I could sum up this article with four words: SMOKING IS NOT COOL!!!
Instead, however, I’ll explain my reasons for this and hope it doesn’t offend anyone reading if you are a smoker (nothing against you personally, just your terrible habit).
We’ve all been the new 18-year-old on the party scene trying to do whatever everyone else is doing to look cool. What we don’t realise is that one cigarette can change your life forever. It starts out as one puff to try it/prove you can do it and ends with a terrible habit and serious heath concerns.
Smoking is regarded as one of the worst habits to have and is plastered everywhere advertising the serious health risks. Here are a few reasons why you shouldn’t smoke.
1. Skin. Smoking makes your skin look old and tired and worn out. Skin looses elasticity when you smoke and for the ladies, it makes your boobs sag. It also makes the skin around your mouth wrinkle, also known as ‘smokers pucker.’
2. Breath. Smoking causes permanent bad breath and rotting teeth. Smokers are more likely to develop gum disease and have their teeth fall out.
3. Age Spots. Smoking makes age spots appear on your skin giving the illusion you’ve spent your life sun baking.
4. Stained Skin. Smoking is known to stain your skin and fingernails a yellow colour. But it disappears when you give up!
5. Hair Loss. Smoking thins out your hair, causing men to go bald sooner rather than later in life.
6. Heart Disease. Smoking causes heart disease, can increase blood pressure and cause blood clots. It also reduces your ability to be active, reproduce and brings on early menopause.
7. CANCER. It’s now a known fact that tobacco causes cancer. That alone should be enough to enable one to kick the habit.
I will admit, smoking ‘looks cool’ when the right people or celebs do it. But there’s a fine line between ‘cool’ and ‘trashy’. If you’ve never smoked, don’t take it up and if you do smoke, think of all the health benefits and money you’ll save by quitting.
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