The number of smokers has drastically decreased decade by decade, however there is a new phenomenon; the social smoker.
Social smokers do not classify themselves as smokers per se, but rather as a whole new group altogether social smokers.
In a way, it may make sense that if social drinkers do not call themselves alcoholics, why should social smokers classify themselves as smokers? But also, social drinkers feel the same effects of being drunk as alcoholics, the same way that social smokers feel the same effects of smoking as smokers.
No one starts smoking a pack a day right from the beginning, they always start with one here and there until eventually they are classifying themselves as actual smokers.
Technically, every smoker starts off as a social smoker.
The term "social smoker" is similar to the term "chipper".
A chipper, for those of you who don't know, is a drug user (street drug as in heroine, cocaine, etc.
) who infrequently takes small doses to avoid addiction.
Now, addiction is a mental issue, not a physical one.
If you haven't smoked in days, but have been craving a cigarette that whole time, you are still addicted.
Some social smokers are smoking over a pack within a weekend partying, yet still do not consider themselves an actual smoker.
The real problem is that many people who consider themselves social smokers are smoking numerous cigarettes a day.
They may have been social smokers once upon a time, however they have taken a transition into habitual smoking but have not taken a step back to notice that they are not social smokers any more and are actual smokers.
Social smoking is not as bad as regular smoking, but it adds up.
Having a total of a pack a week for 5 years is almost as much as a regular smoker who smokes a pack per day for a year.
The effects eventually add up, so the answer to Is Social Smoking Bad? is yes.
Obviously, social smoking is not as bad as habitual smoking, but only as long as you are honest with yourself and actually a SOCIAL smoker.
Either way, smoking at any point of time has its effects, and is not recommended regardless.
Social smokers do not classify themselves as smokers per se, but rather as a whole new group altogether social smokers.
In a way, it may make sense that if social drinkers do not call themselves alcoholics, why should social smokers classify themselves as smokers? But also, social drinkers feel the same effects of being drunk as alcoholics, the same way that social smokers feel the same effects of smoking as smokers.
No one starts smoking a pack a day right from the beginning, they always start with one here and there until eventually they are classifying themselves as actual smokers.
Technically, every smoker starts off as a social smoker.
The term "social smoker" is similar to the term "chipper".
A chipper, for those of you who don't know, is a drug user (street drug as in heroine, cocaine, etc.
) who infrequently takes small doses to avoid addiction.
Now, addiction is a mental issue, not a physical one.
If you haven't smoked in days, but have been craving a cigarette that whole time, you are still addicted.
Some social smokers are smoking over a pack within a weekend partying, yet still do not consider themselves an actual smoker.
The real problem is that many people who consider themselves social smokers are smoking numerous cigarettes a day.
They may have been social smokers once upon a time, however they have taken a transition into habitual smoking but have not taken a step back to notice that they are not social smokers any more and are actual smokers.
Social smoking is not as bad as regular smoking, but it adds up.
Having a total of a pack a week for 5 years is almost as much as a regular smoker who smokes a pack per day for a year.
The effects eventually add up, so the answer to Is Social Smoking Bad? is yes.
Obviously, social smoking is not as bad as habitual smoking, but only as long as you are honest with yourself and actually a SOCIAL smoker.
Either way, smoking at any point of time has its effects, and is not recommended regardless.