Smoking Quotes (293 Quotes)

What made drugs perpetually so sexy was the opportunity to be other. Years after he'd figured out that pot only made him paranoid and sleepless, he still got hard-ons at the thought of smoking it. Still lusted for that jailbreak.

I like this world. I like drinking champagne. I like not smoking. I like Dutch people speaking Dutch.

She lit up as she descended the stairs to the hall, knowing that she would not have dared had her father been at home. He had precise ideas about where a woman should be seen smoking: not in the street, or any public place, not on entering a room, not standing up, and only when offered, never from her own supply - notions as self evident to him as natural justice. Three years among the sophisticates of Girton had not provided her with courage to confront him.

She thought of Robbie at dinner when there had been something manic and glazed in his look. Might he be smoking the reefers she had read about in a magazine, these cigarettes that drove young men of bohemian inclination across the borders of insanity?

Through a Bible study we plan to discover and address the root issues behind smoking. We hope to raise awareness and teach the students about the affects and dangers of smoking.

We can't say that we've found a cause-and-effect relationship between smoking and decreased thinking ability. But we hope our findings of an association will lead to further examination of this important issue. Perhaps it will help give smokers one more reason to quit, and encourage quitting smoking among those who are also trying to control their drinking.

The funding for anti-smoking media campaigns has been greatly slashed in almost every state that has had such a campaign. The campaign in Massachusetts has been completely eliminated. The campaign in Florida was all but eliminated. With the limited funding available, I think groups running these campaigns have chosen to focus on smoking prevention and cessation and haven't had the funds to have the 'luxury' of addressing the secondhand smoke issue.

If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.

Far more people quit in the highest dose. It looks like vaccines do have promise in terms of helping people quit smoking.

Except for smoking, obesity is now the number one preventable cause of death in this country. Three hundred thousand people die of obesity every year,

We know that implementing the convention will not be easy, as smoking is an ingrained habit in China, but the government has made clear its commitment to take action.

One would understand a ban on surrogate advertising, but to completely ban smoking is ridiculous, a joke taken too far.

Even after years of smoking cessation, levels of atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries are significantly higher in former smokers compared with never-smokers.

In most cases, country research coordinators are seeing a shift in the cultural acceptance of girls (toward tobacco use). It's OK for girls to be seen smoking. There's no definitive data but it's an observation.

Then idiots talk, said Eugene, leaning back, folding his arms, smoking with his eyes shut, and speaking slightly through his nose, of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy.

A man on a hiking trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains came to the top of a hill and saw, just below the crest, a small log cabin. Its aged owner was sitting in front of the door, smoking a corncob pipe, and when the traveler drew close enough he asked the old man patronizingly 'Lived here all your life' 'Nope,' the old mountaineer replied patiently. 'Not yet.'

Nobody could pretend that the smoking ban is anything but negative for the pub industry. However, the fact that private members clubs are included in the ban means that community pub operators are not at an unfair disadvantage.

I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

Science has already proven the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and Chinese food, but I can still ruin soft drinks for everyone.

This is very exciting, ... It shows that when the public pays attention and chooses to invest resources in smoking prevention, those efforts pay off -- not only in decreased use of tobacco, but in decreased disease.

I remember times going out and sitting on the bank of the Mississippi river, smoking a cigar and watching the sun go down. I don't know how they will recover from it, I don't know.

One of my resolutions is to quit smoking. I've tried for the past two years, but this year I am going to stick with it.

Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, sharks will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved, ready to bolt down every killed man that is tossed to them . . .

With a 23.5 drop in business, this is one thing these people can't understand, it's what people do for a living. I'm posting a sign at my door that my place will be smoking. If they want to put me in jail, that's their damn business, they can do that.

I never looked at it that way. OK, so I'll give myself up, but first we'd better get this place cleaned up. God, look at the mess I've made. I think we need to vacuum the cushions on the couch and, my Lord, look at those drapes. Sorry for smoking. Maybe we should toss them in the washing machine and, of course, the dishes. You let that syrup stay on there, they'll get all crusty. Just let me rinse them and, heavens, will you look at the cabinets Do you have any Pledge or something I could polish those right up because, you know, when the police come bursting in here with the TV cameras, you want your woodwork to look its best. And is this your mother's breakfront What a lovely piece. Maybe we need to strip it and refinish it. Won't take a minute. That's a lovely sweater did you knit it I love knitting. Maybe I could knit something while we're waiting. A scarf Would you like a scarf

How is individual transformation to be achieved There are some bad habits among individuals such as smoking, drinking liquor, meat eating and gambling. These bad habits not only degrade the individuals but also inflict hardships on their families. These bad habits have to be given up for the individual to manifest his inherent goodness.

We have had very good participation in smoking cessation classes, especially as the date nears.

Since we opened in 2002, every year our business has increased. So it's hard to say if it's increased because of the smoking ban or just because it has simply increased.

I have tabled a motion to the upcoming NPC session, suggesting the State Council (the Chinese cabinet) formulate regulations on smoking ban in public places as early as possible.

Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.

All these activities have demonstrated that a comprehensive program reduces the burden of smoking on society.

Smoking is absolutely a personal decision, and one that everyone knows is bad for your health. And exercise needs to be a part of everyone's daily routine. It will help keep your heart and vessels in shape for your entire life.

Smokers are well aware of the health risks of smoking. There's no need to rub their noses in it, ... All that is needed is a simple written warning.

Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it hundreds of times.

Harm reduction reflects the fact that people have a very difficult time stopping smoking, so they are looking for alternatives, ... This is furthering the harm-reduction debate. It's a reasonable debate. It pits the quit-or-die people against the just-reduce-and-you'll-reduce-harm people. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as either message.

These findings are extremely important, ... Some of the greatest risks to health smoking, binge drinking, depression are often linked and need to be better addressed by health care providers.

You'd like to think if somebody had the big one that they would realize that now is really the time to stop smoking. I think this shows that its not as easy as we maybe like to think it is.

Once we read the speech we knew it would be a gradual increase, ... The Fed doesn't want to be aggressive without the smoking gun of inflation.

It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.

Eating, not smoking, is becoming the leading cause of preventable death.

We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.

Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, He must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, Must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking; The Pause of Mr. Claus.

Create motivational tension in smokers -- making them feel dissatisfied with being smokers, rather than just believing that smoking is bad for them populate the world of the smoker with triggers to action -- get those people who are on the cusp to take action. And be ready with immediate treatment for smokers who have just stopped, as well as those that planned their quit attempt in advance.

We believe this is the first Fast Track Designation for a smoking cessation product candidate, which is unprecedented, and provides further validation for our unique approach to addressing nicotine addiction.

I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible.

The calendar is crowded, time is short, and I'm not so sure but that time may claim the smoking bill.

I think reasonable people recognize that if we gave the keys to the business to the federal government, youth smoking is not going to go away,