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Do you know why you still smoke?

Good, Bad, or Indifferent the Social Smoking and Economic Costs associated with smoking effect everyone’s smoking or quitting decisions.

One of life’s little indulgences, it could be, think about it? Nicotine could be just that! We know that in moderation tobacco provides relaxation and improves cognitive function.

Smoking is and should remain a matter of choice and that choice is not necessarily Freedom From Smoking for one group as long as adverse consequence of doesn’t impose health risk on others.

Whatever the reasons it is more and more apparent that admissions by smokers about why they smoke is changing. And it has little or nothing to do with the consequence of smoking. Truth be told this is the likely a backlash against all the stop smoking no smoking quit smoking regulations. Today many smokers today simply smoke for psychological and emotional reasons. There motivation to quit smoking may not be what it once was. This Truth may even eclipse the scientific support for nicotine addiction being the sole reason that people smoke and don’t want to quit. Physical addiction is one thing,  but many smokers don’t want to quit and presumably they understand why, when and where they smoke, and are very willing to challenge some of the old school smoking cessation thinking that goes along with quitting or continuing to smoke.

Workplace, travel and other no-smoking restrictions have turned smokers not ready to quit into pseudo criminals as they “sneak one in’. This “criminal activity” has become a smoker's challenge in light of, or in spite of the controversy over stopping smoking.

Second hand smoke may have been the mantra of those attempting to prohibit and form of smoking. However, with restrictions in place it is no longer valid.

The natural fact is that many smokers started smoking cigarettes in high school when it was “cool”. Nowadays, (even though it is politically incorrect to admit to it) many smokers enjoy a cigarette.

Oh my God shame on them! Isn’t it crazy that smokers have become condemned to the worst of the worst environments to takes that five-minute their smoke breaks?

Baby its cold outside! And really, does spewing carbon monoxide into the environment as you drive to work instead of using public transit so you can smoke in the privacy of your car really provide any kind of green or ecological sound advantage?