Watching the birds from the balcony. The sun is just about to set. You have the perfect colour in the sky. “Aah!!! Now that’s life.”, they say. Then they take another puff and blow the smoke all into the fresh air. Their eyes have turn red. Their lips black. Their jersey reeks of nicotine. And then they have the audacity to add that they wish it could stay like this forever.
Some say that it is their right, their personal choice to do whatever they want. They even add that it isn’t banned in our country. If the government doesn’t want to ban them then who am I to say anything.
It’s a well proven fact that more than two thirds of the smokers die because of smoking related illnesses. But then they say that they want to live life as it were their last day. To have no worries. To be free from any shackles that bound them to reality. To live the high life. If only I could show them how their life truncates with every puff. The last day that they are so gloriously talking about wont be that glamorous.
The cigarette companies say that they do their part. They warn the buyers of the impending doom. But can you really trust them ? Studies have shown that the anti smoking ads which are promoted by these companies use reverse psychology which in effect attracts even more users. Well lets not blame them shall we. After all their product reduces the life span of their customers. And you gotto do what you gotto do to attract more.
Who is to blame here really? The government, the companies, or the individual? Cant really answer that. After all we are the most superior beings. We know whats right for us.
