I am a smoker...... I love smoking..... I don't advocate smoking....
Smoking for me is like a quick holiday accessible at any given time, (Almost any time). This personal break gives me just enough to keep going. When I take that first long drag and watch the smoke dance in the air, I can let go. It is my yoga.
Whether you smoke or not really doesn't affect whether or not I think your a good person, but if you smoke, I'm not going to hang out with you. It's not personal, of course, I happen to have lung problems and can pick that scent up anywhere, and it irritates me--physically. Now, if you smoke and lie about it, that's when we're going to have issues.
I am a nonsmoker and I hate to be around second hand smoke. I’m thankful for laws preventing smoking in restaurants and stores, but are we going too far? Our country is increasingly creating bans on smoking in work places and restaurants and even bars. Now a woman may be prevented from smoking in her own home.
A study by the University of Florida has found that starting to diet seems to double the odds that young girls will begin to smoke. That the nicotine in ciggarettes can surpress your appetite. It is more likely for young girls who diet consistantly are more likely to smoke.
During this past summer, I've had two different friends tell me that they've stopped drinking because it began to get out of hand. Now, keep in mind, that neither of these people are actually old enough to drink.
No one likes the idea of becoming ill or even dying because of someone else's decision on a lifestyle. Almost every one recognizes (in the very least) the concern over second hand smoke (although, the concern is to varying degrees).
