While some who smoke may live to die of natural causes, generally that is not the case. Smoking has a profoundly negative effect on a person's social, health, mental, and economic life. "Cigarette smoking remains the primary cause of preventable death and morbidity in the United States" (Williams). While smoking may have a few benefits, the overall negative effect on one's health and others around them greatly outweighs those small benefits and not worth the risks involved.
Smoking can be a good way to strike up a conversation, and smokers often use cigarettes as a social tool to make friends. However, it also tends to give a person bad breath and lingering bad smell, that can be extremely noticeable to people who don't smoke. Additionally, the people they hang around with, those who they take their breaks with, and the restaurants they choose affect smokers in their social lives. Smokers often miss out on conversation when they go to a nonsmoking section, having to step away for a cigarette.
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