Assignment 1.11: Writing a Conclusion - Proceeding with the assignment on my own and I hope I am posting this on the right thread:

Just for a moment take a deep breath of fresh clean air. Fill your entire lungs with the luxurious air that we breathe. It's our life, you know. Just as water is. We have seen the damage that cigarette smoking has done throughout past generations. It has cost millions in lost productivity through sick leave and actually people taking more breaks at work to go outside and light up because they are so addicted to the tobacco and other additives that the tobacco companys use.

Of course, way back when, many workers were allowed to smoke on the job, at their desks, and in the break rooms. I still remember those days. I even remember being able to smoke in hospital rooms, after delivering babies! I still wonder why healthcare workers stand outside their facilities and smoke. Is this the last generation to smoke; will the next generation wise up? I can only say that cancer is at an all time high and the research of second hand smoke plays an important part in at least stopping some of the new cases that could occur in the coming decades.

There are many people that will not even date a smoker. Cigarette smoke hangs on your clothing, hair and skin. It yellows your nails and teeth. It's really unattractive which is so ironic because it was displayed with such elegance when Lucille Ball lit up on television back in the 50's. It was portrayed so glamorous. I still remember commercials on t.v. for cigarettes. Those commercials were banned many years ago. So with the current prices rising for a pack of cigarettes and the cancers rising, I'm thinking that we are ensuring that some of our youth will not even pick up their first cigarette to try, you know, just to be cool. Just as I did all those years ago.

I quit cold turkey over 20 years ago, as they say. The smoking effects are now 100 percent gone from my body and organs. I now know how precious lungs are and their capacity to carry you as you run 2 miles a day. Our bodies are temples and should be treated with respect by us, as caretakers.
June 13, 2010 9:07 PM

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