Recently I was browsing profiles on Hi5 and came across this cute girl who says that she can’t stand people smoking around her or something like that. I don’t actually know the girl, but for some strange reason it made me think. I do smoke, I’ve said it before. But, really why do I smoke?
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
I started smoking about 9 years ago. Not because of a trend, or to look older. It was a “decision” I took then, and that lives with me since that. My mother says it was because a classmate put me into it, but that’s not true.
As most kids do, I started smoking secretly, but when my father found out, instead of near killing me he just said “you should think of quitting, for your own sake”. That’s when I begin smoking at my own home, in front of everybody…
BRANDS
My current brand is Marlboro Lights, and I use to smoke half a pack on a daily basis. Except for weekends, when I can smoke as much as a pack and a half, or maybe two packs.
Other brands I like include Cartier, More, Newport, Fortuna, and others. I’ve tasted Kents, Belmont, Nacional, YSL, etc.
BEST SMOKES
Smoking is not something that feels the same every time I do it. The best situations to do it are:
The best one is after sex. Every smoker will tell you that. In my case, I smoke like to “balance my nervous system” or something. That’s why people smoke while nervous, anxious, and stuff. Because sex implies such a hormonal rush for the body and brain, the best way to get past it is through smoking in my case. And the sensation is just like heaven.
Smoking after eating something. Because in my case it’s like if it helps me to digest better.
While drinking. The flavor of the drinks, specially hard liquors, equilibrates and gets enhanced with a nice puff of a cigarette. The best is after a tequila shot.
In the other hand, the worst situation is when outdoors, in a windy weather. It’s terrible.
TO QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT?
Really, I’ve considered quitting a thousand times. But the truth is I don’t actually want to. I mean, I know it’s an equally disgusting and unhealthy habit, but I don’t really want to quit it for good. Instead, I would prefer to smoke less, like say, only in weekends, when drinking and partying.
Other thing I’ve considered is to switch from cigarettes to pure cigars. It’s not as harmful as cigarettes because you don’t actually swallow the smoke you inhale. So, instead of smoking near a dozen cigarettes throughout the entire day, I would smoke only one cigar, say at night.
OTHER FACTS.
As I said above, I tend to smoke more when partying. But then, the day after that, I usually smoke only one or two cigarettes. Also, I don’t smoke while driving anymore, so my car won’t get stinky. I guess the next step is to smoke naked, so my clothes won’t stink too. It’s not gonna happen any soon, though. JEJE.
So, in the hypothetic case I finally meet the girl form Hi5, I’m sure we won’t be getting along, because, truth be told, I don’t think I’ll be quitting now. But who knows, maybe something happens…