Do you smoke? Why?

United States
February 5, 2007 10:55pm CST
My dad smokes, and we have been trying our best to convince him to stop smoking for the longest time and yet he haven't totally quit. There was a certain time that we had him stop for a month, we actually thought that he'll go all the way but he managed only up to a month. But as compared to how much he smokes before, it definitely is better now. He always told me not to try it cause once I try it is hard to quit, I do get his point, he's started smoking at a young age that's why he really have trouble quitting, but I still hope he quits completely real soon.
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• Malaysia
6 Feb 07
I'm not smoking because it did not give any benefit to me. My father and brother also not smoking, but my boyfriend does. He claims that he smoke to release tension at working place also to avoid from feeling sleepy..
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@apaule (47)
• Philippines
7 Feb 07
Yes, I do. Calms me down when I'm angry. Relaxes me as well. But I'm NO CHAINSmOKER!! I smoke socially.
@yana0806 (565)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
No i dont smoke and no one in our family smokes, maybe that is because our father don't smokes too, and i's so glad he didn't.
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• United States
6 Feb 07
Yeah that's a good thing... setting a good example.. My brother and I don't smoke too.. plus my mom.. so it's only my dad..
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
6 Feb 07
In the beginning it was to give company to friends. Later I got addicted and I used to smoke 10 per day. Now with great determination, I gave it up. I feel happy and healthy.
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• United States
6 Feb 07
Good for you! Prevention is better than cure so it's a good thing that you tried to stop as early..
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• India
8 Feb 07
noi wont smoke .. but some think that smoking is a passion but its not like that
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• United States
7 Feb 07
It's ok to keep on your dada to quit, but I have to tell you I just quit on the 17th of January and it is not easy, Also I had to deciede for myself that it was time for my to quit, Once I made the decision it came easier actually quitting. Sometimes it actually helps if you were to tell your dad ."I understand that you are addicted t nicotine and that its hard to quit and that you realise he will quit when he is ready." This will make him feel like it's up to him . It's HIS decsion, so try that and see how he feels! Good luck and keep trying!
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• Indonesia
7 Feb 07
i really like smoke, thats cause i am used my money for buying and used when i am working for concentration hehehehheh
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• India
6 Feb 07
Neither me nor any of my family memebers smoke. Reason behind is my dad lost his Dad (our grandpa) at very tender age. He was in Class X when he expired. He was a chain Smoker. Thats y we hate smoking. t has np place in my House. Regarding ur dad he needs time, he will surely give up smoking. My Best Wishes are with u.
• United States
6 Feb 07
Thanks, I certainly hope to completely quit soon!
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
6 Feb 07
It's not easy. I just quit again myself last week. I started when I was 16 I quit once when I was 23 then started back up after I met a boyfriend that smoked and I just quit again I am 34 I hope I don't get back to where I was a pack a day. My grandmother just got diagnosed with lung and throught cancer so I figured I better stop.
• United States
6 Feb 07
Yeah the thing is you don't wanna reach that point where you get diagnosed for a disease before you stop right, I think it's not too late to quit! Best of luck!
@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
i am a smoker.no one can make a smoker quit but himself. the decision to quit lies on ourselves. if someone asks me or tells me to quit the more i don't because i do not want to.why? one because of the nicotine addiction that feeds our happy center which situated in the middle of the pair of eyebrows slightly higher to the middle forehead. it needs a replacement and that's the biggest challenge which could replace it. a gum won't help.you have to psyche the person , give him possible logical reason why he has to and supply him with that replacement but do not make him feel guilty.one aother reason is habit.i am trying to lessen my smoking because it became my decision.slowly, and hopefully my mind would say stop. the best way to stop is go cold turkey but i do not want to let go of smokinf just that yet.so, i try some other way that would help but in reality the damage has been done and whatever i do for sure i will suffer when the time comes whether i stop or not.
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• Philippines
7 Feb 07
I smoke but only occassionaly.I used to smoke alot during my young age but I decided to quit when I had children. I never showed them I smoke. I only do it at work at times..Sometimes when I'm stressed or cold. For me I can easily stop smoking whenever I want.
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@9676276 (264)
• Pakistan
6 Feb 07
yea i used 2 smoke approx 50 cigrets a day.i smoke bcuz it releases tension & gives me courage 2 do my work more honestly.it has 999 advantages but have only one disadvantage & dat is it ends very soon... Lolzzzzzzz
• United States
7 Feb 07
50 sticks a day!!!! OMG! That's a lot of sticks! That's serious addiction.. hahha well... I hope you find the determination to cut off maybe 40? And then work your way from there to finally quitting? haha
@vbcoder (196)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
nope, i dont smoke. i just dont like it. i dont like the smell, and i dont even like the taste. my father is a smoker, but he told me that if i would try to imitate anything from him, it would be anything, just not smoking. i hope your dad quits smoking soon.
• United States
7 Feb 07
Yeah I hope so too! It's really funny how parents advice you to do what's right but then they can't even stop themselves. Oh well.. they're just human afterall. But knowing that they are trying gives it a whole new meaning..
@cicci8331 (178)
• Pakistan
6 Feb 07
do you smoke?have you ever stopped to think about how somking is affecting your body and your life?most teens aware that people who have somked for awhile can get lung cancer and emphysema and eventually die,but many don not know about all of the bad things that smoking can to them right now.if you smoke,you owe it to yourself to find out about the effcts of smoking on your life now.everyone knows that can cause cancer when you get older.
• United States
6 Feb 07
No I don't, I don't drink too.. I have tried both but I didn't like neither of them.. It is a good thing I guess, cause I won't need to make an extra effort to quit or something cause I'm simply not interested.
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
All my male relatives including my dad do smoke. I, myself smokes too sometimes. And I thank GOD that i'm not addicted to it. I only smoke when i go for a night out w/ my friends. On daily basis i really don't smoke at all.
@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
yes but minimal. i started smoking for more than 5 years i guess and until now i dont maximize my usage to the extent that of heaviness. i dont smoke everyday and if i happen to, i'll limit it up to 4sticks. this happens twice in a month, maximum. i know itsnot good but just sometimes i feel like smoking to abate whatever uneasiness inside me. anyway, dont worry he'll stop cause my father told me that he smoke a lot on his younger years and he made it stopped when he got married to my mom because he dont want us to follow his. hehe.. how bad am i.
• United States
6 Feb 07
Follow your dad's footstep then.. heheh... Stop and quit now..
@azriel (2107)
• Philippines
10 Feb 07
my dad also smokes, though we never really mind him doing so. its one of the things he enjoys in life, and if he really wants to stop, it will be up to him alone. i never smoked in my whole life, never had any inclination to try it, and never will.
@venigalla (191)
• India
8 Feb 07
I think he had to edicted to it .we cannot stop it unless he treis very hardly so first insisit him to get rid of it my word for u is "HEALTH IS WEALTH"
@linoleum (200)
• Indonesia
8 Feb 07
I don't smoke. I don't smoking since I educated myself through news paper that smoking is a bad habit that will ruin your health.
• Philippines
8 Feb 07
No i don't smoke. I don't see and feel the need to do it. Besides, there is no benefit from it, instead a lot of bad things will happen to your system.
@mypchere (582)
• Indonesia
8 Feb 07
smoking is delicious... you should try it if you not believe in me...