Smoking Addiction in general

I smoked my first cigarette at the age of 11. Looking back I think it was a mixture of curiosity and "everyone else is doing it so why can't I?" syndrome. I am now 23 and am smoking around 10 a day (not that much too some people but too many for me). I have started having to take my asthma inhaler more than I have ever needed to and this is really quite frightening. About a month ago I decided to give up. I lasted for two weeks (an unmitigated failure). I was fine until I went to a hen night and got drunk, my friend was sitting next to me and smoking a cigarette and I asked if I could pinch one. I thought one would be okay and that I ...

I was a late starter with cigarettes. I was 24 before I really had my first cigarette and it made me cough and choke, as I recall it felt hot down my throat. It wasnt a pleasent experience for me, but I tried it again. and again and again until I could smoke a whole cigarette without choking or wretching. So why did I leave it so late? Well, nearly all my friends smoked and I had resisted the temptation for a very long time. Although one friday night my mates and I where in the local Ale house and the beer was flowing quite nicely and one of my friends offered me a cigarette. Curiosity getting the better of me I accepted and he lit the ...

I had my first fag when I was ten or eleven and thought it was sick and didn’t touch one for another 5 years. With the pressures of school I started again for some reason it gave me a buzz and I couldn’t stop I always used to smoke outside the gates at school thinking it was cool but not knowing the dangers. I'm pretty stupid for even touching a fag again but a couple of years after starting it haven’t helped me one bit. At one point I totally gave up for like 3 months in a row which gave me a big confidence boost to never try it again ever. Well it didn’t happen and I started smoking again costing me allot money. ...