"Why bother at all then Jim? Seems you're already well down the road to packing it up, why not go the whole hog, save your clothes, your money and your health, and do the rest of us a favour? :-)"
Fair enough....
1) I'm addicted. Common sense means nothing in this situation.
2) They got me when I was very young. I don't remember what it's like without them.
3) I rarely smoke my clothes.
4) "and do the rest of us a favour" I never smoke within the vicinity of children. Try to step out of pathways and such so that no-one has to smell it & avoid people after I smoke.
I'm as healthy as a horse and probably have a clearer set of lungs than you would expect. Haven't needed a doctor since I was a child and haven't spent one single penny of the taxpayers money on my health because of it.
The Government however, has made more from my habit than the tobacco companies. I'd be happy if it was illegal.
I smoke 10 cigarettes per day for about five or six months of the year and 20 per day for the rest. That, I'm sad to say, is a far, far cry from quitting.

Check out http://jimbrannigan.com you'll find links to my music there.
If you can HONESTLY tell from my singing, that I smoke, I'll quit before the next album.
Cheers.
Jim