5 Etiquette for a Smoker

Many of you will wonder what etiquette are there for smoking. Well there aren't any rules that were written in some etiquette book by some old English gentleman sitting and smoking his pipe. No, these are things that I have noticed and feel that smokers should consider when lighting up or while smoking. Here they are

1) Don't blow smoke in someone's face: No matter how much you want to feel like a Fire-breathing dragon; its just not cool! The feeling of suffocation is probably the worst feeling to many people and maybe that's why drowning is rated as the worst way to die. Blowing smoke into someone's face leads to suffocation and may lead people to hate you.

2) Ask permission: If you are in a group of people, whom you aren't too familiar with, ask permission before you light-up. This achieves 3 things.

a. You will come to know if there is someone suffering with any kind of respiratory
illness.

b. You will know if the group is okay with you smoking which want lead to hate stares, people coughing or the someone asking you to smoke away from them.

c. You could follow your request to smoke by offering the people in the group an opportunity to smoke along with you.

3) Don't reply "Thanks Mum, I didn't know that" when someone tells you that smoking is bad. They are just being concerned. A tip for the Non-smokers please don't tell a smoker that smoking is bad. Its like telling people that the earth is round.

4) Chew gum after your done with a smoke. Its kinda sick to have to smell smoke breath and will probably be hard to keep a conversation going.

5) When you're done with a smoke try to extinguish the cigarette butt properly in an ashtray. This applies mostly when sitting at a table. It get annoying to have the cigarette continue partially burning.

Now that I'm done with the post I'm heading out for a smoke. Care to join :-)