20 tips:
1) Make sure to smoke, do it only in places where it is authorized.
2) Do not do it in: museums, churches, theaters, elevators, libraries, cemeteries and in all closed public places, if there are disputes, the rights of non-smokers will always prevail.
3) If several people have to share a common space, the smoker must ask the others for permission before lighting his tobacco. In case of a negative answer, the most correct thing to do is to abstain.
4) Please avoid smoking in places where children, sick or pregnant women are.
5) In case of being invited, if you do not see an ashtray directly or indirectly in sight, do not even ask if you can smoke. It is up to the owner of the house to give explicit authorization so that you can smoke in his house.
6) When you greet, introduce yourself or be introduced, it is not correct to be smoking.
7) If you want to smoke in an authorized place and there are people who accompany you occasionally, do not invite them to smoke, although in the past it was a courtesy gesture, today it is no longer. It is not conducive to encourage others to do so, perhaps someone is wanting to quit smoking.
If you smoke, puffs of smoke should never be directed at others.
9) There is no smoking at the table, but if authorized by the hosts, you will never smoke between courses. Wait until dessert, or at least until all diners have finished eating.
10) When you finish smoking and want to put it out, the butt will be squeezed with a firm and determined gesture, ensuring that it does not continue smoking.
11) Avoid throwing butts on the ground. The most sensible thing is to ask for an ashtray. In general, I remind you, in places where there are no visible ashtrays, smoking is not allowed.
12) It is not polite to enter a closed place smoking.
13) It is not appropriate to talk with a cigarette in your mouth.
14) A lady should not smoke in the street or in public places, at least when she is old. It doesn't look good, trust me. A 25-year-old girl with a cigarette is common to see, an 80-year-old woman no longer, you understand something else.
15) You should not smoke holding the ashtray in the other hand.
16) Cigarette or cigar ash should not be thrown into a cup or saucer, whatever it may be. Oh my God!.
17) If you smoke cigars, they must be lit with wooden matches or with the typical cedar wood in which they are wrapped.
18) It is not very elegant to bite the tip of the cigar: if you do not have a cigar cutter, you should proceed to cut it discreetly.
19) The vitola must be removed before lighting it.
20) In the case of smoking a pipe, it is convenient to carry a small container to empty the contents of the bowl.
If the habit is there, be prudent and healthy socially speaking and try to observe the advice that you can listen to in this podcast.
