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"life is to short" and "you only live once" are phrases you all ways here from your parents, grandparents and other people. Whenever they come up with those boring "in my day" stories. So why waste the one life you get, and shorten the already too short life with the expensive, Pointless and revolting habit of smoking?

Smoking is the habit that I consider to be pointless, a waste of money and dangerous to your health and social life. Smoking really is the one thing I HATE. With it causing 110,000 unnecessary premature deaths a year I strongly believe it should be banished. I mean would you go and stand over a chimney or in front of an exhaust pipe on a car.

It’s not that bigger deal is what you might be thinking now but wait until you hear the stomach turning, and spine chilling effects smoking has on you and everyone around you, they are what some call ‘Hair-raisers’.
$1.7 billion is what our nation’s worst habit is costing the National health services every year, with 50 diseases and illnesses linked to smoking, 20 of which can be fatal in a percentage of cases. When you and your family have to pay the extra amount of tax, this is surely not what you wanted a percentage of it to be going towards. You’re hard earned pay going towards people feeding their deadly addiction with what is an expensive death wish in the form of a stick of cancer and diseases 20 of which can be fatal in percentage of cases. When you and your family have to pay the extortionate amount of tax, this is surely not what you wanted a percentage of it to be going towards. You’re hard earned pay going towards people feeding their deathly addiction with what is an expensive death wish in the form of a stick of cancer and fatal diseases.
£1,700 is what an average smoker spends on cigarettes each year. Every cigarette lasts just two minutes and takes 11 minute off of your life, whilst imagine having £1,700 to go on a shopping spree with. It could last you years of fashionable outfits

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