Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to your Health

Today is the last day of the month, yay! How time flies indeed. Where had all those days gone? Anyway, let's not dawdle about what we have done for this month and be prepared for what the month of April has in store for us. Just so you all know, it's my birth month, so beke nemen, hahaha!

Enough already, let's proceed to my topic today. I happened to read @Lhes article from all those piled-up articles in my notification. I am glad that I did, actually, because it gave me an idea of what to write today. I can relate to her article because I was once a smoker. So I wanted to share a piece of my story about how I started and what motivates me to stop smoking because we all know that smoking is very dangerous to our health.

DISCLAIMER: CIGARETTE SMOKING IS DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH

Are you a smoker? Why or why not?

Yes, I was once a smoker and stopped ages ago. I decided to stop when I met my husband. He hates smoking, hence making me stop. I had no problem quitting because I am not what they call a "chain smoker". I only smoke when I am bored or when I have problems. Thank God I wasn't always bored and troublesome before, lol! BUT, when my husband's relationship was put to a test, I went back to smoking again. It has become my companion because I have no one to lean on at those times. And then I quit again. Until now, I had no plans to go back to smoking, obviously.

Have you tried one?When?How? Why?

As I said in the first question, yes, I did smoke, and the first time that I had the taste of a cigarette was when I was 15, in my third year of high school. When I transferred to a different school, I met a group of friends who drank and smoked, and they were the ones who influenced me to start smoking. I almost died, coughing, when I took my first puff of a cigarette. My eyes became red and I almost ran out of breath. But that didn't stop me from smoking. Eventually, it stopped. I can no longer remember what urged me to stop.

Does your family know that you smoke?

At first, they did not know. But after my Lola died, that is when they found out that I smoked. But they could not do anything to stop me because my mother, father, and stepmother smoked. But still, my father always reminds me that it is not good for my health, so I should stop while I can. But I would tell him to stop too, lol! Oh, I missed that conversation. We ended up exchanging reasons why we should stop, and then my father surrendered and scratched the back of his head. He conceded! I miss you, Papa! May your soul rest in peace in heaven.

Then my husband finds out that I smoked when he cheated on me, and he could not do anything about it for the obvious reason.

If you were to take two users for a "you break" (smoking session) for some heart-to-heart talk or lung-to-lung conversations, who would those lucky people be? Tag 'em!

Oh my gosh, I don't know anyone who smokes on this platform, and I don't want to be a bad influence on them, lol! But hey, why not? If I could have a drinking session with them, then let's add smoking, lol! So I am tagging you again @Ruffa , @Eybyoung , @Lhes , @Jeaneth . I don't know if you guys smoke, but I would love to have that moment with all of you. I bet it would surely be a lot of fun. But of course, that's for that moment only and we should not be smoking after that, hehe.

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As I said, smoking has been my companion when my husband cheated on me. Just imagine, I was crying non-stop while holding a cigarette in my hand, lol! It is not a good sight to look at. But it somehow helped me get through that depression. It helped me lighten up the burden that I had before, but it was also the reason why I had asthma. So please don't try smoking.

Date Published: March 31, 2022

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