No. Unequivocally, no. I would be surprised if you get any smokers to honestly answer ‘yes’ to that question. If they do, I hope they give their reasoning. The buzz isn’t enough for the price – medically, socially, financially. Get it some other way if you really want a buzz.
I wouldn’t even hint at the thought that smoking was a good idea! It costs too bloody much!
The child is very anti so far. I remember being verrrrrrrry anti at the same age. I just hope with all my hopingness that the child stays anti.
This is me exactly, but I’d add that I love smoking. Love it, love it, love it. It’s like giving up your best friend, the person that helps make you feel alright instead of wretched. Coffe and Cigs are like candied expresso beans. Yuuuummm. After Dinner smoke is one of the best of the day. I prefer the 5 or 6 I smoke while I’m doing homework and writing on the computer. Cigarettes definately have an affect on my writing ability. I speculat that the reason for this is because it’s a useful tool for meditation. I mostly smoke outside for my families sake except late at night, when everone’s asleep I’ll smoke at the computer with windows opened on either side.
I want to quit, and I know I should. I’ve been a smoker for 19 years. I don’t want to die yet, and I feel my time running out swiftly. I’d have to do it in such a way that I didn’t gain a huge amount of weight, not for vanity’s sake, but because that comes with a brand new, potentially more threatening health issue.
I’m thinking next sumer, after I graduate with my undgrad, but a few months before I have to show up at my graduate school. That school is huge, so it’ll be easy to walk off any weight gained over the summer.
And, as I forgot to note, nicotine is not a narcotic in the technical sense – it’s more of a stimulant, as I understand it.
I’m glad to know I’m not alone! I embrace the stinky smoker in me 
I didn’t gain one pound when I quit (female).
I’ve been an on-and-off smoker for 17 years now. Started when I was 13 because it was rebellious and cool. I have gone up to a 10 cigs a day habit and come back down a few times. Generally, I smoke about 2 cigs a day, though. Weird, isn’t it?
On work days, I only smoke after work. I NEVER smoke in the morning, it makes me ill. I almost never smoke at work for the same reason. I think I may just be very sensitive to nicotine or something because I can’t even chew on a piece of nicotine gum for very long.
I always get a buzz from my first cigarette of the day. Always.
When I get sick, I can go for days and days without smoking and never even think twice about it. There are family members, my dad in particular, that I never smoke around. When I’m on vacation, I might smoke a bit more. When I’m drinking, I might smoke A LOT more.
I don’t smoke in my house, I don’t smoke in my car. I buy maybe one pack a week. I don’t think I’ll ever fully quit. I’m addicted (It hink, I mean, I guess I must be), but it’s so low key that I just don’t have the motivation to quit.
And I don’t really know any other smokers like me, all the rest are typical smokers. Except for maybe my sister, who is a very occasional clove smoker. Maybe we’re genetically resistant to full-on addiction or something…?
I’m surprised you didn’t notice the buzz while drinking. I always find this intensifies the effects of the nicotine. It’s probably one of the reasons I only smoke when I drink. (I do realize that recent research shows that social smoking isn’t necessarily any healthier. Drinking and smoking together, in fact, tend to reinforce each other.)
Amen, brother! That’s why there are so many of us standing outside NA meetings, smoking (while clutching our coffee, of course). 
I’m attempting to quit smoking tomorrow, which is when my current pack will be gone. My brother and his wife quit on Sept. 30 (his 30th birthday) and haven’t smoked yet, even while drinking at a wedding reception this weekend. They are the last two people I thought would be able to quit, so if they can do it, so can I (and my husband, hopefully).
You’re actually close to where I’d like to be! I smoke around 15 cigs a day, but so many of them are half-cigs it’s probably closer to 10, and half of those are in my car on my grueling commute to/from work. I hate that morning smoke too, always gives me a buzz I don’t enjoy. I smoke perhaps one at home in the evenings, always outside. My goal is to get my consumption down to 5 (stop smoking in my car) - and then, given that I’m a vegetarian with low body fat who exercises often, hope for the best. As “Supersize Me” illustrates, we all choose to kill ourselves in different ways.
Either I have an unusual body chemistry, or many of the people posting here have used nicotine for so long they can’t remember when they started, what it felt like.
I smoke every couple of months to every couple of years - very erratically. I smoke when I’m stressed to the breaking point or severely upset. 1 half of a cigarrette relaxes my whole body. My mind wanders… and I like it (I dislike that effect when caused my marijuana.) I have a body stone. It clears in about 15-20 minutes - no hangover - and the cause of the stress has to start over at making me tensed up and upset - but because the negative thought process is broken, it usually doesn’t bother me again for a good while. However, I do recognize that if I abuse this product, I will not be able to use it for this purpose and it won’t feel nearly so good. And so, I abstain for long periods. I like cigarrettes, though I, of course, recognize the potential for addiction.