Friday, 27 April 2007

To smoke, or not to smoke...?


Smoking. It's such a common habit. I personally do not smoke, but I have experienced the peer pressure that most of us undergo. It is all about image I suppose. I read somewhere that statistics show that more women smoke than men. I'm not sure if that's shocking really. I think its all linked with stress somewhat. Women undergo a lot of physical pains and need to take things like pregnancy and motherhood into account.

This very interesting website shows differences between men and women in terms of smoking habits. It discusses that married or cohabiting couples are less likely to smoke than others. I think that is interesting. Perhaps at that point people realise that there is more to life and to start living rather than... well, going backwards. Speaking of 'preaching' - there is a scene in the beginning of Clerks, a film directed by Kevin Smith) in which a customer preaches to all the oter of smoking. His hilarious approach to this includes taking a cancer ridden lung out of his bag and urging customers to chew gum instead. It's really quite funny, expecially when we find that he is in fact a chewing gum representative.

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