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Smoking - Why??
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Asking as I’ve never smoked in my life - what do you actually get out of it?? Genuinely curious. I mean, I can understand a glass of wine or a drink - it tastes nice, gives you a lovely relaxed feeling etc, but what do you get out of smoking?? It just looks like puffing on a stick and breathing out smoke!? Honestly would like to know, as I asked a friend who smoked and she just couldn’t explain.
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I gave up smoking in 1989 but I think with me it was just a habit.
There were certain times I would want a cigarette and when I gave it up, I remember thinking, what do I do now I don't smoke.
I'm sure some people want a cigarette when they feel stressed as it calms them down.
There are probably lots of reasons why people smoke so perhaps you'll get other reasons from other Abers.
There were certain times I would want a cigarette and when I gave it up, I remember thinking, what do I do now I don't smoke.
I'm sure some people want a cigarette when they feel stressed as it calms them down.
There are probably lots of reasons why people smoke so perhaps you'll get other reasons from other Abers.
The roots of smoking lie in its 'adult' image.
During the war, cigarette rations were given to each member of the armed forces, whether they smoked or not, so there were always plenty of cigarettes to go around.
After the war, with the advent of films and advertising, it became 'sophisticated' to smoke, it made people look cool and adult, something that teenagers aspired to be.
Learing to smoke became something of a rite of passage, and you will notice that almost everyone smokes in the same way - the body language of smoking is pure learned behaviour.
The calming effect of nictotine, combined with the use of the hands and mouth in the ritual adds to sense of comfort and a lessening of the feeling of being 'on show' in social situations.
Increasingly, smoking has lost it's huge mass appeal, thanks to the twin notion that it is unhealthy, and it actually smells offensive, so the 'cool' image of smoking has virtually faded away competely.
Add to that the prohibitive cost increases imposed by governments at evey budget, and it has become a seriously expensive, as well as dangerous and malodourous habbit.
I believe it hangs on through the constant appeals of social comfort combined with nicotine relaxation, but it is dying out, and within a few more generations, it will be as archaic as taking snuff.
During the war, cigarette rations were given to each member of the armed forces, whether they smoked or not, so there were always plenty of cigarettes to go around.
After the war, with the advent of films and advertising, it became 'sophisticated' to smoke, it made people look cool and adult, something that teenagers aspired to be.
Learing to smoke became something of a rite of passage, and you will notice that almost everyone smokes in the same way - the body language of smoking is pure learned behaviour.
The calming effect of nictotine, combined with the use of the hands and mouth in the ritual adds to sense of comfort and a lessening of the feeling of being 'on show' in social situations.
Increasingly, smoking has lost it's huge mass appeal, thanks to the twin notion that it is unhealthy, and it actually smells offensive, so the 'cool' image of smoking has virtually faded away competely.
Add to that the prohibitive cost increases imposed by governments at evey budget, and it has become a seriously expensive, as well as dangerous and malodourous habbit.
I believe it hangs on through the constant appeals of social comfort combined with nicotine relaxation, but it is dying out, and within a few more generations, it will be as archaic as taking snuff.
