# I smoked my first cigarette this weekend

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smoked-my-first-cigarette-this-weekend/173399>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 6, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smoked-my-first-cigarette-this-weekend/173399 "2003-05-06T14:52:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smoked-my-first-cigarette-this-weekend/173399/41 "2003-05-07T23:34:54Z")

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/me gives **Qazzz** a Three Stooges style poke in the eyes!

Was that cool? No. Smoking sucks too. See this is how long I have quit:

Three months, four weeks, 18 hours, 38 minutes and 50 seconds. 2969 cigarettes not smoked, saving $445.26. Life saved: 1 week, 3 days, 7 hours, 25 minutes.

I want a smoke right now. Don’t smoke!

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**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smoked-my-first-cigarette-this-weekend/173399/42 "2003-05-08T07:50:43Z")

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No, no, no! Stop that! Stop that now! Stop stop stop stop stop!!!

(Hits Qazzz repeatedly with a big stick until Qazzz stops)

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smoked-my-first-cigarette-this-weekend/173399/43 "2003-05-08T08:28:25Z")

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I am 24 and thinking of taking up smoking (as an alternative to drinking) The physical effects don’t bother me in the slightest. It is the idea that my family (all smokers, except one of my two brothers) will be disappointed in me for starting. And the idea that the pleasure of smoking will be short-lived (I will soon become dependant on cigarettes, to the point where I smoke to feel ‘normal’ rather than to feel the pyschological benefits)  
Is it worth it?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smoked-my-first-cigarette-this-weekend/173399/44 "2003-05-08T13:12:04Z")

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You do, **Lobsang** , and’ll beat you with my postcount, buddy.

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