Because it is really harms the health, brother.

Because if done to excess smoking is bad for your health, and too, your a bit young to be smoking and it reflects badly on your mom. If I was you I would set aside the smoking habit until you are older - wait until your 16 or 17 before you consider smoking again...at that age nobody will care if you smoke because you will be an adult and fully able to make up your own mind about the pros and cons of smoking. Life is long - and there's no reason to rush into things before their time..your mom's advice is good advice - and you should make the effort to go along with it. I'm a smoker myself as well as a parent of two grown girls who smoke as adults...I wouldn't steer you wrong on this - set the cigarettes aside for now and make your mom happy, it's the right thing to do.

This, for me, is one of those "been there/done that" personal situations that is so often spoken of. I mean, I had my first cigargette when I was but six years old...but I did not actually take up the habit until I was ten. I was quickly "hooked" on this VERY addictive product. I smoke now...and, at age 71, have done so for some 61 years! I won't lie to you, my health is deemed "excellent", but I am among the very unusual and lucky ones in that regard. In other words, if you continue to smoke, statistically, the liklihood of YOUR remaining healthy and enjoying a life of quality are substantially diminished. I personally believe this to be true. You may ask why it is that, beleiving the above, why don't I just quit...NOW! Truth be told, I can't! Furthermore, after smoking these many years, I seriously believe that my system, especially my mind, would react violently if I did stop. At twelve years old, you are in the process of establishing many behaviorisms --what are known as personal choices-- that will become that which will "rule" the remainder of what I hope will be a long, happy and successful life. Smoking is becoming more and more socially unacceptable. I know that it may be hard to believe, but smoking may eventually become LEGALLY unacceptable. (The governments certainly seem to be attempting to reduce/end the practice by means of increasing taxes on tobacco produts.) You really don't want to end up being a social outcast...nor do you want to become a "criminal" should the question of legality take effect somewhere down the line. Think, too, about the possibility of employers gaining the right to deny you employment if you are a smoker. You DO want a good job in your future, don't you? Now, let me suggest one other thing: Put yourself in your Mom's place. Let's say you are her age and have a child/children faced with the same circumstances that you are currently in. You would not want your children to smoke, would you? Anyway, that's about all I can say on the topic. Some would disagree, but I know that, in this type of situation, you are old enough to make certain lifetime decisions. Do your best to make the best ones. When someone comes along and offers you, say, dope, don't do it please. If you can kick that smoking habit, or at least give it your best try, do it. It's up to you. I've given your question my best shot. Good luck, my friend...good luck, indeed. +5

Because it is bad for you and it will be easier to quit now, then later. I started smoking at 13 and am now 26 and still smoke a pack a day and I've tried to quit, but it is really hard. When you're young you think you can do anything and nothing bad will happen to you, but as you get older you realize this is not true and one day you'll wake up and realize that you've taken years off your life by smoking. Now it may seem like no big deal, but trust me, the sooner you quit, the easeier it will be

Because you will probably die from it at an early age if you don't quit. I had an uncle who died from lung cancer at the age of 33, and he smoked constantly from the time he was very young. I have a picture of him in the casket. It looks like an 80 year old man lying there. If I can find it, I will post.