I am not a smoker, but I can identify with those who are… I would imagine lighting up your first cigarette of the day would be a lot like having your first triple ventii soy chai latte (or whatever the case may be). It’s a bad habit, yes, but for many it is almost impossible to break.
Yesterday I was stuck in Hartsfield Hell for about 6 hours while I waited for the snow to “let up.” I can indeed bear witness to the fact that the very first sip of this magical beverage somehow instantly made me feel better. When you think about it, it’s kind of scary that a company’s product has such an addictive influence on so many of it’s consumers. In fact, a Google search on “Starbucks Addiction” turned up a whopping 6,490 results. There are even howto articles written by actual M.D.s on how to break your Starbucks addiction. Over-exaggerated product enjoyment, or mass consumer addiction?