Smoking Is The Thing To Do

Copyright (c) 2011 Dale Mazurek

To me it was the best, it was something I love to do and something no one could take away from me.

At the end when I was still fighting to be a smoker I would justify it in so many ways. I would say it is my only bad habit, I would say I work hard for my cigarettes, I would say I don't gamble, I don't drink, and smoking was my only vice. In my own mind that seem to be enough to justify smoking two packs a day.

In May of 2010 I decided it was time to quit justifying and do something about this terrible habit. When I quit smoking I was up to two packs a day and I was 30 year smoker. I will never smoke again.

I can't believe how much smoking has changed throughout the years.

In all honesty it wasn't all that long ago that you could smoke right in a hospital room, the supermarket, or you could light up after a meal in your favorite restaurant. Smoking was the in thing to do. If you were not a smoker you were considered an outcast.

It almost seemed that everywhere you looked every man, woman and child had a cigarette hanging out of their mouths.

Your only true option now is to quit smoking. I say that because smoking is no longer accepted in any way, shape or form. I know and I totally understand there was a day when the smokers were the majority. Hell, even the anti-smoker activists at first had a hard time making people understand that smoking was a terrible habit to get started in.

Once the effects of secondhand smoke were introduced, that was a game changer in the world of smoking. People love to smoke but in many cases they loved life better.

The beginning of the end came very fast. Not so many years ago you could smoke right inside the building you worked in, you could smoke in your office, you could smoke in the coffee room, you could smoke in the hallway and pretty much anywhere you wanted. Now in many cases you can't even have a cigarette on your employer's property. This makes things as a smoker very difficult, after all as an addict, addicted to nicotine it is very hard to go eight hours without smoking a cigarette. Smoking is such a tough addiction that many smokers would rather quit their jobs then be told they can't smoke on the property of employer.

In this day and age smoking has become a very difficult thing to do. Smokers are the minority, no one likes smokers anymore.

The best and the only responsible thing to do today is take the time to tell yourself you are going to quit smoking.

The time has come to become a quitter. I suggest you do whatever it takes and quit wasting your time.


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Dale became a non-smoker May 6, 2010.

All he wants to do now is work hard to help others who want to quit. He also wants to make sure he does everything possible to educate the young.

Check out one of his many hubs at Proud To Be A Smoker

Also follows the journey at Quit Smoking Journey