Smoking is a practise in which some substance such as tobacco is burnt and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. Smoking is considered to be injurious to health. The most common form of smoking today is through cigarettes. Other smoking implements include pipes, cigars, bidis, and hookahs, vaporize and bongs. Smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational drug use. Tobacco smoking is the most common form of smoking used. Less common drugs for smoking include cannabis and opium. Some of the substances are classified as hard narcotics like heroin. In the words of Phyllis Battelle, “A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying long-time-no-see.”
