Smoking!!

Well let me state the obvious – Smoking is bad. Yes, we all know that, but then why oh why do people do it??? Especially now when the sighs about it are everywhere. Those smoking adverts are frankly chilling and on nearly every billboard there’s an unsettling picture of someone suffering because of smoking. So is it cool? Well that is what most people think. Smoking has been seen as ‘cool’ for a very long time now. All the old movies feature smoking and all the old TV shows. It’s very uncommon for the ‘cool’ guy or girl in a movie not to be smoking is it? Okay so maybe that guy in the movie does look attractive with it. Note I said looks – what about all the others things smoking does. You can’t smell it on TV can you? If you’re not a smoker and someone is smoking nearby it is sooooo annoying. It smells, it gives you a headache and it makes you, the non-smoker, breathe in the smoke. Also you can’t see the insides of his body can you? Now I’ve seen the effects so much on TV etc smoking had definitely lost his allure. I just don’t know how these people start. I know quiet a few people who smoke. Most of them say it was a social thing. They started because everyone was doing it when they went out and they just…started…magically. Most people want to stop. Well they say they do, or is that just to shut me up? But it’s too hard! That’s what they all say. Okay I agree it must be hard as it’s an addiction, but if you do really want to do it – you can. I know people who have given up too and it was only because they really REALLY wanted too.It’s really up to you. You can’t stop people in the media making it seem cool, but you can do something by not smoking and being around people who don’t smoke. Think of the white teeth and clean fingernails.
Here's a good site that tells you the reasons why to stop and how you can do it - http:/www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/asp/healthy_living/lifestyle/smoking/