A Message to Smokers: Is the Taste of a Cigarette Worth Your Life and Mine?

Cigarette smoke is very dangerous and deadly. People have been smoking cigarettes for years and are aware of the risks. Commercials fill the air ways trying to get people to turn away from smoking before it is too late but people are ignorant in their ways and continue to smoke. Smokers go to the doctor all the time and the doctor warns them to stop smoking or consequences to your health will follow. Do some stop? No. I can understand when you are addicted to something it is hard to just put it down. There is help out here for people who really want to stop smoking. Am I trying to attack smokers? No. Life is just too precious to waste on a stick filled with the smoke of death.

So many have lost their lives or are permanently damaged in some way from cigarettes. What about the people around you? Second hand smoke can kill also! When I am walking outside in New York city cigarette smoke fills the air to the point where I can't breathe. Being around a lot of cigarette smoke clogs my nostrils and makes my throat raspy and as you may imagine it is very uncomfortable! About 5 years ago there was a friend of my family who was a smoker. He was a good guy but a frequent smoker. Although he knew the risks to follow he continued to smoke. After years of smoking, the smoke began to affect him. It came to a point where a hole formed in his throat and he wasn't able to talk. Sad for him he passed away.

Is it worth it? People loose family members and friends all the time from cigarettes. Think of the risk of you cutting your life short. Think of all you would miss dealing with family, friends, growing old, seeing the world etc. It may be hard but why not try to stop and save your life and others? The people who take in second hand smoke are exposed to the risks of a smoker. Is that right? No it isn't. We are frustrated by smoke being blown in our faces day in and day out totally against our will. Please smokers. Have some consideration for your well being and that of others. There are people who care about you. Hopefully smokers will change their minds and try to quit. It is the best way to go. This is not opinion, it is fact and it has sadly been proven through the death of some and the permanent damage to others.