Posted by Ann on 1/22/2002, 6:27 pm -A patina of ash covers every surface around me within three days of cleaning. Epinions.com
"Hello everyone. Here are my reasons to rid myself of this filthy habit. Please remind me, should i forget them. I'll put them in ascending order of importance, more or less;
-All of my clothing smells like a used pipe cleaner.
-I smell like a used pipe cleaner.
-I burn myself at least twice a week.
-My teeth used to be perfectly white.
-My lungs used to be perfectly pink.
-My car would be worth at least several hundred dollars more if I didn't smoke in it.
-In the long run, my smoking is not that unlikely to burn down wherever it is that I happen to live.
-Fewer and fewer places permit smoking.
-In some (that is, most) parts of the world, you could feed a family for what it costs to feed my addiction.
-In this part of the world, the cost of my cig habit could help provide a much better future for me.
-Non-smokers around me have the right to breathe (relatively) unpolluted air.
-Being a smoker makes a bad impression on my clients, I know that many parents of my students have disapproved.
-Being a smoker will make a bad impression on employers when (soon) I have to develop a real career.
-The more smokers there are, the more acceptable smoking seems -- we are all role models.
-People who respect themselves don't respect me.
-Sometimes my ears ring after lots of cigs.
-My senses of taste and smell are increasingly impared.
-My vision get weak after intense periods of puffing.
-Detailed records are kept on all of our health histories, and being a smoker WILL cost me more to insure myself; some day it may preculude insurance.
-When I take a really deep breath, or try to run for more than two or three minutes, I have chest pain.
-I feel much older than my chronological age, smoking is a major factor.
-I want to become more independent, and it is terrible to depend on a stew of toxic chemicals.
-My spending habits support plenty of evil corporations, smoking aside. Helping support tobacco companies is just as bad as, say, helping support illicit drug cartels.
-I want to imporve my physical and mental health, and smoking detracts from both.
-Someday I might want to have children, and overall pollution is QUITE enough of a factor in mail infertility.
-My girlfriend is going blind, smoking is accelerating it, I don't think she'll quit before I do.
-I've seen people with emphysema, and don't want to be one of them.
-I've seen people with cancer, and don't want to be one of them.
-The act of smoking, for me, is a denial of the value of life. It's like committing sucide and choosing the most protracted and painful method possible, except the it hurts lots of other people, too."
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