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@Danizaur: ha! same. Thought it was cool high school through 20. I've been having an exceptionally stressful time at work and home and daydream about cigarettes...

I bought a pack in college to be different- smoking was not popular in my crowd. I couldn't figure out how to inhale so my roomie finished the pack for me. She went to Catholic school and learned how to smoke as an early teen.

I smoked in middle and high school. Stealing cigarettes from my dad lol. I quit 5 years ago and I'm sl glad I did. I can't believe I use to smell that bad when I smoked.

Nope, I've never even tried it. It has just never appealed to me whatsoever.

Nope. Never touched a cigarette.

Nope, My grandma died of lung cancer when I was very young so the consequences of smoking have always been too real to me to try it.

Tried one puff, thought it was gross, and never tried again. I'm the only one in my family(parents/siblings) that doesn't/didn't smoke.

tried it when I was younger, but never got hooked.

I grew up with grandparents and parents who were/are life-long smokers. I didn't ever touch them in highschool, but when I was in college and my whole circle of friends were smokers, it was an easy choice to join them.
It was a casual habit then, and eventually I went back and forth for years going long stretches without smoking and then ramping back up to a pack-a-day during really stressful times. When I had roommates who smoked, or dated someone who did I always ended up smoking a lot more. I cut back to the very occasional cigarette a while before I got pregnant and then haven't touched one since I found out about LO.
There are still times when I crave one. I hope someday that goes away.

Yes, I smoked for 10 years starting in high school...so happy DH loved me regardless. I've quit for 2+ years now and love being a non smoker Although they pass through my mind every once in a blue moon it's so easy to just remind myself how much better it is to not be chained by addiction and the thoughts disappear.

I tried it many times when I was in high school, but never got addicted thankfully! If I did smoke it was usually when I was drinking.

I think I've smoked 5 cigarettes in my life. I don't think I ever did it right anyway I was just in HS trying to look cool. Never picked up the habit and am very glad.

@kjpugs: hahaha i wrote a blog post about it?! i think i took it off though... anyway yup!

@Bookish: My family members who smoke NEVER smoked inside but I definitely lived in a few apartments and houses where we smoked indoors.
It's pretty easy to justify the habit in a Boston winter when it feels like -17 outside but you still want that cigarette. How we ever justified it once I was living back in Florida? I have no idea. Now, it's one of the most disgusting things I think I have ever done, and I can't even imagine how I must have smelled to the people around me who were non-smokers.

I tried it a couple times in high school but never picked up the habit.

I've never touched one. I'm allergic to the cigarette smoke anyway. It's not good for my asthma. During junior/senior year of college, my roommates got hooked on smoking from one of the roommates. It was really gross. One of my roommates did it to fit in. She passed out one day from not eating from smoking too much. That time living in the house was just gross. So much stale smoke,

My inlaws are lifelong smokers. They're apparently more on and off, but in the almost decade I've known them, they've smoked. They only smoke outside. I really think that smoking has aged them a lot. My MIL is in her mid 50's and looks much older. My mom who smoked briefly in her 20's looks so much better than her at 10+ years older than her.

My boss smokes and runs marathons. The smoking also really aged him too.

I tried a couple times in high school in social situations, and maybe once bought myself a pack of cloves but never finished them. dh smoked his freshman year of college but was never addicted (supposedly)--it's really sad, but he says he did it to meet people since it was such a social thing to hang out outside and smoke.

Never was a regular cigarette smoker.

In my opinion nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs available.

@nana87: It's sad, but totally true. I know for a fact that I started smoking because I felt left out when literally everyone would go outside for a smoke and I was a non-smoker. It felt ridiculous to go stand around with everyone, not smoking. It also looked, well, fun.
Eventually it also became a social crutch. I needed something to do with my hands while I was walking around, something to hold onto while I was talking with friends. A cigarette gave me that. If I was sitting alone, waiting for a friend or the bus or a class to start it gave me something to do besides just sit there.