2011-06-26, 12:29 PM
As for me, I don't like smoking just like you, no one in my family smokes (all of the 20+ on the family, not just my parents and sis) and pretty much all my closer friends don't either. I could never date a smoker, kissing one would be totally gross.
As for casual smoking, I'm against it. It's something they could live without and just serves to put them apart from other people when they do smoke (specially in Brazil where most people my age don't smoke).
As for family members smoking and helping them quit, I have a an awesome story of my best friend:
His mother used to smoke regularly (not sure exactly how much, but at least a pack a day), so after a long time of asking/begging her to stop smoking he decided to take a more aggressive strategy: he told her he wouldn't talk to her for as long as she smoked and he REALLY did.
After a few months where she would drop back and smoke (she couldn't really hide it with her clothes smelling of cigarettes) where he would go back to ignoring her she finally quit for good. Now she doesn't smoke anymore.
This plan requires that the target person is very close and attached to you, it also needs full commitment in not talking AT ALL with the person.
As for casual smoking, I'm against it. It's something they could live without and just serves to put them apart from other people when they do smoke (specially in Brazil where most people my age don't smoke).
As for family members smoking and helping them quit, I have a an awesome story of my best friend:
His mother used to smoke regularly (not sure exactly how much, but at least a pack a day), so after a long time of asking/begging her to stop smoking he decided to take a more aggressive strategy: he told her he wouldn't talk to her for as long as she smoked and he REALLY did.
After a few months where she would drop back and smoke (she couldn't really hide it with her clothes smelling of cigarettes) where he would go back to ignoring her she finally quit for good. Now she doesn't smoke anymore.
This plan requires that the target person is very close and attached to you, it also needs full commitment in not talking AT ALL with the person.