Smoking Kills, Right?

I welcome you once again into the depths of my mind to let you in with my freshest ideas and unfiltered thoughts. These are my own personal and adulterated thoughts. They are also unprocessed so they might sound crazy from time to time.

Why am I doing this? Because the timer is set to 15 minutes and this app is threatening to delete all my progress if I let up for more than 3 seconds. And I guess by now, you already know what's happening. Oh yes, I'm freewriting. And with an added pressure on myself. It's just how we roll. This is to ensure efficiency and to make sure that we make use of the time very efficiently.

Okay, since it's a freewriting session, I don't have a topic going in and I just dived in without thinking, really. Anyway, this sucks. Hard.

Oh wait. Holy smokes. I got one. What's your opinion about smoking? How do you view smokers? Do you smoke?

Hmmm. Personally, I don't smoke. My reason? It is simple. I just don't like the smell of it. The smoke from cigarettes stinks, that's my own opinion. I just don't get the allure of the smell of it. And that's just the beginning. When you do smoke, the stink sticks to you all throughout until you smoke again.

That's my reason, I don't care for those whatever diseases that they display on the boxes. Yeah, regarding that. The boxes of cigarettes aren't like that before.

Their boxes were beautifully designed and they usually look good and prime. But now, horrible and terrible-looking illness are showcased on each and every cigarette boxes.

What was the purpose? According to them, that was supposed to discourage people to smoke. Those were designed to spread awareness of the consequences of smoking. I guess "smoking kills" isn't a warning enough for the general public.

But come to think of it, if they gather all the information and data needed, I wonder if there's a significant number of people that quit or didn't smoke because of the pictures of rotting feet or flesh on the packages. Were they even remotely effective? I doubt it.

I seriously doubt it.

I said I don't smoke. And by that, I mean that I don't smoke regularly, I don't smoke everyday. I don't smoke a pack everytime I'm bored. I don't smoke after every meal. I don't smoke every 15 minutes during work days. I don't smoke when I'm sitting on my throne in the bathroom. I don't even smoke when I'm full.

I guess the only time I smoke is when I'm getting a bit drunk and I don't want to throw up. Yes I only smoke when I'm drinking hard and I'm with my friends or cousins. I guess, I can count on the fingers on my hand the sticks I smoke in a single year, I didn't say I never smoke, I'm just not a smoker.

I guess you can say that I can pick up vaping, or use e-cigarette. But that's it, those things were supposed to replace smoking cigarettes, but I'm not a smoker so I don't need those.

I tried them, of course. I also tried that thing they call shisha or was it hookah? I am not sure, but yeah. That thing with a lamp-like structure of a glass and it has some hose protruding from it and you'll suck on that hose and then you'll fill your lungs and the room up with smoke.

I liked that experience because, usually, when we do use that, it's during drunken parties. I can't forget the first time I tried that. My date then taught me how to use that and everytime she or I took a hit from it, we would kiss and our lips were literally smoking as we were exchanging fluids and tongues. Wew. Wild times. Holy smokes!

I may have been addicted to her kisses but I'm grateful I wasn't hooked on smoking. I guess you can call me an occasional smoker, if that category exists.

I'd rather drink a lot than to smoke a pack. You know what they say regarding smoking and drinks. Drink like a fish and never smoke a stick, or you can smoke like a chimney but never drink. Only choose one. Because if those two were combined, then your body will be a hot smoking trash.

Thinking back, my first taste of cigarette is when I was a kid. I think that I'm not speaking just for myself when I say that I learned smoking from my parent.

My father used to be a smoker. He would ask me to buy a cigarette for him and he would say "sindihan mo na" (light it up). And as a kid, I'll be excited and when I buy it from the Sari-sari store across the road, I'll light it up with the lighter tied to the window and huff and puff from that so the light wouldn't die.

I'll walk slowly back home so I can hit the stick a few more times. And by the time I get home, a third of the cigarette is already gone.

Okay, don't hate on him for such parental skills. I'd like to think that he just trusted me with that errand. Yeah, trust a curious kid with such an addictive and dangerous substance. Lol. Anyway, it worked, I'm really not a smoker.

Hi!

It's been a good day, and it's better since it's topped off with another freewrite article.

And you can make use of this little article too as a jumping board for your next article when you can't find any inspiration. Just tell me your story about smoking. Anything will do.

Or you can use these questions for guide:

• Are you a smoker? Why or why not?

• Have you ever tried one? When? How? Why?

• Cigarette, vape, e-cig, or tobacco? Nicotine patch perhaps?

• If you have been or you are still a smoker, when did you pick up the habit?

• Any amusing tales with regards to smoking?

• Does your family know you smoke?

• If you will take 2 users for a "yosi break" (smoking session) for some heart-to-heart, or lung-to-lung conversations, who would those lucky persons be? Tag 'em!

If you're able to peruse this article as inspiration, we'll be waiting for it in the Prompt Factory community.

But of course, this article is not promoting smoking. Remember, SMOKING KILLS. SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOU AND FOR THOSE AROUND YOU.

That's it for me tonight, and until we read again...

Cheers!!!

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Series    : Late Nights, Drunken Thoughts
Title     : Smoking Kills, right?
Published : 28-Mar-2022
Author :  © RB