friend of mine who had gone to school for psychology/substance abuse counseling, did her senor thesis on the comparison of nicotine addiction vs heroin addiction, nicotine being the greater of the two evils..

I also regret ever smoking my first cigarette also, alot of the older kids were smoking, by something like age 14 or 15 i was buying a pack a day. I have quit two times with great success and here i am again a a pack a day habit because some stupid stressful life situations made me pick up a cigarette and it quickly turned into me buying a full pack.

The sick thing about it is I will be sitting there smoking, thinking to myself i got to quit or I am going to die, and i finish that whole ciggarette..