Its the huff and puff about the little roll dangling between fingers that brings utter delight to its owner and sooty debris to the rest, yep the cigarette. Even accidentally inhaling a few clouds from a nearby smoker, a creepy mind like mine pushes fancy images of getting a rotund lump, coughing blood and going all bald while scrambling to the nearest exit. Seriously it puts me in awe to think, how much dare it takes one to smoke like a chimney all day.
Smoking is addictive, dangerous yet recreational and has more followers but less quitters. From Einstein to Obama, from pipes to patches, this habit uses a lot many tricks to enslave people and undeniably everyone has been a victim at least passively. With media and social propaganda extensively trying to curb the addiction, it's still alarming to notice the steady fan following that keeps increasing day by day. Disclaimer note: Smoking is hazardous but not the smokers;)
Play with Fire:
Although affiliated with modernity and fashion, smoking has an old track record as early as 5000 BC, usually practised in the form of hookahs, burning herbs or incense sticks. It captured a wider audience with the West gleaming it up with a look of sophistication and coolness thus making cigarettes, the hottest all time seller.
Movies have exploited all the more and every actor has developed a unique style to enhance their on screen glamour and persona. Our films till date presents a don or a gangster engulfed in whiffs of hot smoke for that perilous outlook and many Superstars shot to fame using this gateway.
The Untold Story:
By now many governments have set up certain bans and restrictions to the extent that even if struck with an urge, a smoker cannot freely strike a light in public except in authorised areas. Adding more fuel is the display of bizarre, disgusting photos cropping up on every ad to the packet itself. Pity you fella ! Aliens will have gotten relatively better hospitality.
Still what makes one so attached to the cigar that can otherwise be stopped only through self-will or guilt. Time to dig out! As obvious, the nicotine stuff stimulates the brain to a state of tranquility and once you revel in its pleasure, the habit dies hard. If you observe every office, mall or bus stop will have a small smoking clan, totally withdrawn and lost in their own world of fumes and ashes.
Smokers can be benevolent too, kind enough to share an extra with another, light up others' and offer friendly chatters. Furthermore, smokers develop a deep kinship with their fellow ones and it boosts their comfort and moods. Nothing gives you better job safety than sharing a smoke with your boss, still gotta do your work too heh, heh :)
Resisting Temptations:
Teenagers are greatly vulnerable to addiction. Idolizing rockstars and music icons, forced by peers, smoking by parents, all gives the delusion that being a smoker makes them rebellious, trendy and cool. Adults likewise, throw the blame on stressful careers and busy lifestyles. In recent times, the numbers have rocketed with women joining the fray and feigning it as an act of modernity. This is a serious disease of the society that overlooks the potential threats smoking can cause to our dear lives.
Even mythology tells us how we lost our paradise with Adam enticed to have an apple bite. The culprit must be in the genes then, not our fault, Yay!
Smoking Kills:
Sticking a cigar in mouth and whiffing out circles makes one stylish, beautiful and interesting but it also digs one's own grave. It's never too late and the choice is ours. There are many options available for rehabilitation with anonymous self help groups, counselling therapists and activists plunging in to make people quit the habit. For the benefit of chain smokers, e-cigarettes have also been marketed to gradually kick off the habit. Again, anything is possible only if you heed to take the first step for progress.
Life is short and don't miss out the best moments by making it shorter.
Thank you for not smoking.
Smoking is addictive, dangerous yet recreational and has more followers but less quitters. From Einstein to Obama, from pipes to patches, this habit uses a lot many tricks to enslave people and undeniably everyone has been a victim at least passively. With media and social propaganda extensively trying to curb the addiction, it's still alarming to notice the steady fan following that keeps increasing day by day. Disclaimer note: Smoking is hazardous but not the smokers;)Play with Fire:
Although affiliated with modernity and fashion, smoking has an old track record as early as 5000 BC, usually practised in the form of hookahs, burning herbs or incense sticks. It captured a wider audience with the West gleaming it up with a look of sophistication and coolness thus making cigarettes, the hottest all time seller.
Movies have exploited all the more and every actor has developed a unique style to enhance their on screen glamour and persona. Our films till date presents a don or a gangster engulfed in whiffs of hot smoke for that perilous outlook and many Superstars shot to fame using this gateway.
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.The current statistics reveal that there are more than 1 billion smokers in the world meaning one in every seven is an unstoppable residue maker. Expecting a culmination to such an obsessive action in the upcoming years is hardly attainable.
Mark Twain
The Untold Story:
By now many governments have set up certain bans and restrictions to the extent that even if struck with an urge, a smoker cannot freely strike a light in public except in authorised areas. Adding more fuel is the display of bizarre, disgusting photos cropping up on every ad to the packet itself. Pity you fella ! Aliens will have gotten relatively better hospitality.
Smokers can be benevolent too, kind enough to share an extra with another, light up others' and offer friendly chatters. Furthermore, smokers develop a deep kinship with their fellow ones and it boosts their comfort and moods. Nothing gives you better job safety than sharing a smoke with your boss, still gotta do your work too heh, heh :)
Resisting Temptations:
Teenagers are greatly vulnerable to addiction. Idolizing rockstars and music icons, forced by peers, smoking by parents, all gives the delusion that being a smoker makes them rebellious, trendy and cool. Adults likewise, throw the blame on stressful careers and busy lifestyles. In recent times, the numbers have rocketed with women joining the fray and feigning it as an act of modernity. This is a serious disease of the society that overlooks the potential threats smoking can cause to our dear lives.The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion of tobacco.The hardest part in quitting a habit is controlling the temptation, a complex task to recuperate that needs both the mind and body to work in unison. Who can resist getting tempted? It's like ordering a kid to eat a plate of broccoli and place him next to a bowl of chocolate frosted ice cream, not to be touched. That's cruel;)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Even mythology tells us how we lost our paradise with Adam enticed to have an apple bite. The culprit must be in the genes then, not our fault, Yay!
Smoking Kills:
Sticking a cigar in mouth and whiffing out circles makes one stylish, beautiful and interesting but it also digs one's own grave. It's never too late and the choice is ours. There are many options available for rehabilitation with anonymous self help groups, counselling therapists and activists plunging in to make people quit the habit. For the benefit of chain smokers, e-cigarettes have also been marketed to gradually kick off the habit. Again, anything is possible only if you heed to take the first step for progress.
Life is short and don't miss out the best moments by making it shorter.
Thank you for not smoking.
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