After all believe it or not, non-smokers die everyday. However, it is important not to smoke in excess. Smoking is not a serious health risk until it becomes a habit of everyday use. .
The pleasure of smoking can be seen in the eyes of every person that puffs a cigarette, cigar, joint (marijuana cigarette), or pipe. Whatever the reasons, smoking is an activity that is integrated into each smoker's personality that both inhibits and expands his social and personal lifestyle. For instance, cigarette smokers are restricted to separate areas of almost every public area, and many other places are simply non-smoking. Cigarette smokers receive immediate stereotype from peers, family members, and community members. Smoking tobacco implies that a person is unhealthy and leaves others with a negative idea of his or her persona. Smoking tobacco also leads people to believe that the user may smoke illegal drugs or have a drinking problem.
Along the same lines, smoking marijuana in today's culture is also a very restrictive habit that requires concealment and knowledge. There are over 500,000 marijuana arrests each year that end up costing our own people millions of dollars in taxes. Governmental figureheads constantly battle marijuana legislation. Many people believe in marijuana's medicinal use yet others like Senator Mitch McConnell say, "It's time to get tough with those who sell marijuana to our most vulnerable citizens - children . . . Clearly, we should be as tough on marijuana dealers as we are on heroin and cocaine pushers.'" The illegality of marijuana restricts a person's employment opportunity, as drug testing becomes a standard operation in most companies. In any circumstance, marijuana must be kept hidden at all times. Marijuana smokers tend to form tight groups that rarely include non-smokers. Woven into society is an underground web of users that have developed a unique smoker's dialect, a common set of rules, and a strong influence on art, cinema, history, and technology.
