Why Can't My Husband Quit Smoking?
I don't know why he can't quit smoking. He got so many packs and boxes of cigarettes of Chinese brand. Those cigarettes are from China or bought from Chinese store. My husband didn't bought those. All are given by his friends with business relations. As my husband said and I think some other also had said to me, if he (they) stop smoking, the business and money flow would also stop.
They smoke cigarettes. When someone give you a stick, it's a respect to smoke it. Of course, they won't give someone cigarettes when they know that he doesn't smoke. It's like building good business relationship and at the same time... trust. The Chinese, those in China, work with trust. Contracts are good, but those are only papers. All transactions of my husband here in the Philippines and in China doesn't have contracts. It's more of a "you pay then I send the items" kind of thing. They do transactions with trust in mind. Almost all first transactions are based on referred friends.
It's like, if you love to eat candies, and your uncle gives you candies, and you say no, how would your uncle feel? It's the same idea with accepting cigarettes of a business-related person.
Once my husband quit smoking. He's just at home or with his relatives having lunch or dinner. He has no packs of cigarettes. He doesn't smoke at all. He said that he's quitting smoking. I got worried...
Not smoking = No cigarettes = No business-related persons around = No sales/trading/ideas = No MONEY
This is an exception to non-smoking Chinese from China. But most of them smoke =)
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They smoke cigarettes. When someone give you a stick, it's a respect to smoke it. Of course, they won't give someone cigarettes when they know that he doesn't smoke. It's like building good business relationship and at the same time... trust. The Chinese, those in China, work with trust. Contracts are good, but those are only papers. All transactions of my husband here in the Philippines and in China doesn't have contracts. It's more of a "you pay then I send the items" kind of thing. They do transactions with trust in mind. Almost all first transactions are based on referred friends.
It's like, if you love to eat candies, and your uncle gives you candies, and you say no, how would your uncle feel? It's the same idea with accepting cigarettes of a business-related person.
Once my husband quit smoking. He's just at home or with his relatives having lunch or dinner. He has no packs of cigarettes. He doesn't smoke at all. He said that he's quitting smoking. I got worried...
Not smoking = No cigarettes = No business-related persons around = No sales/trading/ideas = No MONEY
This is an exception to non-smoking Chinese from China. But most of them smoke =)
