I found this post quite enlightening, and daring to counter the politically correctness of hammering smoking and smokers. I am a regular smoker, yet I am away of the shadow (the risk of dying from it) that hangs over all smokers heads. So I did make some attempts, the longest being a year.

I remember, during that year, I was still employee of a big company. I would still go out of the building for this cigarette break without a cigarette, because of the social interactions. At the time, 5 years ago, social media was not an addiction for all, but it was starting.

Today, I am appalled by what I see when riding a train. As I refused to be connected all the time (I have a non-internet smartphone that I use only as... a phone, nothing more ), I spot in the train someone unconnected too, and if I have a good feeling about the person, approach him or her. It creates a kind of a new circle. The unconnected!