Studies find that teenagers are well informed about the risks of tobacco, but they also think that smoking is cool, that they themselves will be safe from harm, and that smoking projects a positive image to their peers. 1  So, the symbolic meaning of smoking overrides that actual facts regarding smoking and risk.
Alternatively, it represents a deterioration of your instincts. To dream that a dog bites your on the leg, suggests that you have lost your ability to balance aspects of your life. You may be hesitant in approaching a new situation or have no desire to move forward with your goals.
If you have a dream of a dog attack then this means that you are worried about backlash for something that you have done recently. This makes more sense of the dog in question is a familiar dog to you. A dog will attack only if you have harmed it greatly or if you do not know it and it is a naturally aggressive dong. What type of dog this is in your dream matters greatly to interpretation.