I never understood why? Its not good for you at all!!!!! You gotta try and get her to stop slowly Me too, I just try to keep their minds off of it. They should develop a way to quit in one day. That would be great.....
As a smoker who hasn't lit up in 10 years: it's very easy to judge, not so easy to understand. There's no such thing as quitting once and for all. Just like any other addiction, it's a day by day thing, with plenty of falls off the wagon. As with any addiction, in the mind of the addict, the benefits outweigh the problems. And when you hit a patch of stress, that nicotine, and the ritual of smoking, can be very calming. If you get all up in a smoker's grill about smoking, they are just going to dig in and tell you to f- off. After all, if you stress them out that way, they're going to need that smoke even more. If you really want to have an influence, you have to first consider how much influence you really have with them. And if you really do have influence, find ways of gently persuading them to decide on their own to quit.
I got into salsa because I smoke cigars. LOL. Turned out that there were people having salsa classes at one of the cigar lounges in town... and the rest was history. Nobody could tell me off for puffing away after class because it was a cigar lounge in the first place.
Sadly, many dancers and athletes in general use smoking as a means to control their weight. Cigarettes contain some very addictive substances that are very hard to over come. I myself have never smoked and never will. I hate the smell of cigarettes.
There are actually some really good forums out there to help you quit too ! I know a few people who quit using quickmist and several forums
To all who say "never": I am old enough to have known many people who had to eat their words on many versions of "I will never...". I was certainly in that category when I was young. And when we are in difficult circumstances, emotional or otherwise, it's a prime opportunity for "never" to become "now". Sometimes it's comical, sometimes it's tragic. In my case, it was on the heels of a painful divorce. Yes, smoking is unpleasant to non-smokers, and unhealthy to all that come in contact with it. But a little understanding goes a lot farther than demonization.
I don't know where is the problem. Everybody decides if he want to smoke or not. That discussion is very difficult becouse the both sides have there vision about this question. But you definitly cant judge some who want to be a dancer and who smoke. Its there decision.
