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This is what smoking is all about vs This is what smoking is

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. 'This is what smoking is all about' implies that the speaker is referring to the essence or main purpose of smoking. On the other hand, 'This is what smoking is' simply states that the current situation or action is related to smoking.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 579 views

This is what smoking is all about

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to the essence or main purpose of something.

This phrase is used to explain the core or main aspect of a particular topic or activity.

Examples:

Understanding customer needs is what marketing is all about.
For him, traveling is what life is all about.
This book captures what friendship is all about.

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Environmental organisations not addressing this is like health organisations fighting lung cancer and not speaking about cigarette smoking.
There's a lot of different ways of getting THC into your system, and it's not all about smoking.
A joke, I guess but this group I was in had rules about smoking.
You see, this riot is not about getting smoking back, conjugal rights, it's not even about life in prison.
Last night I was reading about smoking and prematurity.
Tobacco advertising tends to glamorize smoking, but there is nothing glamorous about smoking, about cancer, chronic bronchitis and all the other tobacco-related illnesses that kill many millions each year.
The entire drying and smoking process takes about 48 hours on average, but this time may vary according to the size of the fruit, the temperature maintained in the drying units and external atmospheric factors, notably temperature and humidity.
Many speakers spoke about anti-smoking campaigns.
It is estimated that smoking kills about 650.000 people annually in the 25 Member States thus making tobacco the biggest single cause of premature death in the Community.
People are lunatics about smoking here.
Well, I was thinking about smoking, actually.
You know how I feel about smoking.
These little moments on the sidewalk, smoking, thinking about your life.
There's a law about smoking in public places
I thought we talked about smoking in the car.
This is just to emphasise the fact that passive smoking is harmful for everyone, even Members of the European Parliament.
This is a serious issue and there is no way to escape the fact that passive smoking is bad for your health.
Hashtag, I just wish she wouldn't tweet so much about smoking weed.
I couldn't lie for him about smoking pot.
I didn't mean to lie about smoking.

Alternatives:

this is what smoking is primarily about
this is the essence of smoking
this is the main purpose of smoking
this is what smoking revolves around
this is the core of smoking

This is what smoking is

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to simply state a situation or action related to smoking.

This phrase is used to describe a current situation or action that is connected to smoking.

Examples:

This behavior is what smoking is.
The smell in the room is what smoking is.
The cough is what smoking is.

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This is just to emphasise the fact that passive smoking is harmful for everyone, even Members of the European Parliament.
This is a serious issue and there is no way to escape the fact that passive smoking is bad for your health.
This is an important point because, although most Member States think that reducing smoking is a health priority, most do not invest heavily in research in this area.
I hope this constant smoking isn't offending anyone.
Smoking is perhaps a good example of how social opposition can be generated; in many places nowadays smoking is not - if I can put it this way - a cool or trendy thing to be doing.
Even passive smoking is associated with health risks and attention should be drawn to this.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, smoking is unhealthy and smokers should be aware of this.
We have a rule in this Parliament that smoking is prohibited in certain places - that includes the Chamber.
I have voted for this report as I agree wholeheartedly that smoking is a proven health risk and should be discouraged.
Fat girl smoking is more depressing.
We remind you that this is a non-smoking flight.
And this is the smoking room!
This isn't the day to quit smoking.
Actually, this is the smoking gun.
Although this is a non-smoking area, sir.
I think this is a non smoking room.
This is the smoking gun that can bring down Dan Scott.
This is why people take up smoking.
It is infuriating that proposals such as this are being made at a time when smoking is on the increase and 70% of the tobacco used is imported.
Smoking is known to induce CYP1A2 metabolism, therefore if patients stop or start smoking during treatment with ropinirole, dose adjustment maybe required.

Alternatives:

this is related to smoking
this is connected to smoking
this is associated with smoking
this is a result of smoking
this is caused by smoking

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