"In short, type is used to differentiate one group from the rest and kind is used to link an individual to a group. They are sometimes interchangeable, but not always." source: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/15075/whats-the-difference-between-kind-and-type Americans, speaking from experience, often use them interchangeably, though in speech, however incorrectly.

Last but not least.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101114134229AA1noq3 Try any of these!

Both are similar, yet "quisiera" is more polite and closer to "I would like" in English than "quiero" (I want).

I took my first drag with 2 motives in mind: understand the smoker's mind and learn to quit. My conclusion, make quitting a challenge. Follow the following instructions (works better if you are a current non-smoker):

 

1. Find a smoker that you want to quit.

2. Tell him/her he is weak for not quitting. Smokers are often nowadays also revolutionaries and innovators and skeptics who CHALLENGE authority, systems, and traditions (especially with all of the research available to us on health effects and expenses; yet they are also often times avid readers and great thinkers who see that many of the world's great minds were also smokers: Albert Einstein, Ayn Rand, George Orwell, Jean Paul Sartre, J. Robert Oppenheimer, King Hussein, Barack Obama, etc.) He/she will likely retort: "You're stupid and don't understand." This is a critical point after which they might never accept or trust your opinions again.

3. Offer him/her a deal (once again, works best for non-smokers): I will smoke with you for a month, whenever you smoke, if you promise to quit with me for at least 2 months afterwards. Tell him/her to text, call, email you if they are at work. Take a picture of yourself and send it to them (if you have the means). 

4. After 2 months of not smoking and following your lead, he/she will likely follow you and trust you for the rest of his/her life.

 

Cheers! And good luck

"I got a few short" is OK. "I was a few short" is better