Smoking, why do you smoke? and why not?

Hi deleste, I have been a heavy smoker in past but gave up now. Already in few days i can feel the change. The cough is gone, i can feel good when u walk or take a deep breath. The air looks so fresh, food is tastier. First of all let me clear few myths. Smoking never relax, it is just a good excuse to smoke more. With smoke you get only smoke of your body and money..nothing else.

Smoking is a health injuring habit! It damages the respiratory tracts of the lungs in a slow and definite process and develops many diseases! Also, it makes the environment polluted and hazardous for children and babies! It takes away an appreciable amount of money from the pocket of the smoker regularly! So, it is better not to smoke any way! I hope, you will quit smoking in this new year 2011!!

You should definitely quit soon before it really damages your health. I think it would be really hard and a long process (smoking is a really hard habit to break)..but it's going to be worth it. I'm against smoking because it can do nothing good to the body- I hope it's banned..sorry for the smokers.

I'm against smoking because it's a waste of money ... that's also why I'm for smoking, as long as you don't touch me more than it takes to give me the money. The main thing that smoking does is it causes your brain to increase dopamine production---dopamine being the chemical that your brain uses to indicate that 'you've done a good job.' After a little while, you NEED your dopamine-fix even if you can't afford it. I'd rather get my dopamine by ACTUALLY DOING A GOOD JOB; because then, it's FREE!

Con here. I don't smoke 'cos basically I wanna live longer. I have nothing against the people who smoke but I wish all smokers are considerate to the people around them that don't smoke. It's just so sad that most smokers do not recognize the proper smoking areas.

Im smoking since 14 (shame on me). But im trying to dont smoke. :) Couse my parents dont want me to smoke. o.O I just like that, so you wanna do it or no? Yes yes yes wavavyva very nice my hram big, sory for that its my little brother lot of lough, so i smoking since 14 and i like it, i can stop but i m trying to stop. Thats it!. PEACE

Hi, i don't smoke. And i con smoking. My father is a smoker with that habit for dozens of years. We have persuaded him to quit smoking so many times, but without any use. I con smoking because smoking not only harm one's own health, but also influence people around him or her. My father is a good example, being living with him for so many years, my mother got lung disease at last. And it was at that time, my father really decided to quit smoking. Of course, quitting smoking is a hard thing, but finally he succeeded. Maybe most smokers got the same feeling as you, (cuz i don't smoke at all, so i can't know what is it), but i think,celeste, you may can't quit smoking completely, but you can try to smoke fewer day by day. Anyway, it is harm to your health.

Hi celeste, Yes, smoking gives you that pleasure which is not felt by those who have never smoked. Even knowing the fact that smoking caus4es or might cause dangerous disease still people smoke or have been smoking. I smoked in the past quite regularly but n more now. Now even I can not stand the smoke whiles are smoking. So now you van term me as con smoker.

Greetings! I don't smoke and I don't want to learn how because I had a problem with my lungs when I was a kid. I don't smoke because its not good for my health and it would make my breath smell bad and yes, its true because I can smell the breath of my friend who's smoking. I'm just concerned for my health because I know that I'm not that strong so there's no reason for me to smoke or else I'll die at an early age. :)

i smoked one time, for the sake of trying. But then, i get used to it. Listening to other's perception about smoking and how it can endanger one's health, i came to realize that it won't do me any good. So i stopped before it's too late.

For smoking I must be against,personally,I think we have absolutely no right to smoke a bit advantageous locations.Harm is countless,for example,that the incidence of smoking increased cancer,smoking,make some cardiovascular lots of disease morbidity improving.

I don't smoke because I do know of the consequences it does to your body. As simple as that. I've never tried smoking, and I'll never give it a try. I pity my body enough to not have it subjected to slow physiological torture.

I do believe in the saying that "smoking is dangerous to your health" so why not stop smoking??? It has no positive benefits at all. It will only give you pain and sickness.

most of my friends are smoker, they smoke for many reasons. they smoke because they feel good, feel they are in the group, they smoke because many are doing it and like you, its relaxing. and I tried it once but I didn't like the taste so stop it. many people today knows the bad effect of smoking or they know that smoking is not good to their health but they still continue to do it, like you. i know that it is not easy to stop a vice once it became a habit. I discovered that if you smoke you are destroying your health, you are destroying your body. i learned in the word of God that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and we should honor God with our bodies. i know it is hard to quit smoking completely once it is your habit already. but there's no impossible with God. if you are willing give it to HIm, surrender it to Him. God is able. with men it is impossible but with God all things are possible. acknowledge that you are weak and you cannot do it on yourself. trust in God have faith in HIm.

Well, I do smoking for very long time. I think 8 years. When ever I have tried to leave it, I feel myself very alone in this world as I stay alone. I have left it for some time in case of some problem of health but never able to leave it for a long.. Thanks,

Greetings! I don't smoke and I don't want to learn how because I had a problem with my lungs when I was a kid. I don't smoke because its not good for my health and it would make my breath smell bad and yes, its true because I can smell the breath of my friend who's smoking. I'm just concerned for my health because I know that I'm not that strong so there's no reason for me to smoke or else I'll die at an early age. :)

I dont smoke because it is a terribly expensive habit here. I was tempted once because I heard that smoking surpresses your appetite to eat (something I love to do)but to think of how much money it takes to support the habit is enough to turn me off. So I have to turn to other ways to lose weight.

there is no winner in smoking!!! in my opinon some people because of lifestyle, some just for a macho looking and some just for fun. they know smoking is bad, why some people ignore it??? they will just know when the time comes

I have had the habit of smoking.But then I started not smoking.I do not know why.Just do not like smoking.