Smoking

In my opinion, smoking is not only arrogant, but it’s impolite and ill-mannered to think that people who smoke are killing themselves when most of them have loving families. There is always one selfish person who wants to throw their money (and life) away because of tobacco or cigarettes and don’t care about their children. Not only does smoking give children a negative influence, but it can also put them at the risk of health problems such as asthma. It has become the latest thing in the world today to start smoking, yet smokers only listen to themselves and completely ignore everyone who tells them that it is not good for them.

However, a number of people prefer to smoke before exams so that they are stress free. Another point is that the government throughout the world make huge profits from levying taxes on cigarettes so they will not put a ban on smoking. This also provides funds which are used for building schools, hospitals and other public facilities. The tobacco industry also employs thousands of people all over the world, particularly in poorer countries. Without making cigarettes, people who are employed to make the cigarettes would have no jobs. Despite these points, there is no getting away from the reality that smoking has normally shown a lot of dangers to people’s health; heart disease, bronchitis and lung cancer are a few to name.

People smoking costs the government thousands of pounds because of there is a large number of people who need treatment in hospitals due to smoking.

What is really the point on spending hundreds or thousands of pounds each year on a box of useless cigarettes? It’s as if you are throwing all the money you have down the drain! Is choosing cigarettes ‘to relax’ more important that life itself? Is the happiness of yourself that lasts a couple of hours if not minutes, more important than the joy of your children? Is spending your last couple of pounds on cigarettes more tempting than saving up for a much better