This troper's dad never smoked a day in his life(nor drank, but that's a whole other story), whereas his mom smokes close to several packs a day. It somewhat turned me off of it, but back in high school, most of the kids that honestly were of the popular variety usually hung outside during lunch to "light up a square", as it were.

This troper has made a deal with himself that if he ever meets someone that he knows he'll raise children with, he'll quit for the sake of her and the kids. 'Til then, he's gonna fuck his lungs ''up'' and he's gonna look good doing it. And hey, if I never do meet anyone, then all you finger-waggers can at least take comfort in the fact that I'll ease the burden on Social Security by dying before I get old enough to collect.

This troper does not smoke (at least not tobacco), but according to many people, especially in her wilder teenage years, looks as if she ought to. She has noticed that strangers are less likely to ask her for a cigarette, papers or a light on days when she isn't wearing her camouflage jacket and Doc Martens, and even then it's still less than when she had purple hair.

One of my close friends back in high school took up smoking for this very reason. She dressed in black, ripped clothing, had a different hair color every week and wore the messiest dark makeup she could find. When people told her she looked like she ought to be smoking, she decided to try it out. Now, she smokes a pack a day and considers herself edgy because of it (though my only real qualm with it is that she complains about being dead-ass broke as she lights up her fifth cigarette in less than thirty minutes).

This troper started smoking for nicotine's alleged stress-relieving properties, not because it "looks cool". Okay maybe {{Transmetropolitan}} has something to do with it but the reason I just bought a pack of Marlboro special blends is because I've got three exams coming up.

This Troper smokes, and is a real badass... Yeah. Well, no, but I did do it to look more edgy, or because a certain someone does it, and.. it doesn't work. People still treat me like a sugar-sweet-honey-bunny-something-person. Now I'm addicted and all I wanted to do was looking like I lived on the edge of life.

My friend is trying to carry this off. It ''really'' doesn't work, you either look cool or you don't, trying to look cool just makes you look stupid, and trying to look cool by smoking just makes you look stupid and kills your lungs.

This troper smokes every once in a while with friends for that nice relaxing effect it has, but she's never quite understood SmokingIsCool, not in real life situations at least. She's seen professional photos in which cigarettes really do look awesome but, well, they're taken by professionals who know how to work the props in the best way, find the best lighting and all that. In real life isn't it just a burning stick you put in your mouth that puts a smile on your face if you inhale properly? The smoke itself doesn't really enhance the coolness of the situation so much as just float there for a bit. Basically, there are people who look cool with cigarettes, but this troper finds that they tend to be the same people who look cool without cigarettes.

As a smoker, I tend to be more comfortable around other smokers, especially while smoking. Some of the coolest people I know have been smokers, though SturgeonsLaw naturally applies, and I probably wouldn't have gotten to know them as well had we not hung out smoking together. By contrast, anti-smokers are a pack of whiny bitches who use more than their share of oxygen anyway, so screw those losers.