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How/Why do most people start smoking? (A Poll For Curiousity)
I am not in anyway promoting the use of tobacco this is purely for my own personal education/curiosity.
Without telling everyone on the forums my life's story I'll skip to the point.
Why/how did or would you/someone start smoking?
Keep in mind I was born in 1990 so I don't know much about it before my birth, as on the contrary some of you might.
Summary:
This is one of those topics you could go on and on about, forever, such as (from a male's perspective) how a woman's mind works (I gave that as an example because girls in my age bracket I will never understand) same for male's (from a females perspective). I have been curious how/why people start smoking. I don't know if anyone on the forum smokes or not, nor do I judge one for doing so, but why/how did you start or think one would start?
My Story:
I have smoked some myself, I will admit to that, and this is from a kid who use to hold his breath around smokers in fear of getting sick or something (I have OCD, use to be much worse, it was a compulsion I guess). I don't play the blame game, I have, that was my choice but I have to say that if it was not for a girl at my high school who I unfortunately hung out with occasionally, (for whatever reason) frequently did smoke and always tried to pressure me into doing so. To this day I don't know why, and I've accepted the fact that I'll never understand, nor do I necessarily want to (She has issues, we don't speak anymore).
Why I'm Curious:
Since my first formal job this past summer, then later continued as of 2 or more weeks ago I noticed a lot of my co-workers do. Most of them are older and they are pretty discrete about it, but some of them I would never have imaged smoking until they that idea was changed when they came through my check stand buying a pack.
Another thing that sparks my interest is that it seems like a large amount of soldiers smoked in World War 2, and the fact that they had a cigarette that was standard issue (I've been fascinated with World War 2 since I was little). Granite I was not alive at the time nor do I know any of this for a fact but from Band of Brothers and The Pacific it seems like it was used to put up with the stresses they had to face in daily life. I'm not saying every soldier of WW2 did but it seems like a lot did. It also use to be socially acceptable as it was in advertisements and all over tv in the 50's from what I've seen.
Medical Stuff:
Just adding this last minute, I don't know what is in them for the most part, tobacco obviously but you (atleast me) hears a lot of things like, "There is drain cleaner in them" so I know little about that myself.
I don't know how people from the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, or 90's have been affected by them for the most part. I have met people who buy 3 packs in one visit, where I work, and they seem fine but I have also met a guy with a voice box, so its a broad range.
I guess that is about all, I know there is a warning, that's about all for that part.
I was going to write more but it seemed like overkill.
Thanks for the fix to my curiosity!
-Lollies