WillPower, the only exit to smoking – Part 1

Daily newspaper skimming revealed that Thursday, November 17, was observed by the American Cancer Society to encourage quitting smoking, which is otherwise spreading around the world like a fire in the jungle.

In the fire-struck jungle, Pakistan is narrating the story with an interesting twist, because here cigarettes are gaining popularity amongst masses at rates previously unknown to existence. Although, there is no back end detailed research on the exact figures
on my part, but through general observation, my rough estimations force me to say that it is atleast 30 times the rate observed in the rest of the world.

It’s like, smokers from my homeland found their counterparts, who virtually completed them to entirety with their introduction to the poor souls’ otherwise vacant lives.

The crude beauty of my country is that it has the highest affinity for things which are the rejects by the remainder of the world. Similarly, Cigarettes, which apparently were discouraged almost 25 years ago from the western hemisphere of the world, found
its home in all-embracing , land of pure , Pakistan. My country has been pretty generous in that regard, as it will welcome anything to everything without fail, checking all boxing of hospitality.

When the rest of the world had realised, how injurious to health and environment, a single stick of paper enwrapping nicotine-filled tobacco content can be, Pakistan was busy acquainting itself to the newly discovered rush of adrenaline with a single puff of
nicotine-packed friend in disguise.

There are no two views about cigarette smoking being injurious. This fact has been unanimously accepted by smokers and non-smokers alike. It is well-known, common knowledge that nicotine is the addictive component within the cigarette that makes it tough
for smokers to consider quitting.

Nicotine is the reason behind smoking, which makes you an addict. This may sound unpleasant to ears, nonetheless, is sheer truth. With Nicotine intake, your body is invariably exposed to the increased risk of different types of cancers, strokes, and heart attacks,
which is analogous to, consuming the food high in cholesterol until you end up having a heart attack.

Well, the most stupid of all moments is witnessed, when a smoker is asked: Why smoking? , and you are bombarded with lame explanations, like the time of death is fixed, No one can change it, Maybe it is written that way …Well duh who is talking about the
time of  death, it is about the quality of life you yourself are opting for. Anyway, the wiser way to go about the query asked is to leave it unanswered because otherwise the host of stupid explanations in favour of smoking will only make you sound lamer.

                                                                                                                                                                               (Continued in Part 2)



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