How to stop the urges to start smoking?

OK SO ALL MY LIFE I've KNOWN THAT SMOKING KIIS PEOPLE. but my dads been smoking for more than half of his life. did he die? nope.
I really doont know why but im having strong urges to sneak in my dads room and grab one of them and go out and ssmoke. I...

really dont want to do this but...I just dont know...I really feel like it...maybe its because of the stress and depression that im having.
Please help me before I sneak into my dads room...

PLEASE! dont do it... whatever you do dont! you will regret it! im lucky I have friends that care and stopped me from doing that... and I dont know who you are or what type of stress your under but whatever you do please dont do it. over half of my family smokes and most of them have some form of cancer. its not good. please dont do it. I cant stop you. but I am warning you that its bad, it does kill you. it may not have killed your dad yet but eventually it will. please, please. I dont know how to get you not to do it, but please... at least try something else... its not worth ruining your life over smoking... please. please. dont do it. I dont know how much I can plead with you not to do it. but im just asking as a normal human being dont do it. please.

Yeah, brokenwings is right, you will definately regret it if you do! I don't know how many smokers I have heard say, If you haven't started, don't!, and that's just with cigarettes! If you are considering weed, you are choosing to throw your life away and you don't even know it! Weed leads to other, more harmful drugs, and then it is all downhill from there! My dad did drugs and smoked (he has since gone to rehab about 8 times and now goes to AA and NA meetings to help him cope, he just got his 2 year chip!) and I used him as my reason for never doing any of that stuff! I saw what he went through with his addiction, he almost lost his family! Thank God that he realized what he was doing and decided to get help! Just stay away from all of that stuff and focus on doing well in school and life and you will be okay! Good luck!

I personally do not fully agree with the way the last two answers were written.
but it is more important and beneficial to look at Other options.
What I am trying to say is that lots of people I know smoke just as something that takes up time or distracts them from daily life. Lots of them have since dropped smoking and found other ways of achieving what ciggarets or weed did for them.
Hobbies and excercise can work nicely; with one of my friends getting into gymnastics, while others have found daily walks and runs to help. the rest simply enjoy regular movies and similar ways of relaxing.

I hope you make the right educated decision in your mind.

...so is it cigarettes or weeds? I have to withhold my answer until you clear it up.

And just out of curiosity, how old is your father?

marijuana does NOT kill you, or give you lung cancer, unlike cigaretts. smarty.

Your father is most likely between the ages of 40-45 and if he keeps smoking it will kill him, sooner or later - in one way or another. Smoking can lead to hundreds of different smoking related diseases. I never agreed with Nancy Reagan's solution for teens to quit having sex, I.e. by telling them to, Just Stop! That won't work but it will work in your case with the smoking desire. DON'T START!!! NEVER, NEVER!! YES, SMOKING KILLS!

I tried smoking once and I didnt like it anyway, I guess im one of the few...

...so is it cigarettes or weeds? I have to withhold my answer until you clear it up.
And just out of curiosity, how old is your father?

Its both cigarettes and weeds. and my dad is 40 or 41? I forget... thats how retard iam

My dad smoked since he was a teen and NOTHING happen to him!

okay so you start smoking... then what?
hah ya you got to smoke some weed way to go...
what have you accomplished other than being a drug head?
maybe I just dont understand but how will that make you feel better? a couple of minutes of being high and WOAH!! your problems just vanish... I dont think so.

I could give all the reasons in the world to not smoke, but it sounds like you're set on trying to smoke. So go ahead, do it if you're that curious. Smoking doesn't really help you with stress and depression, though. You really shouldn't believe everything you see in a movie.

Most people start smoking mainly to look cool or to fit in... and then they become addicted and can never stop. No wonder the top three leading causes of death worldwide are still related to smoking.

dont start...im trying to quit and its really hard. I regret starting everyday.

smoking is not good I know I messed up when I started geting in to that bad crap altho it seems to help me get thru a lot of stuff. but its not good you will quickly develop a bad cough and become more suseptabule to deseases. when my friends who dont smoke ask for one I tell them no and they wil fight me saying no its cool you wont get in trouble but I know its badd for them and stuff and dont let them have any tell your dad to hide them from you and lisen to his cough that should freak you out in to not doing it also try talking to him about it he will tell you all the bad things it did to him and the cost its like 6.75 a pack

lol dont listen to what people tell u, its all misleading information
you need to do your own research and see for urself

These are some of the comments I have copied from a forum

-pharmaceuticals are known to kill more people than illegal drugs

-marijuana is the number 1 cash crop in the world
it serves as a natural medicine and has many other uses
thats why they prohibited it so big companies can make more profit
thanks to bad journalism

-can also help aids patients, aids diminishes appetite
have them smoke a joint and they regain their appetite counteracting the illness

-no one can die from smoking cannabis and has been no known deaths compared to everything else including alcohol, tobacco, etc..

I myself have asthma and smoking opens up my airways making it easier to breathe with no side effects
when medically legalized in my state I look foward to becoming a patient for prescription marijuana. 12 states have already legalized it along with other countries in the world and more following
my job is to educate people that are not aware of the plants uses

re-legalize!

-I did most of my research through websites, books, magazines, and the news
norml.org
high times magazine
etc..

- theres more to it than just getting high
and I believe legalizing it would make this a better world to live in

-God bless the whole crop!

- and for people that dont smoke, you dont need to smoke it to support it

-all the better reason for the government to legalize..
couple reasons why it should be legalized:
-will be removed from black market and stop empowering gang members
-medical reasons
-would be sold like alcohol, remember alcohol was once prohibited too (in stores away from children, have to be 21+)
-would be a law that you cant drive while intoxicated on weed
-prison population would lower (prisons are overcrowding with nonviolent offenders)
-keep patients from being convicted
-would provide millions of jobs for people
-would make us an independent country (fuel, etc.., debt free america)

people with an addiction (including hard drugs) shouldnt be thrown in jail, they need help
theres more people in jail with mental illnesses than there are in mental institutions

the list goes on

- the War on Drugs is a failure, its a war on its own people. policies need to be changed
we pay billions in taxpayers money to keep the war going and neither side is winning
thats just a waste of our tax money
I wonder what they do with all that money..
those greedy bastards just sell drugs back onto the street, you can even check urself on that
there was a time when there was a cia operation transporting drugs overseas into america
the government also provided Rick Ross with plenty of heroin to go around, course making money from it

the truth must be exposed, theyre dirty work must stop!

-Of course we can do something about it, we all just need to unite
screw the federal government
remember slavery?
if no one stood up im pretty sure it would still be going on
people were tortured, beaten, killed and thrown in jail but that didnt stop them standing up for their rights
eventually slavery was abolished
same with alcohol prohibition
eventually became re-legalized

- its like theres some kind of conspiracy going on
I sense the government is up to no good and trying to control us.
credit cards, money, and now they have chips that can be implanted in skin for uselful reasons but if in the wrong hands well were pretty much fuct
they hiding the truth from us
its dangerous to be right when the government is wrong
they got theyre privacy but we dont. they want to know everything were doing on our leisure time

get up stand up!

- marijuanas not anti-establishment because its illegal, its illegal because its anti-establishment

all facts stated have been double-checked and confirmed
want to learn more?
norml.org
americandrugwar.org
hightimes.com
lets all make this a better place to live in!