Smoking

[Rainbow]

tried a bit 5 years ago and hated it, hate breathing it in when other people smoke its disgusting and gross will never smoke ugh

[Becca]

i smoke but you have to have that level of respect

if you want to poison yourself then don't poison others around you. i always smoke away from people e.g, at the bus stop i will move well away, my bus stop is in front of a primary school so if it's their play time i don't smoke, i hate people who blow smoke in people's faces - don't do it, it's rude.

i hate the after taste of cigarettes but i generally enjoy having one myself, as long as you respect others who chose not to then it shouldn't be a problem

[The Don]

For people that smoke whilst drinking, is it because of social smoking (Don't want to be left out), or is it because of the alcohol in general?

I had a friend that did "social smoking", except that in the social group we went out with - nobody smoked. So he was out in the smoking area, alone. So it was like anti-social smoking. It was strange, because he never smoked at all when he hadn't been drinking.

If i'm offered one on a night out i'll take it but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy a packet. You can't hear people inside clubs so if you're trying to chat to someone and get to know them the smoking area is your best bet.

[Kardan]

alone alone or just alone in terms of the group he went with? I wouldn't stand in a smoking area alone but I would stand and chat to people who do smoke.

no I don't smoke, I think it's a waste of money. couldn't care less about smells/etc, there are worse things to live with.

Nobody with the group went with him, but I would assume he would speak to the people also smoking. He seemed like that sort of person. So that's still social smoking I guess.

[Stephen]

used to during some school days

[Jazz]

i dont care about being around it, when i did smoke i always went out the way to avoid it going near people because nobody wants second hand smoke in their faces.


i used to smoke about 10/20 a day but i gave up about 4 months ago now, started smoking because i saw my mum use it to help her relax so i followed & then quit because my main friend group all gave up and i joined in

[Rachel]

I do smoke regularly since the age of 13 . At the time I had a few friends who were over age to buy the cigarettes for me and once I turned 18 I was able to buy my own cigarettes. I know it is not bad and so is second hand smoke that other people breath. I always say, I will take the consequences. I have seen many people smoking all their lives and never had any heath problems because of cigs so it depends really.

Though I do not recommend anyone to start smoking.

[OldLoveSong]

dont smoke and dont plan on it ! smells disgusting and don't want to mess up my lungs and all the other awful side effects it comes with

[Matt]

Not keen on smoking, I hate the smell and it makes everything smell!! If you do it in such a way that not everything you own smells of smoke then I guess I don't mind it. No one in my family smokes apart from my Auntie and Uncle. I don't smoke.

[=Lizzy]

I often smoke socially when drinking