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Smoking
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“Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult.”
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“... many people find smoking objectionable. That is their right. I would, I assure you, be the very last to criticize the annoyed. I myself find many — even most — things objectionable. Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one's home. I do not like after-shave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation and putting up signs.”
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“[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention, a way to not feel.”
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“Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.”
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“Smoking ages you quicker than almost anything else.”
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“The same people who tell us that smoking doesn't cause cancer are now telling us that advertising cigarettes doesn't cause smoking.”
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“Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.”
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“The nicotine addict, like the opium fiend and the alcoholic, quickly loses respect for observance of laws and any personal obligations to share in cultural or civic interests.”
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“I gave up smoking four years, two weeks, and five days ago. But who misses it?”
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“No wonder women smoke: cancer is the diet that really works.”
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“Cigarettes are killers that travel in packs.”
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“Now we've got smokism. It's one of the reasons I became a writer: to be able to smoke in peace.”
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“Does cigarette smoking make you old and ugly?”
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“[To a priest who smoked:] What a shame for a man to dress like a saint and smell like a devil!”
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“Nobody should smoke cigarettes — and smoking with an ulcer is like pouring gasoline on a burning house ...”
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“Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.”
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“She took a moment to stub out her cigarette, blowing the final stream of smoke to one side. This, for a smoker, constitutes etiquette.”
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“It is no longer a supposition, but is a fixed fact, that the excessive use of tobacco in any form is detrimental to the health.”