It was so easy not to start ! And what did yo do ? What did you want at the time you took your first puff ? Few possibilities :

You just wanted to try. You just wanted to do what the others were doing. Well done, you tried once and actually you tried twice, and more. When you smoke your first cigarette, can you really be addicted so fast ? It seems yes, isn’t it too easy for an answer ? The truth is you also wanted to smoke a second cigarette because you “passed the test”. You were only a teen, you wouldn’t die so young, so why bother ? The first cigarette didn’t really addicted yourself, but others were doing it and they were healthy… at that time.

Others insisted on you to try, or maybe just asked if you wanted one. You could have said no. You should have said no. Saying NO was even what you thought before you said YES. You knew that it was bad to smoke, you knew the reasons why it was bad.

You wanted to look more mature. A few years ago, I had a walk with a friend. A teen, I may say a child, asked us some fire. My friend asked him how old he was. He answered “twelve”. I don’t know if he still smokes these days but all I can say is this child looked twelve, no more, and a cigarette in the hand didn’t make him look more mature. I, and you, see also sometimes older teens, 14 or more, they look their ages. Not more. When they will reach 30 or 40, as many of us, they will want to look younger. We all want to be forever young.

You were a rebell. People said it was bad to smoke, because you could have a lung cancer or other diseases. It will make you cough and increase the risk to have a heart attack. You didn’t care. Hey “We’re all gonna die someday !”. At 15, you already knew that you do what you want with your life. So, you shew your parents, teachers or anyone you chose your way. Who cares you were a rebell now ?

Kids, no one will care more about you because you smoke. If you think smoking attracts the opposite sex or will make you more friends, you’re wrong.

It’s pretty funny when you think about it. All these reasons are so stupid. Actually, this is not funny at all.

Now, if you stopped smoking and succeeded, congratulations. I know that is not easy. But if you just decided to quit smoking, or maybe to stop smoking AGAIN, you know the situation is not funny. Now do you really want to stop smoking ? Some people say this is a pleasure to smoke, they like it. They also feel a bit of glamour, the movie or photograph style.

I don’t know really why. When you think about it, the taste and smell of smoke is the same it was when you start smoking. And before you start you said smoke stinks. And it still does. Stinking is not glamour, if you like bad breath then…

Now maybe you really want to stop smoking and you tried a few times. Well, this is a first step, and a good one. Because you want it, and because you know what are the smoking effects. Unfortunately you failed but maybe this is just because you didn’t take the good plan. This article is written around the reasons that made you START smoking.

Now, can you find one or more reasons why you should STOP smoking ?