A Fire Breathing Dragon that has no Spark, so what does it have?

A Fire Breathing Dragon that has no Spark, so what does it have? A typical day at the park, children playing, people jogging along the sidewalks, ducks swimming in a little pond. It’s a small park, the usual hangout for the local youth. There’s large man on a bench smoking a cigar even though the park displays signs stating that there have been previous issues involving smoking in the park. Not many people want to confront him about it, but rather let him smoke. Parents take their kids further down the park just to get away from the smell of the man’s breath and second-hand cigar smoke. Not so much as to shun him, but rather state that what he is doing is a nuisance. The man sits, puffing away both his life and a cigar blissfully unaware of the blatant objections. Crowded areas are one thing to deal with, but that one person, that one person who says that he or she is stressed, and pulls a cigarette out thinking that it’s okay and no one would mind if they had a few puffs. The air is heated up enough do to all the body heat from people standing next to one another. Now the smell of smoke is in the air and some people cough because of how close they have to stand next to that person. Some are willing to speak up and tell the person to put it out, and with that, ends the stench in the air. Another detail about smoking in public areas is the possibly of a person being in the room who is allergic to the smoke. Some may not realize it at first until after the first couple of puffs. Responsibility is then placed at an all-time high for that person who decided not to do so somewhere else. My little brother is one of those people, and the irony is that my sister is a smoker. Granted she’s tried to quit and takes her smokes outside and out of everyone’s space after we soon found out about my brother’s condition. That and no one really likes the scent of smoke in the house. There is the rule that everyone has the right to their own bodies and how they treat it.

Cited: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee, “Smoking in public places: first report of Session 2005-06”, London: Stationery Office, 2005, print Blanpain, Roger, Gordon Anderson, “Smoking and the workplace”, The Hague: Kluwer Law Internat, 2005, print