Task 2. Are you a heavy smoker?
Yes? Six packets of Rothmans and three of Silk cut please. Six Rothmans, and three Silk cut. That's six fifty fives, three pounds thirty, three Silk cut, one forty four. That's four pound seventy four altogether. Thank you. 26p.change, and you stamps.
Excuse me, madam. Yes? I wonder whether you'd help us. We're doing a survey on smokers' habits. Would you mind...? Well, I'm in a bit of a hurry actually.
It'll only take a few minutes. We'd very much appreciate your help. Well, all right. I...I can spare that I suppose. Thank you.
You are a smoker of course? Yes I'm afraid I am. My husband is too. As you can see, I've just bought the week's ration.
Would you describe yourself as being a heavy smoker? Heavy, no. I wouldn't call three packets of twenty a week heavy smoking. That's not even ten a day. No, a light smoker.
My husband, he is different. Yes? I get in twice as many a week for him. He smokes twenty or more a day.
You wouldn't describe him as a chain-smoker? No, he is not as bad as that. Right, thank you Mrs... Oh, Bradley, Doris Bradley. Mrs Bradley.
You and your husband smoke cigarettes I see. What about cigars, a pipe, Does you husband...? Oh, he's never smoked a pipe. He's the restless, nervy type. I always associate pipe smoking with people of another kind. the calm contented type. As for cigars, I suppose he never smokes more than one a year, after Christmas dinner. Of course, I only smoke cigarettes.
Right, now let's keep to you Mrs Bradley. When and why if that's not asking too much, did you begin to smoke? Can you remember? Yes, I remember very well. I'm 32 now, so I must been Yes, 17 When I had my first cigarette.
It was at a party and you know, at that age you want to do everything your friends do. So when my boyfriend, not my husband, when he offered me a cigarette, I accepted it. I remember feeling awfully grown-up about it. Then I started smoking, let's see now, just two or three a day, and I gradually increased. I see.
That's very clear. Now, Might I ask if you have ever tried to give up smoking? Yes, twice.
The first time about six months before getting married. Oh that was because I was saving up and... yes....I used to smoke more in those days, sometimes thirty a day, So I decided to give it up, but only succeeded I'm afraid in cutting it down. I still smoked a little...
And the second time? On the second time, I did manage to give up completely for a while. I was expecting... and doctor advised me not to smoke at all. I went for about seven or eight months without a single cigarette.
Then you took it up again. Yes, a couple of weeks after the baby was born. It was all right then because the baby was being bottlefed anyway. Good, that's interesting. So if you'd been breast feeding, you would have gone for longer without smoking. definitely. It's what the doctors advise. Though not all mothers do as their doctors say...
Now Mrs Bradley, when do you smoke most? Erm, when I'm sitting watching TV or... or reading a book, but especially when I'm with...when I'm in company. Yes, that's it, when I'm with friends. I never smoke when I doing the housework...never... there's always too much to do.
Do you ever smoke at meal times? I always have one cigarette after a meal. Never on an empty stomach, which reminds me, I must be going. My husband will be waiting for his lunch, and Keith... he's my son.
Just one more question and that will be all. Well if you insist. How would describe the effect that smoking has on you? What do you mean? Well, Does smoking, for example, make you excitable, keep you awake?
Oh, no, quite the contrary. As I told you before, I smoke most at times when I'm most relaxed. Though quite honestly, I don't really know whether I smoke because I'm relaxed or... er...you know, in order to relax. Now I really must be... Please excuse me. I see you're... you're carrying a tape-recorder. This won't be on the radio, will it?
No, Mr Bradley, I'm afraid not. But we do thank you all the same. Right, Goodbye. Goodbye, Mrs Bradley.
How's it going then? Fine, give us a packet of Seniors, will you? I'm dying for a smoke. That's 60p. What about you, Don't you smoke?