Congrats to those of you who have smoked and quit! It's incredibly difficult from what I understand. Nicotine is as addictive as heroin! And props to those of you who have never smoked and say you never will! That's great!
Unfortunately, I do smoke and have since I was ~19. I started in college and of course, now it's a habit. To be completely honest, I enjoy smoking. I look forward to having a cigarette after work or if I'm having a glass of wine or a beer. Both my parents smoked when I was younger. My father still smokes. My mother quit cold turkey and this was back in the days when you could smoke in the office. All her co-workers were supposed to quit the same day and when she got to work, they were all smoking!!! She was so mad that she quit anyway to spite them!!! What a woman!! Incredible willpower! (She was diagnosed with cancer a year to the day later and she jokes that she got the cancer from stress, she says when she quit smoking, her stress levels went through the roof!! She's fine now by the way, a year of chemo but she's officially cured now!)
Audrey, in NY and California you can't smoke in any buildings. In NJ where I am now, you still can smoke in most restaurants and bars but many places have glass partitions separating smoking and non-smoking sections. I'm old school though, even if I didn't smoke, others can still smoke in my house. I feel it's a respect thing, they are my guests and if they smoke, I want them to feel welcome, so smoke away....I can Febreze later