Warning :- Smoking is khatra dangerous for your lungs . Quit it Dost , I have :)
Kgp , infact bengal has a special place for sutta , It may be the sole campus where not only students but staff , faculty ,locals all share a comfortable relationship with it .I have even observed women being comfortable around smoking men . I first thought it had to do something with the culture , really , but then bengal is a strangely interesting place ,
However given the fact Bengal is home to the tobacco giant - ITC , it may be something more .
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The Start
First years are generally wary of it , but then they are first years ,generally a guy in friend circle gets hooked and then slowly do all ,this transition generally spans from 2nd to fourth year, there are obvious exceptions to it .
The First Time
Coarse , your body out-rightly rejects it , and you wonder why and how do people do it . Initially , Logic will guide you to quit , but then the spell of nicotine takes the driver's seat . Once it becomes a habit , people don't challenge it enough .
The Frequency
There is nothing like it , people generally tend to believe they are in control of smoking but most aren't . Generally , availability and economics determine the number of smokes you have .
The Brand & Style
The new guys , do try a lot of fancy (Rs 10 sort of - Black , cigars, B&H , Insignia etc ) and kgp has an insane variety to offer. Regulars generally smoke Classic or Gold Flake.
Frankly , most of the guys don't know how to smoke , they are generally false smokers .But guys with a fitter set of lungs are the best smokers . Ironic indeed
The Kgp Connection
Kgp is like a smoker's capital , you even get cigarettes inside academic complexes . One feels at home when smoking here .You can get cigs here 24X7 , an absolute fact .
Back at home (Raipur) when i used to sneak out for smoke , the buying experience always felt odd , and smoking out in public open used to feel like a professional bad guy .
Bengalis do smoke a lot and so the lung cancer connection is quite prominent (WB reports maximum number of lung cancer cases in India )
The Truth
Most of the smokers know it's bad but they don't exactly how bad it is , how smoke exactly interacts with your lung , how bad are the bad efects and it's dopmine connection .
As a friend puts it , "Ek sutta 5 min kam karta hain , aur woh bhi end sae" . I really liked the line that time but now i feel more from the -'Aap Chutiyein hain types" .
But General Maneckshaw believes a man should have manly qualities and smoking , drinking and having sex comes in that . As you say , a man can rationalize anything :)
The good thing is most of them try to quit it .However , among educated men a smoking guy has a neutral image , successful anti-smoking campaign should revolve around making it dumb and uncool ,so that the teens don't get hooked to it
Shutta Shops in Kgp
( Do tell if i have missed any )
View Sutta @kgp in a larger map
Kgp , infact bengal has a special place for sutta , It may be the sole campus where not only students but staff , faculty ,locals all share a comfortable relationship with it .I have even observed women being comfortable around smoking men . I first thought it had to do something with the culture , really , but then bengal is a strangely interesting place ,
However given the fact Bengal is home to the tobacco giant - ITC , it may be something more .
"
The Start
First years are generally wary of it , but then they are first years ,generally a guy in friend circle gets hooked and then slowly do all ,this transition generally spans from 2nd to fourth year, there are obvious exceptions to it .
The First Time
Coarse , your body out-rightly rejects it , and you wonder why and how do people do it . Initially , Logic will guide you to quit , but then the spell of nicotine takes the driver's seat . Once it becomes a habit , people don't challenge it enough .
The Frequency
There is nothing like it , people generally tend to believe they are in control of smoking but most aren't . Generally , availability and economics determine the number of smokes you have .
The Brand & Style
The new guys , do try a lot of fancy (Rs 10 sort of - Black , cigars, B&H , Insignia etc ) and kgp has an insane variety to offer. Regulars generally smoke Classic or Gold Flake.
Frankly , most of the guys don't know how to smoke , they are generally false smokers .But guys with a fitter set of lungs are the best smokers . Ironic indeed
The Kgp Connection
Kgp is like a smoker's capital , you even get cigarettes inside academic complexes . One feels at home when smoking here .You can get cigs here 24X7 , an absolute fact .
Back at home (Raipur) when i used to sneak out for smoke , the buying experience always felt odd , and smoking out in public open used to feel like a professional bad guy .
Bengalis do smoke a lot and so the lung cancer connection is quite prominent (WB reports maximum number of lung cancer cases in India )
The Truth
Most of the smokers know it's bad but they don't exactly how bad it is , how smoke exactly interacts with your lung , how bad are the bad efects and it's dopmine connection .
As a friend puts it , "Ek sutta 5 min kam karta hain , aur woh bhi end sae" . I really liked the line that time but now i feel more from the -'Aap Chutiyein hain types" .
But General Maneckshaw believes a man should have manly qualities and smoking , drinking and having sex comes in that . As you say , a man can rationalize anything :)
The good thing is most of them try to quit it .However , among educated men a smoking guy has a neutral image , successful anti-smoking campaign should revolve around making it dumb and uncool ,so that the teens don't get hooked to it
Shutta Shops in Kgp
( Do tell if i have missed any )
View Sutta @kgp in a larger map
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