How to Smoke A Cigarette

Smoking a cigarette isn't hard to do at all. What's harder is to find a place that will let you because of the social stigma smokers tend to get.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lighter or matches
• Cigarette

1. Find a place where you can spend about 10 to 15 minutes and won't have to worry about smelling like smoke. Usually, it is best to avoid being near non-smokers for a while. The smell of smoke can stay on your clothes for a while.

2. Put the filter end of the cigarette in your mouth. Usually, the filter is yellow and shorter than the rest of the cigarette. Hold it in your mouth by your lips, not your teeth, so that you don't get the filter end wet.

3. Strike your match or flick your lighter and put the flame towards the end of the cigarette. Starting dragging (inhaling) the flame so that it lights the cigarette. Once the cigarette is lit, put out your flame.

4. Hold your cigarette between your middle and forefinger, or your thumb and forefinger. When you want to take a drag, suck or inhale the filter end and breathe out the smoke. You most likely will feel the urge to cough your first few times.

5. Occasionally, the ash at the burning end is going to drop off, so tap the cigarette finger or flick it with your thumb into an ashtray so that the ash on the end falls off. Some choose to tap it against the ashtray.

6. When your cigarette is almost burned down to the filter line, put it out by crushing the lit end in an ashtray or against the ground. You can scrape the cigarette against it to put it out further.

Tips & Warnings

• Just because you're a smoker, doesn't mean you have to act like a jerk to everyone else. Don't flick your cigarette butts at people or blow smoke in people's faces. It doesn't help the stereotype that smokers are inconsiderate, careless people.
• There are countless types of cigarette brands you can try. Lights usually mean that the taste isn't as heavy as full flavor and menthol cigarettes leave behind a crisp, minty taste similar to a cough drop.
• If you're not of legal age to smoke, then don't do it. It's illegal, it'll make your parents mad, and it's difficult to hide the smell and habit.
• Follow general etiquette as with any other activity. Smoking in public places is illegal in many states; follow the law and don't ruin it for everyone else.
• This shouldn't come as news to you that smoking his harmful. Cancer and emphysema are not fun. You should really educate yourself before you choose to smoke, but in the end, it's your decision only.
• However, as far as second-hand smoke goes, there has been NO RELIABLE STUDY showing that second-hand smoke is harmful to people. Non-smokers tend to think it's icky, and that's the main reason behind why it's best to steer clear of them in this setting.
• Remember that your basic rights are to be able to put what you want in your body, regardless of the outcome. If someone harasses you in a situation where smoking is legal, remember your rights, but do not overdo it, because the non-smoker usually comes out on top, however biased it may be.

[cattolyst]

on 2/27/2009 ...was very helpful for my research, and I'm sure there are many other people who will find it useful as well. But please review your sources before posting potentially misleading and dangerous information.

[cattolyst]

on 2/27/2009 ...progenitor and endothelial function, in addition to causing cell death within the respiratory system and vascular system. The source--hopefully this will be "reliable" enough, as the primary investigators are physicians, post-doctorates, or physician-scientists at UC San Francisco or UC Berkeley--is cited below:"Brief Secondhand Smoke Exposure Depresses Endothelial Progenitor Cells Activity and Endothelial Function: Sustained Vascular Injury and Blunted Nitric Oxide Production" Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 51, Issue 18, 6 May 2008, Pages 1760-1771Christian Heiss, Nicolas Amabile, Andrew C. Lee, Wendy May Real, Suzaynn F. Schick, David Lao, Maelene L. Wong, Sarah Jahn, Franca S. Angeli, Petros Minasi, Matthew L. Springer, S. Katharine Hammond, Stanton A. Glantz, William Grossman, John R. Balmes, Yerem YeghiazariansAgain, thank you for this e-How article--it

[cattolyst]

on 2/27/2009 Thank you adding this very helpful set of instructions. You make many excellent points about smokers' rights and current stigma surrounding both smokers and the companies that produce cigarettes. On a slightly more critical note: I am not sure if you made the comment about secondhand smoking in order to bait us online readers. From the tone and phrasing, the answer is probably yes. Nonetheless, I am willing to take that bait in the off-chance that there are people out there who are trying to learn how to smoke and do not believe second-hand smoking is dangerous. (Hopefully this will not fall under the dreaded "nonsmoker's heated rant" category). "There has been no reliable study [conducted] showing that secondhand smoke is harmful to people." Unfortunately, that is untrue. Even in exposures as brief as 30 minutes, secondhand smoke depresses the activity of endothelial progenitor a

[CherryBlossom]

on 1/25/2009 ng to let the world revolve around me and MY wants all the time. Tobacco is a legal substance to purchase and use, and if you don't like the smell/taste/look/whatever, then by all means, go to your own house and pout.

[CherryBlossom]

on 1/25/2009 MMkay... I knew this article would get some heated non-smoker in some sort of rant... and that's fine...except I have to ask what are you doing reading this article anyway? Is it really that hard to hit the "back" button on your browser if you really don't like what you read online? Or do you always feel the need to abridge the right to freedom of speech? Really? And for the record, I myself am currently NOT a smoker, but educating others on how to do something that is their own decision is perfectly fine as it IS the world wide web and if they don't find it from me, they're likely to find it somewhere else, and it could be a potentially unreliable source. And I would like to see your sources as far as a reliable study on SECONDHAND smoke, because, as far as ETS, the evidence on its harmful effects is extremely scanty. I myself cannot STAND secondhand smoke, but I'll be damned if I'm goi