| Smoking is considered to be a social habit. | | | | apartment smelled cigarette smoke, and so did his |
| These drinking and smoking events seems to have | | | | clothes. |
| affected a lot of people who normally do not smoke, | | | | "I felt horrible, especially in the mornings, and I always |
| or who have recently cut the bad habit. Even | | | | had a bad taste in my mouth," Abramson explained. |
| non-smokers usually declare, "I only smoke when I | | | | Abramson was a smoker more than four years. After |
| drink". | | | | trying to quit in the past, and failing, he said he knew he |
| Not particularly helping the quitting situation, several bars | | | | had to really motivate himself to quit smoking. |
| in Columbus offer outside covered patios for smokers. | | | | He said: "I tried to quit before, but it would only last a |
| Patios and smoking areas are convenient for smokers, | | | | week at most because I had no real motivation to quit. |
| but they do offer extra incentive to go outside, relax | | | | Once the weekend came, and I was out and around |
| and light up. | | | | my friends who smoked, I would go right back to it." |
| For example, Dan Abramson, 23 years old, quit | | | | Before quitting, Abramson and his friends used to joke |
| smoking a couple of years ago. He ended his habit | | | | that, "quitting smoking is easy, and I’ve done it a |
| "cold turkey," with no outside help, a surprising deed. | | | | thousand times." Abramson was a smoker |
| Quitting cold turkey doesn't work for everyone. | | | | dependent on smoking in social settings, such as at |
| However, if a smoker chooses to use that method to | | | | bars or with friends. |
| quit, they should pick a date and stick to it, even if their | | | | According to the American Lung Association, smokers |
| friends aren't quite as strong. | | | | who are addicted to smoking may be addicted for |
| Quitting for good is not easy, especially when you are | | | | many different reasons. Smokers may have a |
| a frequent bar-goer. Simply smelling cigarette smoke | | | | physical addiction to nicotine. Another reason could be |
| and seeing people with cigarettes in their hands can be | | | | a psychical addiction to having something in their hands |
| a trigger to smoke, let alone the cravings ex-smokers | | | | or mouth, or an addiction to a routine that includes |
| get after a few drinks of their beers. | | | | smoking cigarettes at different times over the day. |
| Dan quitted smoking only because when he usually | | | | If the negative health effects are not reason enough |
| woke up with trouble breathing, feeling as if someone | | | | to quit, then the cost for the addiction should be. |
| had piled 50 clinkers on his chest. He added that his | | | | |