We are living in a society where smoking has become food and a source of joy for our men and women.
Before now, our forefathers used to discuss and do most of their men gossip over a pot of palm wine and kola nut, then the smokeless tobacco, snuff.
Snuff wasn’t that harmful, the highest problem will be tooth decay which may lead to tooth loss.
Looking at our society now, those things has been forgotten, no one is taking snuff again, it has been replaced with cigarette.
Smoking as we know is very harmful to health, it’s the major “cause of cancer, heart diseases, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease( COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking may also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases and problems of immune system including rheumatoid arthritis “ - Health Effect ( CDC)
The amount of cigarettes produced and consumed in Nigeria can kill more than a thousand of consumers in a year.
Even as it is written on the packet “ smokers are liable to die young” , the industry keeps on producing more and people keep on patronizing them.-
Some people may have their reasons for smoking but I don’t think any reason can be enough to take my life with my own hands.
There’s one of my senior, she’s a year ahead of me. I used to admire her so much, she’s a very beautiful girl, calm and with good diction. She was just my type of girl.
I started getting close to her and you couldn’t imagined how happy I was when I first find out that she likes me too. I was always the one inviting her to fellowship while she invites me to some good school event and hangouts.
But our friendship ended the week I saw her smoking, I was shocked because I didn’t even imagined her with cigarette. I told her I’m highly against smoking and tried talking her out of it, she became very angry, I understood how she felt that time but I couldn’t continue the friendship because she and her friends started seeing me as holy Mary and bush girl.
It was later that I discovered they’re also on drugs.
I immediately advised myself to withdraw, she is not the same person I liked or maybe I was too fast to judge her by her appearance.
She came back later to tell me she only smokes when she feels cold, I told her smoking is smoking, according to Dr. Lee “…light smokers may not consider their occasional habit as harmful. They may not even consider themselves smokers. But no cigarette comes without risk”.
Every single stick has its own effect.
I may not be right tho, I am just giving my own opinion, yours may be different. I have never smoked, so I don’t know if it’s sweet or satisfying as food.
I don’t hate smokers, I only hate the habit of smoking.
I would love to know your opinion on this??🤷♂️
Thank you for your time 😊