A Question for you (ex)smokers

I'm reading John Grisham's Runaway Jury and there was oine thing in it that i found very interesting, And that was that people start to smoke when they are teenagers.
I want to know if this is really the case
so if you smoke or you have smoke please answer this question:
When did you start to smoke?

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[This message has been edited by Rikard (edited 08-30-2001).]

[machinehead]

I started smoking at age 25.

[Lifetime]

No Offence Rikard but you needed a book to tell you people start smoking in their teens? I'm just a little curious as to what got you thinking because I see it all around me and I'm sure most others also do..

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[MILAMBER]

I bought my first pack when I was 16 I think. I'd had the occasional smoke before that, but I didn't buy a pack until 16.

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I was 13.


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You know childhood is over when a puddle seems like an obstacle instead of an opportunity.

Is Too! Is Not! Is Too! Is Not!

[Moridin]

18 and not a day younger

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13. And I wonder how many smokers really enjoy smoking, and yet realize they are addicted to something with the potential to damage their health? I do.

[Moridin]

Originally posted by G'kar: 13. And I wonder how many smokers really enjoy smoking, and yet realize they are addicted to something with the potential to damage their health? I do.

Smoking is addictive and damages your health! OMG what have I done to myself...LOL

J/K

Everyone knows it's addictive and it damages their health. They may choose to ignore this or not face it but I'll bet dollars to donuts they all know it!


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Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig
I've got to admit it's getting better, it's getting better all the time
Proud member of the Lecherous Hillbillies...oh no wait the Laughing Hyenas

[MILAMBER]

Originally posted by G'kar: 13. And I wonder how many smokers really enjoy smoking, and yet realize they are addicted to something with the potential to damage their health? I do.

Do you think crack addicts enjoy crack? I sometimes wonder if they know that crack isn't good for them. Hey, this kinda ties into the point you made G'kar. I'm glad you brought this up.

Seriously though, to answer your question: all of them. There isn't a smoker alive that believes that what he is doing is good for his/her respective bodies. And honestly, most of them like it. They might not like the general concept that they smoke, but they do like actually smoking.



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"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
-General George Patton (1885-1945)

Member of CLAN HADB

Originally posted by Lifetime: No Offence Rikard but you needed a book to tell you people start smoking in their teens? I'm just a little curious as to what got you thinking because I see it all around me and I'm sure most others also do..

I never thought about it as i tend to avoid seeing people smoke (if they smoke i see it but i don't register it, its my own kind of defence system)



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