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    17 Faces Every Reluctant Smoker Will Recognise

    Because we all know smoking *is* cool.

    1. When your friend offers you a cigarette and you're all like:

    2. But you relent because secretly the idea kind of excites you.

    3. And then they hand you a lighter and you're an amateur and you hold it like:

    4. And then you can't make it work so you say your fingers are cold and your friend takes over and you just go:

    5. You take your first drag and desperately need to cough but can't show weakness.

    6. But then you realise...this isn't so bad...

    7. But then you remember what your mum always said...

    8. And how this is literally killing you.

    9. And then your non-smoker friends notice you smoking and they're all:

    10. But actually it's all OK because when you smoke you're as cool as this gent:

    11. Until you remember THAT picture of some lungs and suddenly your world collapses around you.

    12. And then you're not used to having that little oxygen in your body and everything starts spinning.

    13. Just think of the tar.

    14. But then you realise cigarettes smell of raisins so they can't be actually bad for you...right?

    15. Until you notice that taste in your mouth and everything becomes just horrible.

    16. So you throw it away. But you know there's some part of you that's wanting more.

    17. Right up until you wake up the next day and everything smells fully terrible.