We know why you smoke!

Published on February 3, 2008 11:43 AM

Smoking offers feelings that cannot be simulated by any other product or thing. Smoking relaxes, encourages, helps. That is why smoking becomes a habit for thousands. Emotions that smoking offers are of no comparison, however they can be proved.

An interview showed that smokers don’t choose cigarettes according to mild or premium taste, but according to the sensation that the product offers.

When we want to escape from work at least for a minute, what do we do? Smoke, of course. It is valid and legitimate excuse. Everything stops, and we enjoy the cigarette as it is the single thing that we need at the moment.

Or, after a hard day's work, especially when the results are positive, we also smoke. Why? Because it is our reward for doing the job well. Also, smoking helps us think.

Even the beginning and the end of the day depend on cigarettes. The first cigarette is a kind of “opening the door”. We smoke right after the breakfast as a sort of recompense, and encouragement for upcoming day’ activities. And if there is a lot of work to do, smoking puts off the beginning at least for little. And of course the last cigarette of the day is “closing the door”. We smoke the last cigarette and go to bed. It is something usual. It is a ritual that is done by many, but doesn’t mean a religion or culture.

There are many examples of smoking involuntary. In the streets, or just having some free time we reach for cigarettes, especially when we see someone smoking. We start smoking, even if we don’t intend to.

We light up while waiting for someone or something. Cigarettes turn out to be a kind of chronometer. Even it is psychological, we estimate the time by burning a cigarette down. And it seems that time passes quickly while smoking rather than just sitting and waiting.

This phenomenon is usual for “jet age” when people are in a rush. Patience is sometimes needed so a cigarette helps.

Though, the most wide-spread cause why people smoke is that it helps them relax. This statement is affirmed by every smoker. That is why it is so hard to quit.

Today the world is full of stress and emotions. Smoking is a salvation that offers the joy of leisure. There's no smoker that would agree: “After a long day's work, to get home and sit in a chair and stretch my legs 'way out, and then to sit back and just smoke a cigarette and think of nothing, just blow the smoke in the air - that's what I like to do when I've had a pretty tough day.”

While blowing the cigarette smoke we remove all negativity and relax our body and mind. It offers a feeling of relief.

Worry, anxiety, depresses us not only psychologically but also physiologically and breathing deep while smoking calms us down.

This article gives only some reasons why so many people smoke. Cigarettes give a sense of satisfaction, which we can't get from anything else.

The final point can be the quotation of Clement Freud “If you decide to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you won't actually live longer; it just seems longer”.

So, if you like it, do it as as you please, especially with such low prices like in our online cigarette store.