Is it normal that i'm 18 years old and already addicted to smoking?

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I'm an 18 year old girl and already addicted to smoking. I've been smoking probably since I was 16, when I found my mom's cigs on the counter. So I took one, got a lighter, and went to the basement to start smoking. It felt pretty good, I felt grown up. But I'm starting to think somethings going to happen now, like I'll get sick and die. Every night when my mom is asleep I'll go in the basement and smoke. Can someone please tell me if this is normal?

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  • RockStarGravity
    11 years ago

    When you are all grown up and see how much it cost's to smoke.. You will hate ever picking it up... Plus, most guys dont find it attractive when a female smoke and many guys wont date a female that does smoke...
    Just think about it, is it really worth it having that much control over you???

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    • GuessWho
      11 years ago

      So true.

      I would never date a smoker. I'd even be wary of an ex-smoker.

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    • NeuroNeptunian
      11 years ago

      Exactly. I picked up smoking at 15 and quit after five years and everytime I look back on all of the urgent midnight gas station runs, all of the nic withdrawals and all off the damned money I wasted on something that was slowly killing me, I feel like a damned fool.

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  • Anime7
    11 years ago

    It's not healthy for you and I recommend that you try to quit but it's very common.

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  • Justsomejerk
    11 years ago

    I smoke when I'm drunk, sometimes I drink so that I can smoke. I find it hard to have respect for someone who smokes, myself included.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Smoking will age your skin pretty fast though, by the time you'll be thirty, you'll look like someone in their forties. Same with heavy drinking.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    yeah, I was doing a pack a day when i was 18. But it's not good for you.

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  • regisphilbin
    9 years ago

    i know a girl who started smoking at 13...it's normal

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  • green_boogers
    9 years ago

    Roll your own cigarettes from natural tobacco. At least it's cheaper.

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  • lazurm
    10 years ago

    It's very normal. Lots of teens start smoking and get addicted. I suggest smoking a few more years until you're tired of it and then quit, or, if you like it, continue until you're around 30 and then quit either way. You'll enjoy smoking more if you continue but there usually comes a time when you'll want to stop.

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  • nAt2017
    11 years ago

    It's normal, but that doesn't mean that it's good. There is a good chance that you'll as you say, get sick and die- not to mention the amount of money you're wasting upholding a smoking addiction. It affects your romantic life as well (a lot of men don't like women who smoke), and smoking around your loved ones hurts them as well.

    So yes, but no.

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  • old_school
    11 years ago

    i've been atticted to smoking (& other things-but am sober now-) since i was 15...

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  • Boo!
    11 years ago

    Please stop.. at least for yourself...

    You know they say thousands of people stop smoking... by dying. You're still young get help.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Well if it makes you feel better everybody gets sick and dies.. Smoking just speeds up the process

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  • BlueJeansWhiteShirt
    11 years ago

    In the UK its normal. Most of us start about 15.
    I am personally not addicted (yet, I'm 18) but I smoke occasionally, like every few days.

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  • AtomicCollider
    11 years ago

    Sadly I say yes this is normal.

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  • [email protected]
    11 years ago

    I'm 19, and everybody I know (myself included) smokes

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