[monkeytree200]

No bashing, No hating and No "preaching" about all that health stuff. This is for those who smoke or used to.

So, which brand do you smoke and why? Is it because of the price? The taste? you know, etc.

[Primordial Purity]

No bashing, No hating and No "preaching" about all that health stuff. This is for those who smoke or used to.

So, which brand do you smoke and why? Is it because of the price? The taste? you know, etc.

Used to smoke marlboro reds, about a pack ever 1-3 days. Now I don't smoke cigarettes as much but I do occasionally smoke a hookah.

[chairmanK]

When I do smoke (which is rare; usually I need to have some other drug already on board to derive pleasure from smoking), I like to smoke Djarum kreteks - the ones with the black paper. They taste good, they burn slowly, and they crackle when you take a drag.

[Faa]

I used to smoke Djarum Blacks but only when I was also drinking. Can't get them in Aus though.

[dafleur]

marlboro menthol ultra lights 100s

i can't smoke regular ciggies... they taste like dirt to me.

[sOrastar]

marlboro lights menthol

i like the taste..

[duykato]

I'm in the military. I started smoking when I lost a really close friend of mine to a car bomb.

Marlboro Menthol Lights
Like I always say "It's like Vapor Rub for the Asophogus."

[monkeytree200]

I'm in the military. I started smoking when I lost a really close friend of mine to a car bomb.

Marlboro Menthol Lights
Like I always say "It's like Vapor Rub for the Asophogus."

wow. thanks for being out there. Happy Holidays

[cookiecutter]

marlboro reds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the way!!
oohh yea can we only talk bout cigs or other stuff like irie & blunts?

[system]

Started with Marlboro Medium (high school).
Then Ultra Lights (college).
Now Lights (job).

If I'm drinking or out of stoges, pretty much any brand on the table.

[losborrachos]

funny. i used to smoke marlboro lights menthol and wanted to try djarum blacks (after all, djarum is an indonesian brand) but never had the chance to. i smoked marlboros cos it was the easiest to get. everywhere you go there's marlboros. now i don't smoke since the school i attend won't allow it.
another brand i really like is mild seven (and its variant, seven stars) but it's pretty hard to get since i don't live in japan and all.

[cksdayoff]

marlboro lights was my favorite, i quit smoking though.

menthol is bad for your throat, don't smoke that stuff.


i miss having a cig while drinking beer with friends, that was a good combo haha.

[little mixed girl]

this is such a sad thread...

can you smokers please explain why you started smoking in the first place, and why you continue to smoke?

i've seen a lot of people on soompi say that started smoking, drinking, doing drugs, etc because their friends did it; but are you all really so easily pushed by peer pressure?
i can understand wanting to do various things with a friend you really like, but, really, i wouldn't jump off of a bridge just because my friend wants to.

i've also heard people say they do it to deal with stress, but that seems like a weak excuse to me too.

i can understand wanting to see what it's like to smoke, but i don't think that people need to act on that impulse. i wonder what it's like to lose a limb or die, but i'm not going to actually try and do it...

[some-azn-guy]

I am Canadian..so I smoke Canadian brand.
du Maurier Light is what i usually smoke. occasionally will smoke Belmont Mild.

this is such a sad thread...

can you smokers please explain why you started smoking in the first place, and why you continue to smoke?

i've seen a lot of people on soompi say that started smoking, drinking, doing drugs, etc because their friends did it; but are you all really so easily pushed by peer pressure?
i can understand wanting to do various things with a friend you really like, but, really, i wouldn't jump off of a bridge just because my friend wants to.

i've also heard people say they do it to deal with stress, but that seems like a weak excuse to me too.

i can understand wanting to see what it's like to smoke, but i don't think that people need to act on that impulse. i wonder what it's like to lose a limb or die, but i'm not going to actually try and do it...

hmmm...you want an explanation?
i'm not afraid to admit that i started smoking because i thought it was the cool thing to do(can you really blame me? i was a dumb 12 year old boy). plus some of my older siblings were smokers who smoked in the house before i even started smoking. why do i continue to smoke? because i'm addicted to this drug called nicotine that is more addictive than heroin(at least that's what they say).

the 'deal with stress' thing is merely a cheap excuse that a lot of smokers use. not that it doesn't help you deal with stress, because it does...yet it's stressful when you dont have any cigs left and you need one. ironic that the thing used to deal with stress now gives you stress

smoking, after a while becomes a habitual thing. i find myself smoking even when my body doesn't give me any signals telling me that it needs nicotine. smoke when i drive, smoke after a meal, smoke after waking up, smoke before bed, smoke at break when i'm working, smoke when i'm out drinking with friends.

i've been on both sides of the fence, for about a year and half i had actually managed to quit smoking. after i started again though, i notice that i'm smoking more nowadays than i did before i quit. i really wish i had the will power to quit cold-turkey like that again.

my advice for anyone who's quit or is planning on quitting.
"just stop smoking, if you can survive a day without a cigarette; you can go for your entire life without it."

i honestly found the urge to fight my habits the most difficult; even more difficult than dealing with the cravings and depriving myself of the nicotine.

[hwnsuk]

Started on Parliaments lights now i smoke Malboro lights.

I started smoking after a really bad break up with the ex. I just wanted to smoke, guess it was my way of dealing with it. Was it the best way? probably not, but it's the same thing as someone else drinking to deal with a problem, or working out or whatever other method is used. Now it's more of a social thing. When i'm on a job and a friend wants to have a cig i'll go with them and have a smoke. Not too often though.

[little mixed girl]

i'm not afraid to admit that i started smoking because i thought it was the cool thing to do(can you really blame me? i was a dumb 12 year old boy). plus some of my older siblings were smokers who smoked in the house before i even started smoking. why do i continue to smoke? because i'm addicted to this drug called nicotine that is more addictive than heroin(at least that's what they say).

this is something i find fascinating about people in general.

i've never had a desire to be the same as someone else, so trying to copy others is not something i really do/did.
at what age would you expect someone to stop "being dumb"?

one thing my mom's friend did to quit (back in the early 90s) was to hold a plastic cig and "smoke" it.
just doing the motions of smoking helped her to cut back. i think she figured that she needed something in her hands, and that just holding that plastic thing was helping her a lot.

[Sekai no Hikari]

Started a year ago because of LA stress (work + school + stupid people). Most people out here aren't smokers, so it wasn't because of social pressure.

I started with Marlboro 27s, quit for about 10 months (interestingly enough, I didn't smoke cigarettes in Korea- trust me, that's a feat), and recently started again with Camel No. 9s and Marboro Lights. I love the taste. I just love smoking, I guess.

It's obviously horrible for me. I'm pre-med, and if I didn't know my own hypocrisy, I would have failed out of school years ago. I go through about 2 or 3 cigs a day, usually for um... bathroom purposes and falling asleep at night. Ha.

[boka]

No bashing, No hating and No "preaching" about all that health stuff. This is for those who smoke or used to.

So, which brand do you smoke and why? Is it because of the price? The taste? you know, etc.

used to smoke kent deluxe lights - they changed their name to kent blue a couple years later, and a couple years after that they changed their name to kent futura. i liked them because they were the smoothest cigarette that were still reasonably strong.

i haven't been a smoker for years but i still sometimes get cravings and buy a pack - it's an excuse to take some time out by yourself in a public place, it just doesn't feel right to sit down in a busy area and not do anything

[Primordial Purity]

the 'deal with stress' thing is merely a cheap excuse that a lot of smokers use. not that it doesn't help you deal with stress, because it does...yet it's stressful when you dont have any cigs left and you need one. ironic that the thing used to deal with stress now gives you stress

For me it WAS stress.

It wasn't peer pressure. I started smoking in high school when I was applying to colleges. Nobody else around me smoked at all.

In college, I was the usually the only person who smoked. I found that I smoked a lot more in college. Instead of working in my room, I'd go someplace and smoke while I studied. Everyone told me to quit. I told them to mind their own business. Still smoke now that I'm working, but for some reason my life isn't as stressful now and I only smoke occasionally...takes me a week to go through a pack whereas before I'd smoke up to a pack a day (usually a pack every 2-3 days, though).

[쌀국수]

this is such a sad thread...

can you smokers please explain why you started smoking in the first place, and why you continue to smoke?

i've seen a lot of people on soompi say that started smoking, drinking, doing drugs, etc because their friends did it; but are you all really so easily pushed by peer pressure?
i can understand wanting to do various things with a friend you really like, but, really, i wouldn't jump off of a bridge just because my friend wants to.

i've also heard people say they do it to deal with stress, but that seems like a weak excuse to me too.

i can understand wanting to see what it's like to smoke, but i don't think that people need to act on that impulse. i wonder what it's like to lose a limb or die, but i'm not going to actually try and do it...

So folks can get a breaky from their stressful lidey lives
And relaxy with the cigarettes we make all day and night
I like to have a cigarette every now and then
It makes me feel calmer when the day is at an end.
And if it gives me cancer when I'm eighty I don't care
Who the hell wants to be ninety anyway?

I only smoke when drinking. Usually marlboro menthol lights.