Smoking 禁止（する） leads to 殺到する in texting

Last updated at 10:38 07 August 2007


The smoking 禁止（する） has had an unusual 味方する 影響.

A 記録，記録的な／記録する number of text messages have been sent by smokers who want to pass the time over a cigarette while banished to outside 発生地s.

In the two weeks after the 禁止（する） on smoking in 限定するd spaces （機の）カム into 軍隊 on 1 July, 動きやすい phone company Orange said 7.5 million more texts than normal were sent across its 網状組織.

専門家s have now dubbed the 現象 'smexting'.

Nick Bonney, director of Market Insight, said: "It is a halfway house for

ostracised smokers - they can enjoy a cigarette and stay in touch with their mates at the same time."

Mr Bonney also believed smokers trying to give up were turning to their phones as a distraction, 説: " Many people are texting friends for support."

人物／姿／数字s 解放（する）d today show that Britons sent 519.5 million text messages in the first two weeks of last month, compared with 512 million in the last two weeks of June.

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