!

I figure I made it 3 months with no smoking maybe i should just continue. But i will always miss smoking. I also like to drink alcohol and get drunk but i never got addicted to that. I haven’t had a beer in over a year.

What do you guys think i should do. I like smoking and drinking but i don’t do them anymore because everyone else seems to not like them. I always cared about what other people think – but now i miss out on the enjoyable things in life.

What should I do?
You almost have a point. Smoking does lung damage. But my mile times have went up since i quit. I am actually an avid runner. I compete in bodybuilding. I smoke maybe 5 a day… sometimes none. I’ve gone days and weeks before without smoking but I never attempted to quit. This time was an accident.

Quit smoking by accident…I think that is the best accident that I’ve ever heard of. I smoked for 30 years and had no problems either, until last year. I can tell you that after eleven months of not smoking, my outlook on smoking has changed considerably from the third month; I’ll never smoke again. I was just banded two days ago and what a reward it was to not have had smoking related coughing in recovery.
Whatever you decide, I wish that you will never suffer long-term damage from smoking.