why do people smoke cigarettes really? (Especially intelligent people)?

Question

noticed many chinese and japanese smoke cigarettes..and was surprised really,,since i thought asians were so smart and health conscious..yet..as intelligent as they seem..they still go out and light a cigarette quite often

what they are feeling like before and during and after smoking?

and when started and why?

Answer 1

Remember: human beings are primates and just like other primates, they tend to imitate others. "Monkey see, monkey do" -> "Human see, human do".

Have you seen those teenager who walk around with their pants down? Do they find pleasure in it? No. They do it because they see others do it.

I smoked when I was going through my teenage crisis. After a few months, I realized my own stupidity. I did not find any pleasure in it. I was just doing it to fit in. Then I stopped and I never touched a cigarette again.

Answer 2

There are 6,510,000 search results when the phrase 'smoking habits' is entered. As there is no magic bullet to such a question as posed.



I' ve been smoking for over 37 years and may, though unlikely, will quit someday. Smoking use to calm me down went stressed from a variety of factors. Now it's more habit then anything and habits are not easy things to break.



It's interesting you mentioned the Chinese. The rate of decline in the smoking population was most pronounced in the four largest cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Wuhan. These four cities had lower cigarette consumption than their rural brethren, with 28.5% of their residents smoking on average 16.51 cigarettes a day.



The survey also shows that smoking also correlates with education and age: the older and less educated are more likely to be smokers. However the most alarming development in China is the rapid increase in young female smokers in these four cities. Only 3.1% of Chinese women are smokers overall, but that is a marked increase from 2.6% in 2005 and nearly half of them are young, aged between 20 to 25.



Chinese smokers are supporting the bottom line at the world's three largest tobacco companies: Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco. Chinese smokers buy 42% of their total products, the survey said.

Answer 3

It very often starts as teenagers as a result of peer pressure. If you ask them they will deny it of course but it is an unconscious process. After a short period of time, they get addicted to the ingredients of the cigarette, in particular the nicotine. As smoking can be considered an addiction, smokers often have a very rough time stop smoking. In stressful situations the nicotine gives them a relieving feeling and it doesn't have anything to do with intelligence. I hope I was able to help, please do not forget to chose the best answer after 4 h. :)

Answer 4

Smoking starts off, usually, as a stress reliever. However, nicotine has such powerful addictive effects that breaking the habit is extremely difficult. It's nothing to do with intelligence, it's most often down to outside influences causing the starting, then the addiction leading to the not stopping.

Answer 5

Some people just want to be cool and hear from others that it "relieves stress" and junk like that. So unfortunately peer pressure mixed with their own stupidity gets the better of them. The rest is addiction. So its a combination of stupidity and addiction.



Stupidity to start, addiction after.

Answer 6

Why do people eat high fat foods that leads to heart disease?



Why do people smoke drugs that leads to dependence and paranoia?



Why do people drink alcohol that can lead to liver damage?



Because all are addictive and none of the above has anything to do with intelligence.

Answer 7

It's and addiction. So it's hard to stop. They start for various reason; usually when young and they have no sense. Or when they drink alcohol.

Answer 8

it something in the mind once you start smoking that you think relaxes you

Answer 9

because it decrees the stress on them :P

Answer 10

The same reason people do anything, because its their choice.

Answer 11

stress



smoking makes them feel relaxed and more alive for awhile

Answer 12

they thinks its coool, but its not.