Quit Smoking and Start Living

Nicotine addiction is a deadly addiction. It interweaves its way into the fabric of our lives, attaching itself to every activity and every emotion making us think that without it we won't be able to function properly or enjoy life.
Every cigarette has a warning inscribed
Cigarette smoking is injurious to health
It conquers your heart, mind and body with stealth
It gives you illusions of happiness and bliss
The butt sits on your lips and gives a black kiss
Life twirls and twists like cigarette smoke
These facts are known to every bloke
Yet people, world over smoke a cigarette and feel great
Yet people play with their lives and blame it on the fate
The black smoke deposits its belongings on the arterial wall
People pay no head to their body’s warning call
They think it’s a great fashion statement to have a butt in their hand
They are committing suicide is what they don’t understand
Celebrities endorse it and say it looks macho and great style
But then the truth dawns after a while
Then the emergency number is all that is left to dial
Each cigarette takes seven minutes away
Why smoke a cigarette which gives diseases like asthma I pray
It gives you nothing except reduce your body to ashes
Harms every cell in your body, from toes to your eyelashes

Today science has procured magic pills for quitting this habit
Quit cigarette, use your logic and wit
Zyban and Chantix are the new crusaders in this game
They help the cigarette die and not you and your name
They help you to enjoy an addiction free life with your loved ones
They help you to set an example for your daughters and sons
Life is a lot more than nicotine addiction
It is full of adventure and fun
A healthy body houses a healthy mind
Life is better without cigarette you will find.
Learn to satisfy your cravings in some other way
So stop smoking and take a pledge today
That for the sake of your love and life
You will kick this habit away

By Norma Dsouza
Published: 11/12/2006
 
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