Is it possible to crave a cigarette when you've never smoked before? Are you craving the effects of the cigarette?
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I definitely believe it is possible. Not because of the nicotine and second hand smoke but because of the social aspects surrounding smoking. You might see a group of smokers taking a smoke break for lunch everyday. Some of them may be your coworkers or friends. You watch them and they seem to enjoy every puff they take of that cigarette. Huddling around each other smoking and laughing.Maybe you never thought about smoking and never wanted to but watching them enjoy this time with fellow smokers could make you crave a cigarette because you want to be a part of this social group. It just makes sense.
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Who knows but I'm glad someone posted this. I had a really realistic dream a few days ago & woke up with an extreme craving to smoke that has yet to go away.
The best part of this is I only ever tried to smoke about 5x almost 20 yrs ago now & I know for a fact that I"m seriously allergic to the scent of cigarettes & never before have I craved them.
Who knows right? Socially I can see the orginial posters pt. For me though, I don't have a group that smokes, only 1 of our friends' smokes at this pt so its not the social. Maybe its just a scent that came in through a window while I was sleeping.
Socially, though, get some prespective & note how many ppl in the group you want to forsee yourself a part of in the future smoke. For example, if u want to be a doctor, go to the local hospital around lunch brk and see whos' out smoking on a break.
Just a thought, money can be a motivational factor as well, lack of it or the want for it. Not at all times is your social peer group going to be smokers, and do you want to be isolated from them b/c of that?
I've never smoked before and in the last few months have had a serious craving for them. I also agree the first post was valid with the "social" idea, but my cravings aren't that. The whole "social" idea is actually keeping me from smoking. I don't want to get addicted, I think smoking is gross, and everyone I know looks down on it, including me. But I get random cravings to smoke every few days. My father is the only one I know who smokes.
I have never smoked but for some reason i have had the craving for one really bad.My husband doesnt smoke either so i dont know were this is coming from. I am a stay at home mom and i am not expossed to smoke . To give anyone advice who wants to smoke DONT DO IT i have had so many family mambers die from lung cancer because they smoked.
i looked up this post because i am completely in the same shoes.
i tried smoking about a year ago, a few times. i didn't like it, and it still made me cough. however, at a party yesterday, many friends were smoking around me, and i refused, pretending to have smoked before. but a lot of today, i have thought about nothing else but wanting a cigarette.its made me shaky. my parents both died of cancer and didn't even smoke, so i've always hated it. is this normal? what do i do? the cravings are driving me mad!
I have been having dreams that I am a chain smoker for months, and constantly wake up and want a cigarette for day afterward. Recently, my boyfriend of 2 years and I broke up, and, without the dreams, I have been craving cigarettes to the point that my body physically HURTS. I've never tried cigarettes, they make me sick (not morally, they really do make me get sick). I have an aunt who I love dearly who smokes and is addicted badly. And my best friend since 9th grade ended up at 2 packs a day for awhile, and I've been spending a lot of time with him lately, and basking in the secondhand smoke. It doesn't help that I've always found smoking sexy, and it also doesn't help that I love the smell of cigarettes. But I can't relax, and this has been going on for so long, it's driving me crazy, and I don't know what to do to stop it except to give in and smoke a cigarette. (i came SOOO close last night, but my friend wouldn't let me)
oh i came across this post because i feel just the same. it's very oddi'm 18, i have always hated the idea of smoking, and always said i would never ever do it. my ex smoked and i tried to persuade him to stop.however, the past few months i began quite liking the smell of cigarette smoke, and started to have these random feelings of wanting a cigaratte, and like the person a few posts back, i have no idea how i know it's a cigarette i want! i just do!none of my friends smoke, so i don't know why this is happening. what's even weirder is that the other night i was talking to someone who was smoking, and took a short drag (probably didn't breathe much in, i was a little drunk and besides, i didn't know how!) and didn't enjoy it. yet in the morning, and a few days later, i felt random impulses to smoke again!it's really frustrating, firstly because i don't know why i'm having these random cravings, and secondly because i'm scared i will actually start smoking which i don't want to do! mainly because i know how bad it is for my health (and bank!) but also because i don't have much willpower so will most likely find it hard to stop again.
if anyone finds out any explanation for this, PLEASE let me know!
also is there a link between alcohol and craving cigarettes? i know people who say they only smoke when they're drunk, plus i know that if i hadn't have had anything to drink the other night, i most probably wouldn't have had a smoke of that cigarette...
xx
This is so weird. I'm sixteen and I've never smoked, and think it's gross and all that, but i keep getting INTENSE cravings to have a cigarette at the weirdest times. like a lot of you it started when i had a dream i was smoking. No one I know smokes around me, so I don't really understand why i get these cravings. Do you think it could be some kind of nutritional defficiency or anything? usually we crave stuff because of a lack of some mineral or vitamin in the paticular food or whatever it is we're craving.
yeeeeeeea pretty much in my dreams lately i have a cigarette in hand, and last night i had one that was shaped like a trumpet lol. In my dreams they taste delicious and fit in with what im doing, but in real life when im around them i absolutely HATE the smell of them its disgusting. I think its sublminal advertising. LOL
I'm 17 and i've been smoking on and off for 2 years. After a really intense few weeks of smoking i've decided to throw in the towel and quit. It's day 3 and i'm really struggling. one thing i do know is that smoking is the most disgusting habit ever. try it, just have one cigarette - you know how bad it is for you, one won't get you addicted and you will then feel the full force of how disgusting the habit is, the way it smells, the way it makes ur mouth taste, the way it makes u feel. trust me - one and it will put you off and send those dreams away. say one doesn't work, don't have another!!!
maybe you all are being haunted by some type of entity that used to smoke is is drawing on your energy...and it is influencing this craving.
I tried smoking 4 years ago but only about 2 months later I quit, my father used to smoke though and died with a cancer. My boyfriend and few of my friends also smoke but it never have been a problam for me to say NO to any pffer I used to go to the pubs when smoking wasnt banned, now out of the odd I crave for smoking, I know its bad But the taste is so nice and I feel completely relaxed I drink as well though but never felt that I need a cigarette, I know I am upsetting my boyfriend of 4 years but I don’t know why I crave so much, I know I will never allow myself to feed this habit for a long time but for now I just want to enjoy it. For that reason I log on to the internet to find that if there some other people have the same problam as have. I don’t understand why out of the blue I start craving for a cig? no peer pressure, I hardly socialise these days, My kids hate the smell of Cigarettes, my boyfriend never smokes around them. so why I am going potty :(
Oh there is another thing I didnt mentioned that I am not a teenager, I never have any dream of smoking like some ppl said in few posts above, My friends and boyfriends never ask me to join them I am a full time staying-home mum My children hate cigarettes smell, I am 45, Like Kate said in the above post >Do you think it could be some kind of nutritional defficiency or anything? usually we crave stuff because of a lack of some mineral or vitamin in the paticular food or whatever it is we're craving < deep down I feel that it could be true, I'm really not look for an axcuse for this craving But I need some explaination. Can someone please help me or email me on this subject before its too late :( maxinepeters14@aol.com
I'm 17 and crave cigarettes all the time. I have NEVER smoked, but my mom smoked a lot and so did my aunt who I live with. She quit about 5 years ago. I have always hated somking and I even used to come home from school after those anti- somoking lectures and beg my aunt to quit so I don't think this is a social problem. Sometimes I'll have a dream about smoking and crave one for days. I also crave them anytime I see or smell them. The other day I saw a pack on the ground and I stopped and was about to pick them up. As stupid as this may seem, the only reason I didn't was because I'm under 18 and it would be illegal. I turn 18 next month and I don't know what I'm going to do. I've been fighting this off for a year but I don't know how much longer I'll last. If anyone knows why these cravings happen or a way to stop them please tell me and all the others who are having this problem.
Im 15 and i havent been havind dreams or anything, but I do just suddenly feel the urge to have a cigarette...Even though i've never smoked and none of my family or friends do. For me it doesnt have anything to do witht the idea of inhaling the smoke into my lungs but its more the idea of having a cigarette in my fingers and the idea of the smoke rising into the sky. I like sport and fitness and I know how shit it is for you and I never want to do it, yet i feel as though its inevitable. I plan on joining the army in a year and ive seen alot of soldiers smoking (i live near a barracks) which i think kind of looks kinda glamourous for some fucked reason.
Anyway i hope somebody comes up with an explanation for this crap!!!!!!!!! :(
I've been having dreams about smoking I'm 21 I've never smoked. None of my family smokes only 3 of my friends smoke. Last night I went to a party and alot of people were smoking, and then I had another dream. So today I'm going to go buy a pack of cigarettes and try it. I know its bad but I just gotta try it and get it past me...I dont know..haha.
Smoking is a disgusting habit. i always try to quit but i cant.........
To Maximillion:
You are one unrefined individual. Really lacking in class. Who are you to be so vulgar with your vocabulary?!? Do you think that this makes you sound intelligent or cool? NOT!!!
All the best to the others who have not smoked and all of a sudden have this strange craving to try. Don't succumb to it. It's not worth it!
To Maximillion:
You are one unrefined individual. Really lacking in class. Who are you to be so vulgar with your vocabulary?!? Do you think that this makes you sound intelligent or cool? NOT!!!
All the best to the others who have not smoked and all of a sudden have this strange craving to try. Don't succumb to it. It's not worth it!
The same thing has been happening to me I've been having cravings so bad (despite never smoking before) that it is driving me crazy I can't think of anything but them
Okay I have def ha dthis same exact problem, and obviously we all know that the risk isn't worth it so we don't, but it's very strange. The only thing I can link it to is that my family does smoke and just smelling cigarette smoke is comforting beause of the nostalgia. It's wierd though because I used to hate the smell What I think is strange is I did all the the activities that are required to smokers who try to quit. drink a glass of water instead chew gum breathing excercises and go for a walk. I think it might be anxiety if not anything else. because all of these things are often done when someone is stressed and a cigarette might offer the same comfort a stupid comfort but still one. anywayz excercize chew gum drink water breathe walk. anything but smoke a cig. I've never smoked so yay me I guess.
I'm 19, similar symptoms (per se). I find myself being entranced by people holding cigarettes and almost as if I want to go tear it from their fingers. I find that smoking pot takes away the cravings shortly but does not take them away. My mom smoked before I was conceived, not sure if that effects this or not. But this is definitely not social, anyone that smokes I automatically try to stay away from. I feel that inevitably I will succumb to these temptations, these wild longings to puff on something. I think I'll try a cigar before they take them off the shelf, maybe that will calm the tides for a while.
AlexJC says:
2 years ago
I definitely believe it's possible, but not because of the social effects. While the point you've made is valid, here's something interesting to add to your post.
Both of my parents smoked for years before I was born, though not while my mother was pregnant. I noticed when I was about 14 years old that I would randomly crave a cigarette. I was not around smokers often, and most of my family even looked down on it; however, I still craved them at times. How I knew it was a cigarette that I wanted is beyond me, but when I picked up my frist cigarette, it was completely natural, as if I'd been smoking for years. From then on I've smoked.
Recent research has suggested that the smoking habits of a child's parents may affect the nicotine receptor's in the child's brain itself. Could this be the case here?
AlexJC