Smoking

This habit was not simply a habit in those days, it was a personality trait, a sign of maturity a mark of distinction. A long time ago I remember reading a James Bond novel, Flemings original 'Casino Royale' and the book started like this, “Bond lit his seventieth cigarette” (these were more or less the exact words). Nowadays it is rare to see James Bond smoking in the numerous films that are being produced. It is no longer a glamorous habit but rather a sign of ill-health. No longer do young women hold their breath and swoon when they see a dark handsome young man light a cigarette and smile at them. Sadly smoking has lost its magnetic pull and sexual lustre. The glimmer and shimmer of this glorious personality trait is forever lost in the storm of criticism from our health advisors. Now, even wives push their husbands out in the garden or at the door opening if they want to smoke. When the government banned smoking in pubs and all public closed places and even under bus stop shelters, I remember a smoker friend of my saying, “We are being treated like lepers.”
Yes, and I used to be one of them but happily I quit more than one and a half years ago.

When smoking you breathe in poisons that harm your body. The tar and chemicals in tobacco smoke damage your lungs. Some diseases and symptoms:

1. It’s harder to breath because your smoke damages your lungs
2. More lung infections like cough.
3. Cancer of the lungs, intestine, throat, kidney, pancreas and bladder
4. Increases risk of heart attack and stroke.
5. On an average you live 13 years less of your life.

Where smoking is concerned you can write eternally. But I have other assignments to complete…so I’ll end it here.

Link

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/smoking-summary