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Smoking, its not cool and its not funny. This is the message that we should be giving out to kids, as a nation we should be united in trying to steer kids away from taking up smoking because it is perceived as cool and the thing to do.
This may be a little rash and harsh but I believe that a hard-hitting advertisement campaign on TV’s and billboards would do the trick. Something outlined the dangers as only graphic pictures and words can do. Smoking is not good, it causes death, it will kill you.
If it were cool to be bitten by poisonous snakes and die would kids do it? No, of course not. So they are not educated enough about the risks, either that or they don’t believe them.
When I see young children lighting up a fag after school I am sickened and appalled. This is not because I am easily offended or have strict morals. It is because society has inflicted the penalty of an early death on our youth as a result of smoking.
Smoking is in my opinion, a vile and stupid habit. Its clogs your lungs and the possibility of sever bronchitis and cancer is very real. And what do smokers get from this? A good sensation and a nice feeling, they like it. Absolute rubbish. Smoking does nothing to make you feel any different.
I can understand the use of alcohol and cannabis as these drugs actually have a short term beneficial effect. Smoking doesn’t. They only feel like it is good due to the dependency on the drug and the fact that their body’s now need and crave nicotine every hour of every day.
People who smoke have every right too, it is their life and so long as they don’t harm anyone else they can feel free to smoke. It is their life, for them to do with as they feel fit. We must however, counter the image that smoking is cool and a good thing to do. Let people make an informed decision to whether they want to smoke without pressure from friends and the media.
Please take into consideration that I do not bear a grudge against smokers, more on smoking, and I am not condemning you for your habit, nor am I telling you to quit smoking, but the youth of today, lighting up so young, and helping to wreck their lives. Its saddening.
This may be a little rash and harsh but I believe that a hard-hitting advertisement campaign on TV’s and billboards would do the trick. Something outlined the dangers as only graphic pictures and words can do. Smoking is not good, it causes death, it will kill you.
If it were cool to be bitten by poisonous snakes and die would kids do it? No, of course not. So they are not educated enough about the risks, either that or they don’t believe them.
When I see young children lighting up a fag after school I am sickened and appalled. This is not because I am easily offended or have strict morals. It is because society has inflicted the penalty of an early death on our youth as a result of smoking.
Smoking is in my opinion, a vile and stupid habit. Its clogs your lungs and the possibility of sever bronchitis and cancer is very real. And what do smokers get from this? A good sensation and a nice feeling, they like it. Absolute rubbish. Smoking does nothing to make you feel any different.
I can understand the use of alcohol and cannabis as these drugs actually have a short term beneficial effect. Smoking doesn’t. They only feel like it is good due to the dependency on the drug and the fact that their body’s now need and crave nicotine every hour of every day.
People who smoke have every right too, it is their life and so long as they don’t harm anyone else they can feel free to smoke. It is their life, for them to do with as they feel fit. We must however, counter the image that smoking is cool and a good thing to do. Let people make an informed decision to whether they want to smoke without pressure from friends and the media.
Please take into consideration that I do not bear a grudge against smokers, more on smoking, and I am not condemning you for your habit, nor am I telling you to quit smoking, but the youth of today, lighting up so young, and helping to wreck their lives. Its saddening.
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Goaty- when did you start and why?
It's the same as alchohol or cannabis or any other drug.
The immediate rush provides contentment and a relaxtion of the muscles.
There is an immediate, short-term benefit.
Nobody denies the long-term harm, but the same is true of alchohol.
And as Bill Hicks so rightly says "I can't kill anyone in a car because I smoked 9 cigarettes before driving home"
However, Silverdog's points were ones I have to agree with.
Even as a smoker, I would discourage it in kids.
As he says, it is my right to smoke and nobody else's business.
He respects that, which is a rare and commendable thing for which I am grateful.
But alchohol is far more damaging in the short-term.
Smoking many cigarettes cannot alter your personality and turn you beligerant and violent in car parks or cause confrontations at sporting events.
He made some top points.
The immediate rush provides contentment and a relaxtion of the muscles.
There is an immediate, short-term benefit.
Nobody denies the long-term harm, but the same is true of alchohol.
And as Bill Hicks so rightly says "I can't kill anyone in a car because I smoked 9 cigarettes before driving home"
However, Silverdog's points were ones I have to agree with.
Even as a smoker, I would discourage it in kids.
As he says, it is my right to smoke and nobody else's business.
He respects that, which is a rare and commendable thing for which I am grateful.
But alchohol is far more damaging in the short-term.
Smoking many cigarettes cannot alter your personality and turn you beligerant and violent in car parks or cause confrontations at sporting events.
He made some top points.
I might be wrong, but doesn't smoking relax the muscles in some way?
To say it has no short term benefit would not be right if this is the case.
To say it has no short term benefit would not be right if this is the case.
Actually, I'm going to.
I have no choice.
So, with that in mind:
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Silverdog, my friend.
I agree 100% with you.
Smoking isn't big or clever, and kids should be discouraged from it.
The problem is, kids will always do it.
Same as drinking. It's the "Dont do that, it's bad for you!" that ensures they will.
I think advertising for cigs should be banned.
And thank you for respecting those that do smoke as our own choice to damage ourselves.
I have no choice.
So, with that in mind:
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Silverdog, my friend.
I agree 100% with you.
Smoking isn't big or clever, and kids should be discouraged from it.
The problem is, kids will always do it.
Same as drinking. It's the "Dont do that, it's bad for you!" that ensures they will.
I think advertising for cigs should be banned.
And thank you for respecting those that do smoke as our own choice to damage ourselves.
Should I?
Smoking, its not cool and its not funny. This is the message that we should be giving out to kids, as a nation we should be united in trying to steer kids away from taking up smoking because it is perceived as cool and the thing to do.
This may be a little rash and harsh but I believe that a hard-hitting advertisement campaign on TV’s and billboards would do the trick. Something outlined the dangers as only graphic pictures and words can do. Smoking is not good, it causes death, it will kill you.
If it were cool to be bitten by poisonous snakes and die would kids do it? No, of course not. So they are not educated enough about the risks, either that or they don’t believe them.
When I see young children lighting up a fag after school I am sickened and appalled. This is not because I am easily offended or have strict morals. It is because society has inflicted the penalty of an early death on our youth as a result of smoking.
Smoking is in my opinion, a vile and stupid habit. Its clogs your lungs and the possibility of sever bronchitis and cancer is very real. And what do smokers get from this? A good sensation and a nice feeling, they like it. Absolute rubbish. Smoking does nothing to make you feel any different.
I can understand the use of alcohol and cannabis as these drugs actually have a short term beneficial effect. Smoking doesn’t. They only feel like it is good due to the dependency on the drug and the fact that their body’s now need and crave nicotine every hour of every day.
People who smoke have every right too, it is their life and so long as they don’t harm anyone else they can feel free to smoke. It is their life, for them to do with as they feel fit. We must however, counter the image that smoking is cool and a good thing to do. Let people make an informed decision to whether they want to smoke without pressure from friends and the media.
Please take into consideration that I do not bear a grudge against smokers, more on smoking, and I am not condemning you for your habit, nor am I telling you to quit smoking, but the youth of today, lighting up so young, and helping to wreck their lives. Its saddening.
This may be a little rash and harsh but I believe that a hard-hitting advertisement campaign on TV’s and billboards would do the trick. Something outlined the dangers as only graphic pictures and words can do. Smoking is not good, it causes death, it will kill you.
If it were cool to be bitten by poisonous snakes and die would kids do it? No, of course not. So they are not educated enough about the risks, either that or they don’t believe them.
When I see young children lighting up a fag after school I am sickened and appalled. This is not because I am easily offended or have strict morals. It is because society has inflicted the penalty of an early death on our youth as a result of smoking.
Smoking is in my opinion, a vile and stupid habit. Its clogs your lungs and the possibility of sever bronchitis and cancer is very real. And what do smokers get from this? A good sensation and a nice feeling, they like it. Absolute rubbish. Smoking does nothing to make you feel any different.
I can understand the use of alcohol and cannabis as these drugs actually have a short term beneficial effect. Smoking doesn’t. They only feel like it is good due to the dependency on the drug and the fact that their body’s now need and crave nicotine every hour of every day.
People who smoke have every right too, it is their life and so long as they don’t harm anyone else they can feel free to smoke. It is their life, for them to do with as they feel fit. We must however, counter the image that smoking is cool and a good thing to do. Let people make an informed decision to whether they want to smoke without pressure from friends and the media.
Please take into consideration that I do not bear a grudge against smokers, more on smoking, and I am not condemning you for your habit, nor am I telling you to quit smoking, but the youth of today, lighting up so young, and helping to wreck their lives. Its saddening.
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