"Quit Smoking", New York lead the way

United States
October 2, 2011 12:01pm CST
Do you encourage people quit smoking? I personally not a smoker, nor my family members smoke too. Except a couple of my friends do smoke occasionally, mostly when they have a stressful days. "Quit Smoking" campaign is out there for while, and not many cities really do something about to discourage people to quit buying cigarette, or quit smoke. New York, this year will be the leading star. They increase the cigarette tax up, and it cost a pack of cigarette approximately $11.00 to $12.00. Also, the city government has these promotion and advertisement about the risk of heavy smokers. That help discourage many people choose not to smoke. Oh well, better alternative is chewing gum.
5 responses
rmendoza123
@rmendoza123 (637)
• Philippines
3 Oct 11
Smokers cannot quit smoking that's the fact!
thezone
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
9 Oct 11
I quit years ago
kawaiineko
@kawaiineko (117)
• Indonesia
3 Oct 11
in my though...they is can...but they wont...X_X
weasel81
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
2 Oct 11
my brother and a few friends smoke, i do have a dig at one of my friends as he does know better. he will also go for longer periods with out having a smoke. As for the price it does depend on what brand and how many you buy, i think some are nearly $20 a pack here in australia. then if you chew normal gum, there is a warning about a laxitive effect if you chew it to much. suggesting a person quit smoking could cause a bit of a heated debate, and you could lose a friend. so it's another case of tread lightly, as people as to easily offended nowa days.
thezone
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
2 Oct 11
lol about the gum, it happened my Mum. (There is my creative writing for the day) She got addicted to gum! Smokers only give up when they want to. It might take a health scare! but everyone is different. I quit years ago cause it was costing me a fortune. If I was still smoking it would be costing me just over 400 euro a month now!
Stephannie
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
2 Oct 11
I ama smoker even though I know it is not good for me. I have not tried to get others to quit. I enjoy smoking.
thezone
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
2 Oct 11
Good for them but most smokers ignore such things. There is no need to spend so much on the dangers of smoking in this day and age
kawaiineko
@kawaiineko (117)
• Indonesia
3 Oct 11
im tottaly agree :D still cant understand, why they so much like burning money, make it smoke, then gone...after they got it hardly....
maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
2 Oct 11
That is just plain ridiculous if you ask me. We already pay over $6 for some of our packs of cigs. Raising it even further is just terrible. This is too much for me - just the whole concept of the government trying to control what we do by how much we get screwed over to have it. It's just not fair. It's like a government-mandated upcharge of 12 packs of Coke - going from $4 to $8 because "it's not good for you" even though it's 100% legal and should just be enjoyed in 'moderation' instead of excess. There are better ways to 'encourage' people to quit smoking - I don't think this is a good approach. I know if I lived in New York I'd be pretty pissed. (Maybe I'd drive to Jersey to get my smokes then, or something! lol). I'm a smoker and most of my family is. I've only smoked for about 5 years and I'd like to quit. It's obviously bad for you and is expensive, but I will definitely be quitting on my own terms - not the government.