Do not let them make you do anything you do not want to do. If you need to, stop being around these trouble-makers. I don't know how to say it any more clearly. You have been doing the right thing. Keep resisting.

It sounds like you don't want to so don't. If your friends keep bothering you, just explain you don't want to and your reasons and that they should drop it coz there's no way you're going to start. It's your body and your right to decide.

thanks guys : )

The other posters here are right on man. Let me tell you as a smoker of 25+ years it is NOT something you want to start. Quitting is the hardest thing Ive never done! yet.... These people are NOT your friends if they wont leave you be about this. True friends would never force you to do something you clearly were against.

Don't do it. I started for the same reason when I was 11-12. Guess what? I'm 30 and still smoking. Stick to your decisions and be strong. You will thank yourself for it a million times over.

If your friends pressure you into doing something you don't want to do and they know it -- they're not your friends. Stay away from those that will ruin your good habits.

jkountz ok thanks alot guys i have maid my decision FHK NO!!! yeah im dittching those friends beceause if they want to torture me then they can go try someone else thx guys this will proboly affect my life

Did your parents actually tell you that its your decision and they did not know what you should do? please tell me your parents did not make this statement to you. I will be your foster parent and give you the advice your parents apparently, did not. Ever heard of peer pressure? this means being a follower, instead of a leader. if your friends wanted to rob a bank, could they talk you into driving the get away car? i hope not. you are your own person. it takes a determined, strong-willed person to say no and walk away. I have smoked for almost fifty years. it has cost me money and has made a mark on my health. Drugs. please remember this....just one sniff of cocaine and you are addicted.....for life. you will do whatever it takes to feed your cocaine habit. commit crimes, steal from your parents and friends. become hooked for life. just one sniff! i will advise you to be your own person and walk away from smoking and drugs. You are the controller of your life. smoking is smoking and that includes marijuana. if you begin smoking cigarettes, marijuana smoking will be next, if you give in to peer pressure...your friends. Find a new set of friends. be the leader and not the follower. If your parents made this statement to you, maybe they need some counseling themselves. yes, you are 12 years old...a time you need positive guidance and not flim-flam answers from your parents. Saying the word NO, is not hard. stand in front of a mirror and practice saying NO. You will be a better young person for it and maybe the next leader of our country.

no i didnt have enough room my parents said. Alex you'd better not smoke its very bad for you and rotts your teeth. also its filthy and gives you cancer. so sorry for confusing you and they also said that if they found me smoking they'd call the cops on me and get dare to talk to me

DON'T DO IT

One of the most common reasons kids smoke is to fit in with their friends. If the group they hang out with smokes, they’ll probably feel pressured to try a few cigarettes. At first, most kids only smoke because of this peer pressure. But over time, kids learn that smoking helps them relax, and they start to smoke as a way of coping with anxiety and daily stresses. For example, kids frequently smoke to give themselves courage to talk to other people their age. After a few years (sometimes sooner), they go on to become addicted to nicotine. This is an awkward stage in their lives, and nicotine is frequently used to smooth things out. As a solution, help them deal with peer pressure by helping them get more comfortable saying no to pressures to smoke. That may sound easy, but for a kid in the thralls of wanting to be accepted, saying no to your peers is tough. Saying no takes practice, and it will help if you do some role-playing with them. One way to help your teens practice saying no is to take on the role of one of your kid’s friends and pretend to urge him or her to smoke. As you try to coax and pressure your kid into smoking, try to get him or her to develop some “no thanks” comments. The comments should fit his or her personality and be in his or her own words.

don't smoke

don't do it, i'm 12 and i don't want to never ever smoke in my life...

Friends dont pressure friends into doing something they dont want to. Be strong. Dont start smoking anything.

Your parents are right it is your decision. Take it from someone who has been addicted to many things and gone down the wrong road more than once... When you start (unless you have amazing self control) your "friends" will start doing other things... and they will want you to do those other things and it will be harder to say no if you haven't already I guess what im trying to say is that you can still be friends with them (it might be hard) but you dont have to do everything that they do just because they want you to--do what you want and dont let anyone make choices like that for you because it is YOUR body and YOU decide what goes in it I think if you really thought you wanted to or you thought you were ready to smoke--then i dont think you would have even asked us this question its hard.. goodluck<3

stand up and keep telling them no.be a leader, not a follower

I am a smoker myself, and I rather enjoy it - but your better off not picking up the habit. Smokers are a persecuted minority in this culture - and the trend for further injustices to be levied against us is growing every day. So now is a bad time to quire a taste for tobacco. At any rate - 12 is a bit young to start making such important lifestyle choices - I would personally wait until your in high school at least before you decide if the simple pleasure of tobacco use is worth all of the pain society forces upon us with their taxes and restrictions. By the way - if smoking is a "drug", then it's a bottom of the barrel one - other than being a pleasant relaxing pastime - I'm afraid your not going to get much "drug affect" out of a pack of cigarettes.

Well im 16 and some of my friends smoke, and they are not old enough. They tryed to get me to smoke and told them not till im old enough. they might give you shit about it but they will lay off. if they dont maybe you shouldnt hang out with them anymore.

Do me a favor. Take a look at a 6 year old kid and imagine them with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth. That's how you look to anyone over 18 (the legal smoking age). . I can't advocate smoking cigarettes, but once people start passing around a bowl, I'd certainly tell you to hit that. It has nothing to do with being drug free - almost no one is drug free - we all use substances to alter our body/mind so we function/feel the way we want to. So, forget that. It's just that smoking cigs is gross and the effects are extremely lame. Skip the cigs and move on to weed.