Yesterday afternoon as I was hanging out my washing My next door neighbor came out onto her balcony and lit up a cigarette and starting smoking.
now you may think well what is my point?
if so my point is she is a parent of four young boys and she looks to be in her late 20s early 30s and I just think it is a pity that she has a habit of smoking because the first thing is it will only do her harm and her boys will be dependent on her until they grow up but in the meantime once they get into their late teens they may decide to take up smoking too and the chances are she may approve and so her boys who are currently Healthy will start becoming unhealthy by taking up smoking.
and I think its such a reckless thing to do.
both my parents were smokers when I was a nipper but thankfully my mum stopped and has now been tobacco free for over 30 years.
my dad stopped smoking when he was run over by a car.
he now has diabetes and is severely disabled.
and my mum is also Diabetic and lost 3 toes last years when her foot starting rotting from gangrene after she got an infection that didn't heal.
my dad is in his late 70s and my mum is in her late 60s.
now imagine how worse they would be if they were still smokers?
I'm not running down mums who smoke, I just think it sets a bad example for their children seeing their mum or dad as the case may be puffing away.
day after day I see mothers pushing prams with a cigarette in their mouth and it makes me feel sad for them and their children because what if the mother has a heart attack due to the damage caused by the tobacco?
anyway please share your Thoughts.
Thanks.