How to properly smoke and hold a cigarette: smoking etiquette

Even today ubiquitous health promotion cannot reduce the number of smokers. But most of them are completely unaware that they are not smoking according to the rules and that they are doing themselves harm. Improper smoking is more harmful to the body.

What difficulties can arise when smoking?

Just take a cigarette, light it, hold it in your lips and then inhale. In reality, however, everything is a little more complicated. When it comes to smoking, there are also some rules and characteristics that should be considered. If you follow them, you can easily reduce the damage done to your body. This article will teach you how to properly hold and smoke a cigarette.

1. What should be done first?

   There is a simple movement that occurs in people who have been smoking for a long time. Before lighting a cigarette, either slap the packet in the palm of your hand or lightly on the table to shake the contents. They make the same movement with the cigarette when they take it out of the pack. From the outside, it may look like a mandatory ritual or some kind of nervous habit. However, if you ask a smoker why they are doing this, you will find that this is how they weaken and loosen the tobacco. The result of this manipulation is the fact that the cigarette is easier to smoke, lasts longer, and is not as powerful.

   The next step is to figure out how to hold the cigarette properly. To do this, you need to press it at the base of two fingers. It is best to clamp between the index and the middle. Next, lower the cigarette.

   It is known that most male smokers prefer to pinch their cigarettes with forefingers and thumbs in order to hide the smoking goby from others.

   To hide your bad habit, you need to hold the cigarette in the same way, but at the same time bend your fingers towards the palm of your hand. Thanks to this, you can make the cigarette less visible in your hand.

   Now let's light a cigarette. This can be done with matches or a lighter. The cigarette should be wedged between the lips and the fire brought to the opposite side. At this point you need to pull air through it. Just like drinking some liquid through a straw - these actions are somewhat similar to each other. The moment you light a fire, wait for the cigarette to start burning by itself. Without waiting for it, it will just run out, so it must be given the opportunity to ignite. The smoldering process of a cigarette should be even.

2. Common smoking methods

   How do I smoke and hold a cigarette correctly? There are many different options. We will tell you those that are used more often than others.

   
   1. You should start with this: Hold a cigarette between your lips. Hold it with your fingers, set it on fire and inhale the smoke. Do not do this too hard or you will get a violent cough.
   2. To experience the tobacco taste, you need to hold the smoke in your mouth for a few seconds to cool it down.
   3. Then the smoke has to be exhaled from the mouth. This should be done with your lips slightly pressed together, like a kiss.
   4. The entire smoking process should be continued until the distance from the filter to the smoldering tobacco is half a centimeter.
   5. Don't forget to shake off the ashes. This should be done after every second or third puff. The ashes should be shaken off by holding the cigarette between your thumb and middle finger and tapping closer to the smoldering edge with your index finger.

   The French way of smoking is also common among smokers. It consists in the fact that after a puff, the smoke is exhaled through the mouth, after which it must be inhaled again through the nose.

   In addition, there is a well-known method that differs in that the smoke is exhaled through the nose. For example, it happens that a person does not smoke and literally exhales the smoke immediately without breathing it into their lungs or holding it in their mouth. So it barely reaches the lungs.

   If you get caught in the trap of bad habits, especially smoking, then you need to learn not only the rules of the process itself, but also the rules of conduct if you want to smoke.

   A person wondering how to start smoking is clearly going to look uncomfortable during the process. For an aesthetic appearance, you need to try to use gentle movements while pulling and not cough.

3. What is a smoking label and what is it like?

   You have learned how to properly smoke and hold a cigarette, but that is not enough, it is also important to learn about informal etiquette of smokers.

   

   It consists of the following rules:

   1. When you have finished smoking a cigarette, it must be completely extinguished.
   2. Before lighting a cigarette at a party or in someone else's car, you should ask permission from the owner of this property or the driver.
   3. It is considered extremely bad for a woman to smoke while walking. For men, this is acceptable.
   4. It is not common to speak with a cigarette in your teeth, to blow out the smoke in front of the person you are speaking to or to be surrounded by other people.
   5. If you are not done smoking and put your cigarette in the ashtray and it goes out, then you shouldn't light it again.
   6. If you smoke a cigarette inside, don't shake ashes on the floor. To do this, you will need an ashtray.
   7. If a woman decides to smoke a cigarette in the presence of a representative of the opposite sex, the man must bring the light to the cigarette.
   8. If someone asks you to smoke your cigarette, know that it is a violation of etiquette and you can only do so in extreme cases.

4. What do you need to know about smoking?

   1. Never smoke in areas where flammable substances are present.
   2. Smoking on an empty stomach can cause nausea.
   3. Smoking can cause miscarriages in pregnant women.
   4. Nicotine leads to the appearance and exacerbation of ulcers, intestinal colitis, and the development of other problems with the digestive tract.
   5. Nicotine poison from smoke often affects the lungs, larynx, esophagus, and other organs and causes cancer.
   6. Passive smoking is just as dangerous to health as active smoking, especially for people with asthma and heart problems.
   7. Male and female reproductive function is directly related to smoking.
   8. You are not allowed to smoke in bed, as the fire of the smoldering cigarette can get on the fabric and start a fire.
   9. Beginners may develop symptoms of nicotine poisoning. By the time the body has gotten used to the bad habit, symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, and vomiting may manifest.

5. Finally

   In this article, we have examined in detail how to hold a cigarette and how to smoke it. Whether or not you will become addicted to this bad habit is up to you. Before you start smoking, you should be aware of all the potential health consequences and risks to the body that smoking can cause for you and your loved ones.