It's a choice of yours, if you want to live for yourself or for others
It's a matter of your choice if you smoke or not.I was in my first year of college and used to stay in the hostel where most of the students used to smoke and drink but I never used to. Even my room partner used to smoke and used to offer me sometimes. I was always attracted but never tasted it as I had thought of not indulging in it. The main reason was the financial condition of my parents. We were four siblings and I could understand how difficult it was for my parents to spend money on all of us in that period of time.
I used to say it's a matter of choice and used to deny people whoever used to offer me as I didn't want to spoil my life by getting addicted.
After the completion of my college I started doing a job and then my choice changed, I started smoking and drinking.
I was living alone in another city and took support of cigarettes in my loneliness and in addition to that my room partner was a drunkard. As it is said bad company is the reason for the introduction of bad things in your life, I became addicted. I curse those days. But then it became my choice and he became my best friend. All the ethics which I had in my early life died.
And now today after 25 years have passed I am not able to get rid of this addiction. I am scared how much my health has been affected due to it.
I always thought it was my choice and that's true everyone has the right to live as per his/her own wish. But what is going to happen to my family if something serious happens.
At this age I realise it that I was wrong. Sometimes while choosing anything we should think of our family too.
I don't know why the people after knowing that it's injurious to their health,take it as a habit. While smoking harms your health, you don't notice it at first. That's why the World Health Organization calls tobacco a "gradual killer." And by the time smokers may feel ill effects on their body , they're addicted.
I wish I could save people who are on the verge of getting addicted to it. I want to give a message to people that "next time if someone offers you a cigarette you must strongly deny it" and don't say it's my choice because it's not.
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