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Smoking gave me a good impression when I was a child. The peasants in our village smoked the small-bowled long-stemmed pipe. Sometimes they also smoked cigarettes made by their own. They planted or bought tobacco for smoking, which was a part of the poetic scenes in my memory. Later and occasionally I happened to smell the pleasant odor of the cigarettes smoked by some pedestrians. Although I detest smoking indoors, I can do nothing but to endure the air pollution it causes in our office. Now there has been much propaganda against smoking in public. But many smokers usually continue to have their irritating habit regardless of harming the health of the non-smokers.
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- Reply sunnyv
- Smoking is actually an addiction. Smoking can reduced tension, improve appetite and gives heightened sense of well-being The nicotine in the cigarettes gives you a relaxed and alert feeling.
There are various reasons why people start smoking.
The major reasons why people start smoking are;
* Peer Pressure (A smoker does not want to be alone, so he is forced to smoke join the smokers for acceptance)
* Social reward (A person gets acceptance and support from other smokers when he becomes one them)
* Risk taking behaviour (There's a thrill that comes from breaking rules. People like to challenge authority and smoke to show their own judgement.
* Parental influence (Parents smoke, children are likely to smoke too)
* Misinformation. The advertisements glamorize smoking by using handsome men and beautiful women to encourage smoking)
* Stress relief. (People get relief from stress by smoking. That is why you see people light a cigarette whenever they face things which require much thinking. It does give them the mental strength required.
However, 1-in-10 smoker dies from cancer, so people are concerned and the trend is to drop smoking. It is not easy for a seasoned smoker to drop smoking, but he has to face the choice of living or death. Cigarettes are getting so expensive, so why not spend the money on good food instead?
