Quotes about Smoking

"Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it thousands of times."
-Mark Twain

"To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know, I've done it a thousand times."
-Mark Twain

"Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar."
-Steve Allen

"Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it."
-Kirsten Dunst

"People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me!"
-Wendy Liebman

"Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn'."
-Sarah Bernhardt

"Men professing godliness offer their bodies upon Satan's altar, and burn the incense of tobacco to his satanic majesty. Does this statement seem severe? The offering must be presented to some deity. Since God is pure and holy, and will accept nothing defiling in its character, He refuses this expensive, filthy, and unholy sacrifice; therefore we conclude that Satan is the one who claims the honor."
-Ellen G. White

"They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference."
-Bill Hicks

"The immune response of the body also tends to cause inflammation. And this inflammation is one reason that smoking relates not only to lung cancer but other serious health problems such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease."
-Maret Traber

"Everybody thought they were going to have a smoking gun. It just wasn't enough for me."
-Nick Qayyum

"If you're in an outdoor event, for example let's say a soccer game, and the person next to you is smoking on a normal bleacher and if the wind is blowing in your direction, it's like someone sitting next to you in a restaurant. Now, if the distance is farther, obviously the secondhand smoke would diminish or the side effects would diminish."
-Tim O'connor

"Relatives could be aggressively advised to stop smoking or, if lung cancer screening is recommended at some point in the future, this is a high-risk group that could be considered for regular screening."
-Olga Gorlova

"You can stop the risk of heart attacks, diabetes. All the chronic diseases have a risk and a problem associated with smoking."
-Karen Carpenter

"Hoteliers love it. When there are few rooms available, no one has to sleep in a smoking room. And you don't have to worry about burn holes in the carpet."
-Sean Hennessey

"That's because of the drinking, smoking and loud noise."
-Maria Sanchez

"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."
-John Oldham

"There are often people standing outside near the entrances of buildings smoking. This affects others who have to travel through the smoke to get in the buildings."
-Georgia Childs

"There was a cushion that was barely smoking, so I threw it out the back door."
-John Frost

"Let nature take its course. Smoking will go away by itself."
-Jim Wagner

"This could be a time when they really would think about quitting smoking because they see the consequences in real life."
-Dr. Lori Bastian

"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."
-Simon Clark

"We are hoping that this campaign will give smokers an excellent reason to quit smoking - to protect their families, friends and colleagues."
-Caroline Flint

"There is a double standard, ... If someone else in the county were smoking in their office, would they get fired? Absolutely."
-Susan Shaw

"While this research is enlightening, the best thing is to stay away from nicotine in all forms and use behavioral smoking cessation therapies as a viable alternative."
-Srikumar Chellappan

"Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death."
-Lynn Johnston

"Such as glass in food, a baby crying in your dining room, someone smoking in your restaurant and you're non-smoking, people bring in food that's not yours."
-Justin Hawkins

"Banning public smoking to reduce the number of people who smoke is low on people's list of priorities. Government should not use legislation to force people to give up smoking."
-Simon Clark

"The results of this survey are shocking and should be a wake-up call to men and women that drinking and smoking too much not only gives you a bad headache in the morning but can affect your ability to start a family."
-Ann Robinson