Why Is The Need When There Is No Need?

I know if I dont get down blogging about this, I would never be able to sleep peacefully for yet another night. My friends, if you're reading this, please bear with me till the end. I appreciate feedbacks as that helps me to understand things better. Tell me that I'm wrong if you disagree with anything that I'm about to write. But if I make sense, do acknowledge my thoughts.

Although it feels like, I might end up being frowned upon or end up having people to perceive that "I'm not cool" or "I'm judgemental", I shall continue to write. I shall fight and let this voice be heard. Yes, I'm not cool and I never was. No, I'm not judgemental (although I used to-not something that I'm very proud of) . I am concerned..very concerned about the society and people around me....Why is the need when there is no need?

I am not prejudice towards people who already are smokers and who find it very hard to resist smoking because I understand that it had become an addiction to them. It is not easy to say no to this habit overnight. The least I could do is to continue to give them my support and encouragement to quit this habit.

BUT for others, intelligent others- who in the first place are non-smokers but make that choice to pick up a fag not just once to try, but twice or more times to 'fit in', to social conformity. These people are aware of the detrimental effects of smoking but still chose to smoke and come out with the best reasons they can to justify their actions. I'm trying my level best to to understand the 'whys'. And really, I'm trying very very hard to understand.

So I decided to dial the numbers. The phone rang several times and the person on the other side told me that the lines were busy and asked if they should call back. I said it was okay and hung up and tried again the next day. Same thing happened, and I was getting frustrated. How these people expect smokers to quit their habit when everytime a person calls, gets no attendance from the counselors?
So I called once more. Yes, my friends..I called the Quitline (http://www.quit.org.au/). I called the Quitline because I'm seeking for answers. I wanted to know the whys, whats and hows.

I got through the line, finally. But unfortunately, the counselor told me that she can't assist with what I was looking for. Quitline is for helping people to quit, and provides bits of information about smoking-not that kind of information that I was seeking.

I wanted to find out:

1) What is the difference between social smoking and social drinking, in terms of health risks (is social smoking worse than social drinking or are they the same) ?

2) Does the frequency of smoking matter-people who smoke once in their lifetime vs. once a week vs. once a month etc. the same as those who smoke few packs a day or one everyday? What is the definition of smoking?

2)Is passive smoking worse than active smoking the fact that higher frequency of smoking exposure supposedly cause higher health risk?

3) Why do people conform to smoking when they know that every puff inhaled increases the probability of addiction and health risks?

4) Why do people bother to pick up a fag when deep down they know it is not the coolest thing to do?

5) How can supposedly non-smokers tell the society to "stop smoking" when they themselves picked up a fag, even once awhile? What kind of messages these people are sending?

Looks like, I'm only left with the unanswered questions. But I'm not giving up. I'll do what it all takes to find out these answers.