Kids and Smoking
I am____
| 51% (301) | In grade school and I already smoke a pack or more a day | |
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| 7% (45) | In middle school/Jr.High and I smoke a pack or more a day | |
| 10% (61) | In high school and I smoke a pack or more a day | |
| 2% (14) | IN grade school and smoke between one half to a pack a day | |
| 3% (20) | In middle school/Jr.High and smoke between one half to a pack a day | |
| 4% (27) | In high school and smoke between one half to a pack a day | |
| 4% (25) | In grade school and regularly smoke between one and ten cigarettes a day | |
| 2% (13) | In middle school/Jr. High & regularly smoke between one and ten cigarettes a day | |
| 6% (36) | In High school and smoke between one and ten cigarettes a day | |
| 1% (11) | I am in grade school and I smoke cigarettes once in a while | |
| 1% (11) | I am in middle school/Jr.High and I smoke cigarettes once in a while | |
| 4% (25) | I am in high school and I smoke cigarettes once in a while |
589 voters have answered this question.
I am _____ and I inhale
| 58% (342) | grade school | |
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| 15% (93) | middle school | |
| 25% (148) | high school |
583 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking before I was 8 years old
| 61% (296) | Yes, mom and dad gave them to me | |
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| 9% (47) | Yes, mom gave them to me, dad did not know | |
| 2% (10) | Yes, dad gave them to me, mom did not know | |
| 4% (22) | Yes, I got them from my brother or sister | |
| 1% (9) | Yes, I got them from someone else in the family | |
| 3% (19) | Yes, I got them from a neighbor kid | |
| 4% (21) | Yes, I got them from someone else | |
| 12% (59) | I snuck them when noone was looking |
483 voters have answered this question.
I began inhaling before I was 8 years old
| 79% (393) | Yes, and I got addicted right after | |
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| 20% (101) | No, I didn't inhale until later |
494 voters have answered this question.
If I was smoking before I was eight without mom and dad knowing, they found out because
| 15% (66) | they caught me smoking | |
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| 3% (15) | they smelled smoke on my breath | |
| 2% (11) | they smelled smoke or found ash in my play area | |
| 2% (9) | they heard from a neighbor or family friend or relative who saw me. | |
| 57% (246) | I told them because I needed cigarettes due to my addiction | |
| 5% (22) | they found out some other way | |
| 13% (56) | they never found out |
425 voters have answered this question.
When mom and/or dad caught me as an under-8-years-old smoker
| 5% (24) | I got a spanking | |
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| 0% (4) | I got timeout | |
| 3% (15) | I lost privileges | |
| 7% (30) | I got some other punishment | |
| 82% (353) | I got no punishment. I was allowed to smoke |
426 voters have answered this question.
After my punishment for smoking under age 8,
| 40% (160) | I was allowed to smoke around my parents | |
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| 46% (185) | I was allowed to smoke around other relatives or family friends | |
| 7% (30) | I had to sneak smokes from someone | |
| 5% (21) | I quit smoking for a while |
396 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking between 8 and 12 years old
| 71% (217) | Yes | |
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| 28% (87) | No |
304 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking between 8 and 12 years old
| 42% (99) | Yes, mom started me | |
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| 5% (14) | Yes, my dad started me | |
| 0% (1) | Yes, my stepmom started me | |
| 0% (1) | Yes, my stepdad started me | |
| 14% (34) | Yes, my brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister started me | |
| 2% (7) | Yes, my cousins started me | |
| 16% (38) | Yes, my classmates started me | |
| 4% (10) | Yes, kids at camp started me | |
| 0% (1) | Yes, some other relative started me | |
| 12% (30) | Yes, some other nonrelative started me |
235 voters have answered this question.
I began inhaling and got addicted between 8 and 12 years old
| 74% (199) | Yes | |
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| 9% (25) | No | |
| 15% (42) | Yes, I inhaled, but I did not get addicted |
266 voters have answered this question.
If mom and dad did not know, they found out when
| 21% (46) | they caught me smoking | |
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| 4% (9) | someone else told them I was smoking | |
| 4% (10) | I was caught smoking at school | |
| 5% (11) | I was caught stealing cigarettes form them | |
| 0% (1) | I was caught stealing cigarettes from a store | |
| 0% (1) | I was caught stealing cigarettes from someone else | |
| 6% (14) | They smelled smoke in my breath, clothes or hair | |
| 1% (3) | They found ashes in my room | |
| 3% (8) | They found ashes or cigarettes in the ashtray that weren't theirs | |
| 4% (9) | They found my stash where I had hidden it | |
| 29% (63) | I told them I smoke | |
| 7% (17) | They never found out | |
| 11% (25) | They just knew somehow |
217 voters have answered this question.
When mom and dad found out I was smoking between 8-12 years old, I was punished by them
| 8% (18) | Yes with a spanking | |
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| 12% (27) | Yes, I was made to smoke a whole pack in one day | |
| 13% (31) | Yes, in some other way | |
| 66% (148) | No, they let me smoke |
224 voters have answered this question.
After my punishment between 8 and 12
| 58% (116) | I continued to smoke openly around my family | |
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| 16% (32) | I smoked around relatives and family friends | |
| 20% (40) | I had to sneak smokes | |
| 5% (11) | I quit for a while |
199 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking as a teenager
| 76% (152) | Yes, and I got addicted quickly | |
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| 23% (46) | Yes, but I did not get addicted |
198 voters have answered this question.
My parents know I smoke
| 25% (77) | Yes, though they aren't happy about it | |
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| 50% (150) | Yes, they are pleased by it thought they won't admit it | |
| 5% (16) | Yes, and they make me feel like a second class citizen | |
| 18% (56) | No |
299 voters have answered this question.
As a teenager I smoke whereever I want, if I'm allowed to
| 86% (271) | Yes | |
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| 6% (19) | No, only around friends and family | |
| 7% (25) | No, only at home |
315 voters have answered this question.
I am in grade school and I have friends my age who smoke with me
| 21% (91) | Yes | |
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| 64% (274) | Yes, I even got some of them started | |
| 13% (57) | No |
422 voters have answered this question.
I am in middle school and I have friends who smoke
| 39% (74) | Yes | |
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| 41% (79) | Yes, and I started some of them | |
| 19% (36) | No |
189 voters have answered this question.
I am in high school and I have friends who smoke
| 45% (107) | Yes | |
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| 45% (105) | Yes, and I started some of them | |
| 9% (21) | No |
233 voters have answered this question.
What is the youngest age parents should let their kids smoke
| 46% (266) | 3 | |
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| 3% (20) | 4 | |
| 5% (32) | 5 | |
| 8% (48) | 6 | |
| 6% (38) | 8 | |
| 1% (11) | 9 | |
| 4% (28) | 10 | |
| 2% (14) | 11 | |
| 6% (37) | 12 | |
| 2% (12) | 13 | |
| 3% (19) | 14 | |
| 1% (9) | 15 | |
| 3% (21) | 16 | |
| 0% (0) | 17 | |
| 2% (16) | 18 |
571 voters have answered this question.
I plan to get my kids started smoking when they are
| 48% (263) | 3 | |
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| 6% (37) | 4 | |
| 9% (54) | 6 | |
| 0% (5) | 7 | |
| 4% (25) | 8 | |
| 2% (13) | 9 | |
| 5% (28) | 10 | |
| 1% (7) | 11 | |
| 4% (26) | 12 | |
| 4% (25) | 13 | |
| 2% (15) | 14 | |
| 1% (9) | 15 | |
| 1% (8) | 16 | |
| 0% (1) | 17 | |
| 4% (26) | 18 |
542 voters have answered this question.
I got my little brother(s) or sister(s) started smoking. The youngest was in
| 62% (286) | preschool | |
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| 21% (100) | grade school | |
| 13% (60) | middle school | |
| 3% (14) | high school |
460 voters have answered this question.
I was really antismoking before I began smoking
| 16% (89) | Yes | |
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| 3% (20) | Yes, I still am though I smoke | |
| 80% (442) | No |
551 voters have answered this question.
I wish I had never started smoking
| 2% (15) | Yes | |
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| 11% (67) | Sometimes | |
| 85% (478) | No |
560 voters have answered this question.
I worry about the health risks of smoking (most true)
| 9% (52) | Yes, I plan to quit before I get sick | |
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| 4% (22) | Yes, I am already getting winded or showing other signs of smoking illness | |
| 11% (62) | No, I won't get sick from smoking | |
| 52% (285) | No, I won't get sick from smoking until I am old anyways | |
| 7% (38) | No, they'll have cures for smoking related diseases by the time I grow up | |
| 14% (80) | No, the government made that up because they don't want people to smoke |
539 voters have answered this question.
I tried to quit smoking
| 4% (26) | Yes, and did for a few hours | |
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| 4% (25) | Yes, and did for a few days | |
| 3% (19) | Yes, and did for a few weeks | |
| 3% (21) | Yes, and did for a long time | |
| 83% (465) | No |
556 voters have answered this question.
If you quit why did you start again
| 14% (49) | I just kept getting cravings | |
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| 6% (23) | I got bored of not smoking | |
| 69% (244) | I enjoy feeling smoke fill my lungs too much | |
| 4% (16) | Friends or other people began egging me to start smoking again | |
| 4% (17) | Some other reason |
349 voters have answered this question.
My parents smoke
| 71% (398) | Yes, both of them | |
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| 16% (92) | Yes, one of them | |
| 11% (65) | Neither of them |
555 voters have answered this question.
The best cigarette is the
| 24% (138) | first one in the morning | |
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| 2% (13) | the one after dinner | |
| 9% (56) | the one after school | |
| 59% (335) | every cigarette I have | |
| 3% (22) | one that's not on the list |
564 voters have answered this question.
What do I like about smoking
| 83% (464) | satisfying my craving | |
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| 68% (383) | the way it makes me look grown-up | |
| 66% (369) | holding it and watching the smoke swirl around | |
| 18% (105) | the way it makes me look like a bassass | |
| 65% (364) | sharing and talking about smoking with friends | |
| 18% (103) | the way it makes me smell cool | |
| 13% (73) | doing it in secret, behind people's back |
559 voters have answered this question.
Aside from health risks what do I dislike about smoking
| 2% (7) | the way it ruins the taste of food | |
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| 6% (18) | it's very hard to put up with when I have a cold | |
| 13% (40) | the cravings make it hard for me to concentrate in school, during a movie, etc | |
| 2% (6) | it has ruined my chance to play school sports | |
| 2% (8) | it has turned some kids against me | |
| 7% (22) | it makes me smell bad | |
| 11% (35) | people think I am bad when I am not | |
| 30% (91) | they are expensive, and I can't buy them legally | |
| 10% (30) | the way I have to sneak around to smoke | |
| 13% (40) | another reason |
297 voters have answered this question.
Cigarette ads had an influence on my starting to smoke
| 56% (301) | Yes, I liked the way they made smoking look like fun | |
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| 2% (14) | Yeah, sure, if Joe Camel told me to jump off a cliff I would do it | |
| 41% (222) | Absolutely not |
537 voters have answered this question.
If I could do it over again
| 3% (18) | I would never have picked up that first cigarette | |
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| 3% (21) | I would have started smoking at an older age | |
| 72% (398) | I would have started smoking at a younger age | |
| 20% (114) | I would have started smoking the same way |
551 voters have answered this question.
If a kid a couple years younger than me asked me to teach him or her to smoke,
| 8% (44) | I would advise against smoking and tell why it wouldn't be smart | |
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| 6% (36) | I would tell him not to bug me | |
| 85% (468) | I would give him a smoke and begin teaching him |
548 voters have answered this question.
I plan to quit smoking someday
| 13% (72) | Yes, before I suffer health problems | |
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| 7% (39) | Yes, when I begin suffering health problems | |
| 79% (440) | No, I will never quit smoking |
551 voters have answered this question.
Cigarette breaks should be allowed in school
| 94% (528) | Yes | |
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| 5% (29) | No |
557 voters have answered this question.
How do you deal with school cravings
| 50% (275) | by sneaking smokes on school grounds | |
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| 13% (74) | smoking during lunch breaks | |
| 5% (29) | I am homeschooled, haha | |
| 4% (26) | nicotine gum or patches | |
| 9% (51) | one of the teachers let me smoke in his/her office | |
| 5% (32) | I found another solution that worked for me | |
| 11% (62) | I suffer through through the day |
549 voters have answered this question.
I smoked in grade school,
| 21% (97) | and mom or dad would drive to school to let me have a smoke in their car during | |
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| 2% (11) | I had to use nicotine gum or the patch | |
| 45% (206) | I sneaked out of school and smoked | |
| 7% (35) | I found a place to smoke in school | |
| 6% (28) | One of the teachers let me smoke in her office | |
| 3% (15) | my school permits kids to smoke | |
| 3% (14) | I am homeschooled, haha | |
| 3% (16) | I have another solution that works for me | |
| 7% (33) | I suffered through the school day |
455 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking_____and I'm glad I smoke
| 48% (260) | in preschool | |
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| 27% (146) | in grade school | |
| 15% (84) | in middle school/Jr. High | |
| 9% (50) | in high school |
540 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking _____and I wish I had never started
| 32% (37) | in preschool | |
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| 29% (34) | in grade school | |
| 15% (18) | in middle school/Jr. high | |
| 21% (25) | in high school |
114 voters have answered this question.
I smoke cigars too
| 56% (94) | I like the big ones, which I inhale | |
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| 10% (17) | I like the big ones, which I do not inhale | |
| 24% (40) | I like the little ones, which I inhale | |
| 8% (14) | I like the little ones, which I do not inhale |
165 voters have answered this question.
I smoke a pipe too
| 81% (91) | Yes, and I inhale | |
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| 18% (20) | Yes, but I don't inhale |
111 voters have answered this question.
I use spit tobacco too
| 30% (26) | Yes, snuff | |
|---|---|---|
| 20% (17) | Yes, chewing tobacco | |
| 48% (41) | Yes, snuff and chew |
84 voters have answered this question.
I don't smoke cigarettes but I do smoke cigars
| 47% (16) | Yes, since I was at least in grade school | |
|---|---|---|
| 14% (5) | Yes, since I was at least in middle school | |
| 38% (13) | Yes, since I was in high school |
34 voters have answered this question.
I don't smoke cigarettes but I do smoke a pipe
| 60% (20) | Yes, at least since grade school | |
|---|---|---|
| 3% (1) | Yes, at least since middle school | |
| 36% (12) | Yes, since high school |
33 voters have answered this question.
I don't smoke cigarettes but I do dip snuff or chew tobacco
| 51% (17) | Yes, at least since grade school | |
|---|---|---|
| 6% (2) | Yes, at least since middle school | |
| 42% (14) | Yes, at since high school |
33 voters have answered this question.
When I use spit tobacco I can swallow the spit without getting sick
| 62% (50) | Yes | |
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| 37% (30) | No |
80 voters have answered this question.
Smoking makes me look more mature
| 90% (444) | Yes, and people treat me as though I am older than I am too | |
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| 9% (48) | No, I look and get treated like a little kid who smokes |
492 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking because
| 3% (21) | I was encourage to by older kids | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% (318) | I was encouraged to by my parents | |
| 0% (4) | I wanted to be like movie stars, rock stars, etcetc | |
| 4% (26) | I was encouraged to by brothers or sisters | |
| 3% (18) | I was encouraged to by classmates | |
| 12% (68) | I thought it looked cool | |
| 3% (17) | I thought it would make me look more grown-up | |
| 0% (2) | ads in magazines | |
| 12% (68) | other reason |
542 voters have answered this question.
I smoke weed too
| 12% (61) | Yes, a lot | |
|---|---|---|
| 14% (70) | Yes, once in a while | |
| 8% (42) | No, but I want to try it | |
| 64% (315) | No, I will never smoke it |
488 voters have answered this question.
I have visited prosmoker message boards for teen smokers and preteen smokers
| 59% (300) | Yes, all the time | |
|---|---|---|
| 18% (95) | Yes, a few times | |
| 22% (113) | No |
508 voters have answered this question.
When my parents found out I smoked as a teenager they
| 20% (88) | said I was old enough to smoke | |
|---|---|---|
| 2% (10) | spanked me | |
| 7% (31) | punished me some other way | |
| 8% (34) | argued and insulted me but in the end let me smoke | |
| 61% (259) | were happy I began smoking |
422 voters have answered this question.
My parents are glad I smoke
| 13% (67) | Yes, but they don't show it | |
|---|---|---|
| 70% (355) | Yes, and they are very open about it | |
| 6% (34) | No, they are trying to get me to quit | |
| 8% (45) | No, they just bug me about it |
501 voters have answered this question.
I get my cigarettes (all that apply, for the present time)
| 8% (45) | by stealing them from a store | |
|---|---|---|
| 11% (63) | by stealing them from mom and dad | |
| 8% (47) | by stealing them from another adult or another kid | |
| 55% (298) | I pay mom and dad to buy them | |
| 9% (51) | I pay a brother or sister to buy them for me | |
| 5% (29) | I pay another relative to but them for me | |
| 13% (74) | I pay a friend to buy them for me | |
| 8% (44) | I pay strangers to buy them for me outside stores | |
| 5% (30) | I buy them from neighbors or other adult friends | |
| 21% (115) | I bum cigarettes from mom and dad | |
| 11% (64) | I bum cigarettes from my brothers or sisters | |
| 9% (52) | I bum cigarettes from other relatives | |
| 17% (92) | I bum cigarettes from friends | |
| 7% (43) | I bum cigarettes from neighbors or adult friends | |
| 9% (52) | I bum cigarettes from strangers | |
| 21% (115) | I buy them at a store that sells them to kids | |
| 5% (27) | I buy them from someone who smuggles them | |
| 16% (91) | I get them some other way |
538 voters have answered this question.
How do you get the money for cigarettes. If not money how else do you get them (main source)
| 3% (18) | I don't buy them I steal them | |
|---|---|---|
| 6% (34) | I have a paper route or other good job | |
| 5% (30) | I get a very generous allowance | |
| 4% (26) | Mom or dad buy them for me if I pay them or do extra chores | |
| 63% (336) | Mom or dad buy them for me without expecting me to pay them | |
| 2% (14) | I do favors for adults other than my parents | |
| 3% (18) | I do things that are illegal to earn the smokes | |
| 1% (8) | I bum my cigarettes | |
| 0% (5) | Other kids give them to me without expecting money or favors | |
| 0% (3) | I do favors for other kids | |
| 0% (2) | Other adults give them to me without expecting favors or money | |
| 6% (37) | Some way not listed |
531 voters have answered this question.
However you get them, who supplies most of your cigarettes
| 77% (416) | parents | |
|---|---|---|
| 4% (23) | brothers and sisters | |
| 0% (1) | other relatives | |
| 8% (43) | friends | |
| 6% (37) | stores | |
| 1% (9) | strangers on the street | |
| 0% (5) | gangsters or smugglers |
534 voters have answered this question.
Knowing they can harm me makes cigarettes more attractive, exciting
| 79% (419) | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 20% (107) | No |
526 voters have answered this question.
I skateboard, jetski, snowboard, ride ATVs, etc. while smoking
| 67% (348) | yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% (168) | no |
516 voters have answered this question.
Other than punishment have you parents ever tried to get you to quit
| 7% (36) | Yes, they keep nagging me | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% (4) | Yes, they sent me to a shrink | |
| 0% (2) | Yes, they got the law involved | |
| 0% (3) | Yes, they caused trouble with my friends | |
| 3% (18) | Yes, they did other things | |
| 87% (442) | No |
505 voters have answered this question.
Have you ever smoked while being grounded
| 78% (401) | yes, my parents know it | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% (55) | yes, my parents don't know it | |
| 10% (55) | no |
511 voters have answered this question.
I began smoking
| 21% (115) | during spring | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% (162) | during summer | |
| 7% (41) | duing fall | |
| 40% (219) | during winter |
537 voters have answered this question.
