Smoking: Slow death in the process [Archives:2002/26/Health]

ABDULWAHAB ABDULQAWI AL SOFI.
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Smoking is a bad habit and a danger to humanity. Smokers who are addicted to cigarettes, enjoy the moment and ignore their health. They are killing themselves slowly. It is a form of suicide. They hurt themselves and the people around them.
People in Palestine commit suicide missions for survival. They die as martyrs and will go to paradise, Allah willing. It would be better if each smoker would stop smoking and donate the cost of a pack of cigarettes to help his brothers in Palestine. This would kill two birds with one stone.
Smokers hurt themselves and nonsmokers. This is a problem for the nonsmoking majority. We nonsmokers are troubled and assaulted by smokers. Sometimes the word PLEASE is not adequate enough for smokers. Some smokers will move away if you are lucky, but in general they stay. Some of them have no feelings and smoke in public without distinguishing one place from another. They enjoy themselves on the account of others. They spoil our air which we too must breathe. This is our right.
In the end, we are obliged to breathe in different types of tobacco. Even with the number of warnings and posters given by the Ministry of Health smoking is still a problem. Doctors say that smoking is a cause of heart illness, high blood pressure and cancer. Smokers are so deluded that they believe smoking helps concentration and thought.
We dont need more pollution in our environment. There are already many factories and old imported vehicles that spoil our atmosphere. Particularly in al-Hodeidah where there are twice as many motorcycles to vehicles. These motorcycles are the best producers of smoke. Motorcycles not only pollute air but they also cause many accidents. They increase disaster to its peak.
I advise smokers to save their money and smoke freely from car and motorcycle emissions instead of cigarettes. We breathe in different kinds of cigarette smoke without choice. What is our guilt that we must breathe cancer into our lungs?
We are all responsible before our Creator Allah, it is not our right to hurt ourselves. I want my society supporters responsible to find answers to these problems. They must demand smokers to respect our health.

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