week 8...posting 8

My theme so far in this project, from what I can tell so far, is I want to find out why people smoke. Why they started in the first place, and why they continue to smoke, even after knowing all of the dangers of smoking. I want to take a look at both the physical and social sides of smoking addiction, because I think they both play a big part in addiction. After talking to some of the people in the smoking community, without asking them direct questions, I can see that social factors play a sizable role in smoking addiction. Everyone knows that cigarettes are physically addicting, but I do not think that people realize that social factors can play into it as well. Eight weeks ago, I was still a smoker myself, so I have changed quite a bit. Now I do not smoke, but I still visit the cultural site every once in a while to see if anything has changed. Nothing about the smoking subculture has really changed that much, but my involvement is what has changed the most.