As we went down to the parking, were most of the employees enjoy a break with a cigarette or a cup of coffee, I go down to get a wisp of fresh air (if any).
Regulars light up like pros, talk some, it’s okay right? They have been smoking for a couple of months/years now, they’re past the time were they probably feel weird and self conscious whenever they light up, maybe a friend is passing by that doesn’t know yet, they haven’t got that unspoken approval of their friends and families “its okay to smoke, we don’t have to talk about it, you know it can kill you, but hey, it’s your life”.
I understand that smoking is extremely addictive, everyone of us have his additive, mine might just be eating, but then again, there are things that you can go through life without (regrettable eating is not one of them J), but smoking is one of those things that you can, they why do you do it?
My parents are/were both smokers, thankfully I have a brother and a sister that were smart enough not to fall into that pit, maybe it is the awareness that we had through seeing what smoking really is, I tend to notice that usually parents who smoke have children who doesn’t (statistically the exact opposite is true, but I don’t speak statistics at the moment, but rather my own observations), and I think we most agree that public awareness towards smoking and its affects is now very widespread if compared to a couple of decades ago, when our parents started to, its not an excuse, but rather an explanation, and this is what I don’t understand: knowing what you know today, why, and WHY, would you smoke?????
Am talking to those of you who haven’t lit a cigarette ever, or probably tried it once or twice and thought; “Eh, maybe I like it!” or whatever, you haven’t yet fallen, they why drag yourself there.
My own reasoning of this is the social acceptance of smoking, it is considered among teens as being “hip” and “trendy”, maybe even “manly”, but we are past those years now, do you still feel the need to do so? Do you really feel that you need to smoke to be socially acceptable?
Others may disagree, and I get a lot of those, “oh yeah I don’t smoke, I just light up once in a while”, oh wake up! You either smoke or you don’t, if you feel it’s okay, and you do it, then why the hell do you go off saying that you don’t, own it, don’t go around pretending you’re not doing it, you cannot please both sides, it’s a fact, there are people who will find it socially acceptable, even a preference, and there are those who won’t, pick a side.
Some of the people I know, who are starting to smoke (you know who you are), can get irritated by my constant nagging about it, well I don’t like to nag, but it bugs me because I do give a rats ass about their health, just like people constantly telling me I should lose weight (and I know I have a problem, am facing it), it’s the same thing.
And one last thing, to friends who offer friends a smoke, I mean what the **** is wrong with u? you know it’s bad, you want to quit like crazy (I don’t think in a million years I will ever be convinced that you don’t want to), why the hell do you want him/her to be addicted? Are you that selfish? Can’t you handle the fact that you have fallen into it and you want them to fall with you? Be a man and take responsibility for your actions.
