Caporegime
That's a rare attitude, always amazed me the amount of "thats bad for you y'know" i'd get with a feg in hand, as if the myriad of warnings hadnt already made it blatantly obvious, the fact i'm still smoking anyway plainly means i don't give a monkeys what society thinks is good for me.
That said, i've yet to meet a smoker who deep down doesnt want to kick the habit, its just that its easier said than done and you're absolutely spot on that it needs to be a decision made for your own benefit not because someone else tells you because its easy to hide a sneaky relapse from other people but you cant hide it from yourself.
I quit in Jan this year. Before I'd cut it to one or two a day with half just before bed time to help sleep.
Then I went onto anti smoking gum. Now I'm free.