# Should I take up smoking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-up-smoking/299389>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 15, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-up-smoking/299389 "2005-04-15T00:19:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-up-smoking/299389/81 "2005-04-18T22:46:25Z")

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The consensus is in: Smoking is bad. Too bad it takes a person to come to the straight dope to figure it out (at least though he took the time to ask)

I’ve had a few smokes in my life; I was surprised how quickly addiction takes hold (although mild in my case) The only reason I tried was to attempt to break into a social group (yeesh and I’m 22). Well at least I have some first hand experience of how stupid it is. I don’t mind the occasional cigar. I think they are less addictive but don’t cite me on that. Do some research. Regardless cigars and cigerettes aren’t good for you and wouldn’t encourage either.

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