Why do people smoke?
@subin_loyolite (262)
India
October 8, 2007 7:36am CST
What makes people think of smoking....?
IS it because they think that it makes you great....??
[PLEASE DONT TRY SMOKING]....
Or is it because they see in movies, where their heroes smoke in a stylish way??
What may be the reason?
7 responses
@great_cena (295)
• India
8 Oct 07
I also think why people smoke but one reason i got from one of the smokers that they smoke as it removes the tension that you are having but i dont believe it.And many times this also happens that the friend oftheperson says that for being man you will have to smoke and so on and they force him to smoke and after some time he gets used to it and so on..........
@subin_loyolite (262)
• India
8 Oct 07
yeah ..that is a valid reason.....in some cases, people who dont smoke are forced by their friends who smoke to smoke..
@tintin7978 (102)
• Philippines
8 Oct 07
People smoke for many reasons. I know a lot who started to smoke because that was the in thing to do when they were in high school. We can call it peer pressure, i guess. Some people smoke because they believe that it can help them relieve their stress, does it? While others, especially women, smoke because they believe that it can help them lose weight. Well, curiousity in my opinion is the main reason why people stated their first puff.
@subin_loyolite (262)
• India
8 Oct 07
and maajority who start smoking know that it is injurious to health....:|
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
9 Oct 07
I have no idea why so many young people start smoking. I work at stop and shop and it seems like almost everyone that works there smokes and its disgusting to be around with all of these smokers. They think that smoking cant hurt them and that theres nothing wrong with smoking when there wrong. BEcause even a lot of smokers wish they could quit but if only they tell that to the people that want to start smoking.
@jackxav (660)
• Philippines
8 Oct 07
I think people smoke to relieve there stress or nervousness.Well i dont smoke and if ever someone is smoking beside me,i really cant stand the smoke.Better to be far from him.
@blademaiden (734)
• Romania
16 Mar 08
I think people start when they are young, through peer pressure, and then continue because they are addicted. I remember when one of my friends started, they hated the taste / the way it caught in their throat, but they continued anyway, and after a while it became a habit, then an addiction.
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
8 Oct 07
I've never tried smoking before and never really had the desire to, but I think some people start because friends do it and they want to fit in and be social or something. I've heard of people saying they do it to relieve stress, except I don't really understand that reasoning unless the person was already addicted to begin with.
