Smoking is popular among many of my office mates. Maybe it is their way of coping with stress. To each his own, as they say. Who am I to tell them to stop? Even the person who holds the highest position in our land right now is known to be a chain smoker. PNOY is being criticized for that. According to studies, Filipinos even placed one of the top ranks in smoking in the whole Asia. That is something that we are not proud of.
I grew up seeing cigarette ads but in the present, I have not seen a single commercial in TV about smoking. That is health progress.
There are other ways of coping up with stress. You could eat, sleep, drink, watch movie, exercise, read or whatever pleases you. Just think of those things that are healthy.