Smoking??

[leedsforever]

Only just read this thread! Iv never ever smoked and never will!!! Although every one else in my family does smoke including my 16yr old sister. Everyone is surprised that i dont! I also hope my son doesnt when he is older but thats his choice!

Do you think your children are more likely to smoke when they are older if you do?

I think yes, but depends on the circumstances...!
If my mum and step dad and co found out about my smoking they would be very disappointed.... and these were the side of the family I grew up with, so it didnt influence me!

but my dads side, nan etc are all smokers and I smoke around them!!! My step mum has let my sister smoke in her house since 15-16 and I do not agree with this at all, what chance does that person have if their parents are accepting it and letting them do it?!? Tbh a big factor in me stopping smoking is my mum!!

 

[leedsforever]

Do you think your children are more likely to smoke when they are older if you do?

Whereas my younger brother as a child hated smoking, if anyone went near him with a fag he said it made him feel sick and he swore up until he was about 14 that he would never smoke, he was so anti smoking it was unreal!! And guess what he does now .... smoke

This sounds familar...... yep.... me I was adamant I wasnt going to smoke, but think that was my mum talking, which of course she hated smoking even more cos my father (who she also hated) did it!!

 

[missjacey44]

I think it's more the environment and your circle of friends who influence it? Thats just my opinion.

None of my friends smoke, neither did pretty much anyone in my old high school so there really wasn't anyone to pick it up from.

I agree, ALL me friends are smokers, and nearly everyone in me year in school did.XxX

Oh yeah i definately think your friends and social life/school/college ect. have more influence than parents smoking!

As i said, everyone in my family around me smoked growing up but i never touched one! I just wondered your thoughts on this! But just because i dont smoke i dont have a problem with anyone who does whether they have children or not. Aslong as its not in my house haha

 

[Miss Duke]

My parents had no influence over me starting smoking, I always HATED my mum smoking.

However all my friends and my oh smoked, so one day I just flipped and thought - they are all smoking round me anyway, so I may as well be smoking myself!!!

Stupid I know!!!

Thanks for that Leedsforever, will check out the thread now xx

 

[polo_princess]

You know how i started smoking?

My best friend stole 2 fags from her mum and said "Would you dare smoke a fag?"

 

[leedsforever]

You know how i started smoking?

My best friend stole 2 fags from her mum and said "Would you dare smoke a fag?"

I cant really remember when i did...!!

But I was a very late starter.... everyone around me was like 13 and that!! I was about 16 and gave in to the social craze... lol!!

 

[taperjeangirl]

You know how i started smoking?

My best friend stole 2 fags from her mum and said "Would you dare smoke a fag?"

Oh that's the same as me! I was dared to do it do when I was about 14

I can't say I'll never smoke again, but i really want to stay stopped, I don't think my OH would ever speak to me again if I started back doing it now..... think I'm babbling on now!

 

[mernie]

Well I smoke and BF I know its recommended that if you BF you shouldn't smoke but as the Dr's have told me "even if you smoke her having BM period is better than her having none at all" naturally they'd prefer me to quit but they're also realistic enough to know that that may not happen. Also, my mother BF all 4 of her children and smoked and we're all just fine. BUT i also do NOT smoke AROUND her we go outside to smoke and wash our hands afterwards before dealing with her. And in answer to the actual question...yes...i smoked my entire pregnancy i did cut back CONSIDERABLY but I did smoke I tried to quit but found it too hard I'd like to ramble off a list of reasons as I have before but theres really no excuse but my little ladybug is healthy and happy either way

 

[Linzi]

My ex BF pressured me into starting lol I thought I looked proper cool and that but I actually looked like a total moron.

My dad smoked and my mother smoked the whole time she was pregnant with me. i dont see my mum anymore, and my dads never smoked around me so I don't think thats influenced me, but I do wonder if her smoking during pregnancy has anything to do with it because before I even started smoking I was having cravings.

And also would like to say Im sorry for being a bit pushy earlier, I wasnt being personal its just a very touchy subject and tbh I was feeling sorry for the girls who I thought were gettign a hard time over this whole thing. I dont take back what I said, I stand by my opinion, but I probably shouldn't have got worked up. I had a really really shitty day. So Im sorry. I got it all out at the gym now lol

xxxx

 

[polo_princess]

Linzi, we all have our little hissy fits from time to time

 

[Linzi]

Yeah well I tend to take them out on OH instead of annoying people on here lol

xxx

 

[hannah91]

hi when i find out i was pregnant i stopped smokin straight away coz it made me feel sick. after a few months tho i started again xx

 

[Rachiebaby24]

Only just read this thread! Iv never ever smoked and never will!!! Although every one else in my family does smoke including my 16yr old sister. Everyone is surprised that i dont! I also hope my son doesnt when he is older but thats his choice!

Do you think your children are more likely to smoke when they are older if you do?

I have never smoked and my mum does, my dad does, my brother does and my sister does....apart from my 13 yr old bro, im the only one who has never touched one......they stink! i think thats what put me off.....oh and i would rather have spent my money on sweets!!!! lol

 

[lozzy21]

I dont have any kids, nor am i pregnant but i am an Ex smoker and still have a sneeky fag when im out drinking. All the non smokers that are lecturing people do u also know that having sex increases your risk of cervical cancer so are you going to ban your dd from having sex ever incase they get cirvical cancer?

 

[x-amy-x]

:SHOCK:

I dont think that any of the mummies intent to harm their babies by smoking the odd fag. Addictions are hard to kick. I'm a bit shocked at how this thread turned out

 

[shampain]

I wondered how long it would be until the smoking police came along to shoot everyone down in flames. Its easy to say "My *suchabody* died of cancer its disgusting blah blah" its like someone said *sorry i cant remember who* that a member of their family had died of alcoholism but they still enjoyed a drink. Would you stop taking the bus if someone you knew got hit by one? I was lucky, whilst i was pregnant i couldnt of smoked if i wanted too, same as i couldnt of drank, but not everyone is like that and its bloody hard to quit when your totally addicted to something.
No one one here would purposely harm their babies, its not as if someone is going to say "I smoke coz there is a risk it will harm my child"
So lets just all chill out and answer Ema's question!

 

[nikky0907]

I wondered how long it would be until the smoking police came along to shoot everyone down in flames.

No one shot anyone down in flames or pointed fingers. Lets not make this inot a bigger thing than it was

Its easy to say "My *suchabody* died of cancer its disgusting blah blah"

How very compassionate of you to say that about people who have shared stories about their fathers and family members dying.

I didn't lose anyone to smoking but surely I understand that when someone does it's enough to put them of forever.

No one one here would purposely harm their babies, its not as if someone is going to say "I smoke coz there is a risk it will harm my child"
So lets just all chill out and answer Ema's question!

And no one ever suggested someone would purpusfully harm their babies. I most certainly don't for a second think that and I would be surprised if any one of the members does.


Now as I already said, lets not make this into more than it is, end it on a positive note and let the thread die out.

 

[shampain]

I think its pretty obvious that I didnt mean the thing about saying a family member or friend had died of cancer the way that you wish to take it.

 

[Mervs Mum]

Hi Em - I gave up the day I found I was expecting my first. My best mate brought me 20 fags to the hospital when I'd had her!

I didnt go straight back to it. I had an odd one when I was out but that was it. Then when I started working again a couple of years later, I got into going to the fag room with my old smoking partners.....and it was a slippery slope back! I stopped again in 2001 and havent smoked since though. x