Posted by vinny
on March 23, 2004, 10:59:11, in reply to "Re: Why did we start?"
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No problem! I understand completely what you're saying. Smoking is very attractive to most young kids, and just watching adults smoke is very enticing, indeed. When I started (at 11), I felt that I had at last arrived into adulthood! I've been thoroughly enjoying my habit ever since, and have no regrets about "having started". Reply, if you'ld like to (jackster_2003@msn.com).
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: do you remember your
: first
: thoughts of a cigarette,
: what made smoking so
: alluring for you? how old
: were you, who was your
: first cigarette with? I
: remember playing dress up
: as a kid using crayons to
: hang out of my mouth- i
: couldnt wait to be old
: enough to smoke my first
: cigarette.
: : I started because I
: admired my mom, who
: smoked a lot. I watched
: her drag, inhale, exhale,
: smoke sometimes pouring
: out her nose. So cool, I
: said to myself. And then
: I had a cousin who
: paraded around with her
: cigarette dangling at
: family parties when she
: was 11 and everybody
: (except grandma) said how
: cute she was!
: I had my first drag at 8
: or so and started at 9.
: No hassle...in fact, my
: mom bought them for me
: from day one. I never
: toyed around with candy
: cigs or any of that
: stuff. My interest burst
: on the scene at 8 and
: away I went.
: I wonder what "old
: enough to smoke my first
: cigarette" means to
: others. When is that
: magic threshold crossed?
: Like any other, it is in
: the mind of the beholder.
: I am aware of no
: guidelines, are you?
: I know atleast 2 families
: where the mom (somehow
: always the mom?)let the
: little ones take a few
: drags here and there,
: light a cigarette for
: mommy, that kind of stuff
: and I mean when the kids
: were way young...4 or 5,
: whatever. Of course,
: these weren't real
: drags...just suck, blow
: and choke! But these moms
: were ambivalent to
: it...like it was the most
: natural thing in the
: world. I stood their with
: my mouth open staring
: when a little kid I sat
: for back when I was 13 or
: so picked up her mom's
: cig idling on the
: ashtray, puffed on it and
: put in back...while mom
: was just sitting there,
: talking on the phone.
: So what is that "old
: enough" age?
: I'll bet there are as
: many opinions as there
: are people. We are
: conditioned to believe
: that smoking is an
: "adult
: practice." Just like
: drinking or sex. But the
: fact is that any kid can
: functionally smoke,
: unless they have asthma
: or something like that,
: well before they can
: experience genuine sex or
: handle one drink without
: getting tipsy or worse.
: Sorry for prattling on
: and on, it is just that
: this whole idea of some
: "set age" for
: smoking, or anything
: else, is just a bunch of
: b.s.
: I figure I will get my
: doors blown away now for
: this. Such is the price
: of saying what you think.
:
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