It is some time ago now that you, as a smoker, have had that choice. Within the last decade there has been a sharp shift in attitudes to smoking and not smoking, and particularly in the last few years where a lot of smoking laws have been adopted, it has not been especially funny to be a smoker. There can no longer be any doubt that smoking and passive smoking is harmful, and as a smoker, you have some things to think about. But some smokers are not happy with the way they are looked down upon and automatically receive the label "2nd class person".
In this context, it seems somewhat comical - and surprising - to see how smoking has been accepted back in time, and how quickly attitudes have really changed against this within the last year. Many may remember to have seen the black and white and later coloured Westerns and war movies from the 40-50s, which both heroes and villains puffs on plenty of home-rolled cigarettes and cigar stubs.
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In the happy sixties there were also plenty of tobacco, especially weed. The movie horror film "Alien" from 1979. In all that time the crew are on mission or fighting the alien, the whole crew are chain-smoking aboard the spaceship.
It is also a little funny that the main pressure against smoking has come from the United States, since it is precisely from the US that tobacco plant strains, and from which so much direct and hidden advertising of smoking (in the form of the aforementioned film) has come.
Today you should almost be "lucky" as a smoker, if you see an advertisement or a movie with tobacco in. If you on your work have access to a smokers room - congratulations! - "Enjoy it" as long as it lasts. The tendency is not to be underestimated, and for only a few years ago would today's US, "seen through the smoke" have made most smokers shake their head and think "impossible".
Many think now, rather that a total ban on smoking anywhere is not inconceivable that in the next decade. And it is not just a trend that is of national in scope - indeed international as well. In many other countries there are directly on cigarette packages shown pictures of people with bad teeth, and people who have opened up in connection with a cancer operation so you can see the whole glory - even in colour!
It does not have to end that bad for you as a smoker - there are lots of ways and means which can equip and help you to a day filled with fresh air. All kinds of smoking cessation resources in the form of nicotine products, hypnosis therapy, acupuncture, quit smoking pills or NLP is perhaps just what it takes to help you to quit smoking.
Use your common sense and select the treatment resources / forms that appeals to you.
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