RE: I fucking quit...
January 11, 2016 at 10:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2016 at 10:36 pm by Dystopia.)
I'm having a hard time quitting. Recently I got my hands on tobacco leaves my parents imported. It is extremely cheap (probably cheaper than tobacco ever was back in the day) and the only difference is that you have to roll your own. Cigarette prices are a good deterrent, specially for poor students, but it seems we always find a way to circumvent the law's goals.
My government is making it illegal to smoke indoors in most places. It's complicated, 99% of places I go to allow smoking inside or they have an open air space outside/inside. I'm not sure open spaces inside private businesses' establishments will be affected. It won't make an enormous difference to most people, most smokers will just get up and smoke at the front door. It will be complicated for those who like nightclubs. It is illegal to smoke in nightclubs, but pretty much every nightclub allows smoking indoors without ventilation and probably other drugs as well (it's not rare to see drug dealing going on inside and people sniffing stuff).
Cigarette packs will no come with graphic images, but it doesn't affect me very much because I quit smoking regular cigarettes some years ago. I can't stand normal cigarettes now. Either I smoke a cigar, a roll-your-own or any other kind of tobacco, just don't give me packaged cigarettes. Natural tobacco leaves taste very harsh and less appealing, but for some reason I cough a lot less (barely even cough) and I ended up getting used to it. For those who have a hard time quitting, it's worth paying 15€ for tobacco worth of 4 months smoking on average 20 cigarettes a day.
It's complciated to quit when you live in a country where despite the government's norms and the high cigarette prices compared to the cost of living, smoking is still socially present and acceptable. All of my friends smoke. My parents smoke. My girlfriend smokes. Every place I go to allows smoking, and I can smoke everywhere outside on the street, except inside buildings marked as "non-smokers only". On top of that, most non-smokers don't care and most people are indifferent to others smoking. Old people are usually keen on lecturing random young people about doing something bad, but they are ok with smoking. You go to a Portuguese hospital, you'll see doctors and nurses smoking near the entrance. You go to the school, and science teachers may be smoking as well, and a little further there will be 14 year olds smoking expensive Marlboro cigs. It's complicated. I go to a café right next to a super expensive religious school for kids aged 13-18. When there's a class break, I see all these rich kids in fine clothing smoking one or two cigarettes in 15 minutes. I could understand that back in my day cigarette packs costed a little less and were more appealing, but now a Marlboro red is 5€. I don't understand these kids, even if I made the same mistakes.
My government is making it illegal to smoke indoors in most places. It's complicated, 99% of places I go to allow smoking inside or they have an open air space outside/inside. I'm not sure open spaces inside private businesses' establishments will be affected. It won't make an enormous difference to most people, most smokers will just get up and smoke at the front door. It will be complicated for those who like nightclubs. It is illegal to smoke in nightclubs, but pretty much every nightclub allows smoking indoors without ventilation and probably other drugs as well (it's not rare to see drug dealing going on inside and people sniffing stuff).
Cigarette packs will no come with graphic images, but it doesn't affect me very much because I quit smoking regular cigarettes some years ago. I can't stand normal cigarettes now. Either I smoke a cigar, a roll-your-own or any other kind of tobacco, just don't give me packaged cigarettes. Natural tobacco leaves taste very harsh and less appealing, but for some reason I cough a lot less (barely even cough) and I ended up getting used to it. For those who have a hard time quitting, it's worth paying 15€ for tobacco worth of 4 months smoking on average 20 cigarettes a day.
It's complciated to quit when you live in a country where despite the government's norms and the high cigarette prices compared to the cost of living, smoking is still socially present and acceptable. All of my friends smoke. My parents smoke. My girlfriend smokes. Every place I go to allows smoking, and I can smoke everywhere outside on the street, except inside buildings marked as "non-smokers only". On top of that, most non-smokers don't care and most people are indifferent to others smoking. Old people are usually keen on lecturing random young people about doing something bad, but they are ok with smoking. You go to a Portuguese hospital, you'll see doctors and nurses smoking near the entrance. You go to the school, and science teachers may be smoking as well, and a little further there will be 14 year olds smoking expensive Marlboro cigs. It's complicated. I go to a café right next to a super expensive religious school for kids aged 13-18. When there's a class break, I see all these rich kids in fine clothing smoking one or two cigarettes in 15 minutes. I could understand that back in my day cigarette packs costed a little less and were more appealing, but now a Marlboro red is 5€. I don't understand these kids, even if I made the same mistakes.
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