Over at Cyborg's Contemplative Corner, Swati is moved by recent news about the terminal illness of a dear one to write a strongly worded post urging smokers to quit smoking. The combined effect of reason and emotion in her post is powerful indeed.
Let's get this straight: THERE IS NOTHING COOL STYLISH OR TRENDY ABOUT SMOKING.Those who in a fit of mistaken bravado continue to smoke in the face of overwhelming evidence about the harm it causes have absolutely no idea of the misery of being afflicted with a deadly disease. Both for themselves, and for their family members. They have no idea of the excruciating physical pain of cancer and its treatments, and the emotional pain of dealing with terminal illness in the prime of life. ...
if you continue smoking, there's a 50 per cent chance that you will die of a smoking related illness. None of us would ever drive a car which has a 50 per cent chance of spontaneously catching fire. None of us would ever consume food with a 50 per cent chance of poisoning you. And yet, many of us would continue smoking, oblivious to the grave risk it poses to ourselves and those around us.
2 Comments:
So very much true!
I quit smoking only 2 months ago. Everybody was saying that i`m gonna gain weight. I started gym an i`ve lost 4 kilos! Sometimes insted of smoking i eat an apricot. I feel so much better. My uncle died of lung cancer. He used to smoke more than 3 packs per day. I now understand and hate it when people smoke in small closed room.
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