I believe walking out infront of a bus is the stupidest thing you can do, well at least in the top 10.
As for smoking, my great grandma died of old age at 98, smoked a pack a day since she was 12, my grandma and grandad are into their 80's both smoke a pack a day at least. They still manage to take my young cousins 4 and 7 on a walk round the woods once a week (and take care of them the rest of the day). When i was 14 i tried smoking tobacco and didnt really enjoy it, again at 15 and then at 16 i started smoking tobacco, at 18 i started smoking cannabis on a daily basis. I said to myself that when this starts affecting my health i will quit. Well i run twice a week , cycle 10 miles a day for work and god knows how many at the weekend. I practice martial arts and when i get time i play some LFS. I am 23 and have had no negative effects so far, judging by my family i can see myself not having any in the future.
Oh and nicotine is a 'smart drug' that can reduce appetite therefor reducing obesity, but so can exercise :P
The assumption of "well <insert name here> had no trouble, so neither will I" is a stupid one to make. Every individual is different, even in the same family. Where one person may not get a smoking-related illness, another may get one at an early age. It's never something you can take for granted.
lol when i was 11/14 i allways said my friends were idiots for smoking and i would never start still did acid,speed,pills,weed, and got drunk with them all the time couldnt even stand spin in my weed. but stupidly i started when i turned 16 and got my first job as i had nothing to spend all my extra $$$ on still smoking today and to those people that say smoking is bad smoking will kill you one day i say WHO FING CARES lol we all gota die some day why we cant choose when so enjoy life.
PS the only drug i still do now days and im 26 now is acid/alchole
I never understood the whole appeal behind smoking...
You basically have to convince yourself to take a drug which single effect is that you have to take it just to feel ordinary, and you'll feel worse if you can't get at it.
Additionally it stinks abysmally and costs a lot of money.
Now I don't have anything against smokers (as long as they don't blow it in my face while I'm eating), I just don't underdstand them.
I don't, use to a couple of years ago. Don't know why, completely the wrong decision. Given up now.
Gave up and started to sell them in school lol. Buy a pack of 20 B&H for £4 and sell one fag for 50p sometimes £1, then I will have £10 off of selling them, take the £4 off I spent on buying them and I had £6 profit lol.
I'm the only one of 2.. (myself and another) kid (out of about 20( at my college course that doesn't smoke or do drugs... Don't know why people do it... 95% of teenagers don't have "stress" so the "it relaxes me" doesn't wash... they do it 'cause they think it looks cool..
And all I can tell to those people who say "I started 'cos my friends smoke next to me all the time" is, stop bullshiting.....
My friends smoke all the time when we are out, but because I dont want to start doing it myself (and truly dont want to) I find it very easy to resist.....
So yeah, Although I have tried it once. But thats about it....