--- title: Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop», a lesson of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some habits hook people: they give a quick good feeling, then the body or mind wants that feeling again and a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/) / Smoking, vaping and betting: habits th… # Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop Lesson 28 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/0/) — Some habits hook people: they give a quick good feeling, then the body or mind wants that feeling again and again, until stopping becomes very hard. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/1/) — Nicotine, found in cigarettes and vapes, is one of these hooks; betting, where people risk money hoping to win more, is another. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/2/) — Picture Sunday in Melbourne: Grandad Ron has a nicotine patch on his arm and is snappy because he's giving up smoking, while Uncle Steve shouts at the footy on telly because he's put twenty dollars on the final score. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/3/) — A little flutter once a year is harmless fun for most people, but betting companies always win overall, and some people lose their homes and families to it. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/4/) — The easiest way never to have a hard habit is never to start one. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/5/) — Cigarettes contain tobacco and nicotine; smoking causes lung disease, heart disease and cancer, and it is banned inside workplaces and pubs, so smokers go outside even in the rain. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/6/) — Nicotine is very addictive, so smokers feel uncomfortable until they have the next one, and most started as teenagers. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/7/) — "Fags" is British slang for cigarettes, and a nicotine patch gives the body a little nicotine without the smoke to make quitting easier. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/8/) — Quitting smoking is one of the best things a person can do for their health; many people need several tries. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/9/) — Vaping means using an e-cigarette that heats a liquid with nicotine and flavouring; it is less harmful than smoking but not harmless, and still addictive. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/10/) — Vapes are made colourful and sweet-tasting, and selling them to under-18s is against the law. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/11/) — The lottery is a game where people buy a ticket and pick numbers; the chance of the jackpot is about one in 45 million, so almost everyone wins nothing. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/12/) — A bet is money risked on something happening, such as a score; if it happens you win more back, if not you lose your money. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/13/) — Betting companies set the odds so that, overall, they always make money. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/14/) — A scratch card is a quick lottery ticket; the "almost won" feeling is designed to make people buy another. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/15/) — "When the fun stops, stop" is a warning betting adverts must include, because gambling can become an addiction. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/16/) — A "flutter" is a small bet just for fun, such as a few pounds once a year on a famous horse race. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/17/) — Gambling addiction means a person keeps betting to win back losses, which leads to debt, lying and family arguments; help exists from doctors and charities. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/18/) — Gambling is against the law under 18, and a child should never keep a grown-up's gambling or money worries secret. - ← previous: [Coffee, tea, wine and the pub](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/) - next →: [Screens, diets, sofas and late nights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/)