I wrote this as a response to a question that someone on 43 sent me but I figured it might be useful to others.

I would actually start with menthols, something like cools or Newport’s will work nicely. The trick is to learn how to inhale and its easier with menthols. when your first inhaling the method that works best is to take just a tiny miniscule drag, remove the cigarette from your mouth and inhale quickly, it’s hard at first to get it past your throat but once the smoke is in your lungs you can keep it there as long as you want and exhaling is usually no problem. If you start to feel sick, stop immediately and try again later. It takes practice for your stomach and throat to get used to the smoke but once they are its not uncomfortable at all. do this 3 to 5 times a day at first or you probably wont ever get into it. As to what brand to ultimately smoke, that depends on what you like the taste of and why you want to smoke. If you want to get hooked the quickly Marlboro red 100’s probably have the most addictive things in them and they taste pretty good to me, but there are all kinds of brands that taste totally different. Try different brands if you like. Camels are kind of sweet and taste like shi*t to me but many people like them. Whatever brand you choose try to inhale deeper and deeper with time. If you do really take up smoking, do get the most out of your habit. That doesn’t mean smoke 5 packs a day it means enjoy your smoking habit as much as possible. Don’t just smoke out of habit, make it a point to enjoy every cigarette. When you smoke stop what your doing and relax, daydream, or think about things, watch the smoke as it comes out of your lungs and exhale away your days worries. If you get hooked and most people do, use it to your advantage. Instead of just smoking more and more stay at an amount you choose, if your nicing think of how enjoyable it will be when you can saturate your lungs when next you smoke. Don’t feel guilty for smoking, you are free to do whatever you want and if it makes you happy thats a great reason to smoke. If you run into one of those second hand smoke Nazis tell them you don’t enjoy inhaling there exhaust and would they mind never driving again. Anyway thats enough rambling from me if you have more questions just email me at thetiffanysmith@yahoo.com or post them on this site. I could ramble on and on but right now I feel like smoking. Please update me on how it goes.
Best wishes
Tiffany.