The truth about smoking (in their own words)

A picture of misery: the truth about smoking, in smokers’ own words

Verbatim Responses
No Smoking Day
2002

In research conducted in October and November 2001, smokers were asked “If you had your time again, would you smoke?”. 83% said no, and they were then asked why. Here’s what they said, in their own words.

• With what I know now I would not start.
• It’s horrible, disgusting.
• My mother has had illness due to smoking – worried about effect on children.
• Think of the money I could save.
• Very difficult to give up – not looking forward to withdrawal symptoms.
• Bad for health, too expensive, very hard drug to give up.
• Now there are health reasons why you shouldn’t smoke, and these are at the fore. It was the fashion to smoke when Ii started. When the children got older that’s when I started to smoke and I became reliant on them.
• For my health.
• Damages your health – too dear – not a very good habit.
• Because it’s so hard to give up. Wish I hadn’t started.
• Smoking is no good for your health.
• Expense and health.
• Health reasons.
• I was 21 yrs old when I started in the Army. I regret the day I picked a cigarette up.
• Cost and health reasons.
• It’s a disgusting dirty habit and not very good for your health.
• To safeguard my health and to save money.
• Because of my health and I cough a lot.
• So that I could save money and my health could be better.
• Because being a nurse I have watched so many people die from lung cancer, why did I start? I would not do it again.
• I wish I had never started.
• Because my dad had chronic chest problems – one lung – and I’ve seen people very ill because of it
• Money, and health.
• Health wise and money wise I disagree with it. Just wish I hadn’t started it.
• Because I was very fit before I started smoking and now I am not – but at the time all my peers smoked, but they don’t now.
• Would crave a cigarette if never started.
• I only started after my husband died suddenly and someone offered me a cigarette and I’ve been smoking now for 30 years.
• It’s the cost and a health hazard.
• When I started it was the thing to do. Health was a consideration – felt awkward if you didn’t smoke socially
• Health reasons mainly, also fairly anti social these days to smoke.
• Bad for my general health.
• Bad for your general health.
• Not a nice habit, not good for health, unpleasant smell.
• It would have prevented an addiction.
• Because it is bad for you, expensive and dirty.
• You are a social outcast if you smoke today.
• I can see problems which later occurred.
• Because it is very addictive.
• Because I would know better next time.
• It doesn’t do me any harm but it doesn’t do me any good.
• It’s a horrible habit. It makes you smell, people nag you to stop
• Health, money.
• It was a bad mistake really, so hard to stop. I try to tell kids to stop but people used to say that to me and I thought I could give up whenever I wanted.
• Boyfriend’s granddad just died of a smoking related disease.
• I didn’t want to in the first place but my friends pushed me into it – took it to be sociable, aged about 30
• If you never smoke you never have to give up and then you wouldn’t have to have the effects of smoking and have to deal with that.
• Lot better off financially and probably health wise.
• It was 60s and the in thing, just the trend and if you didn’t you were the odd one out – just running with the sheep.
• Because of the effect it has on your health and general fitness.
• Horrible really when it boils down to it – just say you can’t taste things properly and it is right when you stop smoking things taste a lot better.
• Because it is a terrible habit – filthy, a bad habit, not a nice habit but I enjoy it.
• I think it was just health, cost – and peer pressure at the time made me start.
• Waste of money.
• Because it’s bad for me.
• Well it’s addictive, hard to kick the habit.
• Far healthier and spend less if you don’t smoke.
• Because I had warning with my father who suffered a heart problem and he stopped from 100 a day to zero.
• Health reasons and bad habit.

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