stavy asks:Why do otherwise 'green' people still smoke?

Are you 100% green? Until you are, you might want to check the attitude. Smoking isn't a big problem for the environment.....even the planet itself smokes.

Its definately an addiction. I don't like smoking... I just get stressed out and need something to calm me down. I've been mostly smoke free for the past 3 months. I've smoked the odd time that something stressful has happened or while I've been drinking.

When I smoke I do buy the regular sized smokes because the tin foil isn't attached to the cardboard. This means I can recycle more of the package.

Yes I am that much of a hypocrite that I spend the time to pull my smoke packages apart ,separate the plastic from the paper and recycle it.

Well its the addiction. A greener option will be to use a snus.

I know that on the face of it being green (which I try to be) and being a smoker (which I no longer am, going on twelve years) seems to be a contradiction, but I really consider tobacco to be an addictive substance and it sometimes takes more than ethical willpower to overcome the dependency.

though i would like to be.. and what attitude??? I asked a simple question, why do you do it.. and there have been some interesting answers.. The addiction viewpoint is a most basic one, and obviously it seems that no matter how strong your views, an addiction like this will override it.

Oh btw, i will disagree with your comment that smoking isn't a big problem.. even most of those who smoke, agree that it IS..