Do you smoke?
By chriszh22
@chriszh22 (432)
China
December 13, 2009 6:21am CST
Smoking is bad for your health as everyone knows, I've been people trying to quite smoking but in vain. Some of them may buy packs of sweets, whenever they are in need of cigarette, they take one. But that might end sooner or later, few can suceed. They need more than sweets, they are so into cigarette, so addicted of this cancer-hazard potential. I'm not a smoker and I don't like it at all, how about you?
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17 responses
@JeromeLau (98)
• South Korea
14 Dec 09
No,i am very hate that.
And i don't like the person who smoke in a wrong place.
@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
14 Dec 09
No, I don't smoke. However there is nothing wrong with people who do. I am not about to start a war about it. It is good to know what it does to you, and how you can quit. There are many products to use to stop. It can be addictive, yes you are right. No I never tried to smoke.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
14 Dec 09
hmm i used to smoke and i am so glad i could give it up completely cold turkey style, i just got fed of myself i mean i didn't feel good about myself as a smoker, ok it pleased me but it felt like it is something i should NOT be doing, i don't mean to say bad people smoke in general but that is how i felt about myself, i felt i missed something in me when i smoked coz just for pleasure and i decided to finally quite coz i didn't i was being myself when i smoked and so finally after an year of smoking i quit.. smoking is not good! you should not try it either.. having the first hit might be enough to let you get addicted to it... take care all of you and have a nice day.
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
14 Dec 09
I remember trying to smoke when I was a child. I inhaled the first puff and started gagging. I just didn't like smoking at all. I know it must be really tough for those people that are really addicted to smoking to quit. It does take a lot of will power and time to quit this awful habit.
@jhacky0022 (5)
• Philippines
13 Dec 09
i dont smoke because i know it is bad to our health and smoking leaves lot of complication to our body .
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
13 Dec 09
Hi jhacky: i totally agree with you. It's simple as that: if you know that something is bad to your health and that smoking leaves lot of complication to our body why would you do this to yourself. Unfortunetly, people always think about this as a difficult thing, something almost impossible but i think you can fight with this addictions if you understand that they're no good to you. Thanks for your answer. Have a nice day.
-Alvaro.
@Ruby_Dawn (617)
• Spokane, Washington
13 Dec 09
Yes unfortunately I do smoke,I started when I was 13 (I am 30 now) and I wish I had never started because it is so hard to quit.
I have been trying to quit for a few different reasons.
first and foremost is my health.
second is because it has gotten so expensive.
Third is that maybe if I quit I could help my mom and husband to quit as well.
but it is VERY hard to quit especially when you dont have the money for the medicine to help and of course it dont help when everyone around me smokes :(
@BART78 (2927)
• Canada
14 Dec 09
i used to be smoker when i'm still bachelor, i can smoke 1-2 pack a day, when i meet my girlfriend (now my wife) i slowly cut down my habit tell i finally stop it...cause my girlfriend that time will dump me if i don't stop smoking before her birthday..
@notlsra (25)
• India
14 Dec 09
Like you i too don't smoke...i remember a friend of mine who decided to make a new year resolution to quit smoking..and he'd tell me that everyday..but on the 31st of december, he bought a couple of packs and chain smoked them ...."well its my last isnt it??"...the next day, well i don't need to tell that he didnt stop, rather he was all the more addicted!
@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
14 Dec 09
I dislike tabaco too. In my home country kids begin smoking really young, maybe being 10 or 11 years old. They will try to make their friends to smoke too because it`s "cool" and "adult like" and if you don`t smoke you`re "a brat". But let`s be realistic, if you`re 10 years old you`re a brat. If you`re a 10 years old smoker you`re a smoking brat.
I chose to follow the better path for myself instead of trying to be liked by other smoking brats, and now that I see how hard is for people to try stop smoking I`m so happy I did so.
@antonylow (16)
• Malaysia
13 Dec 09
Hi chriszh22.I don't smoke because i think smoking is a very bad habit.But unfortunately i "smoke" many year(may be since i was born) it is because my dad is a smoking and every day he can smoke up to 2-3 packs perday and always smoke inside house.Until now he still smoking although he try stop it.But luckily he manage to cut down the time he smoke(just 1 pack perday)and stop smoking inside the house.So i can says i not smoker any more.According to him,is very difficult to stop smoking so never involve in smoking.I think smoking is like a action u burn money and until now i still can't understand why people like to smoke.
@xizhilang (106)
• China
14 Dec 09
Yes.i am a anti-smoking.As what you said,smoking is bad for health.Additional,it influenca to other people who is around him.As long as you are addicted to it ,it mean health and money loss.In a long time,the hazard is unvisiable.So be away from smoking.
@ZeroZiat (36)
• Uruguay
14 Dec 09
Oh man, smoking... Let's start:
1) Money spent on adult pacifiers - Exactly, these really do nothing but kill you.
2) No benefits - Nothing good comes from killing yourself, instead of benefits it attacks you.
3) Kills those that surround you - As if it wasn't enough, you are killing your loved ones by second hand smoke.
I could go on and on...
@b4balaji (410)
• India
13 Dec 09
I don't smoke, and I haven't smoked before, and I wont in future. I don't know what so crazy in smoking, but that fact is I don't like it. And I haven't tried it.
And the recent ban of smoking in public places, doesnt seem to bother anybody, because I could still see the number of smokers increasing and not decreasing.
@wine_v (45)
• Indonesia
13 Dec 09
I don't smoke. and I hate smoker. But, a lot of my friends are smoker, my dad too. I always ask them to go if they are smoking. It's hard to make them stop, even they are know the effect but as you know it's addicted. I still dont understand why they are smoking. It's just waste your money, and make your body unhealth.
@fsll518 (304)
• China
13 Dec 09
I don't smoke.
I understand it must be difficult to get rid of any bad habits. Here are my advice, maybe can be helpful:
1, make a plan for yourself to reduce the quantity you take. If you can't cut everything totally in one time, then try to do it gradully.
2, find a person to supervise you, somebody who really care about your health. You can tell him or her about your idea and ask to control you. you can authorize him or her to punish you in case you breach your own plan.
3, give bonus for your periodical success, not necessarily sweets, but something you really like...
Wish you good luck and success in your next effort!