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What is the connection to popularity/being ‘cool’ and smoking cigarettes?
When walking through the corridors at my school I find myself overhearing many conversations between the younger students about smoking. “Have you got any fags Tricia?”, “We can go behind the huts at break time”. Whenever I hear something like this I really find myself tempted to give them a quick slap and ask WHY!?
When walking out of school, ten times out of ten I will see a group of teens gathered round one person, ‘The Beholder’ as I like to call them. The Beholder is someone who has an older brother or sister that buys them fags, or they stole them from their parents.
The Beholder can always get a lot of respect for having cigarettes on them, people wanting to try the cigarettes will have to do some serious butt-kissing to impress The Beholder. If they succeed then The Beholder (I’m tired of typing that so from now on I will refer to The Beholder as ‘Barry’) will let them have just the one toke on the cigarette, the butt-kisser will cough and then make the ultimate decision in their life.
Decision Number 1:
Will I pretend that I like it?
If the person makes this decision then the next three or four years of their life have been chosen. The chance is, the person will ask for another toke perhaps at a later date, then Barry will think “hmm he’s/she’s pretty cool I’ll most defiantly be hanging with that cool cat again” The nutters can then slowly move into steady smoking, mostly after school, whilst gaining more members of the group on the way. By year 8 you will then have the schools designated popular crew of that year.
Decision Number 2:
Will I gag and walk away?
“Ergh, that was disgusting, as if you like those things!” – We have a winner.
Making this decision is wise, im my view, but who knows you might end up smoking anyway.
I believe that smoking and being good at PE are the only two things that can get you in to the popular crowd at school, which is rather ironic. Smoking being the one of the main health issues in the world today, and PE being the governments way of getting us fit.
Smoking amongst the younger generations I find rather unexplainable. I don’t understand the fact that whether you damage your organs or not defines who you are in society. When you think about all types of smoking in general it really is quite funny.
Ha that’s humans for you.
When walking through the corridors at my school I find myself overhearing many conversations between the younger students about smoking. “Have you got any fags Tricia?”, “We can go behind the huts at break time”. Whenever I hear something like this I really find myself tempted to give them a quick slap and ask WHY!?
When walking out of school, ten times out of ten I will see a group of teens gathered round one person, ‘The Beholder’ as I like to call them. The Beholder is someone who has an older brother or sister that buys them fags, or they stole them from their parents.
The Beholder can always get a lot of respect for having cigarettes on them, people wanting to try the cigarettes will have to do some serious butt-kissing to impress The Beholder. If they succeed then The Beholder (I’m tired of typing that so from now on I will refer to The Beholder as ‘Barry’) will let them have just the one toke on the cigarette, the butt-kisser will cough and then make the ultimate decision in their life.
Decision Number 1:
Will I pretend that I like it?
If the person makes this decision then the next three or four years of their life have been chosen. The chance is, the person will ask for another toke perhaps at a later date, then Barry will think “hmm he’s/she’s pretty cool I’ll most defiantly be hanging with that cool cat again” The nutters can then slowly move into steady smoking, mostly after school, whilst gaining more members of the group on the way. By year 8 you will then have the schools designated popular crew of that year.
Decision Number 2:
Will I gag and walk away?
“Ergh, that was disgusting, as if you like those things!” – We have a winner.
Making this decision is wise, im my view, but who knows you might end up smoking anyway.
I believe that smoking and being good at PE are the only two things that can get you in to the popular crowd at school, which is rather ironic. Smoking being the one of the main health issues in the world today, and PE being the governments way of getting us fit.
Smoking amongst the younger generations I find rather unexplainable. I don’t understand the fact that whether you damage your organs or not defines who you are in society. When you think about all types of smoking in general it really is quite funny.
Ha that’s humans for you.
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SHEEPY wrote:
> No... it has been a number of months since I've had a fag.
Funniest thing i've heard in a while.
> No... it has been a number of months since I've had a fag.
Funniest thing i've heard in a while.
Get a life.
AfroJoe wrote:
> He was there first.
>
> :-D
HISS
But I have made more contributions.
I am the true owner of "Badgerman"
hmmm... I sense a badger fight
> He was there first.
>
> :-D
HISS
But I have made more contributions.
I am the true owner of "Badgerman"
hmmm... I sense a badger fight
No... it has been a number of months since I've had a fag. I don't like smoking so I overcome the want.
Usually helped by people saying:
" You ain't getting another one of my fags "
Usually helped by people saying:
" You ain't getting another one of my fags "
It would only anger them if you're "bumming fags" all the time. Unless you're always drunk? Now that's a frightening notion.
I usually have a desire for a sly fag when I'm drunk
I've never actually bought any fags... I *borrow* them, this angers people.
I've never actually bought any fags... I *borrow* them, this angers people.
I'm trying to give up.
I've lasted 3 days, but this morning I found myself sprinting to the nearest shop in a possessed state and buying the cheapest brand possible, Richmond.
I zipped one in about 30 seconds flat, and it knocked me dizzy.
I've just recovered after 15 minutes of feeling queasy.
It's a drug addiction, and I'm sick to the back teeth of them.
I've lasted 3 days, but this morning I found myself sprinting to the nearest shop in a possessed state and buying the cheapest brand possible, Richmond.
I zipped one in about 30 seconds flat, and it knocked me dizzy.
I've just recovered after 15 minutes of feeling queasy.
It's a drug addiction, and I'm sick to the back teeth of them.
I remember the first time I tried a cigarette...
I used to sit with a mate and eat my packed lunch at school in the first year when i was 11. One day we noticed two of our mates walking out of school to the woods (we had a mini forest that kids went through as a short cut to get to school). After a few days, curiosity finally got the better of us and we decided to follow them. We ambushed them with wild shouts and screams (the head of our year routinely took prefects out with him at lunch time to catch people sneaking out of school in the "woods". We attempted to replicate the terror of being discovered) After their initial shock, we finally collared them and found them smoking cigs. I bravely asked what it was like and one of them said, "I'll save you a bit".
He handed me the cigarette and I started blowing on it. When nothing happened, he started laughing and said, No, you idiot! You've got to SUCK in on the fag!"
So I started to inhale the cig and was immediately racked with a horrible coughing fit. I quickly unscrewed my Garfield flask with deft fingers and took long gulps of the sweet orange squash contained therein.
Vowing never to smoke them again, I held true to my promise...for another four years. Now I smoke quite a few cigs but I'm attempting to give up on the 1st of April...watch this space.
I used to sit with a mate and eat my packed lunch at school in the first year when i was 11. One day we noticed two of our mates walking out of school to the woods (we had a mini forest that kids went through as a short cut to get to school). After a few days, curiosity finally got the better of us and we decided to follow them. We ambushed them with wild shouts and screams (the head of our year routinely took prefects out with him at lunch time to catch people sneaking out of school in the "woods". We attempted to replicate the terror of being discovered) After their initial shock, we finally collared them and found them smoking cigs. I bravely asked what it was like and one of them said, "I'll save you a bit".
He handed me the cigarette and I started blowing on it. When nothing happened, he started laughing and said, No, you idiot! You've got to SUCK in on the fag!"
So I started to inhale the cig and was immediately racked with a horrible coughing fit. I quickly unscrewed my Garfield flask with deft fingers and took long gulps of the sweet orange squash contained therein.
Vowing never to smoke them again, I held true to my promise...for another four years. Now I smoke quite a few cigs but I'm attempting to give up on the 1st of April...watch this space.
I smoke, I enjoy it.
You dont smoke, you dont enjoy it.
I dont force people to smoke, non-smokers get out of my face and eat your lettuce.
End of story.
Shut up.
You dont smoke, you dont enjoy it.
I dont force people to smoke, non-smokers get out of my face and eat your lettuce.
End of story.
Shut up.
*Waits for Goatboy's "Scientists have proof that smokers are 47% cooler than non-smokers" reply.*
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